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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1939
Page
3
The article discusses wartime submarine capabilities and countermeasures. It cites British and German developments such as long range underwater propulsion, rapid surface recharging, depth charges, convoy tactics, and mine barrages. It notes U boat numbers, construction pace, and early sonar like devices aiding destroyers in locating subs.
The article notes Paris region women mobilizing for active service in civilian roles. Over eighty thousand women join passive defense tasks including evacuation, sanitation, and care for children. The Women’s Auxiliary Air Corps trains pilots, Parachutists’ Service nurses operate behind lines, and students work as chemists in state laboratories.
Two Montreal men William de Chartrand 61 and Anatole Laflech 32 told Judge Joh Knight in Buffalo they crossed into the United States while searching for work as fruit pickers after being on the wrong freight car. They said they merely looked at the scenery and were arrested, arguing they would have hidden if they intended to sneak in.
In Paris at the tomb of the unknown Soldier a simple ceremony consecrated Canada’s entry into the war Lieut Col G B Vanier minister to France laid a wreath beside the eternal flame with the inscription 1914 1939 Adam Canada The planet Mercury moves in an oval orbit at 36 miles per second overall slowing to 24 miles per second on curves Rust and correction cause an annual mural direct long exceeding that caused by fire and food combined
The piece reflects on returning home after a summer season, contrasting travel with the comfort of familiar surroundings. It muses on home as true freedom, the pull of the kitchen range, rugs, and dishes, and the writer’s conscience reproaching prodigality away from home.
A. M. Wiseman, senior British Trade Commissioner in Canada, told a Montreal audience that Canadians should buy from the Mother Country to sustain Britain's war effort. He said Britain needs Canadian purchases and export trade to maintain non-war industry and overseas goodwill during the conflict.
The Canada Gazette outlines a sliding scale for private commercial broadcasting fees up to 10000 dollars, replacing the flat 50 dollar rate. Projected annual revenue rises to about 26000 dollars from 1938 39, with charges set by station power and area population.
The Sudbury Star notes Hitler’s claim that no country would accept a corridor severing its main holdings. It cites Maine as a broader example than Pomorze, as a corridor would separate Quebec from the Maritime Provinces, a scenario Canada has not worried about.
A Port Elizabeth washerwoman noticed an airplane overhead and a splash in the yard trough, uncovering a pair of gold teeth amid the soapsuds. The odd discovery is noted amid a string of whimsical, unrelated lines about free speech and consumer cautions.
An educated Ugandan native chief, possibly an Oxford graduate, was noted by Brigadier H B L Winterbotham of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics for speaking 13 languages including three European tongues. He trained locals to map jungle areas and use telescopes for star-based survey line placements.
Transfer pattern 6 moufe 5 x 1244 inches with crochet and cross stitch roses offers a finishing touch for kitchens. Requires 20 cents and mail to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
A Rockefeller Institute report describes a hitherto unknown soil bacterium that produces a highly potent germ killing chemical. One teaspoonful could repel pneumonia, streptococci, and other pathogens, as soil microbes and earthworms form a complex, competitive ecosystem. The piece discusses farms, soil management, and the value of recorded farming data to improve yields.
The Toronto Star reports Hitler rejects the term Siegfried Line calling it Limes a Roman boundary concept. He argues the name is an American invention and prefers Westwall or Limes to describe Germanys fortified line.
Dr Joseph Kaplan associate professor of physics at the University of California proposed that invisible particles of iron and silica dust created by meteorite burning 40 to 70 miles above Earth may partly cause the northern lights.
The Halifax Herald notes Switzerland, celebrating its 648th birthday, formed in 1281 by cantons uniting German French Italian Belgian and Dutch peoples. Six centuries later each group preserves its native tongue, challenging dictators’ claims that diverse peoples cannot live in harmony and that minorities are discontent. Financial Post.
Greenland measures roughly one third the size of Australia, yet on a flat world map Australia appears about one third the size of Greenland due to projection distortions.
A drought uncovered a sunken village bed near Chambon in France. The event exposed ancient streets and structures long buried by water, drawing researchers to document the rediscovered site as authorities assess its historical significance.
W W Murray of the parliamentary staff at The Canadian Press is named chief cable censor of the department of national defence with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Murray enlisted in 1914, served as intelligence officer and company commander, earned the Military Cross and bar, later worked at the Halifax Herald and then the Canadian Press, and has held the parliamentary bureau post for 12 years. He has been granted leave of absence for the duration of the war.
Berlin and Adolf Hiller refused flowers while traveling through territories occupied by German troops. Donors were told to give the flowers to German soldiers instead.
Surveys indicate current pahies consume about quadruple the food intake of their parents during infancy, reflecting shifting dietary patterns across generations.
A note clarifies acceptable names for the fruit including citrus decumansa pomelo pummelo pompelmous and shaddock. The list emphasizes consistent usage across references.
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