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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1934
Page
2
An editorial urges halting the rising toll of automobile deaths and injuries. It argues better roads and laws help, but true change requires individual citizens to become guardians of the public weal and actively enforce safe conduct.
The proposal to restore William Lyon Mackenzie’s old print shop at Queenston Ontario with early printing equipment aims to turn it into a museum of the printer’s art. Mackenzie fought for press freedom, a principle now widely recognized, deserving greater acknowledgment. Four new telephone exchanges open monthly in England and Wales.
Planetary radiation breakthrough reports mercury emitting X rays via a high power vacuum tube, enabling voltages beyond prior limits. Researchers Wesley M. Coates and David H. Sloan describe the Mercury X ray process in Physical Review, noting soft to hard rays and targets like aluminum sulfur cadmium molybdenum silver tin and cad. Greece imposes permit for entering aeroplanes.
The Johannesburg Times notes the city as highly progressive with a modern integrated communal machine and long term planning. Professor Coulter of the USA compares its social cohesion to a Rip Van Winkle revival after five years away. He also observes cattle roaming the main street, a notable contrast in a modern city.
Advertises Kruschen Salts as a remedy for indigestion and loss of appetite. A free trial bottle and a regular package are offered, with returnability if not convinced. Limited supply prompts quick action from readers.
Dr Raymond L Ditmars, curator at the Bronx Zoo, returns from Trinidad with a living bushmaster after 25 years of hunting. The snake refuses food, spurning freshly killed rats and every offered morsel, as three bushmasters before him have died in 35 years.
Alice L. Marston, the aeroplane dispatcher at Concord New Hampshire airport, handles four daily tri motor flights. She greets passengers in all weather, takes tickets, assists them to board, and handles mail bags with steady efficiency.
General Electric engineers in Schenectady reported a successful two way telephone conversation with Sydney Australia from an ordinary car mounted French type receiver. They said the distance was 10 000 miles. A 1610 Tokay wine is sold at Fukier's shop in Warsaw for 55 dollars a quart. Black diamonds exceed white ones in hardness. Africa's Victoria Falls tower over Niagara in height.
Editor notes rising interest in Grapho-Analysis to read personality from handwriting. A qualified analyst offers personal readings, outlining strengths and weaknesses, with patients choosing action. Questions cover gender appearance in writing and rudimentary disease hints, with submission details to Lawrence Hibbert in Winnipeg.
A semi official referendum tests Britain’s will on League membership armaments and international cooperation. Questions cover remaining in the League general disarmament banning private armament manufacture and collective security measures.
Two million Turkish men and women have learned to read and write in five years after adopting the new Turkish alphabet derived from Latin. Before, about a million people lacked literacy, with Arabic scripts being hard to learn. President Mustapha Kemal Pasha promoted the reform, earning the nickname Schoolmaster in Chief for teaching Ministers and Deputies.
A historical timeline recounts King Alexander I of Yugoslavia facing several assassination attempts across Europe. Bombings targeted him in 1916 and 1920 with near misses, a 1921 Belgrade attack that killed one aide and wounded six, a 1931 failed bombing, and a 1932 palace bombing.
In 1933 Canada supplied Malta goods valued at over 360000 dollars, mainly wheat and flour. Malta exported to Canada goods worth 150 dollars that year.
In 1541 Jacques Cartier reportedly sowed turnip seeds during his third exploration voyage to Canada. The claim places the event about a decade before turnips reached England from Holland around 1550.
A telescope claimed as the world’s oldest dated instrument was sold in London and bears the date 1646. The item’s provenance and connection to early optical science drew interest from collectors and historians alike.
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