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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1940
Page
7
Gas masks once common in England have disappeared from daily use with less than half remaining habitually worn. Theaters briefly required masks for admission but quickly dropped the rule as German gas attacks failed to occur. Women and toddlers still carry masks, while many adults abandon them. Lon don has had one gas attack alert, a false alarm.
General Ion Antonescu becomes Romania's military dictator after King Carol resigns. He forms a new government amid national turbulence and insists on exiling Magda Lupescu as a condition. Crown Prince Michael ascends after Carol's abdication.
CBS reports color broadcasting should reach by January 1 in commercial programs. Dr. Peter C. Goldmark develops a single camera method using alternating colored dot rows to simulate color, with existing sets needing only minor tweaks to receive the broadcasts in black and white tones.
A reader asks etiquette guidance on inviting a engaged man s fiancée seating hosts at dinners handling personal mail and table manners. The responses cover whether to invite the fiancée, using hostess terms for a wife, doorbell etiquette, office mail routing, proper lettuce handling, and bridge table principles.
Canadian asbestos shipments rose in April to 30 449 tons from 24 921 in March. In the first four months of 1940 total exports reached 103 847 tons, up from 86 605 tons in the same period of 1939.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports four U S coast guard vessels with 500 personnel establish a protective patrol over Greenland cryolite mines, Ivigtut area, to safeguard the world’s sole commercial source of the mineral used in aluminum refining. The Comanche cutter crew were barred from talking by the state department upon return. Scotland Yard’s motor cars cost over $700,000 annually to maintain.
Practical household tips cover washing delicate laces by wrapping around a milk bottle and dipping in soapy water, making pillows with old silk as stuffing, keeping plants moist with water soaked newspapers, removing sun tan with buttermilk or glycerine mix, and repairing wallpaper scratches by color matching.
A Pole traveling with his son in Berlin tells a child the Hitler statue freed them from chains. A string of anecdotes follows about miscommunication and misperceived meaning, ending with a joking stage cue about a dramatic line.
A customer accuses a dealer of misrepresenting a used car bought two weeks ago and expresses growing discouragement as he presses for a repeat account of what was promised. The exchange highlights lingering trust concerns after the purchase.
A remote facility breeds mosquitoes to infect patients with mild malaria as a cure for certain mental diseases. Eggs hatch in bottles fed on rabbit blood, and fifty mosquitoes bite the patient to ensure infection.
Eddie Collins, longtime comedian who inspired Dopey and played Jiggs on stage, died of a heart attack at his Arcadia home in early September. He also portrayed the dog in The Blue Bird and was working in Chad Hannah at the time of his death.
Films average 20,000 feet in length when shown while about 35,000 feet are captured. This implies a wastage of 15,000 feet per film, highlighting inefficiencies in screening and recording practices.
A reported hibernation bag description claims a cancer patient felt pain relief with a narcotic and a claimed complete cure. Sulfathiazole, a sulfanilamide, shows strong results against auto dysentery in young children in Atlanta. Pantothenic acid, a vitamin B fraction, darkens gray hair in rats and may reverse gray when caused by B deficiency.
Health guidance urges nasal breathing from birth to expand chests properly. Mouth breathing allows germs into the throat and lungs, while the nose filters particles with fine hairs. Keeping the mouth closed keeps saliva clean and reduces tonsil infections.
Guidance urges to keep infant nasal passages clean to prevent mouth breathing and chest narrowing. Advice covers avoiding tight clothing, letting chest move freely, and not placing babies on their backs with mouths open during sleep.
Preliminary 1940 Canadian apple crop is set at 4,421,000 barrels versus 5,791,000 in 1939. Pears are estimated at 550,400 bushels, down from 577,100, while peaches total 784,400 bushels, below 935,000. Grapes forecast at 42,800,000 pounds, down from 55,595,900.
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