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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1931
Page
4
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Britain forms a national government led by Ramsay MacDonald after the Labour cabinet resigns. Stanley Baldwin becomes president of the council and Philip Snowden stays as chancellor. Seventeen ministers named, three-party coalition aims to balance the budget and restore finance amid a threatened deficit. King George plays a pivotal constitutional role as crisis endures.
Police warn of a new style of highway hold up where drivers stop to help a parked suitcase in the road center. Suspects lure motorists by feigning trouble and staging the apparent aid request to trap victims.
Provincial police warn motorists to beware of drivers offering lifts or signaling trouble to lure them into danger. They urge caution with lost suitcases and strangers on the road as drivers assist police in reducing such crimes.
An aged resident known as George Moffatt died on August 25 1631 after a heart attack while lighting a kitchen fire. Born August 4 1847 in Galt Ontario he and Agnes Mason Moffatt moved to Winnipeg and Beaver district then farmed in Firdaledis before settling in MacGregor. Survived by wife two daughters and a son the community oldtimers attended the service at MacGregor United Church. Pallbearers included Ramsay MacDonald Andrew Lamb and W H Glover with many local families attending. The community offers deepest sympathy to Mrs Moffatt and family.
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