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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1938
Page
9
In a breezy manor scene Crump panics over a missing pug body and a suspected thief in the household. The earl and Rosa ease tensions at luncheon while Ernest vanishes and later returns for dinner amid stock talk and mock seriousness. Crump faints from fright and recovers with brandy as Cook wheels into the mystery.
A Harvard laboratory report to the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers describes transforming tellurium into a new metal using high pressure. Dr. P W Bridgman notes the finding marks a first in altering an element, but he says it has no immediate practical value.
John Ringling North executive head of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus was bitten on the arm by Gargantu the Great at the winter quarters in Florida. North stood before a cage when the gorilla seized his arm through bars causing a badly mangled injury. keeper Richard Kroner beat the animal away with a club.
Salvation Army Col. G W Peacock told a Toronto Kiwanis Club luncheon Canadians should be big and broad in outlook and seek the good in all. He urged a more expansive vision for the country.
Nelson T Rathbun of Redwood City California as second cousin to the late Nelson H Tunicliff must keep the grass green over Tunicliff's grave to share in a $48 400 estate. Tunicliff's will creates a trust fund that becomes void if the grass turns brown. He was a lawyer.
Leading aircraft manufacturers of England anticipate operating at full capacity until 1940. The report notes sustained production outlook amid expanding demand and industrial readiness. Skiing Elsewhere: New Zealand declares skiing more popular than ever, reflecting rising winter sports enthusiasm.
Calgary petroleum leader Walter Campbell told Montreal newspapermen that Canada may export Turner Valley crude within six months via rail or pipeline to world markets. He cited 1937 reserves of 500 million barrels and possible pipelines to Fort William, with a defense rationale and a price tag near 15 million dollars.
The American Medical Association notes a 53 percent rise in heart and artery deaths in Canada from 1926 to 1936. U S rates climbed from 124 to 224 per 100 000 between 1920 and 1932, with Canada at 222.8 and provincial variations. Experts urge periodic exams and lifestyle changes to curb early heart trouble and disease prevention.
Spies in the United States have sought secret plans for war machine construction. Five were caught in the act. most deported quietly. The War Department sees espionage guilt but lacks prosecutable evidence and avoids triggering international tension. The surge followed the 1936 Spanish war outbreak and foreign interest grew as export aircraft impressed loyalist forces. An officer, used by a photographed spy, was removed after overplaying her hand.
A visitor questions a recluse about living in a remote area for over thirty years. The inhabitant confirms the long tenure and notes boredom as the reason for staying, saying there is nothing else to do, which is precisely why they prefer the solitude.
Indiana University medical experts report a quick healing treatment from pectin found in apples. The discovery, announced in Bloomington, notes pectin kills germs effectively only in acidic environments and suits deep infected wounds.
Dr Gordon Grant of Windsor told a Life Underwriters Association meeting that an increasing waistline and extra chins do not indicate good health and warn of a poor outlook if such symptoms are present. He cautioned against assuming reserve power from body size.
The passage states that a low C on a piano has about 17 feet wavelength and shortens by half each octave as the keyboard ascends. It also notes in Venezuela a small tree called the copey signals nearby iron ore deposits.
A jellyfish obstruction halted operations on a liner off Durban South Africa choking the vessel’s suction line. The incident disrupted schedule as crews cleared the blockage and resumed tow or fueling after the event.
Jeff Davis known as the King of the Hoboes arrives in New York aboard the Queen Mary then departs for England amid luxury travel. He voices a grievance over the term hobo and plans to push for a precise dictionary definition while recounting a $300 purse gift from a roaming group. He distinguishes hobos from tramps and bums and notes a shift in public understanding.
A report notes pneumonia deaths in the United States running about fifty percent higher than tuberculosis cases, highlighting a shifting public health burden and urging attention to pneumonia prevention and treatment.
A new imperial decree establishes a coinage system linking Ethiopia with Italian influence, outlining standards, denominations, and issuance processes under the African Empire’s administration.
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