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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 27, 1931
Page
6
A description promotes aspirin tablets as a remedy for lumbago rheumatism neuralgia headaches toothaches and general systemic pains in women. It asserts relief is prompt and complete and notes that genuine Bayer aspirin does not depress the heart and should bear the Bayer cross.
Engagement of Princess Ileana to Archduke Anton de Bourbon announced in Bucharest. Kemal elected president of Turkey by Angora council. A girl travels from Zawydcha Ukraine to Toronto to reunite with her father George Hume. Canada leads global trade with the United States in March. UK Canada and UK New Zealand wireless links to be launched. Australia to sow 13.5 million acres of wheat next season. University of Manitoba Arts Building to cost over 410000 dollars. Mrs. Edward Montagu ends Russia Persia flight after plane crash in Meshed. British representatives to Imperial Conference in Ottawa with Dominion cooperation. Coroner records accidental deaths in R-101 dirigible wreck inquiry.
Popular Science Monthly notes a Hartford Connecticut firm has patented a counting device for typewriters. The invention helps gauge word output, aiding editors and writers in estimating wordage and controlling length of editorials and speeches.
A. F. Gorton of the Scripps Institution argues in Washington that future weather prophets may forecast droughts and wet spells up to 25 years ahead. He suggests trends in rainfall could be detected years in advance by studying sunspots and ocean heat output.
The Admiralty announced that H.M.S. Dorsetshire and H.M.S. Norfolk will make an unofficial visit to Kiel Germany from July 4 to July 11 marking the first British naval call there since 1914.
An enterprising California grower replaces traditional sun drying with two electric dehydrators for prunes apricots and walnuts. The prune apricot unit is a long square rack holding about 3 000 pounds of fruit per load while the walnut unit is a large cylinder with 2 000 pounds capacity. Electric heat is evenly spread by fans and walnuts are hulled washed and dried 24 to 70 hours at 90 to 110 degrees.
The London Financial Times editorialise on Canada’s government bond conversion project. It notes the varied bond types prevent precise saving estimates but anticipates several million dollars yearly if successful. The piece suggests the move will signal public appetite for future Dominion loans.
The Northern Public Service Corporation and Winnipeg Heating Co have bought a site for a new central heating plant. Estimated cost is 1.5 million dollars. The project is expected to create about 1,000 jobs.
This fashion magazine advertises patterns No 248 No 228 No 261 No 887 No 574 in various bust sizes and yardage needs. It promotes Paris Spring Summer styles for all ages with sewing lessons and patterns priced 25 cents, coin preferred.
Dr. Rollo N. Harger of Indiana University announces a breath sample chemical detector to identify intoxication. The device changes color from red to white if alcohol is present, enabling police to convict drivers under the influence even without odor.
E A MacPail, head of the Division of Census and Vital Statistics, forecast in Winnipeg that this year’s census will show Canada’s population exceeding ten million for the first time in the country’s history.
A 73 000 ton Cunard trans Atlantic liner is being built by John Brown and Company at Clydebank Scotland after four years of testing and planning. Models were tested in tanks, launching will require Clydebank river bank modifications with public viewing planned during Glasgow Week. Launch poised for early 1932 with vast household fittings and ship’s equipment. Reduction of railway fares in the Philippines forces bus lines to merge.
A St. Thomas Times-Journal note discusses creating a National Wheat Research Laboratory to explore new uses for wheat beyond food. It suggests non political business groups approach the Dominion Government or fund a national lab with support from the Wheat Pool and transport firms to handle rising production and find markets.
The boy rewrites to place the adverb before the clause. The text notes that fuel and electricity used for heat and power by iron and steel firms in Canada in 1928 cost 14,740,638 dollars.
A note on the ancient custom of reserving seats in theatres is cited alongside a figure about a large elephant that consumes 100 to 125 pounds of hay daily plus mash.
The Royal Society of Canada announces ten distinguished Canadian recipients for Fellowship. Honorees include Rev. O. Mauraul of Montreal classical school. Dr. Harold Hibbert of McGill. Dr. Joseph A. Pearce from Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. T. T. Rosebrugh of University of Toronto. Prof. M. B. Baker of Queen's University. Dr. William E. Cockfield of Geological Survey. Dr. P. S. Warren of University of Alberta. Dr. C. H. Best of University of Toronto. H. T. Gussow of Dominion Botanist in Ottawa. and Dr. Pierre Masson of University of Montreal. The next meeting will be in Toronto hosted by the University of Toronto.
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