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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1931
Page
2
Fragmented OCR text describes severe knee pain and sleeplessness with references to pine and acid crystals forming in the body. The passage is garbled and contains nonsensical phrases, making it impossible to extract clear persons, organizations, dates, or events.
Canada produced 490802 tons of lime in 1990 valued at 4038608 dollars. Ruth Nichols of Rye aviatress abandons trans Atlantic flight plans. Fort William to get an experimental farm run by the Provincial Agriculture Dept. Vincent Massey leads Canadians to Hangchow for Pacific relations talks. Edward Miles completes solo circumnavigation to Honolulu from Yokohama, leaving July 14. Britain and Brazil sign commercial treaty in Rio. US Navy to award destroyer contracts totaling 50000000. Germany debt payments to US interests suspended eight years. Manitoba to ship potatoes to southwestern region to ease shortages. transport costs borne by government. China and Panama elected to League council. Persia and Venezuela retire. Spain re-elected. Mexico and Hungary receive two votes. Eden says next disarmament conference will not be postponed. meeting set for Feb 2.
The honour of being first customs and excise officer at the new Churchill port falls to T. Ross Moulton of Vancouver B C He will supervise entering and clearing of vessels during wheat dispatch from Canada s grain port Clarehill will not be his only port he has opened having led Yukon service in palmy days with over 30 years in the force A shipment of 28 pound cakes wrapped in wax paper is being exported from Brazil to European markets.
Saskatchewan adopts a novel fire prevention plan led by Hon. J. F. Bryant KC. The scheme sends hazard charts to schools for student home discussion, with a province wide drawing and composition contest. Prizes include books and a pony or bicycle, aimed at eliminating hazards and lowering insurance losses amid rising 1931 fire figures.
Canadian National ends Vancouver Victoria Seattle steamship service September 15, citing insufficient business. Remaining Vancouver Prince Rupert route continues, two 6,000 ton ships reassigned to Atlantic Coast duties including a Boston Bermuda run.
A Vatican observatory astronomer notes counting 25 stars per second would take 700 years to tally the heavens as a quip about a new popcorn strain is linked to pope corn.
Two independent operators Fuller and Nuert found pay dirt at a newly discovered coal area one and a half miles south of Brock Saskatchewan. The first ton was mined from 85 feet depth and the coal is described as fair quality better than Estevan fields. Work plans include a shaft to 150 feet to reach an eight to twelve foot seam. Fellow Estevan miners assist as strikebound operations continue.
Vancouver harbour statistics show 81 ocean-going ships totaling 321,755 net tons inbound and 81 ships totaling 518,672 net tons given clearance for July. A fragment mentions an Eskimo who had never visited the situation before singing a song and becoming insane, with garbled text following.
The new Emden sails from Batavia toward the Cocos Islands to recover the crew of its wartime predecessor and give them a proper burial. Commanded by Captain Witthoeft, the vessel carries HAMS Iroquois and represents the British Government. The original Emden, famed for its China coast raiding, began 1914 ops from Tsingtao and was later run ashore and destroyed near North Keeling Island after a clash with HMS Sydney.
The Daug aan announced a new stamping and pressure machine described as revolutionary for British industry. The Mail reported the device could stamp many items from watch mechanisms to motor car bodies and used for nails bricks and composite materials.
The Alaskan brown bear stands as the largest species on the American continent, surpassing even the renowned grizzly in size and presence.
Three Finmark families from Norway travel via Winnipeg toward the Mackenzie River mouth to aid in herding reindeer for a planned permanent herd for Eskimo communities. They travel with A F Porsild of the Natural Resources Department, who advanced the project after surveying northwestern Canada. Mrs Porsild, an accomplished woodsman, previously flew over the Arctic Circle in 1929.
The Toronto Telegram reports a Detroit sportsman has offered 100000 to purchase a boat for Kaye Don to challenge for the Harmsworth trophy next year if Lord Wakefield does not enter Miss England 11. It notes Lord Wakefield spent 250000 to enter this year’s race.
Manufacturing in the Prairie Provinces produced goods valued at 352.97 million dollars from 2,501 establishments in 1929. Manitoba led with 164.91 million, followed by Alberta 107.56 million and Saskatchewan 80.50 million. Investments reached 39.68 million with 18,113 employees.
Fragmentary report recalls Captain Jimmy and crew in a perilous airborne incident near a ship at night. Characters Bueno and Lau are mentioned amid scrambled dialogue, with an emphasis on a mysterious object found aboard and a tense, dark landing.
French experts unveil a secret under construction monoplane designed to fly near 500 mph and reach 12 to 15 mile altitudes. Aimed to revolutionize aviation, it features an oxygen enclosed crew tank heated by the engine and airtight controls for pilots and mechanics.
A novice bridge player errs by playing a king on a trick held by an ace echoing in wit. A quip from a partner follows about hearing an ace. A science aside notes light and sound travel about equally, with thunder following lightning by perception. The passage also notes seventeen palm varieties grow in the United States.
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