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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 23, 1940
Page
6
A historical note describes candy used to fashion small rugs soap beer mugs and dinner plates for films. It details how actors eat candy in comedies and mentions substitutes like catsup for blood corn syrup for glue flour for cement and Worcestershire sauce for ink in production.
A roundup of radio programs across networks NBC CBS CBC WABC WOR and CBC. Listings include World affairs discussions with Prof. I T Salmon Sunday evenings and Waite Hoyte baseball summaries. Weekend schedule features Bob Ripley Belive It or Not and musical segments across stations.
Abto Walter and crew on the Ahto finished a 34,000 mile round the world cruise from Greenwich Connecticut after 18 months at sea. The voyage included two young Canadians James Baillie and William McCrae from Oakville and Teddy Walter then 14 months old aboard with his mother Margaret Duff. The master said the trip was uneventful and would repeat the same course tomorrow if the crew could be gathered again.
In China many poor people find value in waste and packing crates. Workers salvage wooden packing cases from imported goods for sale, students use discarded newspaper sheets, and even used playing cards are repurposed into new decks.
The lesson explores Jeremiah 31 31 37 on Gods new covenant with Israel and Judah its grace rooted in Christs sacrifice and the heart writing law. It notes the covenant as eternal in its spiritual form and links to Romans 11.
Word puzzle clues cover a grid of horizontal and vertical entries. The theme centers on a fur bearing sea beast with hints linking to sea coast habitats and related terms.
Dr. Ben Weinstein of the University of Wisconsin reports tentative findings to the Middle Western Psychological Association. He tested two children aged 37 and 84 months and two four year old monkeys with similar tasks, and the children showed greater aptitude.
A Dominion Bureau of Statistics review covers 1921 to 1939 showing grants shrinking while student contributions rise. Government aid declines, endowments surge, and overall funding shifts threaten access to university education as tuition grows and per head aid dwindles.
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