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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1938
Page
2
Advertising is often unfairly criticized as misleading yet remains truthful in most cases. Large scale, well placed advertising lowers production and selling costs, reduces consumer prices, and expands access to better goods and services.
The Mt Wilson Observatory director emeritus in Pasadena, California, Dr. George Ellery Hale, dies after a year with heart disease. He advanced solar science by proving the sun’s outer layer is hot gases with swirling whirlpools and magnetic fields in sunspots. He invented the spectro heliograph and other observing apparatus.
In England coin gas meters in Greater London number 1,090,000 and can hold up to 30 shillings each before being emptied every two months, showing high demand for coins.
The New York State Agricultural College reports alfalfa as likely the oldest plant cultivated for domestic animal feed. A chemist notes the human nose contains a highly efficient air conditioning mechanism within under a cubic inch.
A playful item notes that mischief and amusement intertwine in local life with cheeky remarks about pleasure and risk. The piece hints at a lively social scene while winking at the double edge of enjoying trouble.
The Rome Berlin axis links two dictatorships with shared resentment of Versailles. Italy fears a powerful Germany advancing through Austria to the Brenner Pass, while Germany seeks eastern and southern expansion. The uneasy partnership carves European diplomacy beyond its actual strength as long as it appears unified.
Word from Hankow says Dr Norman Bethune, famed for Spain blood transfusions, works brilliantly among Chinese regulars and guerrillas in northern Shansi. He is joined by Vancouver nurse Jane Ewan and Dr Charles Parsons of Kingston as a first medical unit organized by a New York group led by William E Dodd Jr.
Quote from the Halifax Herald stresses that while weapons and money can be produced quickly, a virile population cannot and must be nurtured through steady policy. It argues that Canada, like other Overseas Dominions, should strengthen defence by building its people first.
A friend compliments Miss Murphy on her piano touch as Mrs. Murphy notes her daughter’s love for music. She adds that musical talent runs in the family, citing her grandfather whose skull was broken at a temperance picnic as a distant, grim connection.
The New York Times quotes Sir Wilfred Grenfell known as Grenfell of Labrador on his 73rd birthday. He argues the world is getting better and religion remains strong though church attendance varies. He cites science’s shift toward spiritual talk and likens his medical practice to Browne’s devotion, blessing many patients with unseen prayers.
The Australian Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux in France will be unveiled by the King during his state visit. It uses Dorset Portland stone bearing the names of over 11,000 missing Australians with no known graves. Additional memorials at Fromentelles and the Menin Gate at Ypres honor 1,300 and 6,000 missing Australians respectively. Australia sent 320,000 overseas, with 60,000 killed. News of the World London.
The Prime Minister adjourned the Neill Bill debate to curb immigration concerns. Canada should keep cool, avoiding heated parliamentary exchange that could further irritate a tense global mood. Victoria Times notes eighty new Japanese arrivals yearly under the agreement, not a vital invasion.
The Brooklyn Public Library announced a file of 560000 titles for baby naming emergencies. Examples include Cello Bartine Hominous Glamoureen Nefvertia Shulamith Zipperath and Flimptz. Trans Atlantic flights in six hours are envisioned with time for tea and a sea glance.
Records show England’s convict numbers shrinking from 50 000 to 6 000 during Queen Victoria’s era. Other text describes sunlit morning glory and hop vines moving across a scene in opposite directions.
Seven Journal staffers in Lincoln Nebraska have a combined 398 years with the paper. The shortest tenure among them is 50 years, while the veteran is credited with 64 years.
The Coronation Commission altered the oath of the King given at last May's coronation after consultation with all British Commonwealth governments. The change followed constitutional shifts from Acts of Union and the Statute of Westminster, which rendered the original 1689 oath words inapplicable.
The article argues that large handbags existed long ago for Peruvian glamor girls not for business use. Ancient bags were slung over the shoulder and carried jewels herbs and cocoa leaves. They were made of cotton and wool dyed bright colors that endure in memory.
Albert Schafer once a Ramsgate circus acrobat turned philatelist created a living room entirely from stamps. After a 33 year career as a maker, he completed a unique set of furniture pictures and furnishings all fashioned from stamps.
An income tax collector died and a Wall Street office raised a subscription for a wreath. The boss promised five dollars. a clerk later asked for change and was told to keep it and bury another. Also noted: 1,055,551 Boy Scouts in the British Empire, up 43,615 from 1936. In Germany pests ruin one fifth of apples, one tenth of wheat, and one thirteenth of potatoes.
A new ultraviolet lamp tested at the Lafayette Bank and Trust in Suffern New York forms a bluish curtain that sterilizes breath and surfaces. It kills bacteria and germs on money and hands in less than a second without eye irritation. Duke Hospital surgeon Deryl Hart notes it fully cleans the air around an operating patient.
Frank Chabina, 19, gained a left eye from 68 year old tenant farmer John Wesley Amos in a pioneering graft at Charity Hospital New Orleans performed by Dr George Hart on December 8. The right eye remains fully functional. Chabina reports early vision improvement and expects the left eye to reach three quarters by spring. Amos donated the eye.
A Boston census shows Harvard University Arnold Arboretum now cultivates 6 500 living plant varieties. The garden attracts locals and visitors with as many as 40 000 people touring in a single day.
The army expands rations by including canned cheese in its standard issue. The addition aims to improve shelf life and protein content for soldiers, reflecting broader efficiency goals in logistical support.
The mint issues a new series of Australian coins valued at £20,000 ($80,000). The design features the uncrowned head of the king on one side and three wheat ears on the reverse.
A watch balance wheel rim covers as much as 10 miles in a single day. This movement reflects the continuous oscillation and precision engineering behind mechanical timepieces.
A single acre of trees can evaporate about 1500 tons of water in a growing season. This natural transpiration process reflects how forests influence regional moisture and climate.
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