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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1940
Page
7
A survey of Japan’s economy after thirty two months of war in China warns of severe hardship in buying vital industrial and war goods. Export declines and dwindling gold reserves threaten the war chest with limited options to replenish.
Denmark adopts strict controls on selling and marking eggs with first and second quality distinctions. The new act, effective Feb 9 1940, requires producer tracing marks, authorized trading, price deductions for second quality, and non retail sale of non first class eggs, with packing and storage standards to prevent spoilage and price speculation.
The Layton family owned the Windsor shop for four generations and held a royal warrant for nearly 200 years. Known as an Eton tuckshop, the confectioner is to be sold.
A fishing rod once owned by 19th century landscape painter Joseph Turner was bequeathed to the Royal Academy by Arthur N. Gilbey of Sulhamstead England. The gift preserves a link between Turner and the academy’s fishing and art heritage.
The report states Vermont hosted the world’s first normal school. It highlights the institution’s pioneering role in teacher training and its historical significance in American education.
An old man, claiming a doctor advised staying where the south wind blows, argues with a hotel manager at a seaside inn. He tests the wind with a moistened finger, alternately insisting the south wind is constant and noting a current from the north.
A report notes that birds and small mammals help protect forests from diseases and insect pests, aiding in shelter and sustenance as ecosystems rely on these natural defenders.
The passage argues Sweden’s iron ore exports, especially from Swedish Lapland above the Arctic Circle, are vital to Germany. It warns cutting Sweden’s supply would cripple German industry and implies Sweden holds leverage with a substantial army. It speculates Hitler would weigh risks before any attack.
Scientists discuss feathers evolving from scales in ancient bird ancestors. A quirky aside notes a “doorless telephone” concept for noisy areas, and a muted phrase about thick mineral wood lining muffling sound.
The article notes that registered and certified vegetable seeds, once limited to market gardeners, are now offered to households through a grocery chain. Government inspected seeds are grown in Canada, packed with witnesses, and bear the Coat of Arms, ensuring purity and high germination. The move followed a years long push by the Department of Agriculture.
Grove City Brass and Bronze Company in Grove City Pa says it will cast 4000 rubber boots for horses in the Finnish army to shield against a corrosive battlefield gas. The 16 inch high boots are laced with rawhide, a first of their kind. The rest notes unrelated fish and oyster tidbits with no clear link to the main item.
The Canadian leather glove and mitten industry produced 563 802 dozen gloves in 1938 and used 5 675 637 square feet of cowhide 3 625 998 of sheepskin 1 122 220 of horsehide 4 127 617 of mule skin 679 863 of goatskin 281 751 of nigskin 85 410 of deerskin 72 014 of lambskin 56 463 of other skins. Materials cost 2 051 460 with 61 570 spent on splits and 208 550 on other supplies.
Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnar and a visiting friend seek a room at Barzion Plaza. The reservations clerk offers to switch to French but Molnar interrupts to insist on English, ending with a reflection on contentment versus seeking more.
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