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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1938
Page
4
Dr McCullough outlines sun related dangers including sunburn heat prostration and heat stroke and offers first aid methods such as Epsom salt tea tannic acid warm water and cool damp sheets with rapid cooling and doctor supervision. The piece notes protection through light headgear hydration and avoidance of excessive exertion in heat.
The Niagara Falls Review notes Owen Wister died in North Kingstown Rhode Island. The author defended Britain in The Ancient Grudge and argued John Bull often backed the United States. His work improved Anglo American relations and earned respect from pacifists.
During filming a new feature two additional oak trees were needed quickly. Wax maids were used to cast bark, plaster bark sheets were colored and wrapped around wooden forms to simulate real trunks.
P. V. Carden of the Agriculture Department says research aims to identify which grasses are best suited for pastures and endure longest. The work seeks to explain why some grasses flourish while others fail.
J C Robertson stock superintendent for Saskatchewan says the province contains about one third of all Canadian horses and is the Dominion's largest horse producer.
J P Cloutier, general manager of a Canadian flax cooperative, reports linen as superior to silk for wing fabric in warplanes. Canada uses 6 000 acres of flax with 600 families producing fiber for linen and two large flax product markets. Flax seed exports go to Ireland while most fibre goes to linseed and paint industries. The De Beaujeu co operative factory now trains Canadian workers to handle the processing.
The Earl and Countess of Egmont will build a modern country estate on their Alberta farm south of Calgary to replace a $25 000 home destroyed by fire last February. They plan to live there until 1940 when son Viscount Perceval reaches school age in England.
The army says an old law could authorize a large air armada of 4120 first line fighters, surpassing the Navy's 3000 plane ceiling and nearly doubling the army's 2320 target. Officials note manufacturing limits prevent building 4120 planes soon, despite the potential authorization.
The Duke of Devonshire has delivered the Star and Collar of the Order of the Garter to the King. The insignia, worn by the late duke, are diamond rich and worth several thousand pounds together. If a Knight loses his insignia, he must replace it from his private purse. The King funds originals from the Privy Purse and they return to the King at a knight’s death.
Ernest Topping of Blackpool visiting Kitchener with eight British tourists says Canadian lumber offers better dollar value but cannot match Scandinavian prices. Ketteren Brothers of Santa Rosa received a wire order from a rancher quoted in an old newspaper ad, later found to be 28 years outdated.
W. T. Scott of the Harrow Experimental Station explains why the ugliest hen can be the best and the prettiest the worst. He says valuable laying birds spend time on the nest, while showy plumage signals a shirker, not a worker, in the field day display.
Fifty-five giant warships were paraded at Portsmouth along with open gates at three dockyards in Portsmouth Chatham and Plymouth for a week long display. The event aimed to demonstrate rapid growth of British fighting forces and to spur recruitment as taxes rise.
Lincoln Elsworth, famed for flights over both Poles, begins his fourth Antarctic voyage aboard the Europa after leaving New York. He says crowds alarm him and that wilderness dwellers feel a sense of God as he sails from Southampton to Capetown to meet the ship Wyatt Earp. An aeroplane could circle the moon in 24 hours at 280 miles per hour. Italy builds a liner for Norway, paid from cod surplus.
A letter to the Chico Record urges drivers to ease off the gas to help faster cars pass, arguing racing toward a pass creates risks at turns, hills, and intersections. The piece links speed fiends behind slower drivers to higher danger.
Sack Judge aged 60 a Birmingham England fish salesman turned vaudeville headliner and author of the famous war song It's A Long Way To Tipperary died after a period of ill health. His publishers retired him on a life pension noting the soldier's anthem helped win the war.
A playful dialogue imagines a young woman seeking a refined gentleman and a romance. The mother reacts with horror while the householder recalls Father Socrates as the original inquisitive reporter who wandered Athens two millennia ago asking questions to spark thinking.
The Dominion bureau notes general merchandise store sales up two percent in June from 1937, based on returns from over 700 stores in small towns and rural areas. Improved western agricultural conditions boost rural purchasing in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta with gains of 10, 5, and 4 percent respectively. An earthquake in New England in 1755 is linked to lightning rods in local lore. Some men, remarks a trade publication, mature under responsibility while others merely swell.
An English immigrant in Southern Alberta builds a debt free empire of 1000 acres, with 900 in crops, livestock, and a water reservoir. He credits banks for support and follows expert farming advice, disproving claims that farming cannot pay. Moral lessons urge English settlers to pursue prudent, well financed farming in Alberta.
Japanese Home Ministry orders prohibit fleeing from residence during air raids. All citizens must stay at their posts to fight fires and minimize damage, with exceptions only for the ill infirm aged and very young. Chief Koi chi Kameyema of the air defence section calls refuge a matter of principle and says taking cover will not be recognized.
The Sault Ste. Marie Star notes that paying as you go reduces interest costs and tax rates. It cites Sault Ste. Marie Michigan as an example, having cleared its debt and funding public works from current revenues or very short term debentures.
In Sydney Nova Scotia Magistrate Joseph MacDonald's court two barrister sons debated a reckless driving case. Ronald defended Tony Tor tello while his brother led the prosecution. A separate note mentions a Huggar ian invention replacing cigarette paper with a tissue formed of fibres and tobacco leaves.
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