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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 06, 1938
Page
4
Historic English houses stand as landmarks though many decay or change hands after wars and wealth shifts. The piece notes secret cavities and passageways built into thick walls, hidden entrances, and tunnels linking floors and rooms across eras from Elizabeth I to Marlborough.
Miss M Grace Wilmarth, former chief scientific aide at the U.S. Geological Survey, aged 72, retired in 1937 after 30 years of compiling the "Lexicon of the Geologic Names of the United States, Including Alaska." She worked sixteen months beyond her official duties, delivering final proofs to the printer before final retirement.
The Lethbridge Herald urges farmers to store grain on the farm and avoid rushing crops to market. It argues for using stored barley and wheat as credit stability, noting prices around 20 to 63 cents per bushel and stressing careful harvest decisions.
Deanna Durbin and her family plan to keep ownership of the film earnings, estimated at over 200000 dollars a year. Her father James Durbin says he bought her managerial contract from agent Jack Sherrill, who introduced her to producers and arranged contracts. The text also notes an etymology aside and a Times Square corner store detail about a telephone book lasting 96 hours.
Government figures based on 1936 data indicate prairie manufacturing recovered from 1929 to 1933 lows with gross production climbing from 164.9 million to 247.7 million by 1934 and reaching 331.6 million in later years. Winnipeg led with 73.3 million, Calgary 27.1 million, Edmonton 23.3 million, and other cities reporting multi million outputs.
The Detroit News notes a Negro porter who warned passengers during a Toledo train crash and was injured in the act. It recalls a Montana disaster where two Negro porters saved lives, arguing that humble men show greatness in emergencies.
A couple, Sandy and his wife, were stranded when their car broke down and had to be towed to a garage. The wife denounced the charge as scandalous for a short tow, while Sandy defended the expense insisting the mechanic earns it by delivering the service.
The article lists various early spellings for Christmas such as Crystmasse Crestenmas Kyrsomas Xtemas and Chrystymesse noting they are at least better than the abbreviation Xmas. It surveys historical forms without asserting a single correct version.
Miss Edith Wills aged 70 passes rigid driving tests in Durban South Africa and will receive a driver's license confirming her qualification and competence.
Sir Stewart Duke-Elder praises global gains in reducing blindness through early birth eye treatment and silver solution use. He notes cornea transplants from deceased humans as promising but not animal-to-human. Gaston Marin, Belgian traveler in Gloucestershire, spent 10 years and 40 000 miles exploring primitive cultures while facing dangers in Yemen and Capernaum.
Photographers at the Cunard Line Mauretania launch in England were allowed to shoot only toward the ship and banned from wide lenses because a battleship was under construction in the adjacent slipway. A British destroyer lay a few feet upstream.
Oglethorpe University in Georgia announces a plan to establish a King George V Memorial to foster the long standing relations between the British Empire and the United States, spanning over a century of ties.
Naturalists report that chimpanzees and certain monkeys exhibit laughter-like vocalizations when content. The finding suggests closer ties between primate social signaling and human laughter.
London air raid precautions would use river water to combat fires near the Thames. A fire float manned by auxiliary firemen would pump Thames water to flood Piccadilly, with hydraulic pumps on fire floats reaching a quarter mile offshore. Longer reaches rely on land engine pumps linked from shore.
Truck drivers use a high pitched horn inaudible to car occupants. A microphone in the car captures the signal which the driver hears as a pleasant hum. The driver then changes rear lights from red to green when it is safe for the truck to pass.
W T Crawford notes few remaining horse cabs in London, mostly around suburban stations. Fewer than a dozen still operate, mostly as museum pieces, with some downtown at Kings Cross or Euston. Taxies have largely replaced them, 8000 now on streets with 11000 drivers, a diverse, civil but not particularly sharp union workforce.
In Peterborough Examiner style the piece notes the annual ritual of tasting commands at noon or night as winter approaches. It jokes that husbands, despite limited cooking knowledge, remain the family’s chief taster amid abundant cookbooks schools and advice, with a humorous exaltation of their role.
Roger Babson urges graduates to start in small towns and save in farms. The Financial Post agrees small towns offer city amenities with traditional friendliness. The Swift Current Sun notes romantic life centers on neighbors who are friends. A quip from a mother and child about fishing follows, then a remark on mornings in temperate climates and Roumania’s gypsy population.
An article by John W. S. McCullough M.D. D.P.H. discusses the Health League of Canada's push for widespread resuscitation training. It argues the Schafer method is simple, teachable in schools for both sexes, and essential since drownings occur anywhere.
The Dominion treasury collected 26 086 000 from liquor in 1937 34, up 3 185 000 from the prior year. Provinces totalled 26 325 000 with Ontario 9 456 000 Saskatchewan 1 453 000 Manitoba 1 512 000 Alberta 2 391 000 and British Columbia 3 607 000. The report notes no precise Canadian liquor consumption figures and limited public sales data outside a few provinces. Tourist traffic also boosts liquor figures.
The text explains editors prefer precise initials to avoid ambiguity. It notes readers want to distinguish between similarly named individuals such as Reverend William Smith versus Reverend Robert Smith and Willie Smith versus William Smith, including biographical clues like school or family background.
The Air Ministry plans summer 1940 start for sub stratosphere bombers weighing 70 000 pounds with four engines reaching 275 mph at 25 000 feet. A pressure cabin will shield the crew.
A concise claim notes that monkeys are unique among animals for learning to throw objects, highlighting a behavioral development observation in primate studies.
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