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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1935
Page
4
The New Yorker argues aviation tragedies reveal a systemic flaw in aircraft design and the emphasis on speed over buoyancy. It notes Post’s death from a motor failure and contemplates autogiros versus fixed wings while criticizing safety statistics based on passenger miles.
Lord Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England, states that 60 percent of those punished for law offences are arraigned before age 16. He urges greater effort to understand and manage first offenders, stressing investigation of causes, circumstances, and recovery rather than sentimental treatment.
A German professor Dr Schiffhauser states five hours sleep daily suffices for a healthy life. He recommends bed at 7 PM and rising at dawn to prevent neurasthenia and nerve troubles. Experiments on schoolchildren reportedly show beneficial results.
Mr Hore-Belisha announced in the House of Commons a new experiment closing select streets to motor traffic to grant children freedom to play. Notices will set regulations converting these streets into play streets with kerbs painted green.
A Glasgow auction over the world s first sewing machine ends with Edinburgh Museum winning the relic after a coin toss by showman A E Pickard. The sale also features mummies at five dollars each and other waxworks relics. The crowd packed the waxworks as Pickard praised the novelty and pledged the item to a museum if not sold high.
An Alsatian shepherd guiding a blind man in Regina faced a stray temptation when a black and white cat appeared within six feet. The dog hesitated then lunged at the cat, sending Pussy up a tree while the dog resumed guiding his master homeward with steady advance.
Prof Otto Voelcker lauds the Prince of Wales in the Berliner Boersen Zeitung as Britain’s leading Front Soldier. He notes the prince’s popularity abroad, describes him as a practical, humane figure proud to be a typical Englishman, and credits his World War I service with Grenadier Guards for shaping his character.
A tale of a distinguished bishop on a rail journey who cannot locate his ticket. The conductor jokes about retrieving it on the second round, then returns to find the ticket still missing. The bishop insists he must find it to know his destination and where he is going.
A despatch from Callander says Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, famed for the Dionne quintuplets, cannot handle tourists with sudden imagined illnesses seeking treatment. The Kingston Whig Standard suggests a simple fix, give the patient a bottle of colored water and charge a stiff fee. if they are satisfied, the doctor should be.
Lethbridge entomological officials warn of a serious grasshopper outbreak next year in southern Alberta unless control methods are applied. Officials report a heavy deposit of hopper eggs in the district, though crops avoided major damage this year.
A remark suggesting that telling a man he is smart strengthens his faith in the speaker's judgment. The line serves as a concise reminder of flattery's persuasive power.
The Kiangsu Opium Suppression Bureau trained dogs to locate narcotics and follow smugglers. In Chingkiang a test led to cabin boy Chiang Cheng-chuan being jailed after the dogs found drugs aboard the Kianghsing. Chiang confessed to opium use and supplying others.
Jeremiah Rundle, chief of the Swampy Cree at Norway House Manitoba, visited Winnipeg to forecast a cool open fall in the North Country and a sharp winter ahead. He notes lean ducks and scarce muskrats as early signs and mentions his retirement and holiday in the city.
The Winnipeg Evening Tribune reports Manitoba rural rehabilitation is progressing in its fourth year. Since spring 1932, 762 families settled, 44 returned to relief, 28 of those sought a second chance. Fifty reached self sufficiency, 250 are partially self supporting with grocery allowances of 4 to 6 dollars monthly. Total cost about 300 thousand dollars, two thirds for stock and equipment, one third for subsistence. Public support remains strong and politics largely avoided.
Dutch experimenter Marius Den Outer unveils the Tachotype an international speed typewriter that prints syllables rather than letters. He claims its capacity is nearly twice that of an average typist after seven years of work and testing. The device resembles a small typewriter and will soon be marketed.
Indian astrologer B. S. Sastri claims a war in the West in 1946 and a rapid improvement in Indo British relations starting soon, becoming strong by 1953 to 1955, with the British connection lasting another three centuries. He says 1920 to 1935 was a bad period for both England and India.
His Majesty the King presented the Boy Scouts with an electric button used to light the Hyde Park beacon on Jubilee Day. The device resembles an electric bell push mounted on oak and will be kept in the Council Chamber at Imperial Headquarters as an honored artifact.
A Navajo soldier faces ostracism as his squad tears apart personal effects including a saddle and belongings and places them outside his hut door, signaling a harsh desertion sanction within the group.
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