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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1933
Page
5
A judge in Ontario refused to excuse a man who argued jury duty would temporarily render 22 men unemployed. The Calgary Albertan notes the need for elastic laws adapted to present conditions and the value of keeping workers employed while maintaining juror duties.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa endorses a war emergency farm relief scheme tied to McAdoo. The plan would fix agricultural prices by federal law and place government control on surpluses. Brookhart expects Hoover may veto, delaying action until the next Congress meets in the spring.
Dr. Edwin F. Zeigler of the United States veterans administration reports a new treatment for pneumonia. The substance pneumodhdlin builds up immunity in rabbits against type one pneumonia, enabling resistance to an ordinarily fatal disease. Pneumocholin is produced by dissolving pentococci pneumonia germs in sodium taurocholate derived from bile.
The notice lists 1933 holidays including Good Friday April 14 Easter Monday April 17 Victoria Day May 24 Dominion Day July 1 Labor Day September 4 Remembrance Day November 11 Christmas Day December 25 with civic and Thanksgiving to be declared later. It notes most holidays fall on Saturday or Monday creating long weekends for gadding.
A noted Italian art professor says Kaiser Wilhelm was duped into paying 1,000,000 marks for a statue of Persephone. The piece, once thought genuine and linked to a fifth century BCE artist, now resides in a Berlin museum and is disputed by Professor Eduardo Galli.
Glasgow launches a city wide campaign as authorities press a war on dog racing practices. In Washington DC, the National Zoo houses a pew collection of 50 rare toads highlighting ongoing amphibian conservation efforts.
Rev James H Dean of Cleveland hosts a steam era fascination guiding a 15000 to 18000 image archive of locomotives organized in the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. London reports Blood Transfusion Service notes donors return quickly and athletes seek boosts before games. Amy Gentry, English rowing champion, is a regular donor.
A. A. Gardiner, assistant general passenger traffic manager for the CNR, said in Montreal that if all railway operations were as successful as the previous year’s low fare excursions the country would have no rail way problem. He noted the special trips netted about 500000 in total, roughly half to each of the two companies, the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways.
A letter from a writer asks the editor to read a short story carefully and return it with candid criticism at once, noting the writer has other irons in the fire. A reply suggests removing irons and inserting the story.
The monsoon drives India's yearly rainfall and farmers' fortunes. Its winds shift with seasons, directing ancient Arab and European trade routes. Sailors adjust routes as winds reverse from northeast in cool season to southwest near the equator and India.
Eight Pacific type locomotives in England together completed a total of 4,356,618 miles. The milestone reflects their long service and shared workload across routes.
Report by the United States Committee for Mental Hygiene examines how job loss affects families. It notes blame toward the father, possible illness symptoms from stress, and mixed effects on children and domestic routine as unemployment rises.
Canadian wheat shipped via American ports cannot receive imperial preference without a through bill of lading, a plan regarded as unlikely. Baltimore’s 15 million bushels through the port last year may bypass local elevators, as traffic manager Stewart Henderson notes two can play at the tariff game. The commentary criticizes politicians for sweeping tariffs amid war debt concerns, warning Ottawa as a consequence.
A fragmentary piece chronicles bells shaping English history from coronations to executions. It mentions Whitechapel Foundry producing great church bells such as Great Tom and Bow Bells, noting their roles in cathedral lore and royal pageantry, with garbled dialogue at the end.
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