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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1937
Page
5
The Bank of England restoration begun in 1925 is described as virtually impregnable and the Empire’s strongest building. The vaults are protected by 50 foot deep concrete walls, 8 foot thick, double steel grilles, 15 ton doors, miles of alarm wires, water flood defense, and patrols with machine-gun ready outer sills and a top gallery for surveillance.
The St. Thomas Times-Journal reports Rochester firm Short Brothers is building vast passenger airliners for Atlantic service. The planes feature wings spanning about 100 yards and a length of 75 yards, carrying 80 to 100 passengers at 250 mph. They include swiveling seats, staterooms, baths, and a dance hall, aiming to halve refuels for long flights.
Basenjis from Central Africa attracted London crowds at Crufts in Agricultural Hall. 4 332 dogs valued at 5 000 000 dollars were shown with Olivia Burns selling them to buyers by air. Basenjis weigh about 22 pounds and rarely bark. They chase lions and resemble small fox terriers.
A Daily Mail correspondent notes lifelong beliefs in the moon’s influence on humans and crops persist despite modern science. Folks fear new moon light, treat money and luck by lunar cycles, and delay tasks until the moon’s phase shifts, with regional customs from Devonshire to Orkney.
A Calgary Herald opinion weighs the danger of speculative frenzy. It cites a merchant annoyed by a customer who will skip a bill to fund oil stocks and a woman selling property below value to back a flyer in the market. The piece argues for prudent investment by oil companies and surplus savings, warning that booms harm ordinary savers as risks rise.
Wild sheep numbers in Banff decline from hundreds to two groups. One herd sits on the west road three miles from Banff, the other closer to town with seven sheep. They fear foot travelers more than cars, scattering quickly when approached on foot. The piece also notes Aesop's influence on the American dime emblem and the moral unity theme.
A report notes that drinking water holds more dissolved oxygen in winter than in summer, reflecting temperature and solubility changes affecting aquatic chemistry and taste.
Raymond Twyeffort urged delegates at the National Association of Merchant Tailors of America to budget about a thousand dollars annually for clothes and at least four thousand for a well dressed man. He cited a green tuxedo coat and hat, an opera cape, and a strawberry outing coat with contrasting trousers as “neces sities” in a man’s wardrobe.
A 1930s Health League of Canada educational note links garden rotation to public health. It urges rotating vegetable positions to avoid soil exhaustion and pest buildup, with rye cover crops and legume use. It links personal discipline and community organization to achieving a birth life expectancy near 70 years and notes large declines in typhoid, diphtheria, and tuberculosis due to public health efforts.
A yellow billed minah owned by A Wilson of Glasgow wowed visitors at the Crystal Palace 69th national cage bird show in Dorland hall Renent Street with speech and mimicry. The bird greeted a visitor as Mae West and teased with a laugh like a kookaburra.
You can craft a unique footstool from a single spring seat of an old automobile. Cover the worn seat with upholstery and add casters at the four corners to create a comfortable fireside seat.
An easy crocheted afghan uses seven inch blocks in rose design. Create a fluffy, soft throw by joining blocks in preferred pattern. pattern 5757 includes directions, illustration, stitches, materials, and color ideas. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union to obtain.
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