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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1939
Page
7
Jack Hammond awakes in a cabin while a fire roars outside. Flames lick through the window as Hammond crawls free and staggers onto the trail, his strength returning after a fraught, violent struggle.
Hammond braves a fast spreading forest fire to reach Lew Sande trapped by an immense bear trap caught on a deadfall. Firelight reveals Sande in agony with a leg injury as Hammond drags the weigh log away to free him and flee the blaze.
A trapped wounded man pleads for release as Jack Hammond fights to free him from a brutal bear trap. The scene shifts to a burning cabin and a fire-obsessed conspirator Kenning, while Hammond tends to the injured man and carries him toward Sapphire through a blazing forest trail.
Hammond arrives with a wounded man as flames cast a black light over Sapphire. Jeanne Towers arrives to aid, while Timmy Moon’s plane burns and townspeople crowd the streets seeking answers amid the chaos. Snade lies conscious, whimpering and mixing fear with pain.
Grace Lyman Stammers hosts a China Students' Club tea note recounting ancestral seals and 17th century tea customs from Lisbon ships to English parlors. The piece traces brewing evolution from dish serving to cups, spoons, sugar cones, and decorative teaware through Queen Anne's era.
A witness recalls the day of the robbery and the victim’s dread of publicity. She calmly faces the accuser, saying she wrote the entire story at home with the stolen money and that the matter will continue.
A deputation of native Papuan warriors visited the Port Moresby magistrate offering to fight for Britain. They spoke of Britain as a humane ruler and friend, contrasting it with totalitarian powers and praising democratic treatment of natives. The St. Thomas Times-Journal cites the incident.
Three Montreal physicians report injections of sex hormones improved hearing and controlled ozoena, a long incurable nasal disease. McGill University aided with a soundproof room and equipment. 155 patients have been tested, with several showing hearing gains and disease control.
Sir Flinders Penné, British archaeologist, reports in Nature that cycles of economy and waste recur about every 130 years. He notes waste periods from 1535 1660 1790 1920 and austere phases in 1560 1690 and 1426, with northern Europe recalling three generation shifts.
A new chemically treated linen fabric is described as preventing collar fraying by inserting a treated layer between shirt cloth. Demonstrations suggest the treatment keeps fabric from wear during use and travel, highlighting charitable community donations as a measure of social impact.
The Royal Bank of Canada releases its annual balance sheet and profit and loss for the year ending November 30, 1938. Loans and deposits rise with total assets at 908,064,711, up 38.5 million. Domestic loans reach 218,211,058, a gain from 200,563,727. liquid assets total 543,237,400, up 30 million. Net profits stand at 3,696,233 versus 3,711,378 last year. Dividends of 2.8 million paid. pension and premises provisions set, with 2,721,409 carried forward.
An excited young woman called the Pittsburgh post office to retrieve a letter she mailed to a charitable organization. She had intended to include a $1 Christmas contribution but put her entire month's salary in the envelope. Postal officials, noting about 3 600 000 pieces collected in 24 hours, worked to locate the letter just as it was about to pass through the cancellation machine.
Engineers develop a highly sensitive heat meter to monitor subtle temperature changes in interiors. The device aims to improve heating and ventilation by detecting minor fluctuations associated with human responses such as blushing, signaling comfort needs.
Population figures show Japan growing by about 2,000 people each year. Officials note steady but slow growth amid aging demographics and regional shifts.
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