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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1931
Page
3
Boston architect Dana Somes envisions a future where homes are mass produced like cars using new metals and light materials. He predicts affordable, permanent houses built by large corporations with nationwide service, replacing traditional methods within the next decade or two.
George Riedell of Riedell's Honey Limited predicting a strong year for honey production in Alberta. He manages 1,500 bee colonies across Taber Barnwell and Coaldale districts and reports last season yielded fifteen carloads or about 350000 pounds.
A government ceremony honored Senator Raoul Dandurand with a portrait presented to the Canadian government. Dandurand, a 1924 League delegate, led the league assembly in 1925 and later served on the council, reflecting Canada’s role in League of Nations efforts.
A physician notes that among yearly missing persons some act from the feeling of not being wanted while others are driven by the knowledge that they are unwanted. The remark suggests psychological motives behind disappearances rather than external causes.
Foreign tourists touring the Rosenborg Castle caused a security device to trigger a siren and bells. The cabinet sank, doors closed, an attendant drew a revolver, and police arrived to secure the scene. The party was released and left with respect for Denmark’s guarding system.
British Columbia welcomes Australia removing a five dollar per ton duty on Canadian newsprint. The province expects to gain most from the change as it ships the bulk of Canada’s paper products to Australia. Last year Canada’s exports to the commonwealth reached about five million dollars with 52 000 tons of newsprint from British Columbia, up from roughly 12 000 tons in 1925.
Mrs. Carol Saucier of Ottawa travels by rail and canoe to Pangnirtung with Miss Prudence Hocken of Winnipeg to open a new Anglican hospital. Saucier acts as matron and the district already names a medical director. Saucier previously led Moose Factory Indian residential school matron duties.
A photo electric eye replaces the human eye in an instrument to measure minute differences between white and nearly white surfaces. The device provides accurate readings of distinctions imperceptible to trained observers, enhancing precision in color and shade evaluation.
Scientists from the Buffalo Museum of Science uncovered an Indian arrowhead along with charcoal and a burned stump in the same stratum while digging for a mastodon skeleton in Indiana. The find could change the belief that mastodons were extinct for thousands of years and suggests Indians may have killed it for food.
Faced with low milk prices and butter fat, some dairymen plan to grain good cows while on grass and supplement pastures with silage or other seeds when forage runs short. They note that the lower the price, the more milk a cow must produce to stay profitable.
Citizens of Ceylon express demand for talking pictures and the speaking screen. Even natives who do not know English favor synchronized films, but recent showings faced strong verbal protests from both natives and Europeans.
Col L M Cosgrave Canadian trade commissioner to China advocates growing soya beans in Western Canada to lift prices and supply cattle fodder. He notes Manchuria climate mirrors prairie conditions and that mechanized farming lowers costs, enabling Canadian yields competitive with Manchurian growers.
The London Daily Express cites a Norwegian steamer captain sounding 29 miles off Flamborough Head who found the North Sea bed raised by the June 7 quake to about half chart depth. He reports a ridge of eight miles mapped as hills lifted by the tremor.
A Forest Products Laboratories report shows a normal pile of one-inch white pine dries green to air-dry in about six weeks under summer 1930 conditions. Top zones dry fastest, bottom zones up to four weeks slower, side zones quicker than the middle.
Agriculture field reps report a rapid grasshopper outbreak across Canada with serious proportions in Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan and Alberta. Provinces distribute poisoned bait to farmers and plan cultivation measures to curb the pest amid a drought-linked cycle.
Nature notes discuss sky lark song duration with estimates from Noble Rollin and others. Researchers find length varies by time of day month and individual bird, ranging from one to 19 minutes, with an average of 2.22 minutes.
W J Beckett, chief Dominion dairy grader, reports May butter inspections in the Edmonton district rose 143 percent. Quality stood at 75 percent first grade. A writer reveals Sir Henry Thornton once sought bishopric but chose a role allowing him to give orders.
The Victoria Cross holders will not be automatically deprived of the medal for crimes. the King may cancel or restore the award through a withdrawal of the recommendation. The change is among new military medal provisions outlined in the London Gazette. From the Legionary.
The buffalo herd in Canada has grown dramatically since 1908 from under 800 to over 20 000 due to the main herd and shipments to Wood Buffalo Park. About 6 000 head roam Buffalo National Park in Wainwright Alberta and 1 000 at Elk Island Park in Alberta.
Hon. N. S. Lougheed announces large scale reforestation measures. BC holds 8,500,000 acres in timber reserves and studies coastal areas for Douglas fir growth. Next year artificial planting will be used for restocking logged lands for the first time in the province's history.
The Department of the Interior maintains over 2000 miles of saddle pony trails in Canadian Rockies parks. They lead to glaciers, mountain lakes and peaks, offering outdoor recreation and enjoyment for nature lovers. Fortune Teller: There's a dark woman following your husband. Client: She'll soon get tired of that—he's a postman.
Rome considers building an inland harbor north of the city connected to the Tyr Rhenian Sea by a canal 100 meters wide and 20 meters deep. The project envisions a dam on the Tiber forming a navigable fjord to supply power and link the port to Rome by rail and road.
The submarine Nautilus under Sir Hubert Wilkins will drill a man-sized hole through thirteen feet of ice using a unique ice saw. An emergency escape tube will allow crew exits. If ice is too thick two smaller saws will bore eight and a half inch holes through one hundred feet of ice.
Branded beef sold in Canada during April totaled 1,983,022 pounds. Of this, 1,333,247 pounds were branded blue and 649,775 pounds branded red. Provincial gradings: British Columbia 181,205. Alberta 220,750. Saskatchewan 144,462. Manitoba 315,320. Ontario 726,285. Quebec 395,000 pounds.
About 200 women in Teheran buried the cahdur and veil in a grave as a protest against male and female dress reform. An epitaph declared, Here lies the cloak, the emblem of women's servitude, in response to Riza Khan’s decree advancing western attire.
In 1901 Dr Karl Landsteiner identified four blood groups making transfusion safer. A humorous question about a missing mother in law moves to a final quip in Pages Gaies Yverdon.
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