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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 04, 1938
Page
8
In a lecture Air Commodore J G Hearson outlines a balloon barrage system using many captive balloons and a web of cables. The strategy seeks to force bombers above the barrage height where anti aircraft fire and interceptors can counter them, with cables hard to see and potentially lethal.
An Ottawa Journal summary notes two letters in Canada’s Weekly praising a Quebec City CBC program heard in Britain via the BBC. The writers recall the carillon from Ottawa’s Peace Tower and Niagara Falls thunder, and urge broader CBC BBC broadcast exchanges highlighting Maritime history and Canadian cities like Toronto and Vancouver.
Brantford, Ontario resident Norman Clark demonstrated a 3.7 meter high frequency radio coil device that cooks eggs in 15 minutes to a shade near hard boiled. Clark, a Brantford boy who studied at Seattle, says Easter morning tests showed youngsters cooking eggs this way. He was asked if it could replace saucepans. he replied no.
E J Perry notes in Country Gentleman that cow age can be approximated by tooth development wear in the lower jaw. He explains incisor replacement timing from birth through a ten year range, plus horn ring indicators and gradual dental wear patterns.
A. W. Neill told the House of Commons that Japanese mother ships anchored beyond the three mile limit and used small boats to fish and can salmon for export. He urged Britain and the United States to pressure Japan by denying canned salmon access, while Fisheries Minister Michaud cited ongoing negotiations and the need for an international treaty.
A fragment notes a proposed cruel joke about telling Mrs Smith her husband is dead. The line suggests a blunt approach to bad news and highlights sensitivity toward causing distress.
In Chickasha Oklahoma barbers fight over charges for hairless heads. Baldheaded patrons form a loose Brotherhood demanding lower prices and higher neck clip fees. The dispute showcases contrasting views on fairness and barbering practicality. Calgary Alber tan.
The government moves to curb foreign labor inflow by requiring visas for German entrants and Austrian passport holders. The 1937 labor ministry report notes foreign work permits nearly tripled since 1933 from 8,584. A maritime note states no Cuban point is farther than 40 miles from the sea.
Rev. I H Pritchard launches the Business Man s Prayer Fellowship a faith venture with a downtown office to collect private prayer requests from anxious businessmen. Don Hardstone will serve as receiving secretary in the summer before resuming studies at Toronto Bible College. The project operates independently of church groups and sends requests to four ladies who pray from home. Also notes include a new US one cent stamp from Postmaster General Farley and Germantown Pa claim as the site of the first paper mill in 1690.
The Maple Sugar Producers of Quebec run a vast operation with 3,000 members and a Plessisville plant while Ontario’s North Bay area hosts the continent’s largest plant on a square mile leased from the Ontario Government near North Bay. It taps about 8,000 to 10,000 buckets from roughly 30,000 maples.
Toronto advertising executive Bacon Brodie cites Thorndyke research from Columbia University showing adult learning capacity declines by only one percent per year after age 20. He notes at 40 a person is about 20 percent less efficient than a 20 year old, but can still learn trades languages or philosophies, challenging the idea that age prevents learning.
A 1842 Punch editorial foresees machinery driving social change. It warns of calamities from rapid industrial growth and mass unemployment but urges statesmen to return to first principles and adjust interests. It concludes that machinery will eventually aid the poor as a beneficent angel.
The Queen Mary receives the largest steering gear ever installed on an ocean liner. The gear cases weigh 200 tons and are fitted to a precision of one thousandth of an inch. The 160-ton rudder is also the largest built and rivals the Mayflower in tonnage. She remarks she feels reduced to a cook, while he rebuts with a sharp reply.
The National Museum of Canada houses the largest collection of recorded folk songs with about 7 000 cylindrical recordings. Anthropologists Martius Barbeau and Diamond Jenness note a global revival of folk songs through phonograph recordings. The archive includes nearly 4 000 French Canadian tunes and about 3 000 songs from 50 Indian tribes and Arctic Inuit.
The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post praise a new Empire tea supplement noting Britain drinks about 7.5 billion cups annually and London stands as the world’s principal tea market. Basil Lubbock recalls the 1866 tea race among Taeping Ariel and Serica with dock timings. Last year Port of London imported 454,000 600 pounds of tea, 93 percent of UK tea.
T O M Sopwith, twice unsuccessful challenger for the America's Cup, sees no prospect of Britain challenging again with Endeavour II. He stated in New York that under no circumstances would he make another attempt. The other fragments note automobile ownership and a lament about aging, not connected to the main item.
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