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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 24, 1939
Page
2
The article argues that universities must emphasize leadership quality over sheer enrollment, especially in crises affecting democracy and freedom. It notes governments’ failure to tackle major problems and calls for selective admission, strong faculty, and a focus on producing capable leaders despite economic constraints and unequal access to higher education.
A long range view urges more publicly funded scholarships and broadened access to university education. Proposals include lighter entrance requirements and higher progress standards to widen benefits for capable individuals and the country, while limiting less worthy use of opportunities.
Dr Helmuth Husserl reports five months aboard a whaling ship found Antarctic air rich in chloride and iodine. He proposes sending hospital ships south to test the curative qualities on patients in the Antarctic environment.
When Jacques Cartier’s crew landed in Labrador in 1535 they suffered scurvy. Indigenous people treated them with a spruce needle decoction, a rich vitamin C source, though the vitamin concept did not exist at the time.
Medical researchers have found that cabbages possess an insulinlike effect similar to calves liver for anemia. The challenge is that a diabetic would need to eat about 20 to 25 cabbages daily to gain any benefit.
A woman patents new implements to seal fruit jars and lift them from cookware. The report notes dangers of blinding headlights described as deadly rays.
After five years the topographical survey in Ottawa finished a true relief map of Canada weighing 1 4 tons and 5 feet high. It shows lakes rivers and oceans in blue with sand colored earth, glaciers marked by broken glass, and transcontinental railways outlined in red. Relief is exaggerated fifteen times to emphasize terrain.
Long Island College of Medicine professor George B. Ray promotes plain gelatin mixed with orange juice or water as a way to double or triple a man’s energy. He credits glycin in gelatin and notes hikers, marchers, dancers, and park walkers may benefit, while acknowledging the arduous effort of researchers testing gelatin through daily trials.
Archduke Franz Joseph of Austria, uncle to Otto, recently visited London from Cannes on a tourism promotion mission. A Prince of Bourbon by marriage, he travels with a Viennese Baroness who serves as wireless operator. both speak six languages. He has lived in exile since 1918, mainly in Holland England France and Spain, and became a Spanish citizen in 1927.
Dr. Hubert Reimann and Dr. Paul Havens challenged the belief that teeth and tonsils are primary infection sources for rheumatism and arthritis. They argued mouth and throat symptoms are effects of general infection, not causes, a stance aired before the AMA's sixth annual gathering. An observer described a mother eagle teaching a fledgling to fly by dropping it and catching it on her back.
A marmot’s whistle travels for miles, echoing through alpine valleys. Researchers note it signals alarm or navigation cues among rocky terrain. The sound draws hikers and wildlife watchers who study alpine behavior.
A High Court civil action prompts a woman juror to seek exemption citing belief in capital punishment. The judge clarifies the case involves a suit for 200 pounds the wife gave to her husband to buy a fur coat, not capital punishment. The juror relents and says she may be impartial after all.
James Dunbar, a poor 67 year old farmer from Huron County, convinced Justice Godfrey he deserved the change to his uncle’s will. Neighbors testified to his honesty after he lived with the uncle for 24 years and spent his life savings of 1200 dollars working without pay.
A historic recipe outlines stuffing made from crushed Shredded Wheat biscuits and parsley, butter, celery, onion, optional mushrooms, rice, and giblet stock. It instructs sautéing vegetables, combining with the crackers and rice, adding oysters if used, seasoning, and stuffing poultry before roasting.
A ship built in Dartmouth on the River Dart is described as non magnetic with no iron or steel. The vessel named Research is designed for ocean exploration to study electricity, currents, and storms, carrying salted meat and delicate instruments.
The passage states Lake Nicaragua is the only freshwater lake with sharks. It also notes Indian life expectancy is below 25 years according to statistics.
Sift flour with baking powder and salt then cut in shortening and Canadian cheese. Add milk gradually to form a soft dough. Drop by teaspoon onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake in a hot oven at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Yields about 18 biscuits.
The Berne onion market in Switzerland is held annually on a Monday in the second half of November dating back to the Middle Ages.
A reader reports severe rheumatism pain on damp days. After trying two remedies without relief, Kruschen Salts provided rapid improvement and ongoing benefit, with the ad noting uric acid crystals cause pain and Kruschen aids elimination and healthy organ function.
Alfred Henry Loader Blake, a blinded war veteran of Biddleswade, died in January at 54. His will leaves 1000 pounds from a 5300 pound estate to help repair St Andrew's Church. Miss Scarrow and nurse Mrs Miller cared for him and he spent hours sketching churches and dream cottages. Iceland shipped products valued at 1,200,000 dollars to the United States in 1938.
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