26 Apr 1934
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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 26, 1934
Page
1
A fragmented clipping praises Bowes of Edmonton as the Dean of Deans in Canada’s agricultural colleges. The piece defends both production and marketing issues, arguing that Canadian farming remains immature in marketing, and that production and marketing must evolve together rather than apart.
At the American Otological Society convention in Atlantic City McGill University professor S F Dworkin showed cats trained to associate tones with food could respond to pitches up to 60 000 cycles per second while humans hear only 12 000 to 20 000. The experiments used an electrical device and varied pitch, yet cats still linked the tones to food.
Professor J Satterly of the University of Toronto quaffed liquid air cooled to 300 degrees below zero to test palatability at an Ontario Educational Association meeting hosted by Dr E S Butles. About 20 delegates attended the physics department event.
A fragmented report describes experiments to make aircraft operate with wings that rotate like paddle wheels on a steamer. It notes ongoing arrangements and that full size machine testing is underway under stay construction and insurance coverage.
In a Times-Journal excerpt, Dr. Eanil Altman, chief medical examiner of New York public schools, claims that among 36,000 teachers more than 1,500 are “a bit cracked.” The column argues such phrasing is a figure of speech and notes teachers are a thinking class, capable of excellence despite quirks.
Pattern order guide lists a number and name with town designation. Instructions cover selecting materials sizing and mailing address. The item appears as a catalog snippet from a sewing era publication.
The IZ 129 airship dubbed a hotel of the skies is reported in an advanced construction stage by Berliner Tageblatt. It will offer 25 passenger cabins with beds and wash basins, a 60 foot dining room, drawing and reading rooms, a smoking area and bar, with kitchens linked by dumb-waiters and panoramic windows. Four 1,000 horsepower motors will power the craft.
A bulletin from Saskatchewan’s Department of Industries reports a 78 percent rise in the value of sodium sulphate production in 1934 compared to 1832. Paper pulp mills are a major market, with additional demand from Ontario’s nickel-copper ore metallurgy. In 1833 the value was $485,416, up from $271,756 in 1832.
M. J. Jacobs of Los Angeles asserts seafarer deaths through violence are 430 percent higher than other groups. He claims modern ship travel offers no safety advantage over ancient Phoenician times, when crude wooden skiffs sailed 2,000 years ago.
Sanford Bates announces tests of advanced security at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. Wooden gateways with ray detectors trigger loudspeakers to alert the warden and future visible rays promise alarms at every passage. Special guards trained in criminology and combat sports will man the facility.
The British Parliament prepares legislation to vest ownership of any oil fields found in the Isles in the state. The Worth Sussex discovery at 1,876 feet sparks debate as Americans drilling in England seek success. Records show no prior commercial petroleum in Britain, though vast coal deposits hint at possible deep oil. Temperature notes suggest air cools with depth to six miles.
The piece honors Alfons Adolph, German photographer and originator of the picture postcard, and highlights a western agriculture milestone: rust resistant wheat developed by Dominion researchers in Manitoba and prairie universities. It notes funding, testing, and collaboration with the University of Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba boards, and related labs, plus a $250000 cost tag.
The article describes flying fish gliding above water using winglike fins, noting air plane principles and water spray. It sketches the fish’s life cycle, predators, and how thirst for prey or luminously lit nights lure them aboard ships for consumption. It mentions Hawaiian hunting methods and the challenge of landing them.
Dr James Dutton co founder of two Toronto hospitals offers cheer for men of fifty noting many are in fine shape for age. He says some men are old at fifteen others young at eighty and fifty year olds can endure more than boys. He aims to lift spirits amid aging fears. The tale also mentions a landlady joke about soup and a note on Sunday Island in the Pacific as a tall mountain rising 2000 feet from water and nearly 20000 feet high from base to summit. Clocks with two faces are being made in France.
A Natural History Museum expert from South Kensington concludes after months of study that the Sargasso Sea contains no impenetrable mass. Exhibits show vast floating vegetation but not in a thickness that would obstruct ships, debunking seafaring myths of a lethal Atlantic region.
In 1931 Canada had 9,298 establishments engaged in farm origin manufacturing and processing. Of these, 327 firms dealt with foreign agricultural products such as rubber, sugar and coffee. South Africa anticipates the 1874 wheat crop to reach 2,001,000 bushels.
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