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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1933
Page
4
A report states ten aircraft collided in the air near Rivive Poland resulting in four fatalities. Other items mention T A Love of Grand Forks HC presiding over a newspaper association and various international notes.
Two Edmonton men set off in a collapsible aluminum pedal driven boat aiming for the Black Sea with Varna as the target. Their craft weighs about a quarter ton and travels around four knots. The voyage traces Southampton through the Bay of Biscay Gibraltar the Mediterranean and along the North African coast with a planned stop in Constantinople before returning along the European Mediterranean coast.
Yellowstone Park rangers and scientists remain puzzled after 60 years by strange morning noises over Yellowstone Lake each late summer. Descriptions include muffled birdlike sounds rising to a crescendo and ending in a sustained rhythmic note, with all theories so far offered dispelled by observations.
The German ex liner Westfalen has been moved from Cuxhaven to the southern Atlantic between South America and Africa and serves as a landing site for German passenger planes to South America. It has carried out trial trips near Kiel and will function as a complete floating airport with refueling and repair equipment.
Two men on a northbound train converse as one asks the other about his line of business. The reply is odd and puzzling, with peculiar dialogue about a pepper trader and a squabble involving magic words and a wand.
The description notes a one sided softly falling fever like effect, a partial belt arrangement for height, and an inset center-front panel for slenderness. Style No. 438 covers sizes 86 88 40 42 44 46 inches bust with material and lace yardage, plain crepe silks in beige grey or dark blue, price 25 cents.
Professor Albert Einstein arrived at a quiet North Sea coast retreat after Nazi threats against his life. He works on a new mathematical theory and seeks peace, saying England offers a peaceful refuge.Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson reportedly guards him while Nazis accuse him over the Brown Book.
A Betty Barclay recipe yields cheese biscuits from a simple dough. Combine sifted flour baking powder and salt then cut in shortening and grated cheese. Add milk or water roll cut bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes makes 12 biscuits.
A recipe outlines making prune pie with prunes and orange, brown sugar, butter, cornstarch, and meringue. Prunes are diced with orange, thickened filling is poured into a pastry shell, topped with meringue, and browned.
Pattern Nou at 215 McDermot Ave Winnipeg listed by Winnipeg Newspaper Union. The notice provides address only with no further instructions or dates.
Sir Harry G Armstrong former Consul General at New York proposes a compromise on the World War debt. He suggests cutting Britain’s debt to about 200 million pounds payable in a single sterling gold bond sum bearing 3 1 2 percent interest and cashing in Europe to fund the United States. He argues this amounts to 22 cents on the dollar and reflects current values of trade and securities.
The agriculture division describes a method to test freshly extracted honey to indicate if it will stay safe from fermentation for a year. The report notes cost concerns and the difficulty of getting men into service, with unclear phrasing remaining.
A collection of devotional lines and biblical references for a Sunday School lesson dated September 24. It includes Golden Text from Ephesians 6 16 and references to Hebrews 11 2, with quotes from Lucy Larcom Paul M Hayne William Carey Milton and Lowell among others. It weaves prayers, reflections on wisdom and faith and notes prompts like Give me this mountain and Samuel's ear.
One hundred twenty sky observers at global points will monitor meteor progress during Commander Byrd's south pole expedition. Prof. J. Poulter leads arrangements for three north to south observation lines from Toronto to South America, Norway to Africa, and Tokyo to Australia. Poulter will run the southernmost station at Little America.
Drover Jack Brady and eight helpers drove 7,500 sheep 1,300 miles from Mackining to Snowtown Australia. The journey lasted 20 weeks with a pumping plant and troughing to water the flock. Night patrols protected the herd from wild dogs and 300 sheep died.
A second shipment of 332 beef cattle exported within a month to Britain by the Western Stock Growers Association was shipped recently. Alberta ranchers contributed 120 head and the remaining animals came from seven Saskatchewan ranches.
An average of 600 taxicabs are laid up for repairs in London at all times, reflecting ongoing maintenance needs and a strain on availability for passengers and dispatchers.
Bulgaria’s King Boris devises a novel plan to improve roads by noting bad stretches, inviting the minister of highways to lunch, then driving with him to the site. After the ride, the monarch proclaims the roads not so bad, and the next day a large road crew begins repairs.
Sir Eric Geddes chairman of England's largest rubber manufacturing concern said prosperity is returning as people buy first rate golf balls and bicycle tires. He called these purchases barometers of the public mood about petty cash.
Charles Clark of High River Alta was chosen president at the Vancouver convention's close. Delegates concluded business on a boat trip from Vancouver to Powell River 70 miles up the coast. Directors include Donald Dunbar Estevan John Scott Whitewood S J Dornan Alameda Andrew King Rouleau Cameron McIntosh North Battleford Sam Wynn Yorkton.
Police records recount a spate of thefts in recent months including a front porch, eaves weighing half a ton, a cannon from a public square, two four foot square granite blocks, a new telephone pole, an automobile engine, and two steel girders.
The sentence notes that sleep may influence beauty, while some individuals experience chronic fascination or fixation related to sleep or its effects. It presents a general observation without specific persons or organizations.
Viscount Cecil of Chetwood, chairman of the United Kingdom group, warns that large volumes of American money deposited in UK banks pose a solvable but persistent problem. He notes the low English bank rate and the swift withdrawal of funds, while expressing optimism about England’s recovery and ongoing building and road construction.
Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd leads a 70 member team on a second Antarctic expedition. The aim is to chart ice retreat near the South Pole and assess oil coal and mineral resources. Byrd predicts about 500 000 square miles of land may lie between the Pole and South America near Evelyn Byrd Land named for his mother.
London physician Dr Hildred Carlill described how he hypnotizes patients over the phone during a lecture at Wentralwater Hospital. He claimed a patient could be controlled from Paris and warned against becoming subjects of hypnotism while noting some conditions allow a one day cure with judicious use.
The Institute of Electrification of Agriculture reports installing radio receivers and transmitters on tractors at a farm near Leningrad. The system keeps crews in touch as they plow and pass the time chatting over distances of many miles.
W. J. Cartwright of Tremora Australia recovers a clock with a long history. Made by a ticket of leave mechanic in Masquarie's time, it originally belonged to Rev. Robert Cartwright, an Anglican clergyman. After his death in 1856 it was sold and moved to New Zealand, where the present owner found it. Excellent crops have improved trade in Denmark.
Finland has ruled that employers must insure domestic servants against accident. The decision places responsibility on employers to provide coverage for workers in private households.
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