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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 21, 1936
Page
4
A Hungarian-born inventor, Howard Wender, develops a voice photographing method that records speech as a permanent light image on glass. The technique captures subtle tonal variations to create an indelible record for identification, potentially joining fingerprints in future crime fighting tools.
University of Alberta professor George W. Robertson notes that April 9 1936 forms a date with a perfect square in day month and year. He explains 1936 equals 44 squared, 9 equals 3 squared, April as the 4th month equals 2 squared, and April 9 is the 100th day equal to 10 squared. The next occurrence is April 9 2116, per his 5 word summary.
A Canadian visitor from the St. Lawrence shores tours Chiswick with relatives and is surprised by the Thames. He is invited to choose their route and suggests a simple stroll by the brook as a plan for the outing.
The American Bible Society reports 972 languages have some Bible publication. It notes Ponape New Testament and Psalms, Gospels in Rundi, Meninka New Testament, and Kissi First Epistle. It also mentions Bible selections in 75 more tongues. Revelstoke Canadian film project to depict pioneer days hires extras and shoots exteriors. Rich ard Arlen leads the film, with English location work and later sailing to Canada.
The article notes rapid Chinese progress in Association football with teams from Shanghai led by Tung Hwa known as the Arsenal of Shanghai. It recounts how ten years ago Chinese clubs were nonexistent and six years ago weak against foreigners, now outperforming British German and French sides. The movement began in schools with teachers trained abroad fueling a broad athletic surge including tennis swimming track and baseball.
An American actor claims to speak 220 words per minute and, with more practice, could become an efficient vacuum cleaner salesman.
Time reports researchers Robert Cladding Green and Ralph Dowdell of the University of Minnesota developed a lead magnesium alloy bullet that dissolves within 48 hours after ingestion. The aim is to reduce lead poisoning in ducks by avoiding long term lead exposure from swallowed bullets. Also notes the Asian pagoda as a temple connected tower.
John Van Guilder explains viewpoint shaping photographic perspective from ground level to achieve dramatic results. Photographers and amateurs explore worm’s eye and bird’s eye shots, experimenting with angles to obtain uncommon, startling images despite potential criticism.
The 1935 Canadian alfalfa crop reached 762,300 acres with a yield of 1,955,700 tons valued at 15,743,000 dollars. Ontario led with over half a million acres, followed by Alberta and British Columbia. The crop improves soil by fixing nitrogen and provides high quality forage for dairy cattle, thriving under irrigation in drier western provinces.
An Old Friend in the London Observer recalls Willie Clarkson a famed wig maker and eminent impersonator. He shaped costumes and hair into striking personae attend social functions, once mistaken for King Edward VII and consulted on fancy dress.
A gay suburbanite spends his last nickel to buy a hoe and a sickle and treks home with both tools. His garden thrives as he works, promising a late summer yield of one beet one squash and one gherkin.
Sweet clover may produce rapid top growth with three quarters to two tons per acre in fall under ideal conditions. In the second year, yields of three to six tons per acre are not uncommon.
In Ontong Java copra or dried coconut meat serves as a form of money. The barter system relies on coconut value for exchanges and traditional accounting within the community. Trade practices reflect local reliance on natural commodity as a medium of value.
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