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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1932
Page
6
A reflection on how hardships reveal character and interdependence among nations communities and individuals. The piece argues humans must curb machine domination return to small towns and prioritize traditional values, with cities offering less health and vitality. It notes migration from cities to farms driven by economic strain and urges embracing first things for lasting well being.
Paris police decline to reveal whereabouts of a missing family member citing privacy. The missing persons bureau handles over 25 000 requests yearly and only confirms that the person is well and away from home with no obligation to stay.
A portable soundproof telephone booth has been perfected and tested at a Hamburg factory. Thick walls and sound absorbing doors allow wire conversations to occur near heavy machinery during operation.
A Washington report from the U.S. Department of Commerce notes renewed British shipbuilding activity in October. New work began on 15 vessels totaling about 70 000 tons dead weight, attributed to lower labor costs, cheaper steel, and an improving financial situation.
Hon. Dr. R. J. Manion, Minister of Railways and Canals, urged the Eastern Canada Fruit and Vegetable Jobbers Association to begin a campaign for popularizing the tomato cocktail. His address came at the association’s seventh annual convention in Ottawa. Also noted were new radio telephone links between Germany and Siam and plans for a link between Germany and Egypt.
Prince Leo Galitzini, a Russian noble resident in Edson Alberta, bought a Fokker G-Case from Canadian Airways and flew with Grant MacConachie to Edmonton. He plans to take photographs and may pursue mining claims at Great Bear Lake, though he declined to confirm the rumor. The aircraft is a sister ship to the famous G-Case and he has largely completed commercial pilot training.
The Canadian Women’s Press Club plans a three day convention in Calgary from June 28 to 30 1932 with a motor trip into the prairie region and a possible Banff stay. The program will feature craft topic addresses by prominent Canadian writers and an English writer is hoped to participate.
The British annual report shows 104 centenarians drawing old-age pensions on April 25. Of them 91 were women and 13 men. The oldest person was a woman born in 1825 aged 106, with another 105, three at 104, and seven at 103. The oldest men reached 102, twelve women had also attained that age.
The Saskatchewan Poultry Pool, a major western Canadian enterprise, is guided by women directors. The pool, with a majority of female directors, grossed over $800,000 last year. The president is Mrs. W Morrison of Spaulding Sask, a farmer’s wife.
The powder not only expels intestinal worms but also aids various childhood illnesses. It strengthens the stomach against biliousness and acts as a tonic when appetite is weak. In fevers it helps calm pain and stomach griping, a common complaint among children.
Imports through the port of London in 1931 reached 2 070 000 pounds of Canadian tobacco, up from 728 000 in 1930. The tobacco trade shows a shift to selling Canadian tobacco separately. Mohair from Angora goats is harder to spin than wool due to fully developed hair scales.
A reader describes losing 21 pounds using Kniscien Salts with hot water every morning. She notes gradual weight reduction over time with a rectified diet and gentle exercise, claiming the regimen increases vigor and energy while restoring normal weight.
Ramsay MacDonald offers Burma self rule tempered with safeguards. The proposed constitution envisions separation from India by Burmese vote, a two chamber legislature, a partly elected upper house, a strictly elected lower house, a six to eight member ministry, and governor control over defence, external affairs, Shan states, and reserved funds.
A man recounts years of asthma suffering ending with Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy. The inhaled smoke or vapor remedy allegedly provides long needed relief and is reportedly available from dealers or wholesalers.
The Soviet paper asserts United States responsibility for Japan's occupation of Manchuria implicating U S policy under Secretary of State Stimson as weakening Japan and removing it from Inner China. It cites a scientist on planetary origins and notes dairy consumption in Woodstock Ontario. It also mentions imperial exports to Japan and a regional line on remedies.
The report notes Charles G Dawes will retire from the post in Britain and from public life. He has been a banker actor in early international prominence and served as a general under Pershing. Dawes authored the Dawes plan for German reparations later revised by the Young Plan. He also served as United States Vice President and was known for blunt speaking in politics.
Uncle Sam funds nearly five thousand dollars to relocate a 36 inch circumference magnolia in the Mall at Washington as part of a 100000 dollar improvement program. The tree will be moved about 490 feet northwest from its present spot near the Mall fill to near Fourteenth Street. A earth disc roughly 25 feet in diameter and five feet thick weighing about 300 tons will be shifted with it, making this one of the world’s largest such moves.
A new archeological study led by Gino Massana claims Romans used a uniform shorthand system two centuries before Christ. The work presents an alphabet of symbols closely related to modern forms and notes widespread adoption during Rome’s expansion for commercial writing.
The mineral pyrite derives its name from a Greek term meaning fire, referencing the sparks produced when its surfaces are struck. The observation links ancient terminology to the mineral’s pyrogenic glow in hard rock contexts.
Production in the So viet Republic in 1931 reached 22 00 000 tons, 16 percent under the annual program, though it surpassed the 1930 level by nearly 4 000 000 tons. Also notes kangaroos from Australia contributing tendons to American surgery for stitching human cuts.
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