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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
2
The column argues radio announcers influence a unique Canadian speech. It calls for standard pronunciation, notes wide accent variation, and urges leadership and perhaps a national announcer school to avoid a Canadian tower of babel and ensure clarity for educated listeners.
Liskeard in Cornwall observes its 700th anniversary with a one day celebration despite ongoing war disruptions. The first charter was granted in 1240 by Richard, Earl of Cornwall.
Quotable line praises the shopkeeper for his smart approach. The man behind the store advertises bagpipes and other musical instruments, signaling a distinctive inventory strategy.
A concise reflection notes that proverbs distill lessons from extensive life experience. It emphasizes brevity, practicality, and timeless insight drawn from common human observations.
A 87 year old Johannesburg man John George Howard aided Winston Churchill during the Boer War escape. He hid Churchill in a mine pit for three days in 1899 and helped the future prime minister flee by train to Portuguese territory concealed in wool bales. He died recently.
The article urges enlistment of skilled mechanics for a mechanized war, noting that trained instrument makers, acetylene welders, and technicians are in high demand in the army navy and air force. It recommends staying in one’s present job if not a fit for enlistment and highlights the Canadian Militia option for non overseas service.
The piece notes fourteen of Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s eighteen Cabinet members are lawyers with four exceptions Howe the engineer MacKinnon Edmonton businessman and Crerar Gardiner former teachers and farmers. It cites quotes from Jefferson Cicero and Disraeli on law and governance. It also mentions mustard gas casualties and Australian physicians warning on obesity among women.
George Herring, superintendent of air and land mail at the post office, told the commons committee that payments to Trans Canada Air Lines and 28 other air services totaled 32 256 000 last year with an estimated 4 500 000 this year. He cited natural service expansion as the cause and warned doubling mail volume could pay for freighting in five years. He noted volume rose from 39 000 pounds to 450 00 pounds to 746 000 pounds last year and said rates may fall after next December 31 as revenues exceed expenses. The minister said airline operating costs would be largely covered by passengers and the mail rate, 60 cents a pound per mile, could drop to 50 cents next year.
London Sunday Express calls for national unity and immediate action to halt Nazi domination. It declares the British people must stand as an impervious barrier and defend every corner, field, and life to the death against invasion.
Simmer cottage roll in boiling water until tender then cool in the liquid. Remove strings and place on a rack. Spread mustard paste, cover with cracker crumbs, score in diamonds, center with a clove, and drizzle corn syrup before reheating at 400 degrees F. Baste lightly during glazing.
A recipe yields six portions. Mix chopped uncooked Spanish steak salt pepper minced onion and crushed crackers with egg. Shape into one thin cake and broil. Serve with Spanish Sauce made from onion pepper butter tomatoes olives and stock simmered briefly.
The BBC said German air raids left four foot long aluminum rods with square end plates used to hold incendiary bombs. The air ministry advised finders to turn them into local scrap metal depots for return to Germany with interest.
A year survey finds visitors came mainly for climate enthusiasm at 57 percent, beaches and oceans at 22 percent, good roads at 34 percent, and mountains at 8 percent. The text shifts to a claim about human bile and bacterial danger, noting it is more serious than that in animals due to diverse bacteria in the mouth.
Large airliners are being developed for long distance travel with cruising speeds around 300 miles per hour in the sub stratosphere.
Scientists note cosmic rays are invisible high energy particles coming from space. They travel at about 186000 miles per second toward the earth, crossing the atmosphere and reaching detectors. The source remains unknown.
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