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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1931
Page
6
Premier Bennett warned Parliament of a national emergency due to drought and unemployment in the West. He sought a blank cheque for relief, stressing borrowed funds, future taxes, and the need to minimize waste while urging Canadians to support those in genuine need.
Ottawa author Lawrence J. Burpee is honored by the French academy with the Medaille de Vermeil for his work on early Canadian history and editing the Journals of La Verendrye. The award confers the title Laureat des In tituts. Portland fire alarms use dictographs to record calls for later playback to identify addresses.
Gandhi portrays himself as a social reformer not a saint or politician. He advocates opening all Hindu temples to the 70 million untouchables and blames caste-driven sins for India's governance struggles.
The Mauretania, one of three ships fast enough to cross the Atlantic and span the Mediterranean in seventeen days, will sail from New York on December 17 and January 8 27 February 15 and March 6 on five round trips. The cruises cost from 245 dollars, include first class service and shore excursions. Ports include Cadiz Gibraltar Algiers Villefranche with two days at Villefranche for Monte Carlo Nice and Cannes.
An old Grand Central terminal ceiling once hailed as the finest in the world is said to be inverted with stars arranged as a mirror image. Since the 1913 opening the planetary ceiling has shown the celestial arrangement backward due to a painter’s mistaken perspective.
About 3,000 settlers have taken up land in the Peace River district since April. WS West, the province's settlement superintendent, says 1,073 families entered the area and claimed quarter to half sections, and most are improving their holdings. Premier Tolmie announced a plan to assist building a modern flour mill at Fort St John via an industrial loan.
John Earl Baker urged a U S surplus wheat donation to save 10,000,000 Chinese flood sufferers amid ongoing disaster across 16 provinces. He warned 300,000,000 in damage and deaths beyond count, with Corps Recovery Society citing at least 8,000 bodies in the Yangtze Valley.
Beat currant or grape jelly with a fork to a spreadable consistency. Spread between layers and over top and sides of the cake. Top and sides are then sprinkled thickly with coconut. This filling makes enough to cover two 9 inch cake layers.
Recipe and ad copy describe lemon coconut filling for cake layers plus a celery and apple salad mix. Includes measurements for filling and salad ingredients, assembly instructions, and a Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil pain relief pitch with promotional claims.
Edward T Payne, unable to hear or speak, completed a solo flight after 11 hours of dual instruction at Walker airport Windsor. He may become the first disabled person to fly a plane and will receive a private pilot license upon qualification. Excavations in Egypt uncovered a granary with grain bins and papyrus documents tied to property deals.
Wakaw farmer William Porter recently shipped 55 head of cattle from Canada to England, carrying $1,300 profit after travel and trip costs. Minister Robert Weir noted English market conditions favored top grades, while average weights ran around 1 070 pounds and peak price reached £26 3s per head.
Chive B Davidson assistant statistician to the Canadian Wheat Pool resigns to join the Agricultural Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa. Davidson, University of Saskatchewan graduate, began with Saskatchewan Wheat Pool then moved to Winnipeg in 1930 as assistant statistician to the pool's central selling agency.
The renowned Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara Raman faces poverty and lack of facilities despite Nobel recognition in physics. He lives modestly in Calcutta with a leaky roof and bare walls yet remains celebrated for his light research and violin mastery and is compared to Einstein.
Italian war ace Attilio Gatti, famed African explorer, sails from New York to investigate the so called language and habits of a red haired gorilla reported by pygmies in the Tehibendo Forest of the Belgian Congo. His expeditions are catalogued in Florence and he survived multiple dangers on seven prior journeys.
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