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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1938
Page
5
A Sault Ste. Marie Star editorial asks readers to measure their citizenship by paying taxes and bills, supporting community efforts, and discharging duties. It challenges self interest and urges contributing time and effort to improve the town, noting everyone is busy and asking how much would be missed.
Fifty children attended a three month short course in Bolton Ontario run by the department of agriculture. Students gain practical farming and home economics training, build confidence, and apply lessons at home on poultry and chores.
The Salisbury painting of the Westminster Abbey coronation will be finished by summer and presented to the King by overseas delegates. It is a Dominion Government gift to join historic Abbey ceremonies with a small group of 35 to 40 figures including top officials and bishops. The Queen and the King will sit for portraits in coronation robes per the Daily Sketch.
The piece recalls the Embassy Club on Bond Street once frequented by royals, and shifts to praise for modern Sister Susies aiding Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Edith Manby of Codsall, aided by 497 knitters, produced 1525 scarves for lifeboatmen, using 330 miles of wool and 15,250 hours of work. Manby earned the RNLI gold badge for distinguished service.
A widow who remarried sends her son to a top school and asks about his progress. He replies they are studying the position of molecules. She adds a quip that his late father could never keep his own position in his eye.
A lamprey bores into larger fish and feeds from within until only skin and bones remain. Professor Karl Ritter von Frisch of Munich has trained fish to respond to a dinner bell.
A 1937 report to the Lethbridge Board of Trade notes Alberta beet crops of 235,481 tons from 19,819 acres and outlines by products. Beet tops yield about one ton of dry digestible nutrients per acre when harvested promptly. wet beet pulp supplies 40,000 tons annually for feed. beet molasses adds about 4,000 tons, valued for its mineral content as a grain substitute.
A prisoner sobs in court as he reveals he has never been jailed before. The judge responds with reassurance and proceeds to sentence him to prison, marking his first time behind bars.
A Washington issued report by a Public Health Service committee estimates Canada and U S health costs at about one and ten billion dollars annually. It urges a national health program and notes many preventable deaths among mothers and infants. The study calls for more hospital beds, rural access, and broader disease prevention efforts to save lives and reduce suffering.
The Windsor Star reports that at 120 mph an extra 15 horsepower is needed to keep speed when a man sticks his head out a window. English tests for London to Paris high speed runs showed the tunnel project aimed for 90 mph average, requiring 120 mph over portions. Streamlining greatly impacts power needs for fast rail.
The King toured the Canadian section led by Hon. Vincent Massey, noting curly birch furniture and calling it restful for a library. He learned the Canadian stand, larger than others, featured 39 exhibitors including the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission.
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