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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 02, 1940
Page
7
In a tense scene Edgar Wallace’s detectives discuss the murder of Mrs Gibbins near Regent’s Park. Inspector Carlton and Jim pursue leads from the Edgware road to the canal, while the post and landlady details raise new questions about the victim’s last movements and payments.
Aileen Rivers frets over a week without seeing James Carlton while Mr Stebbings recalls past Harlow clients. Aileen discovers hints of Mercy Harlow’s will and payments to L Edwins in probate accounts, heightening intrigue as she faces her own feelings and societal judgments. Carlton visits, they walk, and tension about their relationship surfaces amid suspicious family ties.
Jim, hiding evidence of a serious case, returns to Scotland Yard seeking an interview with commissioners to suppress the material. At the Annie Maud Gibbins inquest the jury returns an open verdict finding the woman found dead with no clear cause, a result viewed as prudent given the conflicting testimony from doctors and officials.
The Toronto Public Library processes over 30 000 books yearly in a “Toronto method” of rebinding and restoring Manuscripts and historic volumes. Agnes Clark introduced the system in Canada and it spread continent wide. Colors in textiles gain global attention led by Margaret Hayden Rorke at the Textile Color Card Association with a move from 2 6 to 200 color hues.
India secretary Avery warned that Hitler’s onslaught on an ill prepared world could destroy Magna Carta and the idea of freedom. Speaking in London on the 725th anniversary, he called the document a living bond between Britain and the United States and urged victory at all costs. He urged Dominions to partner in defense within the Commonwealth.
The earth began as a gas sphere and, as it spun faster, grew into a pear shape with a shrinking stalk. A colossal upheaval flung part of the planet outward, forming the moon, while tides and rotation shaped the crust and left the Pacific basin as a scar, according to some scientists.
Town Clerk Mr Williams announced Cape Town will be spelled as one word Capetown in official use. The city holds stock with the Capetown spelling for stationery.
A Brantford woman using auto repair training helps an elderly man whose car broke down with a flat tire. The traveler, recently widowed and moving on, had his belongings and a goat in the back seat. The woman changes the tire despite her summer attire, and the man departs relieved.
Dr. Fred Routley says Nazi airmen threaten Red Cross markings and hospital safety in Britain. He notes the new English hospital by the Canadian Red Cross and forecasts evacuations to Canada for wounded soldiers and civilians. The Queen’s Park group presents $5,543 for three ambulances.
W. W. L. Clark argues loyalty to the Dominion is shown by deeds, not naturalization. Loyal people need not fear, while traitors deserve no mercy. Britain warns citizens that wasting a slice of bread daily costs 30 shiploads of wheat yearly to cover 2366 wastage.
Botanically the tomato is a true fruit. The term vegetable is culinary, covering edible plant parts used in savories. Thus broccoli flowers peas seeds cabbage leaves potatoes carrots marrow fruits are used as vegetables, so the tomato is a fruit used as a vegetable.
W L Clark urges readers to remember sacrifices as others resist contributing to the war effort. The All Union Agricultural exhibition in Moscow in August 1939 featured prize cattle owned by several women exhibitors.
Bruce Shaw of Winnipeg told the Investment Dealers Association the western provinces now stand in a stronger position to aid the war effort than at the start of the first Great War. He cited stronger provincial finances with Manitoba revenue gains and Saskatchewan debt concerns, plus higher petroleum and gas production and a robust wheat crop.
A compact reflection on courage as moral purpose. Epictetus notes invincible inner strength, while Cicero Browne Eddy and others link fortitude with loyalty, friendship, and fidelity. The piece traces courage as essential to high character and the paradox that the bravest are tenderest.
A microscopic Canadian nickel tube on view at the 1940 World’s Fair is the smallest metal tube yet made. The outside diameter is 19 10000 of an inch and the thickness about 75 100000 of an inch. One pound of tubing laid straight would stretch over 18 miles, and 27 tubes stack to the thickness of a dime. Sudbury nickel production yields 150 to 200 miles of such tubing every second.
India plans expansion of air conditioned coaches beyond the 1938 Bombay Calcutta and Bombay Delhi services. Extensions under consideration include Delhi to Peshawar and Karachi to Lahore routes with potential Delhi Calcutta and Bombay Madras links.
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