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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1932
Page
2
A 1930s warning urges caution as highway travel rises across the United States and Canada. It cites 34,400 US deaths in 1931 and 997,600 injuries, stresses driver behavior over stricter speed limits, and calls for license suspension for dangerous, drunken, or incompetent drivers and for public opinion to uphold safe driving rules.
Maurice Hebert of Sherbrooke demonstrated an automatic level crossing gate to provincial road department officials in Quebec. The electric contact gate lowers as the locomotive first touches the contact, rings a bell, and stays closed until the rear coach clears the crossing. Cadmium and gold are used to create green alloys for jewelry.
Howard Cross of Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture notes last year’s policy of shipping live hens in July and August was successful with 15 cars carrying 55 000 birds from 47 points. This year the province expects to load 20 cars. Use Mother Graves Worm Exterminator for healthy children.
A South German dealer was arrested for selling cheese deemed unfit for human consumption due to rat gnawing, cement-filled holes, and rot. Reuters' Munich correspondent notes that otherwise the cheese was said to be fine.
Men have crafted glass for about five millennia yet only in the last quarter century has machinery been adapted to this ancient craft, changing production methods and efficiency.
A Soviet report suggests Russia exported more wheat than justified by 1931 harvests as authorities cope with poor yields. A March cable notes 150000 tractors exist, 70 percent needing repairs, with 44.3 percent damaged repaired by late February and 50 percent repaired by March 1 restoring operation readiness.
Mrs G K L of Montreal shares how she dyed mourning clothes and home fabrics with Diamond Dyes. She found the results superior to another black dye and later tinted curtains and dyed a rug, praising Diamond Dyes as a money saver and high quality product.
Al bert Berger of Wingle, Out, describes severe rheumatism and a weak back that kept him bedridden. After two weeks, a friend advised Dr Williams Pink Pills and his condition improved immediately, restoring strength and daily work. The ad claims the pills enrich blood and help rheumatic and nervous exhaustion cases.
The Saskatoon Board of Trade pushes adoption of a distribution based rate for Churchill cargoes and opposes the Fort William terminal basis. It would replace the 85 percent mileage method with a fixed deduction of 130 miles and argues the current rule favors closer termini.
Bank of France has surpassed the Federal Reserve in gold holdings as of March 1 totaling about 2.94 billion dollars versus 2.939 billion for the U S central bank. The Bank of England holds about 590 million. The U S Treasury also holds large stores of gold, keeping the nation ahead overall by about 1.408 billion dollars.
Government business will have priority after March 21 reducing private member time to one hour on two evenings weekly. A government resolution allocated Wednesday and Monday to government business, leaving limited time for private members. Persian Balm described as alluring fragrance claimed to soothe skin and soften hands.
The Regional Plan of New York and Environs envisions a city of 20 million with chained electric rapid transit, belt-line railways, numerous airports, vast motor highways, and 5,000 square miles of integrated urban space. It highlights workers easily commuting without changing cars and expansive parkways and boulevards shaping a massive metropolitan system.
The London Sunday Express notes small details drive outcomes in business. It cites postal waste from telegrams spoiling farms, eggshell color impacting poultry profit, and a shift from square to oblong cotton head-dress pieces after a German finding.
The article touts Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a powerful liniment made from six essential oils. It claims strong pain relief and health benefits, noting many testimonials and a price that is considered small given its healing power.
Travellers at St Lazare Station Paris will soon enjoy a thirty minute cinema show while they wait. The cinema with seating for 250 will run continuously from 9 a.m. until midnight for passengers missing trains or enduring long waits.
A Hamilton Herald excerpt argues unemployment persists as hunger and poverty exist. It asserts overproduction myths in clothing and food and calls for directing activity into proper channels. The piece stresses humility and learning from past conceits to provide work for all. A separate note mentions cellophane tape with no moistening.
Ancient cloisters or fragments persist across London reminding readers of once spacious monastic houses and the city’s medieval religious landscape.
The article notes a western cement company has developed a tan colored Portland cement produced by a special burning process without added color. San Francisco shows interest in non white pavements and envisions broader color options for sidewalks and highways.
The administrator of Williard I. Grimmer sues Trans Arc tic Submarine Expedition Company of Delaware for $100000 claiming negligence and a faulty life line caused Grimmer’s death when he was swept from the submarine Nautilus on March 21 during the North Pole expedition led by Sir Hubert Wilkins. The complaint argues the life line lacked secure fasteners and faults in operations contributed to the fatal incident. Douglas Egyptian Ointment advertised for stock healing and hair restoration.
The Canadian Council for Child and Family Welfare ties Ottawa area infant deaths to overheated rooms while New Zealand enjoys the lowest mortality due to little crowding and mild distances. A glass Paris house shows transparency beyond the bath. Alaska's 1931 gold output reached 9.342 million dollars, up about one million from 1930.
The Times cites a £4,500,000 timber contract between British importers and Soviet exporters delivering 450,000 standards this year. The deal would buy a quarter of Britain’s softwood needs, prompting concern over price manipulation and potential market exclusion of other suppliers.
Cora discusses marriage criteria focusing on character over wealth. A lightweight collapsible drinking cup with a compass and magnifier is described for hunters and campers, and France reports 10 000 more railway workers than in 1913.
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