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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1935
Page
2
The pending conference between the Federal government and provincial premiers will discuss restoring revenue for western provinces and reducing the cost of services. The piece argues for consolidating duplicated federal and provincial functions, clarifying taxation between levels, and conserving resources to stretch the tax dollar without harming services.
A Rustn native named Uncane cut a hut from Mount Royal wood to live through winter in Montreal. Police restrained him after authorities charged vandalism for using the park site. The case notes the odd claim about star temperatures and a 19 year old admirer.
A staff member spots a bridal bouquet resting by the unknown soldier’s tomb in Westminster Abbey. A card bears the royal coat of arms and reads From the Duchess of Gloucester. Separate notes mention Stone Mountain in Georgia and silkies’ black skin.
Captain Gerald Lowry, World War II veteran and accomplished golfer and boxer, was a top partner at the British Bridge League Congress in Harrogate England. He credits exceptional memory and card-recognition abilities for his success and says his training helps him play despite blindness.
Scientists at Cornell University seismological station propose the recent earthquake stems from the late Ice Age 25,000 years past. Dr Le C Conant explains the Northeast quake cycle as the earth slowly recovering from a two mile thick ice sheet, with periodic slight shifts northward detected by instruments.
Chemists report lipstick manufacture is now an exact science with equations for lip temperature moisture and fat influence. The bloom of human lips has been measured with scales and reactions. German laboratories claim new lipsticks are contact proof moisture resisting and provide a uniform appeal for days.
The National Library for the Blind in Great Smith Street and Tufton Street, Westminster, now completed, offers extended space for about 250000 Braille volumes and improved loan services across the British Isles. Each Braille volume measures roughly 14 by 11 inches and weighs around five pounds, with about 1200 volumes circulated daily.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a November incident involving a league and a trade in marble goods from Italy. It mentions sanctions affecting the export and seeking alternative marble sources. A charwoman quarrel with a neighbor is noted, hinting at broader social context.
Dr. R C Wallace, president of the University of Alberta, told 200 southern Alberta high school teachers that university entrance exams should be less formal to allow teachers to express themselves and to test understanding beyond memorized notes. He cited four broad scholarship exams as examples and urged teaching of political and social theories with teachers keeping personal bias in the background.
Capt Luff Meredith of New York argues hawks as a sport for preserving game birds in Alberta. He flew five birds in Calgary after visiting Rosebud, noting hawking can share thrills with a whole party and may cut game bird deaths to about one tenth versus guns while also aiding in eliminating birds of prey like crows and magpies.
A fragment recalls a scene from a Christian Science Monitor item where a leader praises his tall grenadiers during a review. He asks Sir Robert Lut on if an equal number of Englishmen could treat them, and the reply hints that half the number might suffice.
A local case centers on John Tite who repaid 1240 relief money received in 2004 after illness. Officials say it is the fifth such case in town history. Gapan plans over 34 million dollars to boost civil aviation with air mail, pilot training, and facility upgrades. Lithium, potassium, and sodium are the lightest known metals and will float on water.
In the first ten months Canadian exports to the United States reached 117000 head with about 17000 calves. A 1100 pound steer would incur a 33 dollar duty under the US tariff. The shift from the United Kingdom to the US follows beef cattle shortages and price gaps.
The 1935 Ontario tobacco crop reaches about 30 000 acres and 6.1 million pounds with a value over 8 million dollars. Imperial Tobacco Company helped develop domestic production through experiments imports and grower education. The industry expanded from a few farmers to a major market, supplying Canada Britain and beyond. A fashion note ends with a jab about high prices despite no wasp waists.
Readable items include a hair cutting device with rubber protections allowing sleep during styling, a double pronged toasting fork creating two slices, a powder compact worn as a wrist watch bangle, a window attachment to improve scenery view, a travel trunk protector, and a mechanical artist that photographs and quickly carves a stone bust.
P.L.A. Monthly argues London’s rise and global trading weight hinge on the River Thames. The piece notes London’s geographical position favored a great trading community around the river’s lowest bridge, linking to the Continent and world markets.
A Calgary resident, Mrs J D Gillock, reports a lemon tree produced a lemon 17 inches in circumference last year and two pies and two lemonades followed. Now eight green lemons remain on the tree, each about 11 inches in circumference. A U S government scientist cites a theory that sewer explosions stem from automobile exhaust gas rather than sewer gas.
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