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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 14, 1932
Page
4
An old advertisement touts Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and older children, claiming it regulates delicate organs, eases colic, colds, fevers, and digestive upsets without narcotics, and emphasizes the product bears the name Castoria.
Commercial telephone service linked France and Buenos Aires and King George attend a Pilgrim Society dinner for Andrew Mellon. Italy signed a treaty with Russia requiring the Soviet to purchase 12 million dollars of Italian goods this year. A new lingering anesthetic, non habit forming, is reported by the American Chemical Society. Sousa’s will leaves estate to wife and three children valued over 20 thousand dollars. Bal Laxmi, Gandhi’s adopted daughter, 18, jailed for civil disobedience. Howard Nicholson wins British figure skating title in Oxford. Alberta to plebiscite on beer parlor abolition if conditions improve, Premier Brownlee says. Britain’s unemployed total 2,567,332 on March 21, down from February. Most industries show improvement.
Montreal philanthropist Frank J. Barnjum buys 2000 acres along the Cowichan River on Vancouver Island creating a protected park. The lands feature rivers streams lakes and abundant wildlife. This acquisition makes Barnjum the largest timberholder on the river. A stray workplace exchange notes 3000 workers and an office boy remark.
The 1931 Canadian government merchant marine report shows a deficit drop from 834 210.89 in 1930 to 444 285.53 in 1931, with a net improvement of 389 925.36. Both expenses and revenues fell as voyages declined, and the report notes fewer trips and cost-cutting while maintaining safety, with no major accidents in the fleet last year.
Dr C C King a young University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor and his team announce after five years that they have isolated and identified vitamine C. He says it was concentrated from lemon juice and is abundant in lemons oranges tomatoes potatoes and certain other fruits and vegetables. Its effects on the human body were long known though its exact action remains a mystery. Lack of vitamine C in diet is linked to scurvy and malnutrition.
Stepp, a French inventor, plans a Daytona Beach run to beat Sir Malcolm Campbell’s 253.97 mph record with a three engine aero racer. The machine, tested at Châ ton, uses three 800 horsepower aero engines forming a turbine, delivering 22 000 revolutions per minute for 57 hours. A smaller engine starts the trio.
Quick setting lemon gelatin combines with orange juice and rhubarb pieces. Steam rhubarb until tender, fold in rhubarb, mix with gelatin, and chill until thickened. Fill small pastry shells, chill, and top with a rosette of cream cheese meringue.
Research by R. O. Cromwell of the U S Department of Agriculture shows drought in one season foretells a grasshopper plague the next as aridity boosts insect reproduction while reducing natural enemies. The warning notes unusually dry weather favors hoppers and undermines predators.
Airplanes sowed wheat from less than 100 feet altitude at 60 to 70 mph on a central Asian Soviet farm. Each flight covered about eight acres with a 65 foot wide spray. In a fortnight four planes seeded 8,000 acres daily totaling 300 acres per plane.
A German chemist has produced an alloy that passes light while retaining metal properties though the light shows a yellowish tinge. Efforts continue to remove color and achieve glass clear material. A kettle drum is noted as the sole instrument of its kind tunable to the selection’s key. Brazil may enact a new election law.
Cream sugar and melted butter add beaten yolks then work in gradually oatmeal to which has been added salt and baking powder. Then add vanilla and nutmeg and beaten whites of eggs and raisins. Drop in small quantities on floured pan and bake in a slow oven.
Dominion public works officials in Calgary outlined a plan to build a road around seven miles of rapids on the Bear River to ease transport into the Great Bear Lake district. The move aims to unlock radium-bearing pitchblende discoveries while noting freight costs as the main development hurdle. Fish meal, once fertilizer stock, then animal feed, is now being explored as human food under the name fish flour.
A perfected device records workers involuntary movements on a gauge while they stand on a small platform to assess fatigue levels.
Bible study notes recount Abraham's call to leave Ur and Haran, the promise to bless all nations, and the faithful trek to Canaan. It discusses name origins, the cost of leaving familiar gods for the one true God, and the dual blessing and duty in Abram’s calling.
The forest service reports Sitka spruce, a Canadian native, is light, soft, easy to work, and nails well. It finishes to a satiny luster, accepts enamels and varnishes, and is in demand for veneer, plywood, woodenware, novelties, and toys. Its strength and uniform whiteness suit aircraft parts, small boats, spars, paddles, ladders, and even table tops and drain boards due to low warping.
Pilot Frank Corbandt with passengers George Emery and George Johnson landed a ski plane inside an active crater of Inckchak volcano on the Alaska Peninsula. He circled the rim at about 6000 feet, touched down on crater snow, then ran the plane 500 feet as skis sank. He exited after throttling up, noting 40 degree temps and a possible inspection stop in lighter conditions.
A promotional health blurb extolls Kruschen Salts as a tonic to improve gastric and digestive juice flow. It compares clogged digestion to a blocked engine, claims six minerals stimulate saliva, stomach juices, and intestinal activity, aiding digestion and absorption. Proponents urge readers to try the remedy themselves.
Trans-American Airlines and Pan-American Airways sign on to conduct survey and research for a potential north Atlantic air route via Canada Greenland Iceland and the Faroe and Shetland Islands. Details undisclosed and next summer flight plans uncertain. Polar explorer Wilhjalmur Steffanson aided studies as Iceland grants a 75 year mail franchise. Routing to be set after further surveys.
Gold prospectors struck an old river bed after boring 200 feet through basalt in Australia. Water polished stones found suggest exposure to sunlight for over a million years. The continent hosts formations believed to be 20 million years old, with prehistoric species like the platypus remaining as living links to the distant past.
Quebec City inventor M. Pepin unveils a non capsizing canoe weighing 80 to 90 pounds with a patent. He asserts full loads won’t sink or overturn and with an outboard motor can reach 35 miles per hour. A Delphi inscription notes a 1st century B C plan for an international sea police to fight pirates.
In Cork, Irish Free State, a broad housing effort is underway to provide homes for war veterans. The plan aims to shelter numerous veterans as part of a postwar community initiative.
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