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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1937
Page
2
An old instruction notes that sprinkling half a tin of Gillett's Pure Flake Lye over closet contents keeps outhouses sanitary. It claims quick cleaning, grease cutting, dirt removal, and drain clearing while warning not to dissolve lye in hot water.
A government commission led by Newton Wesley Rowell plans a western tour to study amendments to the Canadian constitution. The piece urges Western organizations to prepare evidence and submit views, noting historical failures to implement recommendations and the need for decisive action.
Radio operator Ernnest Krenkel describes four Soviet polar explorers camping on a drifting ice floe. They endure bitter cold, frozen food, and minimal washing while awaiting weather reports and Moscow broadcasts in a quiet, crackling polar night.
The Health League of Canada, led by Hon. Mr. Justice Riddell, asks newspaper editors and city mayors to appoint representatives to a General Council. The council will unite major Canadian interests to promote health education and disease prevention as Britain launches a wide fitness campaign.
Grants in aid to the provinces for the fiscal year total 46.97 million dollars, up from 35.33 million last year. Major items include 27.5 million for old age pensions and 19.22 million for subsidies, with smaller amounts for employment offices and technical education. Provincial allocations for last year are listed, led by Ontario and Quebec.
Colonel S T Wood of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police proposed an international crime commission linking Canadian United States and Mexican police. He spoke at the 23rd annual convention of the International Association for Identification urging three projects including enhancing international cooperation and research into mutual law enforcement problems.
Dietary and dental guidance from Alice Stevens promotes raw apples and crisp foods like celery for teeth exercise. The feature urges eating teeth building foods, suggests an apple salad recipe with walnuts and cottage cheese, and invites readers to write for free home cooking advice from Penticton.
The Japanese Home Office bans sentimental and popular songs and phonograph records as detrimental to national spirit. It urges martial music instead. The Japan Times notes public complaints that the new martial songs are hurriedly composed and difficult to sing.
Adhesive postage stamps are not redeemable nor can they be exchanged at the post office for other stamps according to postal regulations.
South Africa’s Prime Minister General Hertzog denounces collective security and blames the war psychology of 1919 for European distrust. He says Versailles fuels the current arms race and warns a future European war could be born from the treaty’s mentality, while urging support for the League of Nations despite Abyssinia.
The September statistical summary shows paper money in Canadian hands surpassing $200,000,000. August average note circulation outside banks stood at $203,000,000 the highest since 1929. Since 1934 legislation, Bank of Canada notes replace chartered bank notes and now account for about half of active circulation.
Describes a prestigious ancient Egyptian post for an official fan bearer to the king. The role included carrying a feathered fan arranged in a half circle on a long handle as part of royal ceremony.
A breed of cattle found by Chinese researchers in Hangchow districts reportedly yields milk with a percent butter fat rate exceeding the U S standard.
The article explains that reptiles molt by shedding the outer covering of their scales, unlike birds which drop the entire feather.
David H. Sarnoff, president of RCA, returned from Europe claiming the late Senator Marconi left far less than the reported 25 million. He said family estimates place the gross estate under 150 thousand after death duties, taxes, and fees, noting about 30 thousand from the Italian government and the Bologna home value.
Reverend C Ross Diebler, longtime missionary in Borneo, reports head-hunting has diminished with Christian influence though some hill tribes resume the practice. He notes many skulls remain and recounts sleeping under a row of about 500. Diebler spoke at the Christian and Missionary Alliance convention in Toledo.
The Department of Agriculture imposes a broad import ban prohibiting live animals such as goldfish, worms, shellfish, insects, spiders, frogs, reptiles, birds, rodents, and some mammals. With no special ministerial permission, even a goldfish or guinea pig cannot be brought into the Union.
The 25 660 foot Nanda Devi is claimed as the highest peak ever climbed by man in the Himalayas, marking a historic ascent by mountaineers.
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