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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1931
Page
6
A columnist extols Colonel W. A. Bishop VC DS0 as a model of cautious bravery. The piece condemns reckless risk taking across society, urging safety first and restraint at road and waterway crossings to prevent deaths.
The article notes the vast inland water route from Halifax to Duluth covers 2,389 miles, near the transatlantic distance of 2,485 miles, if routed via the St Lawrence and Great Lakes. It highlights the Welland Canal’s 396 foot drop and urges recognition of Canada’s extensive inland waterways.
Cornell physicist Dr Merit Scott finds engine exhaust heat can warm aircraft wings to above freezing. In a wind tunnel he tested heated air along model wing leading edges to create a cushion that keeps surface temperatures above freezing amid ice particles.
A historic note praises Mother Graves Worm Exterminator as a leading specific for worm destruction, claiming it has helped many children. The passage also asserts China as the world’s oldest continuous history with records dating back about 5,000 years.
A new 40 passenger flying boat, largest commercial plane, will fly in Pan American service from Miami to Barranquilla, Colombia a 1350 mile route with most of it over water. The craft aims for Atlantic service with 1000 mile range and luxury cabins.
Recent fog shrouds on the Atlantic harass ship masters and passengers. Captains stay on the bridge nearly nonstop during dense fog in vigilance. A returning vessel endured 50 hours of wakefulness, and a passenger ship fired the fog horn 7 430 times on a New York to England crossing.
Post office staff at St. Thomas Ontario face a new issue when letters return with three-cent postage using a two-cent stamp split in two and a half of another two-cent stamp. Senders mistake torn stamps as equal to one-cent stamps, causing two cents due per letter. The item ends with unrelated medical ad text.
Ottawa Journal reports that London Engineering highlights the Welland Ship Canal as a world class project. It notes 21 bridges and regards the canal as one of the era’s largest British Empire engineering undertakings, equal to top global efforts and surpassing American achievements in some respects.
Recipes for this week include spiced plums with a vinegar sugar syrup and a firm plump finish, plus a almond cake topping with butter sugar egg and almond extract. Also advertised Persian Balm promising youthful skin with fragrance and rapid absorption.
Tourists seeking a safe thrill can take a motor drive through Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park British Columbia. The fourteen mile valley is flanked by towering peaks and primeval forests with six waterfalls including Takakkaw dropping 1650 feet to the valley floor.
A Canadian official notes 12 427 post offices with 18 new since last year and 180 since 1922, while rural mail carriers total 4 256. The dialogue includes a Louisiana biologist on muskrats healing wounds and hummingbirds’ flower color preference amid scattered ad-like content.
Production in Saskatchewan for January through June 1931 reached 8,632,552 pounds, up 2,711,238 pounds from the same period in 1930. June output totaled 2,484,733 pounds, compared with 2,203,835 pounds a year earlier.
The Manitoba Government seeks approval to begin four road projects funded under federal unemployment relief. The Pas Highway Pine Falls and Clear Lake roads would be developed as part of the trans Canada corridor. Federal Minister Gideon Robertson refused consent until required legislation passes.
The critic argues against Sir Arthur Keith's view that all races should intermarry. He warns of dangers in mixing colors and insists whites may intermarry but warns against color blending, claiming each race has its own value and cannot be reduced to a common language.
The 1930 annual report of the Dominion Experimental Station at Sidney B C notes that after extended experiments prunes may be grown to perfection on Vancouver Island and Canada could meet its prune demand from domestic production.
The Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency in Great Britain urges making marriage by defectives illegal. It also concludes that legalized sterilization is not justified by current knowledge.
The New York Times reports the stratosphere lies about eight miles above Earth with temperatures around 75 degrees. Data come from rockets and unmanned balloons, revealing no clouds or rain and a mostly clear sky. Piccard calls the easterly wind idea a lot of bloosh while noting the sky appears deep blue and starless.
A weather forecaster says fog is hard to forecast due to tiny changes that create varying conditions.
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