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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
6
New regulations require butter grading for home use with grade labels on wrappers and cartons. Grades include first to no grade with a no grade defined as mouldy or inferior to third. Graders must approve temperatures and only official graders may mark packages.
Engineers describe a nearly silent chamber built with a suspended ceiling floor and walls on cushions to isolate from the rest of the building. The room transmits no sound as a feeling rather than a sound, and a snap of fingers triggers a dramatic meter spike.
Allan Heagy 12 and Fred Heagy 15, sons of Mr and Mrs G W Heagy of Stratford Ontario, entered 26 home cooking and preserving varieties at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Allan excelled in muffins gingerbread plain cake and cookies while Fred impressed with sponge and lager cakes apple pie and doughnuts.
Dr Robert E Cornish of Berkeley reports reviving a canine after death by nitrogen gas claiming greater significance than ether revived cases Thirteen the Irish terrier is cited as example showing brain damage from rapid asphyxia may be avoided with renewed life processes Potential human application is suggested as vastly important though no authenticated human revival is known.
The Munday party with Hall and Fuhrer report Mount Waddington’s southeast peak remains unconquered after a six week expedition. They crossed Franklin Glacier and faced nine days of storms, recalling Vancouver alpinist Alec Dalgleish who died while attempting the ice crags.
J M Wardle, supervisor and chief engineer of national parks, reports at Banff that 51 miles of the 147 mile Lake Louise to Jasper route are finished. The project will take three more seasons and is valued at $640000. The new road will link trans-Canada routes via Calgary, Revelstoke, Edmonton, Jasper, and the Thompson river, with minimum width of 18 feet and gentle curves.
Dr H C Carlson of the University of Pittsburgh reports that muscular athletes show less chest expansion than singers and wind instrument players. Speaking at Colgate University, he notes hundreds of tests reveal big chest expansion among vocalists and brass players. Napoleon reportedly used balloons at Fleurus in 1794 to observe the enemy from afar.
A statement by provisional officers of the Canadian Corps Council says re establishing the corps prestige is vital to improving conditions for ex service men. The council, formed after a Toronto reunion, aims to draft a constitution, seek unit association input, and urge formation of new associations while preserving corps traditions and Allied memories.
Workmen uncover a earthen urn with several forceps and other instruments dated to Roman times during church foundation work in Ljubljana then part of Jugo Slavia. The urn also held ashes, believed to be of a doctor whose tools were buried with him.
Polish authorities reported a major smuggling seizure in 1933 as 105000 pounds of tobacco were confiscated at the frontier. The action highlighted ongoing efforts to curb illicit trade across borders.
Rufus P. Turner of Waltham Maas built two of the smallest radios, one on a pin shaft and head and another small enough to pass through a needle eye. Exhibited in Chicago, the devices use double magnifying glasses and fine platinum and copper coils to enable radio reception with a 200 foot aerial and earphones rather than a loudspeaker.
August Knauer of Mayerhofen Tyrol transforms crooked tree limbs into wind instruments. One instrument resembles an eight foot saxophone but produces more pleasing music, drawing attention as his unique art gains fame.
A quoted remark argues that pursuing a man is risky for women, questioning the allure of a highly eligible partner. The note then playfully asks where the danger lies if the man is “2 good: 1 catch,” reflecting social attitudes toward courtship.
Traffic on European air routes rises with Imperial Airways reporting over 250 passengers on London to Paris in one day. London to Berlin takes 4 hours 15 minutes, Copenhagen 5 hours 25 minutes, Rome 9 hours 30 minutes, Madrid 12 hours 10 minutes, Moscow 17 hours 3 minutes, and Istanbul about 17 hours 55 minutes.
Malta designates Maltese as the official language of the island and will recognize it in Maltese courts. The sizable Italian community had pushed for Italianization, while Maltese had only semi official status previously.
Mars completes a rotation in 24 hours 37 minutes 22 seconds making its solar day slightly longer than Earth's. Quaills are noted for consuming many weed seeds helping the farmer manage crops.
Canada’s export prices to Britain and Australia are listed for 1933–1934 with figures for eggs and bacon. Hog, cattle, lamb, and egg exports to Eastern Canada and the British Isles are detailed, plus butter production gains and storage issues. Advice on careful packing and handling of eggs is given.
Countess Guyot de Mishaegen leaves elegant French castles for a winter trap line north of Selkirk Manitoba. She plans two outposts near The Pas and Sherri dan to hunt moose and deer and to experience wilderness life with dogs canoes and motors.
Léo Piech, 17, a Wisconsin resident aiming to be a naturalist, walks five miles daily carrying freshly-dug worms to feed 200 or more baby birds in nests. His daily customers include robins, blackbirds, catbirds, warblers and wrens.
The report notes peak plant activity from noon to three in the afternoon. It mentions gate timber as among Australia's hardest woods. It observes Manchuria planning many new highways. It states the Victoria Cross was instituted in 856 pounds.
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