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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1935
Page
6
Premier Aberhart states the entire Alberta relief system will be taken over by the new Social Credit government at the earliest possible date. Included items cover various global and national happenings and notable appointments across Canada and beyond.
Researchers uncover an underground passage in Vilna's 16th century Dominican convent. Beneath the floor lies the old cemetery with coffins of monks, and adjoining chambers reveal heaps of rebels slain by Russians and left as remains in the catacombs.
300 travellers aboard the Lokiang were robbed by two female buccaneers and 40 men near Amoy. One passenger was killed and three wounded as the crew and passengers were held for four days before the raid ended at a pirate stronghold. The chieftains displayed merciless conduct with a strange touch of sentiment. The pirates left offers of funeral funds and transport pay.
A man on the opposite side of the table wields the carver and proposes cutting the mutton saddle wise. His companion urges bridlewise to maximize each bite, discussing the better method to secure a piece for everyone at table.
Canada supplied all wheat to South Africa in 1934 amid production shortfalls and a coal shipping context. The shortage of domestic output left South Africa reliant on imports from Canada, totaling 475000 cwt.
A novel material labeled plastic glass shows transparency unlike ordinary glass. Experts link it to a cellulose derivative such as cellulose acetate or cellophane, suggesting a relation to regenerated cellulose polymers.
Right Rev A L Fleming arriving in Winnipeg praised white and native Canadians in the North as decent and capable. He cited improved Eskimo health due to rationing, hospitals, and medical oversight, noting two Arctic hospitals run by his diocese and a path for Eskimo youth into northern work such as reindeer herding.
A cereal bowl honoring the Dionne Quintuplets is offered. The six inch chromium bowl features the quintuplets sculpture inside and the babies names Emilie Annette Marie Yvonne and Cecile around the rim. To obtain, send two Quaker Oats trademarks plus fifteen cents to the Quaker Oats Company in Saskatoon.
Archaeologist T. Leslie Shear of Princeton reports iron jewelry as the era’s prized adornment for women from the Mycenaean period to 500 years before Christ. In Athens Agora excavations he found many female burials with iron necklaces rings and bracelets. He says iron’s recent discovery caused its rise over gold bronze and copper in ornamentation.
Italian soldiers desert in hundreds to Switzerland France and Yugoslavia fleeing for refugee stability rather than facing Africa bound death. Nuovo Avanti reports deserters saying anti war sentiment exists among Fascists as Milan outlines a leaflet urging Italy's youths to flee and avoid conscription.
A Bombay based researcher argues India’s living standards have improved markedly. He cites per capita cotton cloth use rising from 8.39 to 12.11 yards since 1900 and average income increasing from 20 to 107 rupees between 1871 and 1921, asserting real income has roughly doubled despite price increases.
Through 1930 Canada was a net importer of canned vegetables but soon became a net exporter. Exports in 1934 surpassed any year since 1929 when tomato product shipments to the United States were exceptionally heavy due to a pack shortage.
Otis Wrabham of Allendale South Carolina preserves a large collection of unusual tree growths. His cache includes more than 1000 pieces shaped as numerals and letters and other alphabetic forms.
Speed remains the main contributor to traffic accidents as drivers push beyond safe limits. The article notes excessive speed, such as sixty miles per hour, has become commonplace, while reactions have not sped up accordingly.
An office boy, new on the job, is told not to whistle at his work. He insists he is not working, only whistling, in a brief exchange that reveals workplace friction.
Devotional study on Isaiah 52 13 to 53 12 focusing on who the Servant of Jehovah is and whether he represents a person and if so who. The piece surveys vicarious suffering and the question of whether the Servant is national, righteous remnant, exile, or the coming Messiah.
A Rome despatch reports Mugso lini's new war taxes to fund preparations. Italy relies on foreign cotton, coal, iron, copper, machinery, and gasoline and must pay with gold, foreign exchange, or loans. Without London or New York funds, sanctions and isolation threaten solvency for a prolonged war.
Cairo reports that 75 Bedouin tribes, totaling about one million people, formed a parliament under Sheik El Arab S. E. Hamad El Bassel Pasha. A committee will handle Bedouin education, rights, customs, and intellectual exchange with Arab neighbors.
One and a half million bushels of wheat are set for winter storage at Churchill, Hudson Bay, via Canadian National lines in Saskatchewan. Most loading occurs in the Prince Albert division, with 250 cars shipped totaling about 375,000 bushels. The White House valuation is $2,250,000 and grounds total about $19,685,975 at $25 per square foot.
Paper linings have been invented for the tops of coffee percolators to prevent the ground coffee from falling through and to make removal easier. The invention aims to simplify cleaning and reduce mess during coffee preparation.
Dr. W H Haas reports discovering a settlement named Santeria along the Tapa Jos River 600 miles inland from the Amazon. Descendants of Southern aristocrats who moved to the tropics after the Civil War lived there, with some returning to the United States. They grew pumpkins cocoa and beans as they struggled to find buyers.
Three London scientists after three years developed an optical apparatus that visualizes heat by letting observers see heat around a suspended electric bulb. The device also maps heating and ventilation patterns in rooms theatres or factories and can show drafts and heat paths. The Safety in Mines Research Board already uses it to study explosive force and effects.
Paris beggars editorializes against non-professional charity seekers as the tourist season nears. The Journal des Mendigots urges unity among professional beggars to defend beats from amateur competitors. Agricultural workers in England and Wales total 672,100 with a 2.3 percent drop in 1935 from 1934, and 39 percent decline since 1923.
An Oxford don who has kept statistics for years claims no red headed man or woman ever won a first in the university's history. The remark questions the value of such measurement. British excavations in the Shetland Islands reveal remains of Viking buildings dating to the 10th century.
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