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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 28, 1935
Page
4
DuPont engineers developed a new peacetime explosive using nitrate of ammonia base and a secret carbon mix to reduce hazards in quarries and strip mining. It resists detonation in tests but could be fired as a projectile without exploding. details remain undisclosed.
A Times Journal report states pavement ants from Europe now dominate many U S habitats, multiplying rapidly since their arrival on ships. The ants are more aggressive than natives, potentially displacing native species, though not more harmful to humans. Canada has not yet reported pavement ants.
A visitor notes cleaner air after residents adopt a new invention that makes chimneys consume their own smoke. The piece also mentions disease transmission from animals, a proposed $10 million flower market hall in Spitalfields, and a fabric that mimics Persian lamb skin.
The piece notes red as the most common flag color, followed by white and blue, with yellow green and black also common. It lists orange in a few flags, Spain’s purple, and brown absent. It highlights astronomical symbols, stars, suns, moons, and country emblems such as the Great Dipper on Brazil, a mosque in Afghanistan, a cedar for Lebanon, and a hammer and sickle for the Soviet Union.
A fragmentary obituary-like reflection on a life well lived praising success through living well laughing and loving and earning respect from men and affection from children. It notes an inspired life and a memory that blesses others with appreciation of earth's beauty and good deeds.
The radio branch of the marine department announced amateur radio certificates granted to J. Stevenson of Sontra Alta J E Brindley of Edmonton C M Wilson of Port Alberni BC J A Cron of Vancouver W J Gillespie of Fort William Ont N Whitaker of Maymont Sask W J Sharp of Regina and J A Spark of Saskatoon Sask
Southern Alberta scouts and guides plan a pageant in April to showcase international scouting and guiding. The event aims to inculcate ideals of service, citizenship, and outdoor skills through a community celebration featuring local and visiting representatives.
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool United marks its tenth anniversary since February 13, 1925. From a $100,000 capital and a single loading plant near the Montana border it now operates 1,068 country elevators and five terminals, four owned and one leased. Over ten years ending January 31, 1935 it moved 798,769,000 bushels of grain through its systems, including 52,662,200 bushels of platform loadings.
Figures from the House of Commons show the philatelic agency of the Post Office Department earned revenue of 54813 dollars last fiscal year while operating costs were 9828 dollars. Postmaster General Arthur Sauve told Col. W. P. Mulock that the department does not peruse postage stamps as a general practice.
Disputes over Norway's boundary of territorial waters strain friendly ties with Britain. An 1882 convention defined fishing limits, but Norway resisted and set its own, causing friction as trawlers fish near the coast. A new treaty is urged to preserve cordial relations.
An excerpt quotes Brooke Hereford on those who live by the past, always recalling old times. It laments lack of romance and heroism in modern life and warns the present loses vitality when nostalgia paralyzes joy and openness to new mercies.
The Dominion’s horse numbers declined from 3,610,404 in 1921 to about 2,983,400 by June 1934, yet breeding activity rose with prairie clubs up 32.8 percent since 1933. Imports of breeding stock more than doubled from 1933 to 1934, draft horse exports grew, and efforts include shipments to Barbados and China with focus on high quality stock and stricter breeding standards.
Glass wool made from molten glass produced on a rapidly spinning disk. Centrifugal force shatters the melt into fine threads while a downward air current carries them to a cutter and transport system. Thread fineness controlled by melt temperature and feed rate.
Doctor W Hepner, a psychologist, concludes that women are better liars than men. His investigation finds 20 percent more women than men confessed to wriggling out of difficulties by half truths. He notes men favor blunt lies while women are more artistic and subtle in deception.
Hon. F. S. Grisdale, minister of agriculture, declared that moving 10 000 head from grouth areas to Alberta markets last fall resulted in a net saving of $100 000 to the province.
Barbara Greene, 23, and her companion travel from London to Freetown and Liberia for a month long trek through unmapped jungle. They will face fever and a lack of hospitals as they reach Monrovia, riding breeches and boats. Sir John Harris of the Anti-Slavery Society cautions the expedition may yield valuable information if they survive the unknown hinterland.
British aviation circles envision a hydroplane to aid mid air takeoff for a taller cabin plane. Imperial Airways orders two novel planes at a Rochester Kent factory. If summer experiments succeed, government funding may back a regular service. The hydroplane carries a platform on its wings and would loft a four motor cabin plane to cross the Atlantic, then return to land.
Prof W J De Haas of Leyden University reports reaching one fifteen thousandth of a degree above absolute zero in a lab experiment. He says absolute zero will not be attained and that future results may improve with unknown magnetic substances. He credits the vacuum and cold with surpassing interstellar space conditions.
In a courtroom exchange the magistrate questions the defendant about a claim of three blows and a fall. The witness confirms the blows and asks what happened next, prompting a reply about finishing with a question to the defendant and a remark on a difficult task being making ten easy payments.
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