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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1935
Page
2
The essay notes how radio has transformed political information during the Federal election, giving voters access to diverse broadcasts but also overload and misinformation. It contrasts radio with earlier one sided meetings and warns about fast, mechanical delivery diminishing clarity.
Douglas Leechman of the National Museum of Canada during the 14th Arctic cruise aboard the Steamship Nascopie reports excavating a ruined Eskimo village on Button Island north of Port Burwell. Finds include huts weapons tools and utensils potentially linking to other northland discoveries. Open air schools in London now accommodate 1627 pupils.
The Cincinnati Enquirer notes Palestine’s progress under Zionist efforts with full employment and foreign funding, but warns of a demographic imbalance as newcomers outnumber local women, recalling colonial Virginia’s early settlement pattern and the need for wives to restore balance.
The four year old Guernsey cow Lark of Chicana owned by Dr W E Wessels Milner B C has completed an outstanding production record of 11435 lbs of milk and 624 lbs of butter fat in 365 days on twice a day milking.
The note asserts that only eleven chemical elements were known when Columbus reached the Americas. It presents a concise historical claim about early science, implying a limited premodern periodic knowledge context.
The International Commission of Agriculture gathered 110 delegates from global agricultural bodies including the League of Nations and the International Institute of Agriculture. It urged extending the London Wheat Agreement, curbing tropical fats and whale oil, and improving prices and production costs with a next assembly planned for Oslo in 1936.
The U S Department of Agriculture estimates a world wheat surplus this year at about 4.23 billion bushels total with carryover near 400 to 500 million, due to short crops in Argentina Australia and the United States. Canada will supply much of the high grade wheat needed to mix with U S stocks.
R H G Bonnycastle manager of Hudsons Bay Company western Arctic division says a severe measles outbreak began in the Yukon last spring and has moved along the Mackenzie river basin reaching Fort Chipewyan. The epidemic causes hardship but few deaths among Indian tribes.
Col Charles A Lindbergh and financier Harry F Guggenheim highlighted ethereal rocket work at Dr Robert H Goddards desert lab. The Guggenheim Foundation pledged continued funding as Goddard reports gyro aided vertical flight stability and preliminary tests reaching about 700 miles per hour. He aims to loft rockets beyond 30 miles toward stratospheric data and astronomical photography free of atmospheric interference.
Haile Selassie, renowned for dressing as a peasant to inspect Addis Ababa, was arrested by palace sentries at three imperial gates after curfew. Each time he was released only when a sergeant arrived, and the guards were later decorated for their actions.
Ellen Worth presents plaited front dress designs for school girls in scarlet brown plaids with bone buttons and a red cotton print option. Size 6 12 patterns for ages 6 12, pattern No. 690 uses 2 yards 39 inch material plus extra trim. mail orders to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
United Aircraft Corp reports Sikorsky Flying Boat license rights have been acquired by Sikorsky clipper makers British Aircraft Ltd of Manchester. Negotiations with Sikorsky Aviation Corp of Bridgeport are not disclosed. Rumor cites Australia New Zealand mail and passenger service use. Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith visited Bridgeport during tests, bolstering the venture speculation.
Patriotic women of Ethiopia pledge to support defense forces by providing three kunnas of powdered bread, three of barley flour, cubed fried bread, one kubbaya of pepper, salt, bean flour, butter, and coffee beans per person. The society urges all to contribute according to means.
Dr S S Brukhonenko, known for animal revival experiments, announced a new state scientific institute in Moscow to pursue work toward reviving humans after incomplete death. He defines incomplete death as death from accidents where vital organs remain intact.
Five Canadian manufacturers of lawn mowers produced 24 469 machines in 1934, reflecting industry output for that year.
P. G. Taylor, navigator aboard the aircraft piloted by Sir Charles Kings ford-Smith, earned the Air Cross after volunteering to transfer oil between engines during a flight from Australia to New Zealand. Amid engine trouble over the Tasman Sea he crawled along an oil smeared wing to save the plane and make a safe landing in Sydney.
An English foreman, recently back from Canada, says England is a terrible country to work in. He notes workers stop at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. for tea, implying long hours and heavy taxation.
A century ago the state of Michigan saw its population multiply seven times in the decade from 1830 to 1840 as settlement accelerated before the advent of the automobile.
Britain begins calling for bids on 21 vessels embraced by the 1935 naval build program. The estimated cost is ten million pounds, aimed at renewing aged ships within the Washington treaty limits. The mix includes three cruisers, nine destroyers, three submarines, one depot ship, four sloops, one survey ship, and several smaller vessels. Work spread over about three years with some ships to be built in royal dockyards and full construction likely by next spring.
Railway boards in Japan invite travelers to leave messages for friends later. Readable notes include I waited half an hour, then took the 10.50 to Kyoto and Have gone to restaurant, second floor. A wife’s message My husband returned explains why.
Dr Edgar de la Rue French geologist arrives in New York en route to the Cannibal Islands of the New Hebrides. He says smokers are less appetizing to cannibals and plans to carry ample tobacco on his survey trip for the Natural History Museum of France.
A grey squirrel clung to a grounded power pole in seven villages across Madison and Onondaga counties New York triggering a five hour outage as lanterns and candles were used. A wire was burned through during the incident.
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