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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1934
Page
2
A reflection on David Lloyd George’s forty four years in Parliament, including thirty in polemics, ten as world figure, and six as wartime premier. The piece praises his enduring influence, loyalty of Carnarvon supporters, and the energy he still sparks in the Commons.
An advertisement touts Aspirin as rapidly dissolving within two seconds after moisture contact and providing pain relief minutes after ingestion. It warns to avoid substitutes and urges using Bayer aspirin for authentic quick relief.
Walter D Arcy Ryan founder of GE lighting laboratory at Schenectady died at home after a heart attack. Born in Kentville Nova Scotia 63, he earned the nickname wizard of illumination for stunning displays from Niagara Falls to the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Edison praised his miraculous contributions.
Richard Washburn Child, Roosevelt's trade envoy in Europe, warned that Japan's growing commercial rivalry may lower living standards globally. After two weeks in Great Britain, he found no cure for Japan's cost and wage advantages and noted British concerns that Japanese technical efficiency strengthens competition, threatening English textile trade abroad including India.
Britain lost only one bag out of more than 40 million mailed last year through October. Each bag held about 5 000 letters. Stolen bags were once over sixty yearly and post office attacks were common. This year no successful attacks are recorded. A joint effort by Scotland Yard and the Post Office police improved security.
For two years Canadians enjoyed tea at the lowest prices in a decade. Growers, aiming to save the industry, cut exports causing price increases. Tea packers, especially for fine quality teas, have been reluctantly forced to raise prices.
A new radio telephone unit, self-contained in dry batteries and weighing 15 pounds, can send spoken messages clearly over a mile through city streets. It operates on a 100 centimeter wavelength, about 39 inches.
A British surgeon calls modern surgery so safe that there is little to improve in technique. A St Thomas Times-Journal note explains that death after operation often reflects the underlying illness, not the operation itself. The Century of Progress exhibit may display the Russian crown jewels, worth nearly 250 million dollars, with the Catherine the Great crown among pieces guarded in Moscow.
India's oldest scholarly body, the Asiatic Society of Bengal, marked its 150th anniversary with ceremonies and reflections on its centurial contributions to history archaeology and natural sciences.
A period piece argues women suffer from heavy domestic duties and fatigue. It claims Milbhurn's H. N. Pills strengthen the system and restore health, addressing nervousness hot flashes dizziness sleeplessness and fainting spells.
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