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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1935
Page
2
Aimed at discouragement in youth, the piece argues the future remains solvable through initiative and enterprise. Sir Herbert Barker’s view urges setting a clear objective, seeking work or starting one’s own venture, and resisting unemployment’s erosion of character. It laments apathy and praises resilience drawn from wartime grit.
A December storm caused about 100000 dollars in Cordova Alaska with gale winds and heavy rains from the Gulf of Alaska. Southern and interior Alaska saw record warm spells with Fairbanks reporting 58 degrees the warmest for five winter months in 30 years. Mow largely gone at Fairbanks and other areas. Severe weather included a long rain burst at Seward and a thunder and lightning storm over Cook Inlet.
In Canada the Shire horse is hailed as the horse of horses, once carrying armour clad knights in Merrie England. Now only a few hundred purebred Shires remain in Canada, with Ontario and Alberta home to most. 1994 saw just six Shires among 2,508 purebred red horses registered nationwide.
A quirky item notes that police officers will lack pockets this winter as coats arrive with pockets sewn shut. Some officers received new coats with pockets, while others got old coats returned without usable pockets.
Dr W Gatlay of the National Research Council told a conference that a shift to Canadian potatoes could absorb the country s 7 000 000 bushel surplus. Experts discussed turning potatoes into confectioners glucose grape sugar syrup starch potato flour chips and other products including laundry starch dextrine glue gum alcohol and foundry moulds while preserving and canning potatoes for livestock feed.
The letters from Napoleon to Empress Marie Louise sold for about 75000 dollars in London, bought in block by the French government. The 18 letters cover courtship, marriage, and Elba exile, with late notes from a weary general yearning to see his wife and son. An anonymous nobleman once controlled them.
The subject, born in London Ontario in 1890 and a veteran of the Canadian Corps, built national auto organizations and led major firms. He founded The Lorner Archel Company in 1936, acquired Press Agency Bureau Limited, and started the World Institute of National Advertising Agencies in 1930, shaping central banking insights and business expertise across Canada.
Chief Justice Holt of England, as a youth, joined a mischievous club. Later he presided at Old Bailey and recognized a former friend charged with highway robbery. The prisoner bowed and sighed, saying most in their circle are hanged except your lordship and me.
The Hollywood magnate told an assistant the writer was the only man for a film under consideration. The assistant questioned if the writer was too caustic, but the producer replied to get him. The Smithsonian Institution says no prehistoric giants or pygmies were among America’s wonders.
The insurance man flags tall, thin, married vegetarians as ideal risks. Statistics from multiple sources show tall men live longer than short men, thin men longer than heavy, married men longer than singles, and vegetarians outliving carnivores.
Amid a discussion of New York sales tax on luncheon tickets members of the New York Kiwanis consider tax rules for meals with entertainment at a municipal stadium in Cleveland. The stadium cost over 3 million dollars.
Canada Grains Act sets re cleaned grades for western grain with near total weed seed elimination and dust removal. Re cleaned grades apply only to grain recleaned at Fort William or Port Arthur before eastern shipment. Higher re cleaning costs raise prices but reduce feed waste and weed infestations.
The Melbourne Argus reports that air travel's popularity grew as route mileage rose from 3,200 in 1919 to 190,200 by 1932 and miles flown from 1,022,000 to 90,872,000. The United States led traffic with 5,932,069 miles flown and 540,681 passengers, while Britain, France, Germany and many others also developed air networks worldwide.
A synthetic silken yarn from South Carolina pine trees was showcased in New York. The process promises to turn southern pine fibers into universal clothing material, described as inexhaustible and sufficient for humanity's needs. Dr. Charles Herty of Savannah, Georgia, presented the white skein at a dinner honoring his discovery.
A Bulgarian chauffeur appointment sparked debate as spokesmen insist the post was awarded for more than ceremonial reasons. The nominee is described as a political figure, a chauffeur and mechanic, and a veteran locomotive diver who already leads the National Association of Locomotive Engineers.
Lawrence Firbert invites readers to submit handwriting samples for analysis. A 19 year old writes about a 83 year old partner, jealousy, and marriage timing, prompting advice to end the affair if jealousy cannot be cured. The column encourages sending samples with a small fee to Winnipeg Newspaper Union for expert analysis.
A seventeen pound waxlike lump found by Rockland boy Roderick Crandall on Islesboro beach Maine was analyzed as ambergris valued at 161000. Ambergris used in perfume base. Crandall’s father sent a specimen to a chemist who called it pure ambergris. Islesboro fisherman M L Decker awaits a chemist report on a second fifty pound lump.
A playful exchange depicts a young wife announcing dinner while the young husband eagerly asks to see it. The lighthearted line suggests domestic daily life and curiosity about the meal.
A letter describes a woman named T who gained weight after an operation for appendicitis and later lost weight from Kruschen Salts. She notes weighing 196 pounds about a year earlier and 178 pounds at present, and mentions her doctor’s advice that many women gain fat after that operation.
Four people including Mrs Hazel McClung and pilot Oscar Winchell survived nine days after a plane crash 150 miles from Anchorage. They sheltered in a cabin with limited rations, melted snow for water, and lost weight while awaiting rescue by a plane equipped with skis.
A Belgrade dispatch reports a band of thieves in Yugoslavia planned burglaries of cooperative societies. The gang’s leader acted as employer, paying members $1.25 daily, often stealing goods worth $500 in a single night. The scheme used a wall hole, with one insider passing items to a loader while another watched. The leader operated remotely, keeping the loot.
Stratford Ontario investigator Percy Mitchell uncovers a relief recipient who owns a race horse. The man is grooming the horse for next year’s races while the relief committee weighs actions regarding the unemployed horse owner.
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