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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
6
William T. Mis highlights ordinary Canadians as heroes including resilient workers keeping payrolls, resourceful unemployed men who refuse to quit, educated breadwinners rebuilding life, and school teacher heroines who cut salaries to preserve schools. This tribute notes optimism, self-reliance, and public spirit shaping the present and future.
The 55th annual report of criminal and other offences notes crime increases with 18.08 and 15.42 percent gains. Convictions rose to 22,910 for 28,457 indictable crimes, versus 21,079 for 24,097 crimes in 1929. Homicides numbered 257 with 115 murders and 142 manslaughter cases.
Hon. Robert Weir, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, urged farmers to improve stock and crop quality to meet world markets via cheap routes. He called for financier and manufacturer support, noting Western farmers would not take charity and would sign notes to repay relief.
The council of Finsbury England refused a petition by a man asking to keep a wheelbarrow in his yard. The decision was by a narrow majority of one vote cast by the chairman.
A four ounce aluminum ladder is displayed in London as a novelty item, sparking questions about whether it makes mornings easier or encourages staying in bed.
Mrs. Thomas A Edison approves a 1 million dollar memorial planned by the Chamber of Commerce and citizens of the Oranges and Maplewood to honor her late husband. The project envisions a towering beacon over his home and lab with Hoover as honorary chairman and a worldwide fundraising committee to support the memorial.
Capt Don Julio Guillen aims to repeat Columbus's voyage using a Santa Maria replica from the 1929 Seville Exposition. His 25 crew will sail by 1492 methods with no modern instruments, backed by twenty nations and the League of Nations. A stone from Palos will mark the voyage at a Santa Domingo lighthouse.
The passage notes superstition objecting to an American plan to revise the calendar. It describes a thirteen month year with twenty eight day months and every 3rd day falling on Friday, plus a British favored system with twelve months and a 365 day year. It also mentions New Year’s Day and quarter days aligning to Sundays and ninety one days per quarter.
A province-wide drive to aid drought-stricken South Saskatchewan areas gains support from Ontario Knights of Columbus. An appeal urged donations of money food and clothing through the Bureau of Charities in Regina. Twelve centres will collect and ship supplies with Ottawa as headquarters and others in Brockville Eganville Toronto Guelph Sarnia Hamilton Port Arthur Sault Ste Marie Barrie Iroquois Falls and Cobalt. Railways will ship carload donations free of charge.
Alberta farm dogs may wear license tags after a resolution at the 23rd annual Alberta Association of Municipal Districts convention in Edmonton, pending approval by the Alberta legislature. Sheep breeders urged stronger protection for flocks from stray dogs. Calgary chosen as 1982 convention site.
A Sunday Times writer urges representing overseas Dominions in the British House of Lords. He argues Lords from Empire sections would strengthen Commonwealth ties, though practical hurdles include distance and lack of favor for a central Empire parliament. The Imperial Conferences remain a key deliberative forum.
The piece argues Dr Crile of the Cleveland Clinic links longevity to emotional restraint. It questions whether suppressing feelings truly prevents disease and whether coolness would truly extend life, noting opinions on love hate selfishness and old age.
Washington DC plans for the capital describe grand boulevards from ninety to a hundred sixty feet wide with wide avenues and even smaller streets built on a grand scale. The article notes the capital’s design after independence and cites the City of Magnificent Distances nickname. A separate note promotes Aimers Worm Powders claiming to expel worms and improve health in children.
A lightning bolt at Clarendon Virginia killed 1 600 sparrows perched on an electric light wire. The event follows efforts by the Shriners of North America to fund aviation speed foundations to boost U S air speed supremacy over Britain with a 16 million dollar push in Cleveland.
Professor C A Curtis of Queen's University urged Ottawa the Canadian Club. He argued for a central bank to assume credit control restoring monetary stability. He traced Canada's monetary troubles to the Finance Act which removed bank control and limited Dominion note issuance backed by gold.
The Royal Canadian Academy was praised as the best balanced show in recent years. The 52nd exhibition in Montreal showcased work from nearly every province and highlighted a wide range of styles. Outstanding merit includes Mrs. Bart Geralds two portraits from Toronto, notably Portrait of Antimo Beneduce.
The letter from Eric Record notes a neighborhood reunion list once printed had three hundred nineteen names and a reader says her name was omitted on purpose. He mentions a tooth from a prehistoric mastodon found near Evansville Indiana weighing over four pounds.
A prominent English official backs exchanging wheat and livestock from western Canada to boost empire trade. If government supports lower insurance rates and port facilities, Hudson Bay could become a major international commerce route. Western cattlemen plan shipping cattle via the Bay, with The Pas town set to supply more cattle next spring and summer.
Experiments at the Canadian Government Experimental Farm in Sidney BC show prunes of heat quality successfully grown and dehydrated. The development could help Vancouver Island fruit growers by providing a local supply for Canada. Canada imports prunes and dried plums worth about $1,000,000 annually.
A great bell is hung in Roverto Castle now part of Italy to memorialize soldiers who fell in long battles around the town. Hungarians and Italians fought there, and the bell commemorates the bravery of both sides.
The London 200 featured an albino cobra described as nearly white with pink eyes. In Mexico during the same period, silver mining yielded a substantial amount weighing about 442,000 pounds.
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