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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1935
Page
2
Canada faces a national unemployment relief crisis as municipalities struggle to fund aid. Citizens must contribute through taxes or work, while critics warn against radicals seeking perpetual government support. The piece urges duty, self-reliance, and responsible relief.
A Montreal child mailed $2 with a note saying he washed dishes for his mother to earn the money for the cancer fund. Another child from the Spaskateewan area sent $1 with a letter requesting help finding a cure, citing an aunt’s death from cancer.
A colored minister asks if anyone wishes prayer for their failing, Brother Jones responds affirmatively, and the group agrees to pray after the collection plate is passed. The exchange highlights communal support and ritual practice in the congregation.
London plans a quiet “house of bush” to let visitors hear the proverbial pin drop. An anti noise show at June’s Science Museum South Kensington will feature silent appliances including doors, windows, machines, vehicles, and a noiseless factory room under the Anti Noise League led by Lord Horder.
A testimonial from M H describes years of immobility finally relieved by Kruschen Salts. The message touts the salts as effective solvents of uric acid crystals and notes kidney stimulation aiding waste removal, asserting a life saving improvement in mobility.
The London Daily Mail reports Adolf Hitler told British foreign secretary Sir John Simon that Germany already has a numerically stronger air force than Great Britain. Simon returned from Berlin with documents said to reveal Germany's air power, prompting cabinet concern and planned informal meetings as Eden prepares for a European tour.
Queen Salote of Tonga, six foot three, tours London with her son. She carries a 300 year old turtle once aboard Captain Cook’s ship as a peace offering to King Tubou. Cook’s warm reception of Ton F earned the Pacific islands the title Friendly Islands. The turtle’s lineage traces to Tonga rulers and King George III.
In Ontario a 11day, snowbound rescue for Joseph Mann and his wife, both feverish with influenza, highlighted paternalistic care. Canon George Prewer guided dog team and plane across 40 square miles near Timmins. The Dominion government covered all costs, exposing neglect in Indigenous welfare.
A House of Commons table shows the added revenue from higher taxes since the current administration took office. The figures include newspaper postage 902251, insurance net premiums 2273094, oranges 4874138, canned fruits 1083195, canned vegetables 203342, hops 562193, seeds 878189, cheques 906405, telegrams and long distance calls 787810, railway sleepers 1129017, and total tea tax 5358181.
Millions of Scottish bank notes will be withdrawn after a design error. Banks including Bank of Scotland National Bank of Scotland and British Linen Bank used royal arms on notes. Lyon King of Arms Francis Grant found officials unaware of the regulation and challenged the practice.
The Dominion government paid pensions in the first fiscal year totaling 12,313,594 dollars for old age pensions 41,839,830 dollars for soldiers pensions 276,930 dollars for widows pensions and 237,322 dollars for all other pensions. The numbers were tabled in the House of Commons by Secretary of State C. H. Cahan in response to H. E. Spencer U.F.A. Battle River.
A native of Asia and Europe parsnips, called Wild Parsnips in Canada, are poisonous. They gain flavor by winter field frost, do not store well after digging, and are noted as excellent for fattening sheep and oxen with mutton and beef gaining superior flavor. The ideal harvest is late March to early April.
During 1934 the United States purchased an animal from the Free State. The shipment returns record Cork to New York one goat. The note reflects a historical transfer involving an animal export to the United States from Ireland during that year.
A new work by Charles G. Philp envisions passenger rocket planes reaching 14 000 mph and crossing the Atlantic in moments. Passengers ride in hermetically sealed cabins with breathing safeguards as rockets slow descent. German plans reportedly inspired such designs.
Sir Julian Cahn, famed British cricket captain, set a long distance telephoning record of 17,887 miles during a world cruise aboard the Empress of Britain. The call linked the ship to Nottingham via San Francisco and New York, with beam wireless to England.
A hillside near Ladysmith Natal yields soil described as six color rainbow earth. Farmers collect clay pale red pink cream green brown and yellow for painting homes after drying grinding and mixing with water or oil. Many stones nearby appear dyed blood red like oil paint.
A晨news brief notes that Holland's Noord Vee Canal shows navigation prospects larger than those of the Panama Canal, suggesting major future maritime impact and potential shifts in global shipping routes.
Nine year old Victor Holmes of Pendlebury Scotland believes eleven accidents in as many years is too many. He is recovering from his eleventh incident when boiling water scorched his legs. He has survived drowning three times endured three street accidents bitten by a dog burned by carbide oil and dislocated his elbow and entangled in a wheel spoke.
The French liner Normandie, rival to the Queen Mary as the world’s largest, will leave Saint Nazaire shipyards on April 20 for Le Havre and then steam to New York on its maiden voyage.
The note counsels embracing others possessions and achievements to foster happiness. It argues denying others their due benefits nurtures envy and unhappiness, while generous regard promotes inner peace and social harmony.
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