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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1936
Page
7
The article argues that global laboratory research is rapidly revealing hitherto hidden data, driven by philanthropy and corporate funding, and transforming life and work. It cites increasing discoveries, cascading inventions, and the human humility that follows breakthroughs, noting Canada’s underpayment of researchers and the lure of better pay south of the border.
An announcer wearing an electrified Easter bonnet parades New York sidewalks while eavesdropping on passersby. The stunt showcases a new portable microwave station with a broadcasting range about a quarter mile. The note adds that human hair grows about five inches per year in temperate climates.
Mrs. E. N. Dunn wife of Dr E N Dunn resident doctor at Goldfields Sask joins her husband in Lake Athabaska mining field. She praises life Dog sleigh riding and social scene with 30 women and 360 men in the camp saying bridge dancing and sleigh rides are popular. She travels with her husband. Canada Tuberculosis Association reports Christmas seal campaign receipts likely up 10 percent from 1934 and sets annual meeting for Vancouver June 22 23 24. Soviet workers bore an oil well on the sea bottom near Baku 2146.
The Ice Cream and Dairy exhibition at Crystal Palace shaping summer trends as London reports a likely 50 million gallons consumption. Milk from bulk wholesale priced buys and import powder feature in production, with new packaging options promising more value per penny.
Egyptian archaeologists led by Prof. Selim Hassan uncovered a well-preserved tomb of a Fourth Dynasty princess believed to be Cheops daughter. The mummy lay in a limestone sarcophagus undisturbed, adorned with bridal attire including a gold diadem, beads, anklets, sandals, a gold belt, and gold-encrusted fingers.
At a Cardiff book festival a display revived the tale that Madoc, a Welsh prince, sailed from North Wales in 12th century ships, reached near the Mississippi, befriended Native peoples, and his group became a tribe of white Indians, predating Columbus by three centuries.
Rt. Rev. A. L. Fleming of the Arctic Diocese delivered a bilingual message in English and Eskimo on a Saturday broadcast. The address, carried from Ottawa via the Canadian Radio Commission Northern Mission program, reached listeners across the sub Arctic fringe to Cache Peninsula and was aimed at slant-eyed friends and charges in the far north.
Lincoln Ellsworth, fresh from completing an Antarctic air crossing, expressed interest in further exploration including a camel journey across the Australian desert. He noted no firm plans yet but said a century of Antarctic exploration remains. He returned to Los Angeles in March after nearly a year away.
John D. Rockefeller recounts his first money making effort at age seven tending turkeys. He notes his mother gave him corda from the milk to feed the birds, illustrating humble beginnings and early farm work shaping his future business mindset.
A promotional note urges consulting a family doctor about aspirin for headache relief. It claims aspirin is among the fastest remedies for headaches rheumatism neuritis and neuralgia and asserts widespread safe use. It notes aspirin tablets are made in Canada and carry the Bayer cross trademark.
Rapid progress on electrifying the Southern Railway main line to Portsmouth harbor drives a near 15 million dollar scheme toward completion by July 1937. About 95 route miles, totaling 242 single track miles, will convert to electric service and the London to Portsmouth span will be among Britain's longest. Forty eight new four coach motor units, including 19 with kitchen cars, are under construction.
The Ontario Good Roads convention heard plans for a giant totem pole traffic light in Parry Sound. Indian agent J. M. Daly described a monumental structure facing the highway with carved images including moose, bear, deer, geese, a voyageur, tepee, schoolhouse, and church. The moose eyes will blink to signal traffic. Estimates claim vast insect diversity nearby and reports of European red ants attacking other ant species.
Sixteen year old John Seeley seeks to regain use of arms after being struck by a train in Nutley New Jersey. A Newark orthopedic surgeon plans to apply Vanghetti style muscle grafting from Italian technique of 1870 using skin flaps to connect artificial limbs. The operation, funded by Nutley Elks crippled children committee, will graft tissues on both stumps and attach cineplastic arms once healing occurs.
An electrical firm in Prague has developed a new artificial ear to measure sound precisely. The device aims to overcome subjective flaws of earlier meters and provide accurate data on how sounds affect the human ear for use by the Czecho-Slovak Ministry of Health in noise investigations.
John Johnson chief engineer of Canadian Pacific Steamships told the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in London that near future ocean liners will use smoke and exhaust from furnaces as a heat source. Gases would be washed with sea water and discharged just above the waterline after extracting heat.
A wounded Black soldier resists anesthesia during surgery and warns the doctor not to stitch with white thread. The doctor persists, the operation proceeds with chloroform, and the patient regains consciousness before completion.
Observances across China marked Animal Day with no livestock slaughter for 24 hours. Slaughterhouses stayed open yet no head of livestock was taken in, and cities did not euthanize strays in pounds. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals organized open air events featuring dramatic and oratorical appeals for kindness to animals.
A tail is added to a kite that carries no balancing weight, suggesting a test or modification for stability. The note focuses on the configuration rather than flight results, highlighting experimental setup rather than outcome.
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