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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1935
Page
6
An essay argues that recreation and hobbies are essential for lifelong happiness and robust citizenship. It urges youth to explore diverse interests beyond daily duties, noting many succeed later in life by following their bent. It warns the elderly benefit from continued engagement, sustaining health and zest.
Aviation League dancers respond to a request to assist in building up a Chinese air force. The move reflects a cultural support effort aimed at strengthening China’s military aviation capabilities.
The China Aviation League aims a five cent per dollar levy on Shanghai dance halls to fund airplane purchases. Owners will pass the charge to patrons. Twenty halls have accepted, with more expected to join soon.
A three volume Jewish dictionary is being compiled by the Institute of Jewish Proletarian Culture of the White Russian Academy of Sciences. A Moscow report says the White Russian State Publishing House will publish Jewish translations of world literary classics.
The best sellers among Braille books published in Britain by the National Institute of the Blind include the Bible and a novel by Edgar Wallace. The list highlights circulation and accessibility efforts for visually impaired readers.
Assistance will be provided by the government for Alberta exhibitors at the Toronto Royal Fair and Chicago International this fall. For Toronto entry and shipping to Toronto are paid for boys and girls club exhibits, return shipping not covered. At Chicago Pay shipping costs on approved Alberta grain exhibits and duplicate prize money in regular grain sections. A bonus of 50 dollars may rise to 100 for champions in wheat oats or barley. Provincial field crops branch will supervise arrangements where possible.
The Bible, described as the Bible of the present generation, spans 86 books and covers history, psalms, prophecy, romance, law, liturgy, biography, and letters. Figures like King George, Sun Yat Sen, Mahatma Gandhi, and Kanaga of Japan are said to have read it daily, with its influence reaching palaces and mud huts. Bible societies publish 25,000,000 copies annually in many languages.
The Earl and Countess of Bessborough and their family returned to Stansted Park in Hampshire England to a warm reception from estate employees. Flags waved as their car passed under a foliage arch bearing welcome. An address of welcome was given and parents and children enjoyed tea while a bonfire concluded the celebrations.
M. M. MacLean of the Post Office Department in Ottawa is home from the Arctic with a mailbag nearly as large as Santa. He joined the government's annual Arctic survey to inspect remote post offices and brought back 13,000 letters sent by philatelists to be stamped by RCMP officers at the northern posts.
Growers estimate 1935 Fraser Valley crop at 1,700,000 pounds worth about 500,000 dollars. This is 300,000 pounds more than 1934. Approximately 2,000 pickers were employed in harvesting.
About 40 troopers at Olomouc refused to report for barber trimming, arguing discharge would force them to seek work. They were jailed for defying orders, saying a smart appearance matters for finding jobs, and they questioned how to look smart with a haircut.
Bavaria's first bicycle built by Johann Friederich Trefz in 1864, entirely of wood, has been acquired by the Deutsches Museum in Munich. When first seen, locals jeered and threw stones, but Trefz proved persuasive by creating an indoor bicycling hall in Stuttgart to popularize the invention.
Norm Iguchi health prevention chief cites an impossibly precise total of 106,124,516 swatted flies in Tokio over two days. He mentions 175 large sacks housing the slain flies while offering no details on counting. A fish merchant topped the score with 93,000 slain flies.
Canadian Great War veterans and next of kin rush to secure passage for the July Montreal departure as reservations reach 2 000. Railways authorize a one cent per mile rate, prompting early ship bookings. Companies like Canadian Line Materials Limited offer payroll deposits to boost pilgrim funds.
In Pernambuco six men bear the load while a seventh clears traffic ahead, a scene described as a daily routine of transporting pianos on busy streets. The image highlights coordinated labor and local street life in the city.
A claim states that wood fully underwater and maintained at zero will not decay. The statement lacks context on definition of zero and time frame, raising questions about moisture, oxygen, and microbial activity affecting preservation under sustained submersion.
An advertisement touts mineral waters and salts from Carlsbad and Little Manitou Lake Saskatchewan. It claims health benefits for disorders from blood to skin and urges readers to try a free sample via a coupon.
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