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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 01, 1936
Page
2
A Toronto editor urges a return to an old morality to safeguard democracy. He links freedom of press and thought to restraint, thrift, respect for law, and self governance, citing Roman era virtues and urging a pay as you go fiscal stance in government.
Parliament to consider a wide national reconstruction plan including housing, slum clearance, land settlement, reforestation, and youth education and employment. The sponsors seek immediate adoption with low loan rates and protections for urban industrial workers similar to farmer and fisherman benefits.
Scientists report discovering a seven leaf clover, while noting the Hawaiian alphabet contains twelve letters.
F E Saims lead Diver area settlers complain of frequent Temiskaming and Northern Ontario railway earthquakes near Diver. Tremors since last May with a major quake on Nov 1 cause daily quivering up to 15 or 20 events, leaving cabins feeling lifted and grounds sounding hollow. authorities urged to investigate.
Sir Robert Falconer, head of the League of Nations Society in Canada, told the Border Cities branch in Windsor that Canada’s future depends on full support for the British Commonwealth and the League of Nations. Greenland is noted as the only place with abundant cryolite, a mineral vital to aluminum.
Premier Angus L Macdonald forms a nine member economic council to advise on the province’s economic ills. Dr A S MacKenzie of Dalhousie University chairs. others cover education mining lumber labour fishing manufacturing and agriculture. meetings set for early next year.
Canada’s Junkers JU-52 freight plane will be restored after Canadian Airways sourced a 900 horsepower Rolls Royce motor from Britain. The re engine aims to revive the huge craft for prairie test flights before northern freight work resumes.
At Mala Kr sna near Belgrade in Yugoslavia Trajko Smiljkovitch died at 13 in his old age. He had been married 80 years and remained healthy. His widow is strong. Peasants mourn his storytelling and historic reminiscences. His unfulfilled wish was to ride in a motor car. In Durban Natal the oldest man, 108, Kranmechand, an Indian market warder, died after arriving in 1874.
The Star Weekly Know Canada Puzzle Contest offers a $1,000 first prize from a total of 531 cash awards. Entry requires sending separate complete puzzle picture sets for each entrant, with individual names, and families may enter multiple participants.
Brig Gen E de Panet, president of Montreal unemployed relief commission, urged use of nationwide identification cards. He told City Improvement League members the plan would aid unemployment registration, prevent impersonation at polling booths, and act as a countrywide prospecting tool.
A newly married couple faced a shocking moment when a caterpillar triggered a panicked scream in the kitchen. He rushed to help, while she feared being alone. The scene ended with the couple continuing their day amid talk of new car models.
Sir Philip Sassoon announced a Royal Air Force team has discovered a chemical method to prevent ice buildup on aircraft wings. The aim is to improve safety in all flying weather as development continues, amid speculation about the Tatsfield crash that killed eleven people.
A judge questions the price charged by an Italian organ grinder. The vendor replies twenty dollars, not for grinding the organ but to stop him from grinding at all. The exchange ends with the grinder paying to be quiet and leave.
A readable fragment presents a moral maxim about courage and restraint. It reflects a dating era ethos stressing virtue and personal accountability in a concise, reflective line.
Ottawa board of control reviews National Construction Council of Canada report calling for at least 2 096 new dwellings to house low wage earners and relief tenants. The plan also projects demolition of 576 existing units, rehabilitation of 1 369 houses, and 5 625 families occupying 3 529 dwellings amid serious overcrowding.
The Toronto Star notes eight diphtheria victims last year with only one fatality among over 100,000 immunized since 1929. It asks if any other deadly disease has a preventive measure so reliably preventing death and cites circumstances explaining the lone fatal case.
Officials report that eighty percent of all adults are immune to infantile paralysis based on recent estimates. The figure reflects laboratory tests and population studies conducted this year.
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