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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1933
Page
6
A meditation on jig saw puzzles as a metaphor for life asks if such pastime builds patience and wisdom. It cites a noted authoress who found a single tiny piece unlocked the pattern, stressing that the key piece lies close at hand and guides the whole design.
Cornell University reports a startling finding from an animal study where goats fed a synthetic diet died from heart failure. The sixth goat, named Low Mood, perished, with autopsy showing degenerated heart muscle. Researchers L A Maynard and C M McCay oversee the diet, which replaces hay with cellulose and includes starch casein milk solids minerals yeast and cod liver oil. The study aims to identify food factors affecting heart health, noting human relevance due to U S heart deaths.
Mrs. GC of Levis Quebec explains she dyed a dress using Diamond Dyes to shorten hems and even out color. She bleached first, then redyed the entire garment, praising Diamond Dyes for fast, smooth colors that look like new and save money.
The National Dairy Council of Canada announced Allan C. Fraser of Calgary as secretary treasurer, succeeding F. Stephen of Ottawa. At Toronto close of two annual meetings, W M L Forster of Hamilton and Colquhoun of Manitoba were elected president and vice president. A key change grants equal executive representation to producers and manufacturers, reducing voting delegates from 23 to 18. Executive members named include P C Colquhoun Norman Clarke BI Harford Hector Cutten and W L Carr for producers and Col B B Price W H Forster Robert Barbour J M Carruthers and W G Marritt for manufacturers. Fraser’s appointment follows Stephen’s retirement anniversary in May.
The Winnipeg Free Press notes a historic first in local history a radio debate among University of Orta and University of Manitoba representatives. Broadcast connected Edmonton Winnipeg and Saskatoon via telephone wires with three studios synchronized. Four thirty second repeater reversals kept sound flowing smoothly. Saskatoon played music as judges listened and the audience heard the decision. The piece frames such broadcasts as beyond stunting toward serious thought provoking radio.
Mrs Alice Mary Sterbert Russell Brown announces in the London Gazette her plan to assume her husband Sydney George Brown’s Christian names. She has led in developing his electrical and gyroscopic inventions, earning him many distinctions. His devices include wireless airship and aircraft messaging and a remarkable gyroscopic compass used on seas.
Rev. Frank H. Bushfeld formerly of Winnipeg works on church unity across borders. One congregation worships in the United Church of Canada at Stewart British Columbia, and the other in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ryder Alaska. He belongs to the Prince Rupert Presbytery and is a Victoria College Toronto graduate with service in Alberta and Vancouver.
Rugs for floor covering return to style as skins drop in price at The Pas. Small white bear rugs from Churchill country sell for about ten dollars, with little black bears cheaper. Large polar bear rugs can fetch seventy five dollars, while black timber galves reach up to twenty dollars.
A versatile New Rochelle hen laid three eggs: one battleship grey, one jet black, and a white egg with a double yolk. The white was laid to the relief of owner Mrs. Michael Circelli. The interiors of the colored eggs remain unexamined.
With radio apparatus pilots can take off in fog and storms and climb and descend without ground reference, enabling hundreds of miles of flight to a set destination with a safe normal landing.
In The Pas, Manitoba area motorists demand an outlet to the outside world. A two mile wilderness road toward Hudson Bay Junction, Saskatchewan is planned to provide relief. Brush is cleared and grading hoped for summer. Current traffic includes 80 cars and 30 trucks with limited driving options and a drive to Clearwater Lake being the farthest.
Dominion botanist Dr. H T Gussow announced at a conference of plant breeders in Winnipeg that the goal is to produce the same wheat quantity using half the land to cut production costs. He cautioned that full success requires several years of research and testing.
Heavy shipments of Prince Edward Island potatoes are being reserved at Halifax for export along Canadian National Railways lines. About 300 carloads are booked and steamers chartered to fill cargoes for southern ports, signaling a strong revival in the export business through Nova Scotia.
The Maria, a plentiful fish in Lake Winnipeg, is sometimes known as the fresh water ling. The note highlights its abundance and local naming variation for this edible species.
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