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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 1936
Page
6
An advertisement touts Gillett's Pure Flake Lye as a no scrub cleaner that washes dirt with a simple solution. It claims grease cutting power, stain removal, and usefulness for drains toilets and enameled surfaces without harming plumbing.
Mrs. Theodore Teddy Kenyon disclosed in Boston that she and several other women aviators are training for possible wartime roles. They expect to pilot planes, transport wounded soldiers, carry despatches, and relieve male pilots for combat duties.
About 300 tons of coal being assembled at Foothills collieries will reach Aklavik in the Northwest Territories where its value will approach that of gold. The coal is packed in double-strength 100 pound sacks and will be flown north by airplane.
The Hamilton Herald ended after 47 years with the March 231 issue. Montagu Norman was re elected Bank of England governor. Premier Hepburn reconsiders retirement. CN and CPR railways will save 35 000 yearly by unifying Ottawa roundhouses. Dr W H Alexander to lecture at Columbia July August. Trade talks with Soviet Russia continue. Mercy flights save horses near Hudson Ontario as plane carries hay. Lottery winnings not taxable under Income Tax Act. Switzerland to build 40 military aircraft funded by a 5.1 million franc air fund.
The X ray discovery by William C. Rontgen in 1895 began a new era in medicine industry and security. X ray technology aids diagnosis and cancer fight, detects metal defects, aids customs screening, values gems, authenticates paintings, and Canada lacks domestic X ray makers. 1934 imports of surgical instruments and related gear reached about 1.7 million dollars from the UK US and Germany.
Henry Ford discussed a winter trip to Georgia and research on a new car motor. He predicted the machine age would eventually take control from financiers and end the wealthy’s dominion, promising independence to individuals who develop machinery. A classroom note adds a detail about James’s habit of clean hands.
The New York Electrical Society unveiled a new powder light, a cold fluorescence created by ultraviolet excitation in a tube about a foot long. Dr. L J Butolph of General Electric demonstrated several colors with brightness twice that of ordinary electric lights, plus a hazardous high temperature mercury vapor light claimed as the hottest yet made.
March shows sharp upturn in global wheat movement with exports at yearly highs. Canada and Australia jointly control about 79 percent of trade in four weeks, signaling reduced competition for Canada into 1936 crops and possible US export surplus in 1936 37 despite unclear policy.
Transport Minister Leslie Hore Belisha announced a sweeping study of about 200000 road collisions across Great Britain. The project aims to identify causes and remedies to reduce more than 2.5 million casualties recorded during King George’s reign.
The Greek philosopher Anaximander, living about 500 to 600 B.C., produced an early map that depicted a flat, water and land world with moving fireballs. He believed the earth was stationary and sought to explain the origin of all things amid limited knowledge.
A wry reflection on humanity’s quest to shed labor leads to inventions that automate toil. The narrator laments modern progress as machines render people unemployed and labels society’s mindset as failing to adapt.
The article recalls King Edward VII strolling from Buckingham Palace toward Buckingham Gate where workers gave a timid cheer as he tipped his derby. It notes King George V rarely walked outside and a wish to view Queen Victoria’s marble memorial.
The birthday of King Edward VIII becomes a statutory school holiday in Saskatchewan starting June 23. The school act was amended to make the day compulsory, replacing its prior optional status. A second act change transfers power to proclaim a public holiday from mayors and reeves to village overseers.
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada reports lunar temperatures can fall to 243 degrees below zero. Earth thermometers show the moon's surface would feel extraordinarily cold to visitors.
In Luke 24 1 12 the women visit Jesus tomb finding it empty and learn he has risen The narrative contrasts their expectation of a final tomb with the startling resurrection revelation The women report to the apostles and the living Christ is proclaimed among the living not the dead The text notes the women Mary Magdalene Joanna Mary the mother of James and others as witnesses
Pattern 5562 offers a swagger suit with plain skirt and jacket in stockinette, cuffs and yoke in waffle stitch. Sizes 16-18 and 38-40 include illustrations and complete instructions. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg for pattern.
Garden guidance emphasizes buying fresh nursery stock from Canada, choosing pliable roots with live growth, and storing plants properly if immediate planting isn’t possible. It discusses succession planting to sustain harvests, selecting seed varieties by season, and using catalogues to plan a diverse, fragrant garden with constant bloom from June onward.
A jail inmate misreads a judge’s remark about “the time of my life” as fun in prison. The warder clarifies no fun is possible. The piece ends with a note about the University of Kentucky offering a How to Study class.
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