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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 1939
Page
5
Canadian officials outline strict border controls and quarantine measures to prevent foot and mouth disease. They warn that an outbreak would trigger mass slaughter, export bans, and global loss of confidence, citing US readiness and extensive livestock values in the 1930s.
In heavy mist near the Mississippi a Japanese freighter captain asked Pilot Charles McCheaney to anchor. The pilot claimed to hear frogs as a guide and signaled the ship to drop anchor. After the fog lifted the ship lay tight against the shore and the captain apologized in Nipponese expletives.
Saskatchewan fans excel at the Edmonton Poultry Show earning top pigeon honors. John Ossowy Lemberg won first for the cock flown 500 miles. James Bell Regina won first for the hen flown 400 miles and first in young cocks flown 175 miles. A Thompson Regina placed first in young hens flown 75 miles. A Phillips Regina earned second in young cocks flown 75 miles. The note ends with a remark about gold mined since 1492.
Two Auckland constables recorded Caesar the Alsatian noseprints to verify the dog before he departs for Australia. The noseprint now travels to Sydney to compare with a prior print, confirming he is the same animal seen in a motion picture tour and not a substitute.
An assessment of postwar German economics notes that newly annexed territories drain Germany's food supply and fail to boost fiscal health. German trade with other nations also underperforms for counterparts, with barter traders facing pressure under American reciprocal trade policy.
The Kitchener Record urges appreciation of Canada’s democracy and the freedoms it affords. It stresses racial and religious tolerance, individual rights, and law adherence as foundational blessings of a free land.
Lake Naivasha in East Africa is 17 miles long and 12 miles wide with no visible outlet. Surrounded by mountains, it never floods despite two rivers feeding it daily with more water than surface evaporation removes.
A fragment notes that it takes four percent hours to hard boil an ostrich egg with unclear context. The source lacks a date location or source attribution to confirm accuracy.
J E Brownlee former Alberta premier urged joint Dominion and provincial action to create a single debt act and possibly a debt court like bankruptcy court. Addressing United Farmers of Alberta he warned a weak wheat market may extend low prices for years and worsen farm debt now at about 317 million. He argued current creditor arrangements and acts are slow and only combined action can yield a durable solution.
Editor L F Wade argues advertising in the Jayton Chronicle pays. A full page ad promises a soaking rain for Kenty County and, soon after the issue hits streets, rain begins and totals 1% inches.
A description notes that at one point the ceiling of Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico rises to about 300 feet, indicating the cavern’s vast vertical scale.
Bruce Hutchison argues mechanical tests cannot measure driver character and temperament. He notes one eyed drivers can be safer than perfect test passers and warns that officers risk barring good drivers while letting dangerous ones pass. He urges considering people over machines.
At its first meeting Havelock Ontario town council named William Akins as constable town hall caretaker assessor sanitary inspector and weed inspector and then granted him a one month leave of absence.
Advertisement describes bluebird themed filet crochet for a chair or buffet set and a matching scarf. It cites Pattern 6228 with charts, stitch illustrations, and materials. Request 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
Research for 1938 shows a 10 percent rise in annual forest fires in Canada but a 50 percent reduction in average fire size. Causes include carelessness and increased travel, while improved detection, prevention methods, and firefighting equipment limit destruction. Studies at Canadian forest stations test fire-hazard tables and equipment, and plans with the National Research Council aim to enhance lookout visibility during smoke.
The article argues horses possess perceptual gifts and memory, noting they can sense vibrations and anticipate hunting mornings. It contrasts horses with foxes and rats, suggesting fear can temporarily erase intelligence while horses show alertness to cues like latch mechanisms and distant sounds.
Sir Auckland Geddes urged housewives to store a little food and keep a reserve supply of water at home in case government feeding plans fail in an emergency. He noted a skeleton ministry of national service exists and a young minister to head it has been chosen, though he did not name the person.
102-year-old New Orleans survivor Miss Alice Fazende died recently while staying true to a vow made in 1861. Her fiance joined the Washington artillery to fight for the Confederacy and did not return, and she vowed to wait forever. Also noted is Utah's Devil's Slide rock formation forming a boggan route.
A young White Leghorn at Renagour Poultry Farm Aberfoyle Scotland laid a 714 ounce four yolk egg believed to be a world record. The farmer Mr C C Mann weighed the monster and found it 21 inches broad and over 315 inches long while displaying it beside standard two ounce eggs in a Glasgow store.
A sealed sample of tea from the 1938 harvest, marked Not to be opened till January 10, 2039, is stored in London wrapped in vegetable parchment, aluminum foil and lead to preserve flavor. One hundred years hence tasters will gather to sample the brew.
Since Mark Twain’s death in 1910 publishers have paid about 1.5 million in book royalties to his estate. Annual royalties never fallen below 50 thousand and have peaked at 91 thousand in one year.
In New Guinea, beetles with hard shells of many colors are found. Native women catch them and thread them into necklaces.
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