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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 09, 1938
Page
2
Automobiles and trucks face higher insurance costs as new and renewal rates increase from January and February. Experts cite a sharp rise in 1937 accident and damage records in western provinces, blaming aging vehicles, high powered modern cars, and drunken driving. Calls for stricter patrols license checks and enforcement to reduce fatalities and insurance costs.
A UK man living in Italy travels to Switzerland for dental treatment amid safety worries in Musso Lini's country. The note sits among varied details on Napoleon Bonaparte literature and Caheco’s origin in Calicut, Madras.
English Hummer Archer Street behind Piccadilly end of Shaftesbury Avenue houses the London Orchestral Association offices, crowded with musicians from noon to 3 p.m. A large lorry crawls through the crowd as a voice jokes about the tarp. The world needs big and small people alike.
The article traces beet sugar from early use in India to commercial production after 1811 when Napoleon founded six beet sugar schools. It notes Canada now yields beets with four times the sugar content of Napoleon’s era and that modern factories run with precise, scientific methods.
The sea lamprey spreads from Lake Ontario into the western Great Lakes threatening commercial fishing. Dr. Carl L. Hubbs notes lampreys attach to lake trout in Huron and Michigan and urges fishermen to report spawning runs to aid eradication efforts. The parasite differs by size color and two dorsal fins from native lamprey.
E D Arnold of Calgary presented a description to the federal tariff board of a light crude fuel oil from Witlash Montana near the Alberta border. He said it powers tractors and also provides lubrication without refining, selling at two and a half cents a gallon.
At Oct 31 1937 Canadian chartered banks held 536 with deposits of 100000 or more and 3,770,692 with 1000 or less. Between 1000 and 5000 had 274,810. 5000 to 10000 had 36,343. 5000 to 25000 had 2,371. Total savings deposits stood at 1,583,694,721. Current deposits 100000 plus numbered 765. 1000 or less totaled 596,830. Overall current deposits reached 679,125,144.
Northern Ireland produced 154,000,000 square yards of linen in 1937, enough for a yard wide strip about 8,7000 miles long. The total output valued at £12,250,000, about $61,250,000.
The national safety council estimates 106000 accidental deaths in 1937 with 39700 in traffic, 375000 permanently injured, 9400000 temporarily hurt, and a total cost of 3700000000 dollars. Wages and medical expenses account for 2550000000, property damage in traffic 870000000, and property losses in fires 285000000.
Fruits and vegetables provide vitamin C essential to prevent scurvy and maintain health. A recipe uses four apples with butter sugar milk and custard to create a vitamin rich baked dish. Readers may request free home cooking advice from Alice Stevens Home Service at Winnipeg address. The note mentions a cabbage plant grown by Don Juan Souto in Argentina reaching over 11 feet.
Minister of National Revenue N W Rowell notes the public asks for tax cuts but lacks concrete plans. J L Ilsley proposes a practical answer urging groups to oppose unnecessary expenditures and to lobby Ottawa to restrain government spending rather than demand more funds. Peterborough Examiner.
Edinburgh officials push larger spending on housing public assistance education health and air raid precautions while Bailie Fortune notes a fourpence tax rise. Major Robert Bruce frames Scotland’s struggle as essential for Highland and national prosperity with air raid officers expected soon in Glasgow and Edinburgh. London shows no fatal road accidents in ten weeks.
A portrait of Hetty Green known as the Queen of Wall Street. It notes her vast fortune of about 20 million pounds from stock dealings and her famed frugality. It mentions her death in 1916 and one of her last acts sending a biblical text to a railway fare claimant, quoting Jonah 1:3.
King Farouk and his bride Farida publicly reviewed a parade from Abdin Palace in Cairo marking a historic first in Egypt. Cheerful crowds welcomed the royal couple as Boy Scouts Girl Scouts and local athletes passed in review during the ceremony. The source notes a distance fact about Britain being within 80 miles of the sea.
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