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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 12, 1938
Page
6
New York reports an A R P office in London as editors push for air raid plans to keep newspaper distribution alive. The firm protects staff with gas protective gear, gasproof basements, field telephones, lighting backups, and alternative spaces. Private wires may back up Post Office lines if needed.
The royal visit will begin in Vancouver on September 1 as civic officials announce the tour of British Columbia. The report covers regional plans and public interest in the imperial visit.
The Toronto Telegram quotes President Benes of Czecho slovakia advising that postponement buys time to avert war. Each day of delay sharpens war calculations and strengthens democratic resolve against aggressors, while continued prep reveals war’s grim view and earns thanks from nations for giving the world space to think.
The lily pond doubles daily from one lily to fill the pond in 30 days. Half-full occurs the day before full, so on day 29 the pond is half-full.
The United States Army plans to buy 98 fighting planes for 14.43 million dollars as part of a 43 million dollar Congressional grant to the Air Corps for the new fiscal year. The order includes 13 flying fortresses, 78 bombers, and seven attack planes. Officials say about 700 new craft are already on order and the goal is 2,320 modern planes within two years.
On Howland Island the Earhart Light lighthouse marks the spot where Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan disappeared during their Pacific flight. The desert island memorials recall the perilous leg of the world voyage and the legal death ruling tied to their vanishing.
Two maids chat over a back fence about eyebrow plucking as fashion. Tilly says her boyfriend at the poultry shop will do it, denying high cost while a second maid expresses surprise.
Connecticut first raised tobacco between 1640 and 1660, a detail noted in a historical record. The fragment also includes stray characters and numbers, with 2263 ae appearing as an OCR artifact rather than a dated fact.
Sunday school lesson details Judges 4 1 5 31 and Esther 4 14 with Deborah as prophetess and judge who leads Barak to raise ten thousand from Naphtali and Zebulun to defeat Sisera at the River Kishon, illustrating faith under oppression and deliverance by Jehovah.
Statistics show Australia maintains a steady marriage rate of 84 marriages per 1000 people, unchanged since 1908. Only Russia, South Africa, Germany, Denmark and Romania have higher rates, while Italy trails.
Jack Bartlett, 46, of Salt Lake City, was hospitalized with a brain concussion after a head-on photo attempt with motorcycle patrolman E N Olsson. Bartlett agreed to the shot as Olsson rode toward him and both sought to dodge the approaching motorcycle. The photographer managed to get the picture.
Anne Adams offers Pattern 4842 a simple front and back panel slip with one piece bodice shoulders to prevent slipping. Suitable for silks and synthetics for summer to early fall wear. Pattern sizes 14 through 42, fabric 2 1/2 yards for size 16, order form to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg News Union.
A writer argues Budapest is an abstraction not a real city, noting Buda and Pest lie on opposite Danube banks separated for centuries. The piece mentions a historic bridge by English engineer Adam Clark and a square in Buda named for him. Pest is pronounced Pesht.
A San Francisco report mocks a Chinese New Year incident where a reporter tried to buy firecrackers for a Chinese girl, only to be halted by a shopkeeper who declares that firecrackers are not sold to foreigners. The incident echoes a World Fair joke about a Chief regarding American reception.
On the inaugural run to Chicago the invited guests took $87 worth of finger-bowls as souvenirs from the first streamlined Twentieth Century service.
A British report states fewer than 2,000 of England's 70 000 blind people are under 16. The finding highlights the age distribution among the blind population and suggests long term implications for services and education.
John L. Reece, a Century of Progress era Twentieth Century Limited conductor, aided numerous stranded passengers in Chicago by advancing fares. Over 45 years with the New York Central System he loaned back hundreds, including a $300 advance to a California-bound traveler, never losing faith or a cent.
Miss the laziest cat in the world died in Odense Denmark. The famous feline refused to lap milk, instead dipping a paw and licking it, in the city associated with the fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen.
In a terse exchange Karl notes the baby’s illness while Jack quips the child is sick in almost every way except sleeping sickness, hinting at severe health concerns behind the humor.
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