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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1931
Page
2
A long editorial extols Colonel W. A. Bishop as Canada’s greatest airman, praising caution and longevity over bravado. It mocks reckless drivers and thrill seekers, arguing true greatness lies in prudence, compliance with Stop signs, and safe conduct for all, urging safety first.
An article compares ocean travel from Halifax to Liverpool with a proposed inland route via the St Lawrence Great Lakes to Duluth, noting a 2,389 mile inland path just 146 miles shorter than crossing the Atlantic and the Welland Canal’s 3596 foot drop. The piece concludes with a courtroom quote about life insurance and cremation.
Cornell physicist Scott shows heat dissipated by aircraft engines can keep wing leading edges above freezing. In wind tunnel tests glaze sleet and sub cooled water particles strike model wings with hot air pipes along leading edges, forming a heat cushion to prevent ice formation. The report notes heat from exhaust gases can warm surfaces to avert icing risks.
Recognized as a leading specific for worm destruction, Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator has proved a boon to suffering children everywhere. It seldom fails.
A historical note states China is the oldest country with a continuous history, citing earliest records dating back about 3,000 years.
A 40 passenger flying boat described as the largest commercial plane will be tested in Connecticut and operate in Pan American Airways Caribbean service from Miami to Barranquilla Colombia a 1350 mile route with most of it over water. The craft features 1000 mile range with potential extensions, luxurious ocean liner like cabins and safety features for ocean landings.
A London Engineering article series lauds the Welland Ship Canal as a world class feat comparable to the Panama Canal. It notes a unique lock lift height and the 31 bridges crossing the canal, calling it the largest British Empire engineering project in years and praising Canadian achievement. The Ottawa Journal cites the piece, arguing British and Canadian engineering rank with the world’s best.
Recent Atlantic fog has troubled ship masters and passengers as captains stay on the bridge nearly nonstop. A returning vessel reported a 50 hour wakeful watch, the fog horn sounding every two minutes and blasts extending as fog lightened, with one passenger ship emitting 7,430 fog horn blasts on a New York to England voyage.
At St. Thomas Ontario post office workers confront a new issue from the return of three-cent postage. Letters sent carry a two-cent stamp cut in half, with one and a half of another two-cent stamp. Senders misjudge torn two-cent stamps as valid one-cent stamps. Mail goes out with two cents postage due, since torn stamps are mutilated and not acceptable for postage.
A crowd of sores sufferers report relief by using Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. The ad claims many cured and urges others with similar troubles to apply the remedy at once. It emphasizes low price does not reflect its powerful effects.
Butter production in Saskatchewan from January to June 1931 increased 46 percent over the same period in 1930, totaling 8,632,552 pounds, up 2,711,238 pounds. June output was 2,484,733 pounds versus 2,203,835 pounds a year earlier.
Edward asks the station agent about the next train time, and the agent confirms 4 44 with a whiskered response. A Louisiana biologist notes muskrats lick wounds to keep them clean and gnaw infected flesh. Hummingbirds favor certain flower colors. W. oN. U. 1901.
Wash the plums and place them in a stone jar. Boil vinegar sugar and spices ten minutes then pour hot syrup over the fruit. Let stand overnight. Drain, heat, and simmer plums until clear but not breaking. Pack in hot jars, seal, and store. Plums stay firm and colored.
The recipe describes almond cakes using blanched almonds sugar egg rice flour and almond extract with almond strips baked to a light brown. Persian palm balm is praised for skincare, claiming to beautify soft youthful skin and add charm, fragrance and daily use benefits.
Manitoba government seeks permission to begin construction of four roads under the federal unemployment relief program. The plan ties into the trans Canada Highway and includes The Pas Highway as well as Pine Falls and Clear Lake roads. Federal Minister Gideon Robertson refused consent until new legislation passes, while Hon. W R Clubb urged retroactive agreement for provincial undertakings aided by the Dominion last winter.
The professor claims that all races should intermarry, but the speaker argues it ignores human relations and warns against mixing colors. He notes a Yellow Peril and a Black Problem, insists whites may intermarry but opposes racial mixing, and suggests each race has intrinsic value not capturable in Esperanto.
The 1930 annual report from the Dominion Experimental Station at Sidney B C notes Canada could meet prune demand domestically. After years of trials it is believed prunes may be grown to perfection on Vancouver Island.
The board of control, authority on lunacy and mental deficiency in Great Britain, recommends in its annual report that marriages of defectives should be illegal. It stops short of endorsing legalized sterilization, deeming it not justified by current knowledge.
Tourists seeking a safe thrill are invited to motor through Yoho Valley in Yoho National Park British Columbia. The valley spans fourteen miles with towering walls and primeval forest. Six waterfalls cascade down the mountainside including Takakkaw dropping 1650 feet to the valley floor, amid other drives in Banff Jasper and Water ton lakes parks.
Hon Arthur Sauve Postmaster General reports 12 427 post offices in Canada, up 18 from last year and 180 since 1922, while rural carriers total 4 256. Heal your horse with Douglas Egyptian Liniment for sore necks and galls, a fast treatment. A carpenter jokes about a higher plane in the afterlife.
A summary of early stratosphere knowledge notes that the layer about eight miles above Earth hosts ionized gases forming the Heaviside Layer. Radar-like radio waves reflect from this region, while weather forecasters find fog prediction tricky due to tiny atmospheric changes.
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