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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1933
Page
2
The Kitchener Record notes Canadians will shoulder heavier taxes to fund national needs after the Rhodes budget, while vowing to oppose government waste and political maneuvering. The public will scrutinize expenditures and insist on prudent financial management for the country’s good.
Official figures from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show Canada’s imports and exports for the year ending March 31 1933, indicating trade at about one third of five years earlier. The piece links reduced confidence, fear of war, and self contained policies to a global decline in credit and trade.
Live cattle exports from Canada to British ports rose sharply from January 1 to March 23, 1933, totaling 7,863 head, up 7,454 from the same period in 1932. With St. Lawrence navigation reopening, Montreal shipments are expected to meet large British orders.
Dirigible expert Dr. Hugo Eckener discarded the storm theory and said the Akron crash resulted from a break in the airplane carrier room. He had long viewed the room where fighting planes were stored as a structural weak point, following New York reports attributing the disaster to broken ribs in the dirigible.
An unbreakable milk bottle molded from cellulose in half pint pint and quart shapes is impregnated with a waxlike material called opax. It resists softening in water and lactic acid and works with existing filling and capping machinery.
Jean A Le Roy, inventor of the motion picture projection machine, died penniless as millions in potential earnings went to others after he failed to patent in time. He first public exhibited moving pictures in 1894 and laments his lack of patent knowledge. He spent his final years in poverty, relying on friends while his reputation stood.
The International Institute of Agriculture predicts a further large rise in wheat stocks this season. On August 1, 1932 exportable stocks stood at 565 million bushels and are forecast to reach 650 million by August 1 this year. The survey notes the stock burden far exceeds world import needs and hopes for improved global economy to ease the surplus.
Dr. Ferruccio Zanier of Trieste claims to have rediscovered the method used by early violin makers to deaden and sweeten strings. He says a plant resin from Persia formed the base of the secret varnish used by Italy’s classic luthiers.
An audience watched a Society of American Magicians benefit as a woman allegedly burned to death appeared before a grisly skull. Joe Kelso wowed with a derby hat trick, batter turning to six hot pancakes, while a man smiled at his hat used as a mixing bowl. A German inventor claims a wood burning auto bus could save 85 percent on fuel.
Circulating Raymond officials report scrip issue gains outside the town with a warrant redeemed bearing stamps from five Calgary banks. In British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, chestnuts almonds filberts walnuts pecans and other nuts have been successfully grown.
From Oct 1 1930 to Jan 31 1933 the Department of Immigration and Colonization with CN and CPR placed 10 733 families on Canadian farms, about 53 665 people, plus 23 253 single men in farm work. Quebec and Alberta governments added 5 694 and 19 223 homesteads respectively, with other provinces participating and many settlers acting independently.
The Argonaut of San Francisco contrasts 1932 tax totals with national expenses noting relief agency wages at 15 dollars per week could fund 17 948 711 yearly positions. It claims the annual military cost, total family tax burden and mortgage clearance potential would exceed currency and gold, by comparing tax receipts to canal building and nationwide salaries.
Under the Lord Mayor London launches a festival week from May 27 to June 3 with general rejoicings and a fireworks display on the King's birthday. The aim is to lift spirits, promote London as a tourist center, and feature a pageant procession and gala demonstration. Police stats note Flying Squad arrests reached 600 last year in 450 incidents, with 40 officers strong. Indo-China rice exports fell in 1931 to about 1,060,000 tons. Local sunsets vary with town size, yet are equally striking.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has modernized toward mechanization with 2500 officers and 359 automobiles, 27 motorcycles, 13 trucks, 101 boats, 445 sled dogs, and 256 horses. Airplanes are increasingly replacing long dog travel for northern duties.
The boundary between Manitoba and Saskatchewan runs through Reindeer Lake, the larger portion lying in Saskatchewan. The lake is about 140 miles long and up to 25 miles wide, with a maximum depth near 80 feet and very clear water. It hosts numerous islands mostly cloaked in green timber. shores are rocky and abrupt with some sandy beaches. The Feindeer Lake South map from the Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior, recently issues the southern lake shown.
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