This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1933
Page
3
Ottawa reports Canada weighing a proposal to sell 100000 dairy cattle to the Soviet Union in exchange for oil. Minister of Agriculture Robert Weir has backed the plan, with talks led by a Winnipeg company and Soviet authorities. Negotiations have included discussions in New York and a Moscow visit by a company representative.
A Formosa cable reports a locust swarm about 350 miles by five miles devastating cotton maize and tobacco along the Barmej River. Supplies of arsenic dust are exhausted as farmers appeal for help. A San Salvador couple killed themselves after locusts ruined their orchard and linseed crop and left a note that all capital and three years of labor are lost.
Stuart W. Dewar of Saskatoon received the National YMCA Physical Education Committee heroic service medallion for saving 16 year old Marshal Ayers from drowning in Beaver Creek River last summer. Dewar, a Saskatoon diving champion, recovered Ayers and provided first aid on shore. Only four such awards have been given in recent years.
In Toronto Ontario W Perkins Bull is completing a monumental local history of Peel County. The work aims to chart the development of civilization on this continent in a micro scale study.
May Share Leader's Exile Saskatoon. When Peter Veregin, imprisoned Doughobor leader, is deported, many of his followers will probably follow him into exile. Many Veregin district Doughobors have already expressed themselves to this effect. The sect members are awaiting word of their leaders wishes.
Tiel man Roos former Nationalist Government member now aims for the premiership if a coalition succeeds He resigns from the appellate division to push a plan he says can end racialism with the two sections uniting He opposes Smuts and Hertzog and argues he would not stay in the arena if they could form a coalition His move unsettles the government as it battles a shrinking House majority amid gold standard controversy.
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson stated the United States will insist France honor the December 15 debt instalment prior to any new negotiations. He noted Ambassador Edge’s report need not be answered formally and confirmed the stance will be reiterated. Stimson plans further talks with Norman H. Davis before the Geneva experts meeting on the world economic conference agenda.
Ninety two officers and employees of the Canadian Pacific Railway were pensioned off on January 1. Retirements span most company branches and offices in Great Britain Canada United States and the Orient. Notable names include J L Coupe Winnipeg J S Carter Nelson M E Thorton Portland J A MacGregor Moose Jaw and W Kirby British Columbia lake and river service.
Ottawa reports the organization of the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission under Hector Carles worth as chief commissioner. The civil service commission invites applications for secretary at 3720 dollars yearly with 10 percent deduction. bilingual English and French ability required.
The November presidential election set a record with 39,734,351 votes cast, the highest in US history. Franklin D. Roosevelt achieved the most popular and electoral votes for a winning candidate, while Hoover posted the largest popular vote for a losing candidate. Upshaw’s 77,528 votes marked the high for the Prohibition ticket since national prohibition began, nearly quadrupling the 1928 tally.
The six months ending September 30 show profits from liquor sales and pari mutuel taxes totaling 1,060,000, down from 1,637,783 in the prior six months. Liquor sales likely around 4,000,000 versus 6,500,000 in the earlier period.
Hector Charlesworth chair of the Canadian radio commission called the empire Christmas morning broadcast the most successful trans Atlantic transmission in Canada noting reception and coverage were superb. He credited cooperation from line companies and stations and said the commission coordinated Canadian land wires to ensure timely progress of the global program.
Toronto reports culmination of years of negotiation bringing together Canadian representatives and British and United States views. The universal Braille system will be sent to every school for the blind in Canada, benefiting more than 150,000 blind people in British Empire countries and the United States with more volumes and lower costs.
Northwestern University economics professor Frederick S. Diebler warned against dwelling on pessimistic forecasts from engineers and urged the nation to stay optimistic as it lifts from a recent low mood. He said the country will recover in due time, as it has from past downturns.
Mary Maria Luke Begg of Chappaqua New York widow of the first rider from Winnipeg to the Pacific, tied to a pioneer Ontario family, died December 27 at her daughter Mrs Frederick H. Travis home. She was in her ninety second year.
Samuel Insull walks free after a Greek court refused to extradite him to Chicago on mismanagement charges. Depositions from Chicago failed to prove the claims. His brother Martin is awaiting extradition in Barrie Ontario as extra lawsuits loom.
Ottawa the dominion and Germany agreed a three months trade arrangement starting January 1 marking the first time in 35 years Canadian goods receive most favored nation treatment. Canada will get Germanys conventional tariff where set and its intermediate tariff on German goods. a fuller treaty is expected before March 31.
At a Windsor Ontario police station Julius Sandvik an unemployed relief recipient returned a lost purse containing cash and valuable papers. The grateful owner Mrs John Cravec awarded him a $15 reward for his honesty, after he turned the purse in following a night of hardship.
Ottawa reports Canada is examining a possible Japanese move to establish manufacturing plants in Singapore to exploit empire-made goods tariffs. No plants exist yet, but rumors have prompted a trade department inquiry.
An order in council by the Manitoba Government elevates Roy Brown, an aviator with the provincial forestry patrol at Lac du Bennett, to a flying justice of the peace with jurisdiction under the Small Debts Recovery Act.
Nearly half of the 900 passengers aboard the steamship Cameronia suffered a mild influenza. The illness was worsened by rough weather as the ship approached Glasgow, Scotland.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.