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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 15, 1931
Page
2
A column discusses global confusion and the global trade war due to nationalism. It contrasts self determination and League of Nations with extreme nationalism, noting tariff walls, restricted movement, and economic strife. The author argues for true internationalism to reduce conflict and promote interdependence.
Saskatchewan produced 685,551 pounds of honey worth 108,257 in 1930, the province's largest output ever and up 280,649 pounds from 1929. Dominion output reached 31,169,683 pounds, with Saskatchewan accounting for just over two percent. Manitoba produced 10,110,128 pounds and Alberta 1,578,948 pounds.
Harry Wheeler a grocery clerk at Havant England won 500 in the Derby Sweepstakes using the alias Jumbo and gave his employer G R Standing's address. Standing a magistrate and lay preacher opposed gambling and discharged Wheeler after the win.
Jim Crowell, jailed for manslaughter in a twelve year term, receives seven months leave from Oklahoma State Prison because he owns the only threshing machine in his area. Neighbors petitioned Acting Governor Burns citing the need to harvest crops.
A civic census of Edmonton records a population of 79 059, up 1 502 from 1930. North Side houses 61 336 residents and South Side 17 723, with a gender balance of 39 540 males and 39 519 females.
The third annual Willingdon arts competition announced winners in music sculpture and painting. George Bowles Winnipeg won the violin and piano piece Im promptu. F Llewellyn Harrison New Glasgow won the organ piece Winter's Poem. Gladstone Evans Toronto won Wanderlied. Dinah Lauterman Montreal won sculpture Head of an Indian Chief. Pegi Nicol Ottawa won painting Log Cabin. Honorable mentions included J W MacDonald Vancouver Ten and Vera O Weatherbie Vancouver.
A AMA convention in Philadelphia showcased a new method using brain and face motion pictures to study brain control of health. Recordings from St Elizabeth hospital show how facial expressions and movements reflect brain damage later confirmed in autopsy. This technique may let physicians predict and act before fatal outcomes, expanding beyond insanity care.
Sir Aurel Stein, veteran explorer, returns with silk pieces in the British Museum from a 2000 year old cache on the China to Eastern Asia route. He reportedly halted another expedition due to Chinese obstruction. In the Syrian desert he traced ancient motor car tracks leading to a vehicle used by a Bedouin sheik and three shepherds hunting lost sheep.
The Vancouver Exhibition Association reports strong progress on new buildings with total expenditure around $300,000 and completion likely in August.
The piece advises keeping Dr Thomas Electric Oil on hand in factories and workshops instead of carbolic acid for treating wounds. It claims faster action with no scarring or flesh burns and promotes its use as a safer dressing.
A large party of Chinese, accompanied by wives and families, arrived in Vancouver recently by Canadian National Railways. The travelers came from the British West Indies and South America and were en route to China.
The Industrial Development Board of Manitoba says it is in contact with about thirty United States firms regarding developing the beryllium deposits in Northern Manitoba.
The United States submits detailed totals of its land sea and air forces to the League of Nations for the world disarmament conference. Land forces total 189,957 with 13,080 officers. army legal strength 17,728 officers and 280,000 enlisted. Naval strength 109,886 including 10,420 navy officers and 1,030 marine officers with 17,500 Marines listed as average strength.
A vintage recipe details a lemon pie with thick lemon custard under a baked meringue topping. It lists sugar flour cornstarch salt boiling water lemon juice grated lemon rind egg yolks and a meringue made from egg whites sugar and baking powder. Bake the pie at 325 degrees for browning.
A recipe combines soup stock onion vinegar and sugar fried in bacon fat to make a hearty luncheon dish. Toast slices are topped with poached eggs set in warm soup for serving in bowls. The text then extols Persian palm tones as a skin beautifier and fragrance for women.
Building permits issued in 61 cities totaled 11.868 million dollars in May, down from 13.786 million in April and 20.321 million a year earlier. For the first five months of 1931 the total was 49.001 million, the lowest in a decade. Montreal rose from both April 1931 and May 1930, while Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver fell in both comparisons. St Boniface and North Vancouver showed increases year over year.
Fishermen can catch trout with worms on a bent pin but the custom requires perfect coordination of mind and body and the use of about $300 worth of superfluous equipment.
Squadron Leader O R Gayford and Flight Lieutenant D L G Bett will attempt a world long distance record in a new Fairey Napier monoplane. The flight aims for Cape Town or Ceylon with weather choosing the final destination. The craft, nearly identical to the 1929 model, will carry 1000 gallons of fuel and include a robot pilot for in flight relief. Gayford, a WWI veteran, flew Egypt and India missions and Ceylon Cape Town trips in 1928. Bett took part in Africa flights in 1927.
A platinum wire enough to girdle the earth at the equator could be drawn from the metal in 280 wedding rings. The ductility is shown by a wire as fine as 500 millionths of an inch in diameter, with twenty five thousand miles weighing 35 ounces. Dr Kellogg claims his asthma remedy is inexpensive and widely accessible.
G Hall Roosevelt, Detroit city comptroller and Theodore Roosevelt’s nephew, urged a compulsory unemployment insurance system in an address to the International Association of Comptrollers and Accounting Officers, drawing lessons from Russia for future planning.
Blackburn resident Frank C. reports relief from acid stomach and constipation after using Carter's Little Liver Pills. claiming they are an all-vegetable tonic for the liver and help with indgestion biliousness headaches and complexion. sold by druggists in 25c and 75c packages.
The London Times editorial argues that Anglo Canadian trade should rely on cooperation rather than competition. It urges British manufacturers to support Canadian lines that complement domestic products and to market British goods aligned with Canadian industry needs.
Hon. R. J. Manion, Minister of Railways and Canals, urged in the House of Commons that some form of regulation be applied to motor bus competition. He argued buses and trucks on public highways injure Canadian railways and that railways should not face unregulated competition on shared routes.
Douglas' Egyptian Liniment offers a ready remedy for burns sprains felons blood poisoning soft corns warts and scald feet. It is valued for inflammation and muscular rheumatism.
A group of Manitoba residents petition the Federal Department of Mines to conduct a survey of peat beds in the northeastern region. The effort aims to assess resources and potential development opportunities for the peat industry.
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