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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1938
Page
8
Sun exposure brings heat prostration and sunstroke with symptoms from cramps to loss of consciousness. For sunburn use tannic or Epsom salt solutions. heat stroke requires cooling, fluids, and medical supervision. Light headgear helps. avoid overheating as much as possible despite sun’s benefits.
Niagara Falls Review lauds Owen Wister who died in North Kingstown Rhode Island as a defender of the Britain United States friendship. His works like The Ancient Grudge corrected misperceptions and showed John Bull backing US efforts, improving Anglo American relations and earning respect from peace lovers.
Motion picture property men demonstrated an illusion during filming by creating synthetic oak tree trunks. They took bark casts, molded wax bark, cast plaster sheets, painted the bark, and wrapped it around wooden forms to simulate real oaks quickly.
The United States government funds a study to learn why cows select some grasses over others. P. V. Cardon, head of grassing research in the agriculture department, says the project aims to identify grasses that endure best and are most suitable for long lasting pastures.
J C Robertson live stock superintendent says Saskatchewan holds about one third of Canada’s horses and is the Dominion’s largest horse producer. He notes the province’s significant role in the national livestock industry.
Canadian flax farmers in the Co operative Agricole de Lain de Vaudreuil et Soulanges report 600 families grow 6000 acres of flax. Linen used as airplane wing fabric replaces silk for higher bullet resistance and shape retention. Fibre sold to Ireland and linseed firms. De Beaujeu factory processes flax with growing Canadian labor. J P Cloutier returned from Europe with 10000 dollars worth of fax pulling machinery.
The Earl and Countess of Egmont plan a modern country estate on their farmstead south of Calgary to replace a $25,000 dwelling lost to fire last February. They will live there until 1940 when their son Viscount Perceval reaches school age and will be sent to England for education. The couple expects to divide time between England and Alberta, returning during holidays.
The Army finds a legal provision allows acquisition of 4,120 first line fighting planes, exceeding Navy authorization and doubling the Army’s 2,320 goal. Officials say manufacturing hurdles prevent immediate completion and stress the figure is not an immediate target.
The Duke of Devonshire delivered to the King the insignia of the Order of the Garter once worn by his father. The Star and Collar are diamond pieces worth several thousand pounds together. Knights replace lost insignia from private funds, while the originals are paid for by the King and return on a knight’s death.
Ernest Topping, a Blackpool builder visiting Kitchener with eight British tourists, argues Canadian timber offers better dollar value than Scandinavian wood but fails on price. He notes Canadian product leads in value despite higher costs.
Santa Rosa hardware men Ketteren Brothers received an order for mesh wire from a ranch man quoting prices shown in an advertisement. Investigators found the advertisement had been clipped from a local paper dating back 28 years.
A brief quip on property and meaning unfolds as speakers debate what constitutes a true lot and who may claim it. The exchange hints at disputes over ownership and value.
W T Scott of the Harrow Experimental Station explains that the ugliest hen was chosen as the best and the prettiest as the worst. He notes the valuable laying hen spends more time on the nest while the plumaged bird shirks work.
Fifty five giant warships paraded at Portsmouth along with displays from the three major dockyards in Portsmouth Chatham and Plymouth. The event aimed to demonstrate swift expansion of British fighting forces and to encourage more recruits amid rising taxes.
Lincoln Ellsworth, who has crossed both poles, sails from New York aboard the Europa for another Antarctic expedition. He says crowds disturb him and that wilderness dwellers feel a sense of God. He travels via Southampton to Capetown to meet his ship Wyatt Earp.
A reader Letter to the Chico Record argues that easing passing on highways prevents race like crashes. Separately, Marianne and France dolls sent to Princess Elizabeth and Margaret Rose are described with their French trousseau and special roadsters from a major automobile company. The piece notes royal display in the Royal Museum of London and predicts the dolls will demonstrate French fashion to a future queen.
Jack Judge, 60, the author of the famous wartime refrain It’s A Long Way To Tipperary, died in Birmingham England. A fish salesman turned vaudeville headliner he had been in ill health for some time. His publishers gave him a life pension saying Judge wrote a soldier’s anthem that helped win the war.
A young woman, seeking romance under a different name, boasts of advertising for a refined gentleman. Father replies with a single reply as the only incoming letter, prompting a humorous clash between parental shock and a hopeful pursuit of love.
More than 2,000 years ago Socrates wandered Athens streets plying people with questions to stimulate thought. The passage highlights his method of questioning to provoke reflection and examine assumptions.
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports a two percent June increase in country general store sales from returns of over 700 stores in small towns and rural districts. Gains reflect improved western agriculture and higher rural purchasing, with Manitoba up ten percent Saskatchewan five percent and Alberta four percent. An 1755 New England earthquake is linked to lightning rods per a trade publication.
A debt free English immigrant who started with nothing built a 900 acre crop and over 1000 acre holdings in Southern Alberta. He credits banks for lifting him, follows expert farming advice, and sustains livestock with a water reservoir. The piece draws morals that farming pays and English newcomers can succeed.
The Home Ministry bans evacuation during air raids urging citizens to stay at their posts and minimize damage. Only the ill elderly and very young may leave for shelter. Chief Kui chi Kameyema states refuge will not be recognized as essential to firefighting against incendiaries.
An editorial notes the shift toward paying expenses from current revenue rather than incurring debt. Sault Ste. Marie Michigan is cited as an example that has cleared debt and funds public works from ongoing revenue, issuing only short term debentures if needed.
In Magistrate Joseph MacDonalds court in Sydney Nova Scotia a family day unfolds as his two barrister sons Ronald and John face off before him. Ronald defends Tony Torto charged with reckless driving while John prosecutes.
A Hungarian invention eliminates paper wrapping for cigarettes. Tobacco is enclosed in a special tissue made from fibres and tobacco leaves, creating a paperless cigarette.
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