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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1936
Page
2
A Canada era editorial urges public action against speed crazed motorists who endanger others on busy highways. It calls for reporting dangerous driving, suspending licenses, and backing the Dominion Automobile Safety Council to reduce the road accident toll.
Not An uranary season Two victora nornculturists wave it out on a 3,000-mile trek to look for wild flowers. Ed mund H. and Joseph A. Lohbrunner head to the Arctic and sub arctic Yukon and Alaska in search of rare anemone, polemonium, and dwarf willows. Also noted is a claim that the earliest known written psalm was recently announced with a 15 BC cuneiform inscription that puzzled Byria, now said to be the earliest known written psalm.
Henry Gingerich of Baden Ontario retires after 16 years as rural mail carrier on a daily 28 mile route. He only missed two runs, both due to storms. The text also notes Anna Sewell earned $100 for Black Beauty, though a straight royalty would have totaled well over $300000.
London correspondent of the New York Sun notes road traffic has more than doubled in five years and Britain has 178000 miles of roads with 12000 cantoned routes. Last year 2,561,000 vehicles used them, up from 1,770,000. About 18 million people own cars, and 22 factories reported motor vehicle growth. The plan includes spending 450 million dollars to build 230 miles of cycle tracks and 70 miles of carriageways to ease congestion amid rapid rise in motor use.
Japanese sponsors pursue ambitious trans pacific airship service with three route concepts Tokyo to Hsingking Manchukuo Tokyo to Singapore or Batavia via Shanghai and Hong Kong Tokyo to San Francisco or Los Angeles via Honolulu all requiring two or more German dirigibles German experts unable to commit long term pilots or lend support beyond a limited period
Floodwaters of the Skeena river wrecked the interior of the March Memorial church at Usk on the riverbank. The Bible remained undamaged on a small table while the church organ, chairs and linens were muddied. A second note mentions three hens nesting in a tree with four new eggs after the flood receded.
George M. Lamsa of Washington argues in Gospel Light that the three day whale episode arose from a mistaken Aramaic translation. He says Oriental dream interpretations link fish to trouble and that Jonah’s whale scene is an exaggerated expression of being in trouble.
The report details word counts from the Parliament of Canada session. It cites roughly 3 240 000 words by House of Commons members and 500 000 by senators, with Hansard recording volumes and pages. The Canadian Press sent over 600 000 words, plus telegraph coverage by many correspondents. The Commons met for about 90 days.
Dame Dame of St John Tweedsmuir appointed a dame of grace in the Order of St John of Jerusalem. The Westminster Gazette notes many British subjects professing Christian faith are admitted for service to the order and its charitable aims. The order promotes ambulance and hospital work and holds a royal charter from Queen Victoria of 1888. King is sovereign head of the order.
The Halifax Herald argues that a near ten million dollar deficit for the current fiscal year prompts calls for higher taxes. It contrasts past Dominion Government expenditures 1901 1901 1913 with present totals, urging economies over further levies and questioning waste, loopholes, and extravagance.
A historical scrapbook item lists a bake shop recipe using sugar eggs sour milk nuts flour and spices with directions to bake at 350 degrees. Nearby notes describe the Gulf Stream widening from fifty to 150 miles near the Florida Keys and a planned Irish Free State flight to Australia or around the world.
A system of automatic lights was used to manage speakers at the North American health authorities convention in Vancouver. Green, yellow, and red signals on a box-light apparatus timed each speaker, ensuring the program ran on schedule.
Not Giving Up Flying Air Commodore Kenyon, an Antarctic flyer, will not quit flying for farming. He said he must make a living and hinted his Okanagan fruit farm prospects aren’t convincing. After holidays at Ewing's Landing, B.C., he returned to Winnipeg and his pilot job with Canadian Airways. The piece notes cotton in road building could create a market for 2 to 3 million bales yearly.
An old star that vanished was seen anew by L C Peltier in Delphos Ohio on June 28. The object lies near Cepheus La Certa, and Dr Otto Struve at Yerkes notes it had appeared on maps since 1803 without brightening by 1930.
The royal racing cutter Britannia will be sunk in the English Channel under official orders. Once tied to King George, the vessel will be spared shipyard disposal after sails and rigging were slated for sale, and it later marked a long career from 1893 to 1936 with 231 first prizes and 129 other awards across 625 races.
In North Tawton Devonshire the age old legend that a spring fed bath pool fills before a royal death played out with King George V's passing. The pool filled just before the Prince Consort Albert death and Victoria era royals. three days after George V died the water vanished and cattle returned to the area.
Rafaelstuesga, the Mexican consul in Tampa, owns a road-runner whose bones ache in damp weather and who cries loudly before and during rain. The bird disturbs the consul’s sleep, prompting plans to get rid of the animal.
A memory memorial is planned near Westminster Abbey to honor the late King. It is expected to portray him in the admiral of the fleet uniform.
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