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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 20, 1935
Page
2
The pending conference between federal representatives and Canadian premiers will explore revenue strains in western provinces and how to conserve resources. It urges eliminating duplication in federal and provincial services and better defining tax spheres to stretch the tax dollar and improve efficiency.
A Rus sian immigrant named Uncane Vinchuk, 50, constructed a winter shelter on Mount Royal in Montreal after seeking a warm place to sleep. Police charged him with desecrating the park, and a court ordered demolition of the structure.
Captain Gerald Lowry, a blinded World War veteran, and his female partner led the British Bridge League Congress at Harrogate England finishing first in the race and finishing all hands first. He memorizes card designations whispered by a friend and recalls dummy cards during play. He still golf boxes and runs a London osteopathy practice.
Dr L C Conant of Cornell University seismological station notes the northeast earthquakes come from the post Ice Age rebound. He explains the earth's crust was loaded by a two mile thick ice sheet and gradually lifts as it melts, with instruments showing a slight northward tilt.
Chemists report lipstick manufacture reduced to science. Lip temperature and moisture influence now mapped by equations. German laboratories demonstrated at the Leipzig fair claim contact proof moisture resistance and a uniform appearance for days.
The rebuilt National Library for the Blind in Great Smith Street and Tufton Street, Westminster, now houses about 250 000 Braille volumes with modern loan facilities for books and music to blind readers in the British Isles. The average Braille volume is 14 by 11 inches and weighs five pounds, and the library circulates about 1 200 volumes daily.
Sanctions against Italy disrupt construction of the League palace slated for November. Italian Rose marble is late or diverted, forcing the League to seek alternative suppliers while honoring existing contracts.
A heated exchange between a charwoman and a neighbor escalates into a spat over social behavior. The quarrel centers on respect and etiquette with both sides trading sharp remarks in a tense private confrontation.
Dr. R. C. Wallace, president of the University of Alberta, told 200 southern Alberta teachers that final exams are the bugbear of Alberta education. He urged less rigid tests that allow teachers to express individuality and use broad, fundamental problems rather than memorized notes.
Capt. Lufs Meredith of New York, the first man to fly falcons in Alberta, spoke in Calgary after visiting the Rosebud district. He flew five birds, including an Alberta goshawk, but released hawks after pigeons. He argues hawking would conserve game birds and reduce deaths from guns to about one tenth.
The Christian Science Monitor recounts Frederick the Great praising his tall grenadiers. While reviewing troops he asks Sir Robert Sutton if equal Englishmen could beat them. Sutton answers he cannot assert equality but believes half the number would try.
John Timiko of New Toronto repaid $12.40 in relief money he received in 1934 after being sick and out of work. Relief officials say this is the first such repayment case in the town's history.
Japan will spend more than 34 million dollars in coming years to aid civil aviation. Funds will extend air mail services, train pilots, and improve flying facilities.
They state lithium potassium and sodium the three lightest metals will float on water in a demonstration of buoyancy and density differences.
Canadian cattle shipments to the United States surged in the first ten months of the year reaching about 117000 head with an estimated 17000 calves. Tariffs on live cattle vary by weight, with a 33 dollar duty on a 1100 pound steer. The shift reflects U S beef shortage and lower UK prices, reversing last year’s export pattern.
The Ontario tobacco crop has surged from a small local trade to value over eight million dollars. About 30 000 acres in Southern Ontario produce 35 million pounds, with Canadian leaf increasingly used in high quality cigarettes and exported to Great Britain. The Imperial Tobacco Company aided this shift by funding cultivation research, teaching growers, and developing domestic markets.
The official edict states new ultra fashionable gowns will avoid wasp waists while prices will rise. Designers promise sharper silhouettes and higher costs for the forthcoming season.
The London International Exhibition of Inventions showcased several novel devices. Innovations include a sleep-friendly hair setting device with rubber protections, a dual-pronged toasting fork, a powder compact worn as a wrist watch, an auto window attachment to enhance scenery, a traveling trunk protector, a self biting mysterious hand, and a mechanical artist that photographs and chisels a stone bust quickly.
The piece credits London’s rise to its geographical position by the Thames and its role as a trading hub. It argues the city’s growth hinged on ships and the lower bridge, linking to the Continent and global routes, shaping political power and urban development.
Fort Erie Ontario reports a lemon nine inches in circumference on a home plant with a larger 172 inch fruit last year used for two pies and two lemonades. A current green lemon on the tree measures 11 inches in circumference as Mrs. J D Gillock of Calgary notes.
A U S government scientist proposes that sewer explosions may be caused by heavy exhaust gas from automobiles rather than sewer gas. He argues the gas sinks into sewers and ignites. The theory shifts the view of typical underground explosions and calls for further study.
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