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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 24, 1936
Page
2
A discussion on looming European conflict notes widespread but conflicting opinions among travelers and locals. It cites varied prophecies, rising national defenses, and pervasive mistrust, urging renewed League of Nations reform to ease fears and stabilize the Europe-wide mood.
Colonel L P Ayres, business statistician and Cleveland Trust executive, compares U S and Canada recovery. He notes Canada has regained 97 percent of losses since 1932, while the United States has recovered 70 percent. He says elections show public want government active in economic problems and urges learning from Canada’s self-reliant methods.
The Bank of England and the Royal Mint weigh introducing a nickel threepence for Edward VIII to reduce copper coins. If adopted, Britain would align with other nations and shrink copper circulation. The current threepenny piece is unpopular and the nickel would be similar in size to a sixpence.
Italian school teacher Rita Del Bene finds a bib lical era textile from the Pinna Nobilis shellfish. The fibre named pissus yields a wool like fabric via a simple chemical process, surpassing ancient silk like weaving in strength and utility.
In Travancore the Maharajah on his 25th birthday proclaimed all state temples open to Hindus of every caste and religion. The move ends untouchability in worship and is hailed by reformers and Gandhi supporters as a landmark in Indian Hindu reform. Sir C P Ramaswami Aiyar called the act unique in Indian history.
The article reports a self serve barber experiment in Moscow where customers sit and shave themselves for a nominal fee. Nina Saveilyeva acts as an instructor to supervise hand washing and ensure proper supplies and technique for novices.
A 30 foot by 11 foot ornamental tower to honor the coronation dominates the Kuala Lumpur market place. It sits atop an electrical sub station with a four faced clock atop the tower and a bronze inscription commemorating King Edward William. The text also notes deer species and dairy labor restrictions in New Zealand.
A French tiny vehicle claims to reach sixty miles per hour and travel sixty miles on a gallon while priced at $660. Separately the piece notes US prohibition enforcement costs near one million dollars monthly. Canaries are reported to perform to jazz music with apparent success.
King approves the election of Sir George Broadbridge as lord mayor elect of London in a ceremonial scene in the Princes Chamber at the House of Lords. Ten judges presented by Lord Hewart attended as two goblets bearing lilies were exchanged with formal toasts to the lord mayor elect and the lord chief justice of England.
The Smithsonian Institution reports the sun is gradually radiating away its substance as light and heat and will shrink to half its present size. It will take about 40 trillion years for this change to occur.
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