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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1938
Page
2
In an interview Sir Wilfrid Laurier explains that early parliaments attracted the ablest men because politics and law offered prestige with modest business rewards. Today big business offers rich rewards, deterring youths from public life.
The piece argues CBC faces a tough task pleasing diverse Canadian listeners while promoting local talent. It cites Aird Commission ideals, rising foreign content, and calls for returning to all Canadian programming amid funding pressures and private station criticism.
A Rochester New York tailoring house patents a design featuring two pairs of cuffs per trousers leg, one pair attachable for rainy weather. The invention aims to adapt garments for wet conditions while maintaining style.
A Fiji chieftain presents a whale tooth necklace to the King. The remarks reference Jonah’s feeling down in the mouth as a literary comparison to the seen necklace and its symbolism.
A ranking names date palm coconut palm almond apple fig mulberry olive lemon cinchona and rubber as the ten most important trees. The text notes ice shortages in Belle Isle Strait require Canadian ice for salmon packing and gives temperature contrasts above the equator and Arctic regions. It also mentions amber as petrified Baltic pine sap used for pipe stems and cigarette holders.
A terse economic note reports that two-fifths of farmers in Manitoba drive automobiles. The figure appears in a short statistical item with minimal context.
The United Farmers of Alberta Central Co operative Association posted a year end surplus of 8640 for the year ending March 31 1938 after dividends totaling 17882 were issued. Calgary hosted a board meeting noting the year as the best since inception seven years ago with commissions totaling 46649 for the year. The association operates wholesale and retail oil and fuel outlets and supplies farm staples including binder twine coal and fence posts.
Walworth resident Charles Mulberry aged eighty four died after a lifetime of daily labor as an estate agent clerk. The coroner said he belonged in comforts of home, yet he worked until heart failure ended his chapter, having served one firm fifty six years before switching when it closed. He valued his appearance and held a rare lifetime stake in his work.
Alton Draper a 35 year old half breed Indian guide ends a 30 day back to nature experiment in Adirondack woods. He walked to Star Lake New York after living with only clothing a hunting knife and subsisting on muskrat porcupine fish and herbs.
Ottawa officials say Canada will seek national armament self sufficiency for wartime needs without launching a broad new industry. Three Canadian firms National Steel Car Hamilton Hepburn Toronto Inglis Company to supply British contracts while Bren guns also produced under a Canadian government program. The goal is economic production and long term savings, with orders spread over years.
Secretary Ickes announced post conference discussions with Premier Pattullo and aides on an international highway from Seattle through Canada to Fairbanks. He cited possible US loans of 15 million dollars to BC to fund its share, with over 1000 miles of Canadian road needed and no major legal barriers foreseen.
A vintage one egg cake recipe instructs sifting flour with baking powder and salt, beating egg with milk and vanilla, then baking in a buttered pan with brown sugar and pineapple wedges. Finish by inverting onto a serving dish and topping with whipped cream. Substitutions include other fruits and nuts.
Three swing bands will provide noise at the Canadian National Exhibition this year. The Royal Artillery Band of England will be located at the opposite end of the grounds, offering a distinct musical contrast.
The record notes that among 10 000 grasses including corn and other grains over 1 300 are native to the United States.
The Waldorf Astoria in New York reportedly unveiled a 2,295 square foot rug in its Park Avenue lobby after eight months of weaving. The piece features over a million tufts in sixty nine colors and is valued around 12750 dollars, with cost details kept private by Mohawk Carpet Mills and associates. A Niagara Falls state reservation police sign a separate record book holds signatures of Marie of Romania Windsor Roosevelt Taft Bryan and others in a leather bound volume kept for distinguished visitors.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain appears in a short talkie filmed at a London studio as part of an open air National Government campaign. He speaks on foreign affairs warning that peace requires effort and that defense would be necessary if attacked.
The London News Chronicle reports two equal shipments of gold valued at 5 million pounds to Canada, arranged by British authorities. The gold is earmarked in Paris for the British exchange equalization fund and could serve as Bank of Canada sales or a British reserve in Canada.
Two doctors joined the staff of a Paris hotel while the chef agreed to stay after assurances that the move would not reflect on his abilities.
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