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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 21, 1938
Page
6
The article argues Western Canada should pursue a national program to balance agriculture and industry. It urges greater domestic consumption and diversification, local processing, and development of natural resources to stabilize farmers’ incomes, create jobs, and sustain prosperity during recovery.
The government plots smoke screens and camouflage tests to defend London from bombing. Officials say anti aircraft efforts will require early decisive action, with generators and a camouflage department collaborating with the RAF. Public awareness lags and recruitment for anti gas and first aid units faced delays.
A deteriorated recipe segment outlines two dessert ideas using Swans Down Cake Flour, Calumet Baking Powder, raspberries or strawberries, and butter. It includes steps for preparing dough, layering in a greased pan, brushing with butter, baking at high heat, and serving with whipped cream. The text also lists ingredient quantities and method variations though some lines are garbled.
The plan calls for a bronze statue of a Merino ram atop Mount Panorama near Bathurst New South Wales to honor the Golden Fleece. Designed by a Sydney Technical College official, the sculpture will be about one percent of life size with costs shared by the Grazier's Association and the Sheep Breeders' Association. Wool remains Australia’s top export value at £62,504,567 for 1936-37.
Scientists at a San Diego gathering reported a potential supernova and neutron star creation. Prof. Fritz Zwicky described a collapsed star about 60 miles across, incredibly bright yet shrinking, with surface temperatures in the hundreds of thousands of degrees.
Florence Elizabeth Willits and Isaac Hicks Cocks wed in a Quaker ceremony at the Matinecock Meeting House in Glen Cove Long Island. In a silent start the couple exchanged vows before 200 guests then signed the wedding certificate as the congregation observed in the old frame building founded in 1725.
A northern town forms a league to shield hen pecked husbands with George as president. A stout woman bursts into a meeting, accusing George of wrongdoing and demanding he return home. In Bakersfield California workers report an oil well reaching 15 004 feet, the deepest globally, flowing 2 800 barrels daily.
A historical notice warns that flies spread germs and threaten children with typhoid and diarrhea. It urges cleanup of outdoor breeding sites, covering food and drinks, screening doors and windows, and using Wilson's Fly Pads to reduce fly populations and protect families during summer epidemics.
An international agreement governs exhibitions and restricts them to occur only once every six years. The next international exhibition cannot take place until 1941 under this agreement.
France will publish all customs notices in Esperanto in addition to or instead of the usual foreign languages. The change aims to make notices more universally understood and streamline regulatory communication. The move reflects broader linguistic policy shifts and may affect importers, exporters, and border officials.
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