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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1939
Page
2
A sober 1938 US highway study pins most deaths on driver error rather than faulty cars or weather. It tallies about 29,000 fatal crashes, with 21,000 blamed on driver aberration and speeding. alcohol and weekend spikes discussed. The piece urges internal reform and stricter enforcement to reduce the toll on roads.
James Colbert of Victoria and Kenneth McCallum of Saskatoon received 1939 40 awards from Columbia University. Colbert, a University of British Columbia student, earned a resident scholarship in political science while McCallum, a University of Saskatchewan graduate, earned a resident scholarship in pure science. Each scholarship is valued at $500.
Dr Francis Alexander Barton, 78, notable British designer of the first hydroplane and creator of Britain's first airship, has died. He crossed the English Channel by balloon in 1902 to mark King Edward VII's coronation.
The bitterness in salt arises from magnesium sulphate presence altering the flavor profile.
The Denmark navy training ship Niels Iuel will not visit the New York World Fair and stays in Danish waters due to the European situation. A planned submarine squadron cruise to Belgium in July was also cancelled.
A robber with a coat bulge resembling a gun coerces Arthur Peters of Rochester New York to surrender a roll of fifty dollars in small bills. He keeps forty nine in change after a single dollar is given back. The line about glass production and a proverb are also noted in the clipped text.
A USDA bulletin describes dry farming as cultivating crops on semi arid land without irrigation. It relies on crop rotation, conservation of scarce rainfall, and drought resistant plants to maximize yields in regions with less than 20 inches of annual rain.
Finance Minister Dunning reported last fiscal year’s total revenue at $142,025,000 the highest on record. Income taxes dominated with $85,185,000 from corporation taxes and $46,937,000 from individuals, while sales tax fell to $119,460,000 and customs duties dropped to $78,750,000 reflecting broader tax shifts.
The report shows Trinidad as the top Empire producer with 17,757,325 barrels, 35.4 percent of total. Bahrein island follows with about 8,500,000 barrels, 16.9 percent. Burma contributed 7,557,000 barrels, 15 percent. The Dominion reached 6,944,039 barrels, 15.5 percent, with Alberta nearing 6,000,000 barrels after 1936 gains. Ontario, New Brunswick, and the Northwest Territories added smaller totals.
Three California Tech scientists H Boksook M Y Kremers and C G Wiggins reported to the National Academy of Sciences a vitamin B1 treatment for tic douloureux. Large injections of the yeast vitamin were noted to relieve the excruciating facial neuralgia without surgery.
Professor R Whiddington of Leeds University argues London fogs are not mainly dust. He suggests the fog bases are salt and sulfuric acid, challenging the common belief about their composition.
The text notes carrot seeds are extremely small requiring 257000 seeds to weigh one pound. A second figure 2305 appears as stray data without clear context.
Passengers and crew aboard a trans Pacific clipper lauded vegetables grown in water filled trays on Wake Island. In ten days harvests reached 33 pounds of tomatoes 20 pounds of lettuce 20 pounds of string beans 15 pounds of squash and 44 pounds of corn with soil less farming praised for taste and climate suitability. An experimental station is planned to advance tank farming on the tropical base.
A New York Sun piece recalls the $20,000 stone floor world map in the Post Office Department Building Washington. Years after installation borders now show Austria Ethiopia Czecho Slovakia and Albania outlined in stone causing the map guardians to explain the flawed geography.
A portrait of Chief Justice Duff as a Canadian deeply attached to England. He loves the England that has walked justly and shown mercy, admiring Milton and Shakespeare, and making yearly pilgrimages to historic sites of the island known to him beyond the courts of law.
The Chinese used hot teapots long before modern thermos bottles with a padded wicker basket for travelers. A tire company reports over half of tire wear occurs in the four warmest months.
Tomatoes are halved and sautéed in butter after dredging in flour salt and pepper. Shredded Wheat Biscuits split and baked in a moderate oven until lightly browned accompany the tomato halves and white sauce for a serve‑six dish.
Three egg whites prepare the meringue like batter with cake flour baking powder and salt. Butter and sugar are creamed, then flour alternated with milk and vanilla folded with stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in two 8 inch pans at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, fill with currant jelly and whipped vanilla cream.
Will Wynne proprietor of a Raleigh radio shop held a sale placing ten one dollar bills in the window with a sign stating original price one dollar sale price twenty five cents. Only three persons bought a dollar for twenty five cents, he said.
A world record was set as an English steel plant rolled out an ingot weighing 230 tons. The feat marks a historic milestone in heavy industry and showcases the plant’s capacity and engineering prowess.
The city observes the 80th anniversary of the Royal Engineers detachment arrival from the Thames City in British Columbia. Six members of the original party, who were children then, remain alive, reflecting a lifetime spanning much of the province’s history. The engineers were sent to develop the colony, survey, clear land, build roads and buildings, act as a defence and police force, and to form a population nucleus.
Norman of the Bank of England appears less shy of publicity as he gives a wireless talk to the Empire on the bank's work. He sometimes disguises his identity as Professor Clarence Skinner and has rarely granted interviews.
When Spaniards brought the white potato to Europe in the early 1500s observers doubted its value and feared it was the forbidden fruit from Eden, reflecting widespread prejudice against the new staple.
An engineer conducts performance tests on an automobile in a refrigerated chamber cooled to 40 below zero. The study focuses on response, startability, and reliability under severe winter conditions.
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