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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1933
Page
6
Harvard chemist Dr. Arthur BR Lamb explains energy use and reserves. He notes current energy from coal oil and gas, but highlights vast untapped resources and the potential of wind to supply a large share of future needs.
The piece argues New York failed to limit building heights, causing light loss and crowding. It notes twenty to sixty story towers block lower floors, streets clog with cars, sidewalks overflow, and subways cannot keep up with congestion across Manhattan.
The Moncton Transcript notes newer liners like Europa and Bremey feature spacious sport decks and glass screened promenades, with most of the ship enclosed to shield voyagers from Atlantic winds. Passengers may stay aboard from boarding to disembarkation, prompting doctors to specify the steamer for sea voyage cures.
The bridegroom asks if the bride is president or vice president of a society. She declines both and says she will take a subordinate role, specifically Treasurer, as they settle into married life.
Lord Macmillan the chairman of the Royal Commission on Banking told an audience in Vancouver that he served without remuneration. Sir Thomas White and Sir Josiah Stamp made similar confessions regarding grain exchange investigations. The Toronto Globe notes such public service as rare but exists. Won. Ou. 21
A cat facing a barking dog uses quick judgment and agility to escape. The feline feints, watches the dog closely, and slips away just as the dog lunges, vanishing over a high board fence with the dog thwarted and impressed by the cat's courage and craft.
A plant described as one of the most remarkable in recent years was found on sagebrush slopes in Washington by J. Thompson of Seattle. Identified by C. V. Morton of the Smithsonian, the perennial herb stands nearly two feet tall with a thick stem and a seven leaflets per leaf on an eight inch leaf stem.
A mathematics professor warns the average man to avoid the stock market as odds run 12 to 1 against the small investor seeking big gains. The professor notes even the little fry have some chance, while Canada houses the empire's largest mill trade.
The article discusses H G Wells's new book The Shape of Things To Come. It describes Wells dreaming of a future marked by a devastating European war in 1940 and the collapse of the current economic system. A rebuilt world rises with no rent interest or profit and a shift to humanitarian distribution.
Ontario forestry fire fighters built a quick aqueduct from a lake two miles away to counter a bush blaze in Falconbridge township. Dry air left streams unusable, so they dammed a dry creek bed and pumped water along a mile of hose to reach the fire two miles distant, then sprayed it onto the blaze.
The Kitchener Record and Toronto Star note rare unions where a 20 year old marries a 60 year old. In Ontario 1931 data show 6,520 marriages by girls 20 and under, only 4 with husbands aged 70 to 74. one boy under 18 married a 38 year old woman.
In Geevagh County Sligo hundreds wait for Lough Na Suil to reappear after vanishing with 52 million cubic feet of water in hours before daybreak. Legend ties the lake to Balor of the Evil Eye and Nuadha, with a giant cavern found where the waters disappeared.
In a garden article Maude Stewart Detch notes ancient use of lettuce as a staple in Persian royal tables five hundred years before Christ. She cites Greek and Roman praise for cabbage and onion, with cauliflower from Cyprus and lettuce linked to Ptolemy II and Hippocrates. Aristoxenus allegedly watered his plants with wine for flavor.
Sweden imposes jail terms for failing to report possession or purchase of firearms or ammunition. Previously fines were common, but enforcement now carries harsher penalties. Public discourse notes a sharp shift toward stringent legal language and punishment.
The article recounts Canadian troops in 1918 aiding Assyrian refugees in Northwest Persia under General Dunsterville. About 40 Canadians joined a British force, moving from Baghdad through mountain passes to Kermanshah and Hamadan to deter Turkish advances around Urmia and Tabiz. The effort, though limited, allowed some return to lands near Lake Urmia while many Assyrians were ultimately abandoned to Turkish control.
Assistant Attorney General Pat Malloy presented a plan to unite U S police into a single federal force backed by the national guard and army. Clarence E. Martin, president of the ABA, warned federal power intrudes on states and urged candor about crime, supporting Roosevelt recovery as a temporary measure until court rulings arrive.
Sir Samuel Hoare, then India Secretary, says he is possibly the only British Secretary of State ever suspected of involvement in a political murder. He recounts 18 months in wartime Russia steering Military Intelligence and Secret Service, claiming he heard of Rasputin’s murder before most others. The Czar and ministers reportedly were impressed, prompting a British envoy to visit Taarkge Solo to assure the emperor his staff were not the murderers.
A 12 year old boy named Gulam Nabi is presented as a hereditary ruler by the Mad Fakir who commands 5 000 followers. British troops 4 000 strong intervene to aid Halimzal as tensions rise in a remote Hatimsai region of Hindostan.
The Italian Line flagship Rex broke speed records on an Atlantic crossing and flew the blue pennant before arriving in New York amid heavy publicity. Passengers reported harsh vibrations from the fast trip and several days of lingering aftereffects. To aid the record run the open air Lido Deck was closed to save weight.
Canada's 80 year old speed skater Joseph Arsenault shows aviation zeal after an aircraft from New York landed near his home bringing relatives. He then traveled to Shediac to view General Italo Balbo's famed air armada, becoming air minded.
American automotive engineers project a four door vehicle with a very low centre of gravity to prevent overturning. The concept car would have exceptional road holding allowing it to reach speeds of 125 miles per hour as easily as current cars reach 40.
Francisco Babbie who served Theodore Roosevelt the Prince of Wales and 11 Argentine presidents retires at 4 4 and will watch trains from his suburban cottage as a once renowned sleeping car attendant.
Until June 1927 England witnessed a solar eclipse not seen since 1724 and not to occur again until 1999. More than 200 industries are then putting air conditioning to profitable new use.
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