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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1937
Page
3
Government orders provide up to one third of airport improvement costs for municipalities along the Trans-Canada airway. Faster airliners push need for modern facilities. officials say speeds must reach at least 200 mph, up from about 100 mph five years ago. Hangars and buildings not covered.
The king approves an 11 week coronation schedule starting May 5 with a court reception and ending July 22 with a Buckingham palace garden party. Events include a May 12 empire broadcast, May 20 fleet review, and June 9 colors trooping as part of celebrations.
The Island of St Michael known as Lake of Seven Cities spans 297 square miles and lies 830 miles west of Portugal. It is famed as the first stop for Spanish galleons returning from the West Indies and home to Ponta Delgada with a population near 250,000. The population blends Phoenician Carthaginian descent with Portuguese navigators. Belgian linen factories run full time to supply tents and uniforms for European armies. He says I eat with a knife because my fork leaks.
C Egerton Lowe, international examiner of the Trinity College of Music, London, warns Canadians increasingly speak American English. He cites lip and tongue laziness, mispronunciation, and the broad a versus the American shift, noting Americans have corrupted the English language. He recalls Toronto 1928 as a time of proper pronunciation and laments the current trend toward American speech.
A doctor in the British Medical Journal endorses regional cooking to ease cooking burdens but warns against Britain adopting Soviet kitchen factories where meals are bought ready made. The Sunday Pictorial notes the pleasure of cooking and fear of losing personal effort in meals.
Columbus inventor Alfred Castanien, 82, unveils a tub table stove combo designed to fit many homes lacking regular tubs. After eight years of work, he asserts the device offers a ready bath solution with a stove at one end for heating water and a tub that can be raised for easy cleaning.
During her first seaside visit the old woman watches the lighthouse all evening and notes the light has been relit 38 times. She marvels at sailors patience, saying the wind has blown the light out as she observes. The daughter asks why and the woman explains her comment on resilience.
A Dundalk Ontario woman, at a Proton station, searched a forgotten pin cushion after running out of needles and uncovered 283 needles. She notes vitamins come from sunshine fresh food and pure air, suggesting simple living as a lasting remedy.
The Detroit News highlights a Cleveland merchant who paid off his mortgage by saving pennies during a downturn. He consistently met payments when others skipped small sums, proving that tiny savings add up to honor, debt clearance, and self-respect.
Hendrik Willem van Loon suggests the world’s population could fit in a box half a mile on each side. The Toronto Star counters by asking if such a test is attempted, a street railway manager could run the experiment, potentially shrinking the needed box size.
Has Balanced Budget West Vancouver shows a cash surplus and provincial government credits totaling 6280 dollars. Reeve J B Leyland addressed residents of the Burrard Inlet north shore district at a stewardship meeting.
The St Thomas Times-Journal notes President Roosevelt’s plea to employ men over 40, arguing they carry greater family responsibilities and experience. It cites employers’ bias toward youth and Henry Ford’s cross section approach in Ypsilanti as a model, stressing practical knowledge over book learning.
A frugal Aberdonian tells Mrs Gordon he has never been to the cinema. He explains his belief that not liking a film would prevent a refund, while liking it would create desire to return. The exchange highlights cautious attitudes toward entertainment spending.
Simple square knitting guide invites beginners to make squares, join them for bedspreads, scarves, or pillows. Pattern 5557 includes instructions, illustrations, and stitch details. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for the pattern. There is no Alice Brooks pattern book published.
A cedar grave marker commemorates Midnight a legendary black bucking horse once unbeatable by top rodeo riders. The epitaph recalls his prowess and a shared ranch tribute detailing his bold career and retirement death after three years off the circuit.
Miss Pearl Gardner of Cornell Agricultural School reports five years of tests on 72 horses 48 cows and 11 sheep showing cows catch on quicker remember better than horses and sheep. She notes horses trust humans most yet sheep perform similar tricks, reshaping views on animal intelligence.
An estimated 50 000 onlookers witnessed the second stage of China s anti narcotics crusade as five peddlers were executed on the steps of the Temple of Heaven in Peiping. A bonfire of 10000 ounces of narcotics preceded the public killings while prisoners posed for officials cameras after being shackled and marched to the scene.
A Brandon Sun note challenges beliefs about the superstition of No 13. It explains why sleeping cars have only 12 compartments per section and no extra berths. The piece also mentions correct glasses do not weaken the eyes and that the earth completes a solar year in 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 48 seconds.
The 1937 Canadian Almanac, in its nineteenth year, expands to 680 pages packed with government, educational, church, legal and commercial data. It covers astronomy and finance with up-to-date material, including a Royal Family article updated since Edward VIII abdication.
A humorous exchange unfolds when Bottle recounts visiting a phrenologist who complimented his head's razorlike qualities. His wife quips that if the phrenologist knew him, he might deem his head hollow ground.
Mrs Barbara Hanley Canada only woman mayor at Westwood says bachelors lack qualification to judge women's public value. Mayoress cannot stop them from voicing beliefs about women in private life while remaining bachelors. US seed catalogs now list over 60 soybean varieties, up from eight three decades ago.
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