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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
6
A brief health note urges readers not to ignore headaches and to seek medical advice to find the underlying cause. It promotes taking aspirin temporarily if needed and emphasizes consulting a doctor rather than suffering. The ad discourages habitual self treatment and urges prompt care.
The piece argues wheat dominates Canada’s economy with western production in trouble. It cites Alberta and Saskatchewan champions in global wheat contests, praises farming innovation and seed quality, and notes the need to resolve production and market challenges to sustain eastern industry.
A Lynn Massachusetts firm begins producing codfish skin shoes for women this winter. The design imitates the sacred cod with visible eyes gills fins and tail. Deep blue linings evoke the sea and laces resemble fishing lines with book tipped ends.
Cecil Tice outlines entry rules for the Worlds Grain Exhibition and Conference at Regina. Criteria include pre submission arrival by March 1 1982 and prepaid transport charges. Exhibits must show variety name and entry limits apply per class. Exhibits may be from any year’s crop.
Reports from the Japanese Aviation Bureau suggest a future air line may connect Berlin and Tokio. The proposed route would run from Tokio to Hong Kong by Japan, over India by England, then continue to Germany.
The New York Times reports from London that the destroyer Fionia leader Codrington, 1,520 tons, built at Swan and Hunter in Glasgow, completed trials at speeds up to 40 knots. It claims no other navy has produced a faster warship and that at full load it could cross the Atlantic in three days at top speed.
Radio licensing in Canada rises in the first eight months of the fiscal year with 4930 Fight months and 444,676 U- 1929 424,146 licenses issued. Officials expect total licenses to reach 500,000 at $1 each. Manitoba shows the largest provincial rise with 27,929 licenses this year versus 26,419 last year. Saskatchewan reports 25,921 versus 2,951. Alberta 19,555 versus 21,479. Winnipeg leads cities with 16,953 licenses this year, up from 15,284. Berina 3,144 versus 3,032. Saskatchewan 2,076 versus 1,889. Moose Jaw 1,685 versus 1,072.
At the Alberta Provincial Horse Breeders Association annual convention in Edmonton, delegates voiced support for plans by the federal minister of agriculture to advance livestock through assisted distribution of purebred sires. They commended proposals to purchase premier draft stallions, revive the bull-loaning policy, and extend the thoroughbred horse station policy.
An advertisement touts Dr. J. D. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as a cure that ends suffering from asthma attacks. It claims relief beyond measure with breathing returning to normal and bronchial tubes cleared, asserting the remedy is worth many times its price to users.
The Indian reserve on Flower Port Island in Georgian Bay was bought by the Department of the Interior for National Park purposes. Acting prime minister Sir George Perley announced the sale and appraisers fixed the price.
A partially garbled dialogue from Munich records confusion about insider information. One speaker insists on secrecy while admitting awareness of visitors at a hotel, reflecting tense, low-detail street reporting.
Dr. A G Lockhead of the Dominion Government Experimental Farm in Ottawa reports that Soviet efforts in science and industry reflect earnest belief in their system's benefit to all. He notes Russia's export of goods to raise credit and says the USSR threat level is not serious currently. He attended the International soil science congress in Leningrad and Moscow and sees broad scientific encouragement there. The piece ends with a medicinal advertisement for Liniment and related products.
A statistical estimate says 18 million more women than men across Europe. Germany has 3 million more women, France 2 million, and Russia 4 million. Portugal is noted for the highest female proportion. Separately a record apple shipment of 18 000 barrels from Nova Scotia to Antwerp heads to Europe.
Sir William Crawford of the Publicity club of London warns Britain against losing Canada while P. W. Field, trade commissioner in Canada and Newfoundland, notes rising Canadian competition and US influence. Field saystariffs since May will limit Britain but urges stronger methods to win Canada's import trade.
J I Mc Farland, general manager of the Central Selling Agency of the Canadian Wheat Pool, says restoring credit in China would favor the wheat market. He cites Washington reports of Britain discussing Chinese credit revival and notes China’s past role as a large Canadian grain importer.
Four steam ships carried 20 037 barrels of apples at the Port of Halifax for British and Continental markets in the week ended November 6. Exports for the year reach 500 551 barrels, compared with 509 182 barrels a year earlier. Cotton picking in Argentina may begin February 15. Spanish moss is a flowering plant related to pineapples.
William Darnbrough of Laura Saskatchewan, famed across North America for grain and sheep show wins, has given up farming locally and plans to return to Yorkshire England. Albert Robbins takes over Darnbrough holdings. Darnbrough aims to attend the 1932 World's Grain Show in Regina.
A Rotterdam dispatch to the London Daily Mail reports about 300 to 400 people killed in Merapi Volcano's eruption last week. Ash and lava burst from the quiet mountain, with fast-moving lava destroying fields, forests aflame, and villages evacuated as smoke columns and lava flames illuminated the crater.
The British Legion expresses deep gratitude to Sir Arthur Currie and colleagues for kindness to Legion members and families arriving as settlers in Canada. Earl of Jellicoe spoke at a luncheon hosted by the Empire Service League in London.
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