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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1937
Page
2
A long article argues that Japan's unprovoked war in China and earlier Italian actions in Ethiopia provoke global fury. It notes sanctions and boycotts as limited restraints, cites economic motives, and praises rising moral standards in international conduct.
Captain A T Brown reported a historic reception test on the Cunard liner Britanic carried out October 29 to 31 with engineers from the British Broadcasting Corporation. Electroencephalograms measured brain activity showing staggered shut downs and deep sleep once signals reached the sleeper.
In arid Africa plants mimic stones to survive long dry spells by blending with sun baked rocks. The tiny species avoid wildlife predation by resembling their surroundings. Colors of the plants match the local rock types for camouflage. Alaska coal deposits are estimated at about 19 billion tons.
Historical note traces 3800 BC Baby lonia maps derived from land surveys for taxation purposes, highlighting early cartographic practices used to assess wealth and allocate resources.
In 1934 British railways carried 64 million more passengers than in the previous year, reflecting a significant growth in passenger traffic across the network.
Mrs Irene Williams of Cardston Alberta bought two chinchillas for 3200 with her dentist husband while on a California trip. She plans a modern chinchilla farm to raise several more pairs, joining descendants from a rare Chilean Andes line. The pair are the first in Alberta and the second in Canada.
The column by Alice Stevens urges using apples and milk as economical health boosters over medicines. It provides two apple desserts with simple ingredients and quick steps, invites readers to request more free recipes, and notes a Winnipeg address for correspondence. A stray historical note about Georgia 1770 mentions a law on teaching slaves to read or write.
Sir Evelyn Wrench argues that farming requires broad knowledge beyond rural life and dismisses the notion that any fool can farm. He warns officials to discard that myth and cites the Kellogg Briand Pact as an imperfect step toward harmony. He urges humanity to love thy neighbor and envisions a unifying political instrument crafted by brilliant minds.
The Manchester Guardian recounts a Gray anecdote from Peterhouse Cambridge where the poet nervous of fire kept an improvised rope ladder and tub of water ready. Fellow students teased him with a staged alarm causing him to scramble down to safety, later moving to Pembroke.
Sir William Beach Thomas notes a simple supply chain in which villagers of a Bedfordshire edge hamlet obtain vegetables via a local greengrocer who buys from a semi wholesaler eight miles away. The wholesaler sources much from Covent Garden, which in turn draws many vegetables from Bedfordshire. Vancouver Province.
Mr. Scheerer asks about a favorite air as a friend heads for the door with a punning reply about fresh and plenty of it.
The Guelph Mercury urges a long reaching spirit of optimism. Confidence in the future of the city, province, and nation is vital for progress in business and public life. It warns there is no room for joy-killers and predicts industry will reflect optimism soon.
Oliver Stanley told the House of Commons that the food department of the Board of Trade is preparing plans to safeguard and control the supply and distribution of foodstuffs in wartime, in consultation with food importers manufacturers and distributors.
In 1832 Congress commissioned Horatio Greenough to sculpt Washington becoming the first American sculptor employed in the Capitol. The text notes how metals mix with baser or precious metals and mentions platinum alloying with a more precious metal, tridium. Old motion pictures are sold to recover silver from the emulsion.
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