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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 07, 1939
Page
4
Queen Wilhelmina urged a completely changed mentality across the Netherlands to tackle national problems including unemployment. She tied moral rearmament to reconstruction, urging unity, voluntary national effort, and a shift from fear to constructive work to avoid decay and collapse.
Ottawa Journal contemplates how future biographers will reconstruct today’s greats. Critics may embellish or reimagine lives, blending reality with fiction, yet readers seek fact over fanciful debunking as they weigh today’s egoists for posterity.
The Dominion Post Office Department announced an overnight airmail service from Montreal to Vancouver starting March 1. Letters posted in the late afternoon at either end will reach Prairie points by morning and other cities on the line by late afternoon the next day.
Haruki Child of Toronto has spent eight years papering a room with postage stamps arranged in bright bird designs on panels. The project showcases his dedication and artistic use of philatelic material.
A Winnipeg Free Press analysis notes Professor K. W. Taylor of McMaster University says Eastern Canada may view the Prairie Provinces as economically less vital as Western production declines. It cites drought, low farm prices, and reduced demand, but urges efforts to offset conditions and notes Western agriculture could regain its former economic role.
Sumner Welles, Under-Secretary of State, says the major objective of policy is to keep the United States at peace while affirming the right to protest cruel and inhuman treatment. He states the U S will challenge foreign policies that threaten peace or violate treaty rights of the United States or its nationals.
Donald R. MacLaren, a veteran of the Great War with 5000 air hours, returns to aviation study as he joins Trans-Canada Air Lines to learn operating methods. He previously organized Pacific Airways, flew Yukon freight and northern BC, and conducted aerial photography and night mail runs.
The state of Wyoming reports numerous dinosaur cemeteries where bones of ancient reptiles are found in large numbers. Paleontologists catalog hundreds of fossils, highlighting the region’s rich prehistoric heritage and ongoing excavation efforts.
In Chile pawnbrokers’ shops become a government monopoly run without profit motive, signaling state control over pawn lending and retail operations.
A reflective observation notes that grudges from the past hinder future progress, suggesting lingering resentments shape current decisions and outcomes.
Dr S B Bates vice-president University of Nanking cites about 200 narcotic shops and dens opened in Nanking with puppet government backing to revive opium trade. The piece condemns Nipponese plans to curb Chinese liberty while enriching occupation regimes.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 1938 gains in births and marriages in Canada with deaths down. Births in 66 large cities totalled 84 566 up from 81 143 in 1937. Marriages rose to 41 233 from 40 339, while deaths declined to 51 686 from 53 567.
A magistrate opines that a woman should choose her husband’s clothes, arguing she likely chose his wife as well. The remark reflects social expectations and gender roles in attire decisions.
The article notes James A Garfield as the only left-handed president in U.S. history, highlighting this distinctive trait among presidents and its place in presidential lore.
Italian rail officials announce a new berths in third class compartments to six passengers per car to save coal and fund better travel. The optional pillow rental costs about two lire, and day passengers gain more leg room for meals.
In Flint Michigan a man who found 370 dollars in a woodpile shared with the landowner after a court settlement left each party with 18 dollars once legal costs were paid. No claimant appeared initially and both claimed ownership, but the case reduced the potential share to nine dollars each. The piece notes lawyers profited most from the dispute.
A 300 pound crystal statue, the largest single piece of clear crystal glass ever made, has been completed at the Corning Glass Works. The crystal woman will be shown at the Glass Centre during the New York World's Fair exhibition.
A description clarifies that camel humps are fat reserves for energy, not water reservoirs. It explains that camels drink and lose water rapidly, while fat stored in the humps provides metabolizable energy during scarcity. The article emphasizes the biological function of humps in arid climate adaptation.
Representatives of the hat industry in New York formed the Hat Style Council to address men owning fewer than 12 hats. They announced the 12 best hatted men in the country including Marshall Field Jack Dempsey Bing Crosby Tyrone Power and Fred Astaire. The list covers high silk folding opera black midnight blue soft hat derby homburg snap brim off the face light weight felt sports straw Sailor panama and semi sport types.
In Fifty Years Ago notes a young man fined for driving without sleigh bells. Ontario requires at least two bells on a horse drawn sleigh for warning. First offence carries five dollar fine, third offence twenty five dollars. Toronto Star Weekly reflects on historic rule.
Arctic exploration is an unprofitable career as the era’s best known explorers seldom earned more than a few hundred dollars annually after expenses.
In London four blind girls employed as shorthand-typists operate a compact machine that punches Braille signs onto a moving tape, recording dictation with tactile output.
The Royal Botanic Garden in Calcutta reports the 169 year old banyan tree has recovered after removing diseased parts and grafting new branches. Superintendent K P Biswas says the tree is healthier than in years, despite previous fungus and vandalism risks. The tree measures 1,251 feet in crown circumference, stands 90 feet high, and has 651 aerial roots.
Hon. W. A. Fallon announces at Alberta Social Credit League banquet that iron copper and tin deposits lie in Great Bear Lake region and Alberta should extend its northern boundary to access the resources. He argues new routes to Edmonton Grande Prairie and Peace River would handle traffic and support metal industries.
Fifteen glass vases dating from the fifth century were unearthed in Haut-de-Tombeux along the Moselle as a medieval tomb cemetery of 72 sites was excavated. Spectrographic analysis at the Paris Optical Institute dated the vases to the era and suggested Far East materials traded by nomads. Excavations continue to seek more medieval objects.
A fire burns at the entrance of the king of Uganda’s Kampala residence and is allowed to die out only when a monarch dies. The custom ties the fire to the fate of the royal line and reflects longstanding ceremonial practice.
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