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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1934
Page
2
A critique of amateurism versus professionalism in sport, examining the America Cup and other games. It argues real sport should foster recreation, fitness, and fair play, not money making, and condemns gate-driven, salaried professionals in baseball, lacrosse, ice hockey, football, and colleges.
Ultra violet ray boxes have been added to aeroplanes for night flying to refresh dulled radium instrument dials. The compact boxes are mounted on the steering post arms, emit invisible light with no windshield reflection, aiding pilots during night operations.
A London Regent Park zoo chimp named Jim my learned the Nazi salute from a German visitor and was imitated by other monkeys. The monkey house now greets visitors with raised paws and the Heil Hitler gesture.
The Prince of Wales visited a revived coal mine on the Duchy of Cornwall estate near Farrington Gurney where 50 men are employed and 135 tons of household coal are produced weekly. The effort began after a 13 year mine closure and received royal support to waive royalties until self-sufficiency. He toured the underground workings and greeted the workers with a royal welcome.
A 70 year old man claims severe rheumatism left him unable to brush hair or bathe yet after using Kruschen Salts he now works 12 hours a day. The ad describes Kruschen ingredients dissolving uric acid crystals and aiding their elimination.
An Oxford Street bookshop scene shows the Duke of Gloucester selecting books to ready himself for a voyage to Australia. The excerpt also notes agricultural acreage changes across the three Prairie Provinces on August 10, 1934, with wheat and flaxseed down and oats and rye up.
Hon. George H. Sedgewick told a Halifax maritime conference that replacing tariff revenue with other forms of income would be difficult for Canada. He spoke amid discussions on national finance and trade policy. A note mentions a ten cent per gallon tax on pesos in England, cited as context.
An aerial survey by Captain A W Stevens uncovers a two and a half mile ancient roadway and a keyhole shaped ceremonial chapel near Newark Ohio. Dr Henry C Sherrone and Ohio State Museum officials say the sunken earthworks likely belong to the Hopewell culture and may include underground burial rooms.
The Manchester Guardian notes a parallel between Victorian Buckingham Palace and modern ministries where interior and exterior duties stay uncoupled. The prince consort learned the lord chamberlain controlled interior rooms, the lord steward kitchens, and the royal forests handled exteriors, all failing to synchronize window cleaning and dining warmth due to rival underlings.
A crew of 15 postal clerks at Yellowstone Park Wyoming handled 90 000 first day requests for the new stamp. Collectors sent in five ten twenty five and fifty cent pieces using varied enclosures and stickum methods to attach cash with the envelopes and cancelations. Clerks reported soft thumbs from handling the sticky cash while processing the first day covers.
The Captain Cook cottage is rebuilt in Melbourne at Witzroy Gardens for centenary celebrations. It traveled 35 lorries from 253 packing boxes, with detailed marking of stones and timbers and a mortar bag kept for history. Ivy will not be replanted. quarantine orders require fumigation. A stone obelisk from Cook's birthplace in Great Ayton will mark the exchange.
Canada reports a 1934 harvest yield of 5,239,000 bushels from 587,100 acres, versus 3,454,000 bushels from 434,900 acres in 1933. In England, 35,500 insured workers in Luton see 700 unemployed, indicating localized labor slack.
R L Sutherland, consulting engineer for the Saskatchewan Coal Operators Association, told a Calgary meeting that high moisture lignite deposits in southern Saskatchewan have been developed successfully. He cited increased production amid overall decline, aided by favorable economics and improved mine preparation, with southern Saskatchewan coal serving growing markets in nearby districts.
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