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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 09, 1940
Page
7
A string of lighthearted snippets follows a florist customer asking for geraniums, a waiter and diner exchange about the chicken, Goering joking with generals on war and a Czech matter, a grocer noting eggs are insulting, and a rope used to tie sand. A bridal couple and photographers elude guests, and a clerk asks a woman about her husband.
Netherlands East Indies will exhibit at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto with a 2400 square foot display in the International Pavilion. The display aims to expand trade in the Western Hemisphere despite European hostilities and will be shipped to arrive in early August. Building permits in 202 municipalities reached seven million in the first two months of the year.
The freshwater fisheries of Quebec produce the major part of Canada’s annual eel catch with a large portion exported to the United States.
A London statement contrasts British naval losses with German casualties since the war began. It lists Britain with 18 total losses including five submarines, no cruisers lost, and only one capital ship sunk, while Germany shows heavier losses across battleships pocket battleships heavy cruisers and torpedo craft. It notes unofficial Allied estimates of U boat sinkings and further Soviet naval events since Norway invasion include sunk scuttled and captured vessels.
Dr Arthur Compton of Chicago Americans best known scientist outlines science’s threefold role in culture. It provides longer life better health and richer experiences. It stimulates social growth by rewarding cooperation and punishing antagonism. It also serves as a direct expression of the human spirit.
A reader asks six questions about solo travel etiquette flirtation extravagance introductions wedding invites and table manners. Answers advise showing indifference to persistent suitors, define extravagance, confirm always rising for introductions, justify sending a birthday card, have the bride and fiancé extend invitations, and note plate removal from the left with the left hand.
A Montreal physician described a new skin test to gauge a child’s susceptibility to whooping cough United States and Canadian researchers suggest the test could lead to an immunization vaccine and a treatment serum. Separately McGill’s H E Reilley warned that noise harms health causing nervous system strain digestive issues and occupational deafness among bus drivers road workers and policemen. Edison was cited on rising deafness as city noise increases.
Practical home questions answered with simple steps. Lemon revival by boiling water, yarn renewal by towel wrap and steam, corn treatment with lemon binding, and celery tenderizing by overnight soaking.
A new finding shows silver can kill germs, with a single atom capable of destroying a living cell. The discovery highlights silver’s role in sterilizing drinking water supplies and notes the cell is vastly larger than the silver atom.
About 200 employees from the Department of Pensions and National Health in Ottawa volunteer for blood tests and injections of an experimental anti-diphtheria toxin. The serum, varying from the WHO approved toxin, could be released nationally if proven effective.
Canada produced a record 1,429,790 tons of gypsum in 1939, up from 1,008,799 tons in 1938, marking a significant rise in output.
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