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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1939
Page
6
A call for farmers on the prairie to plan modest holidays for themselves and their families after years of misfortune. It honors both the farmer and especially the wife as quiet heroes, argues a short rest renews health and spirits, and suggests simple, affordable getaways can yield lasting benefits.
George G Hall, a Detroit city promoter, picked up a young hitchhiker near Grand Rapids. After a friendly ride the man shot Hall in the back, forcing the driver to keep still and later surrender the wheel as Hall died in the car.
Neal O'Hara notes in the New York Post that the nasal passages daily air condition about 500 cubic feet of air. An electric eel at the New York World's Fair zoological exhibit can electrocute a man, though attendants handle it with rubber gloves.
Destruction from oil burning steamers harms marine birds eggs and young fish life. Our DUMB ANIMALS urges holding shipping interests responsible. An art curator at the Metropolitan Museum notes a Buddhist sculpture began full blown around 250 BC.
In New York City during a year about 8000 marriage licenses were issued but not used. The note highlights a mismatch between license issuance and subsequent marriages, illustrating administrative inefficiencies or delays in the city records.
The Philadelphia Inquirer notes a drop in male quartets with only 16 towns in seven states sending groups to Tulsa for a world championship in masculine harmonizing. It laments fewer quartets, asks why men sing less, and jokes about barber shops moving to parlors, reflecting on national taste and tradition.
Dr Nicholas Murray Butler reported that Hitler relies on five astrologers to read the stars. He said the wise men foresee a career climax early in September and that any move to enhance Hitler's fame must occur before that date, warning civilization faces another shock.
In Bronx Park's Botanical Gardens the Amorphophallus titanum grew from a thick stalk to an inflorescence nearly four feet wide within two hours. The plant, second western hemisphere bloom, originated from a Sumatra corm obtained in 1935. Thomas H. Everett supervised the specimen, planted in 1937, with care to shade and humidity. Attendants aim to foster new roots and a possible new corm after the parent plant dies.
The London Star reports a new anti aircraft gun using an electric eye detector to aim and fire 56 pound shells seven miles away at fifty rounds per minute. The crew, 50 yards from the gun, watches planes by a detector and uses a pointing device to set elevation and fuse automatically based on plane speed.
South Africa reports about 20 new industries started in the Union driven by fugitives benefiting from European persecution. Census by Capetown authorities notes nearly 3,000 jobs created with most filled by South Africans.
A note recalls Danzig being detached from Germany after World War II while stressing its longer historical association with Poland. The piece emphasizes shifts in borders and national identity across decades, with attention to regional implications for modern memory.
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