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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 16, 1937
Page
5
A review compares 17 foreign warships with 160 British vessels at Spithead. Hector C. Bywater notes British destroyers outrun rivals in design and efficiency, with emphasis on German pocket battleship concepts and Japanese cruisers as contrasts.
A practical priest leads a new floating church that travels the Parana delta to reach worshippers. The 108 foot hull repurposed from an old vessel carries a steeple, stained glass, an altar, and a padre to the congregation, built in Buenos Aires shipyard.
Production reached 12,494,959 pounds in 1936, up 14 percent from 1935 and the highest since 1930. Twenty plants operated the industry nationwide with Ontario leading at 11, Quebec six, Manitoba two, and Alberta one.
In the House of Commons Mr. Sandys notes that life expectancy for 65 year olds has risen only about nine months since 1871, while infant mortality fell from one in seven births in 1886 to one in 20 in 1935. He cites medicine and hygiene improving national health but not adult life span.
A Indiana Supreme Court ruling clarifies the meaning of a drug store. The judge reviews Burns' statutes Webster's dictionary apothecary definitions Britannica and Shakespeare concluding a drug store is a store in which drugs are sold.
Two mountaineers enjoyed a sunny Glencoe peak weekend when a solo climber raced up the opposite slope. He checked his watch at the summit and smiled, topping his previous ascent by four and a half minutes. The Isle of Man note highlights a view linking England Ireland and Scotland. A hummingbird’s backward flight is unique among birds.
General Wang was offered a southern garrison post and moved south to take it. At Shensi the column boarded a railway train with loot and rifles, then the train pulled away leaving them unarmed and surrounded by government troops. The capture occurred without a single casualty or shot.
At the 1929 annual meeting J F Clunk reported CNIB placed and employed blind persons in wage earning jobs and work to prevent blindness. The 1937 fiscal year saw 271 employed with wage benefits totaling $165 273.
The humming bird, smallest of all birds, migrates from Alaska to Brazil. It can fly in any direction including backwards but it cannot walk. It crosses the Gulf of Mexico, covering over 500 miles in a single night.
Dr. Charles A Elsberg of New York city announced a new method to locate obscure brain tumors by precisely measuring eye reactions to light. The flickering and light intensity tests indicate the brain tires before the retina or optic nerve, and that eye strain in fog or at night can paradoxically improve vision.
At the Atlantic City meeting of the American Laryngological Rhinological and Otological Society Sir Frederick Banting of Toronto announced insulin, long used for diabetes, may prevent and cure the common cold and related infections. The session also noted insulin helps stop watery nasal discharges, bed sores, small surface ulcers, swollen ankles and certain middle ear infections.
Seamless blouse and matching skirt pattern 5601 features a round needle stockinette bodice with a lace sun burst yoke. Available in white or pastels and multiple yarn options. Includes instructions for sizes 16 18 and 38 40 with materials, illustrated stitches, and pattern details from the Household Arts Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Ottawa Journal reports the Soviet Union’s third five year plan aims to surpass America by 1942. It outlines rapid industrial expansion across capital goods, transportation, electrification, aviation, and mining, with projected population growth to 300 million and goals in gold coal steel and agriculture. It notes doubts about efficiency and labor productivity yet claims leadership in tractors, threshers, and aviation.
Stanley Bald win speaks on the sounds and sights of England from smithy hammer to plough team. He lists wood smoke corn crake and wild anemones as ancestral echoes shaping national identity and deep chords in humanity.
Construction on Germany's new airship the L Z130 sister ship to the Hindenburg is in the final stages. The metal structure is nearly fabric covered the pilot and motor gondolas and the wireless cabin are nearly finished and passenger quarters work is being sped.
Leading scholars will review 200 years of human knowledge and outline future possibilities at a 1940 series of institutes and symposiums tied to the University of Pennsylvania bicentenary. The origin of the word influenza derives from a Latin term meaning to influence.
Captain A Brandt New York State Highway Commissioner argues a safety program to curb road deaths. He favors jagged narrow roads, removal of inns, policing roadside parking, and periodic driver sanity tests to curb speeding on what he calls wide open speedways.
Public bet by Melbourne businessman D K Thompson on radio quiz ends in a stunt as he eats his hat after failing to answer 95 percent of questions. Police regulate crowds while Thompson, wearing a tiny panama, consumes chopped hat with roast beef and vegetables before returning home. Ostrich ancestors shed extra toes to speed running. Sweden has 10,446 miles of railroad according to the report.
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