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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1935
Page
4
A New Yorker piece argues aviation disasters reveal the planes, not pilots or firms, fail under weather or power loss. It recalls lifelong flight risks, cites global air dangers, and questions speed over buoyancy as the public’s demand in air travel.
Lord Chief Justice of England Lord Hewart warns that about 60 percent of offenders are arraigned before age 16. He calls for focused efforts on understanding first offenders, not soft sentimentality, to determine causes, assess circumstances, and guide toward recovery. The New Outlook notes the need for careful, principled treatment of youth offenders.
A German professor Dr Schiffhauser says five hours sleep daily suffices for the average person. He advises a Spartan schedule of sleep from 7 pm to midnight to prevent neurasthenia and nerve troubles. His schoolchild experiments allegedly show beneficial results. A Kingston Whig Standard report notes Dr Allan Roy Dafoe at Callander for dealing with tourists feigning illness by selling colored water as a cure.
Southern Alberta officials of the Lethbridge entomological office predict a serious grainwore outbreak next year unless proper control methods are taken. They report a heavy deposit of hopper eggs in the district, while grasshoppers did not menace crops this year to any great extent.
A Montreal Canada Business editorial argues that voters must think critically about the government’s coming choice and the cost of war. It stresses responsible leadership, international prudence, and the need for peace while warning that a good ballot reflects thoughtful Canadian thinkers rather than sentiment or haste.
Berliner Börsen Zeitung highlights the Prince of Wales as a popular, human leader. Prof. Otto Voelcker notes his appeal abroad and calls him atypical Englishman, shaped by wartime service with the Grenadier Guards and an ability to bridge social divides in military life.
A guide dog in Regina briefly abandoned its task to chase a black and white rat as it led a blind man along a sidewalk. The dog leaped toward the cat when within a few feet, prompting Pussy to climb a tree while the dog resumed guiding its master home.
A Navajo man faces a divorce as his wife places his saddle and personal belongings outside the ear of their hut, signaling the end of their marriage.
A Glasgow auction used a coin toss to decide whether the world’s first sewing machine would go to Glasgow or Edinburgh Museum. Edinburgh won after the coin flip staged by A E Pickard. The sale also offered $5 mummies and relics of noted murders amid the waxworks auction.
His Majesty the King presented the Boy Scouts with an electric button that lit the Hyde Park beacon on Jubilee Day. The beacon fire signaled the 1775 beacon chain across the British Isles. The button, resembling an electric bell push on an oak base, will be placed in the Imperial Headquarters Council Chamber.
Kiangsu Opium Suppression Bureau tests trained police dogs on the steamer Kianghsing at Chingkiang. Four dogs tracked cabin boy Chiang Cheng-chuan to his cabin revealing narcotics and opium paraphernalia. Chiang surrendered and confessed he used opium and supplied others.
Jeremiah Rundle, líder of the Swampy Cree, traveled from Norway House in Manitoba to Winnipeg to forecast a cool open fall in the North. He notes lean ducks and scarce muskrats as signs of a sharp winter. The 70 plus year old chief recently retired and was on holiday in the city.
Former Ontario Premier B C Drury warned in Toronto that farming faces a doleful outlook for years to come. He admitted agriculture has suffered for six years, yet noted some local farms in the district have remained profitable through hard work and prudent management.
London will close certain streets to motor traffic to give children free space to play. Mr Hore-Pelisha announced in the House of Commons that regulations will convert streets into children s play streets as an experiment with kerbs painted green.
A guide to building a permanent poultry house for western Canadian conditions emphasizes a concrete floor for easy cleaning, substantial south wall glass and cotton for sunlight, and a straw loft above a slatted ceiling. Proper ventilation, sowing straw for litter, insulating wall fill, and ample floor space per bird are key. A wide, well-lit 16 to 18 foot house is warmer and promotes better health. free literature from Dominion Experimental Farm is available.
Mayor G. G. McGeer announces a week of free moonlight dances and music on Georgia Street to boost tourism. The closed street attracted residents and visitors as dancers feasted on open air entertainment. The city sponsorship aims to encourage longer stays, noting BC and U S tourist spending patterns.
J M Ding Darling, head of the U S Bureau of Biological Survey, criticizes a federal malaria mosquito campaign in Country Gentleman magazine. He argues the public health extermination effort would damage populations of wild ducks and geese while praising conservation and reclamation work by the government.
A bishop on a railway journey cannot locate his ticket when challenged by the conductor. The conductor jokes he will issue it on the second pass, but the bishop insists he must find the ticket to know his destination, highlighting the humorous exchange.
Acoustical engineer Paul J. Washburn confirms the city as the world’s noisiest, citing automobile horns as the main offenders in the windy reputation.
Manitoba rural rehabilitation reports strong progress in its fourth year. Since spring 1982, 762 families settled, 14 returned to relief, 28 of 44 applicants sought a second chance, and 50 reached self sufficiency with 250 partially self supporting. Total cost about $300,000, two thirds for stock and equipment, one third for subsistence.
The Vancouver Sun reports trains now run from Chicago to Portland at 22 cents per mile fuel with passenger fares covering fuel. A new streamlined diesel service aims 24 hour trips once curves widened and tracks cleared. The Royal Blue of Baltimore and Ohio shows high speed tests, reaching 118 mph and averaging 94 mph on a stretch.
Dutch inventor Marius Den Outer unveils the Tachotype, an international speed typewriter that prints whole syllables rather than letters. After seven years of work the device, resembling a compact typewriter, promises nearly double the speed of a typical typist and will soon go on sale.
An Indian astrologer Mr. B. B. Sastri predicts a war in the West in 1946, a swift improvement in Indo British relations with a marked rise by 1959 55, and the British connection lasting three more centuries. He cites 1920 to 1935 as a bad period for England and India. In Peru non voting citizens cannot hold public office sign legal documents or obtain passports. If you want a man to have faith in your judgment just tell him he is smart.
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