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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1932
Page
5
Nicholas Murray Butler argues that cancelling intergovernmental war obligations would ease global economic strain. He contends legal debt claims misstate reality as creditors lack ability to receive due payments, and congressional inaction in December worsened the mood and financial outlook.
In 1931 tea consumption in the United Kingdom remained high at about eight and a half cups daily per person, with a slow decline from 1930 and 1929. Coffee, though still far less common, rose to 33,902,400 pounds, up about 1.5 million pounds from 1930.
A 1908 automobile sold for 75 dollars at a Toronto auction. After two decades in a garage behind Mrs. Annebelle Mathers home a tree grew before the doors. The current owner retrieved the vehicle, which a company representative will showcase in exhibitions.
An elderly golfer from St Johns Nild, reputed to be the oldest in Britain, began swinging 75 years ago in Fifeshire Scotland. He plays at 90 and still uses a midiron bought seven decades ago. Also mention of a rumored German sound weapon and a stray quoted exchange from Nebelspalter in Zurich.
English auditors examining Kreuger’s companies in Stockholm discovered a hidden desk button in his “silent room.” Pushing an object over it caused the telephone to ring, allowing Kreuger to fake a call and dismiss visitors without speaking. The find sheds light on his fraudulent practices and the mysterious image he cultivated.
In Surrogate Court Osgoode Hall Toronto a rhyming clergyman drafts a humorous will. Dr Dunlop of Goderich leaves gifts to sisters with satirical motives and to a brother, urging reform. A friend gets a silver teapot to comfort him in a slatternly wife’s distress, while another sister receives a silver cup with a sovereign and grandma’s snuff box.
The Stratford Beacon Herald notes Germany faces shrinking reparations estimates from $31,999,999,999 down to $1,000,000,000. The smallest figure equals about three percent of the original demand. Experts may meet again to decide how much others owe Germany if the trend continues.
A brief exchange reveals one partner proposing and the other doubting a second chance. The reply implies the first proposal was accepted and there would not be a second proposal.
A ruby valued at $10,000 and described as of the finest color was located in Mogok within the Shan States.
British editors and Canadian newspaper representatives toured Ford's new Dagenham factory on London's doorstep. The self contained plant features its own powerhouse and coke ovens and is expected to employ 15 000 workers, producing up to 200 000 cars yearly. Electricity powers operations with rapid roof window control.
A Paris Academy report by Magnan and Legue explains birds and insects stay aloft by rapid wing motion. Seagulls move five times per second and lose two inches per stroke, while flies move 160 times per second with negligible drop. For a 200 pound man, wings must beat 13 to 20 times per second with about one eighth horsepower to lift via roughly one square yard of surface.
The Cheltenham Flyer and Flying Scotsman after record runs, Great Western and LNER plan the fastest service yet to start July 18. LMS says Mancunian route Wilmslow to London Euston in 172 minutes at 61.7 mph, the longest European non-stop over 60 mph.
A nationwide survey indicates that a $120,000,000 federal appropriation will create 250,000 men employed 30 hours weekly for 11 months. States welcome the program as a vigorous step and relief workers praise the extended hours, which spreads work to more laborers over time.
Departmental data show the 1931 wool chip valued at eight cents a pound, down from 11 in 1930 and 22 in 1929, with 62 cents in 1918. The piece notes India building a domestic film industry and observes that sawdust sinks while wood floats.
A life insurance company reports that through May 1952 the industrial death rate fell to 9.2 per 1 000, with May at 8.5 per 1 000 the lowest since 1931. Deaths from tuberculosis pneumonia and influenza dropped while diabetes and cancer deaths rose.
Tom Eadie, noted diver, explains life at the ocean bottom. He notes visibility varies with light and bottom type, describing bright sandy or gravel bottoms as allowing clear sight at 120 feet, while cloudy days on mud bottoms reduce visibility to near zero and require relying on touch. He compares the bottom to shore ground with small rises and hollows and occasional rocks.
The dying physician asks for a nameplate on his coffin and, after a life spent helping others, his widow fulfills the wish. At the funeral a brass plate once on his door is gone, and the gravestone lists Angus Abernethy M.D. with office hours 9 to 11 am.
The north magnetic pole lies on Boothia Peninsula along Canada's Arctic coast while the south pole sits south of New Zealand in Victoria Land. Canada exported honey to the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, France, and the United States among others in 1931. A tadpole metamorphosis consumes its tail as nourishment.
The Winnipeg Free Press notes careful surveys to support a future regular trans Atlantic air route. Expeditions headed by H G Watkins and the University of Michigan led by Dr R L Belknap study Greenland air currents and weather data for a year, while Pan American Airways coordinates efforts. The first year avoids flying surveys, focusing on atmospheric conditions to build a firm knowledge base for the service.
A new eight foot rocket with ten foot wings was secretly tested at Daemmer Lake Germany. Inventor Reinhold Tiling reported the craft flew to over 6000 feet and glided to earth after wings unfolded. Public demonstration is anticipated.
Sir Morell Mackenzie, famed Victorian throat specialist, visits the painter Whistler after being asked to treat a sick French poodle. He treats the dog, takes his fee, and leaves. Later Whistler summons him, asking about having his front door painted.
A petition circulated by Mrs. P. F. Cosgrain and Lady Drummond asks Ottawa to remove disabilities of married women regarding nationality and urges uniform Empire legislation. The report also cites a weather estimate of 4,000,000 cubic miles of ice on Greenland Iceland and Antarctica.
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