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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1935
Page
5
Harvest time in Western Canada follows a dry spell and rust spreading through wheat fields. Despite government aid and better feed, fodder, and machinery access, estimates place losses from rust up to 100,000,000 bushels. The piece notes overall agriculture improves, grass regrows, and warnings against despondency, urging courage and persistence to weather this cycle of nature.
A new German process preserves timber by injecting arsenic solutions into living trees. The sap carries the preservative to branches as the tree dies, allowing poles and railway ties to be used immediately without human handling. The technique speeds production for telegraph and telephone infrastructure.
A new parachute balloon designed to switch shape in flight and descend as a parachute was tested at the government dirigible factory near Moscow. Pilots Modeatef and Lisoff were instructed to climb to 10,000 feet and release gas as the bag’s underside folded to form a parachute.
The note recalls maintaining cast iron by rubbing with black lead. It also states beer was produced by Egyptians 5 000 years ago, hinting at ancient brewing origins.
Sir Malcolm Campbell and Captain George Eyston, Britain's fastest drivers, announce plans for a September attempt at land speed records on Utah's Bonneville salt flats. Campbell aims for 300 mph in Blue Bird. Eyston to contest the range and distance records with a front drive Rolls Royce powered car.
Scotland Yard shows major gains in sending fingerprints by radio from crime scenes to records. Early results blurred but improving with experience, enabling near real time life size prints over distances as portable gear nears practical use. Lord Trenchard leads reorganizing efforts blending science with policing.
Demand for homespun spinning wheels and hand loom rooms grows around Murray Bay Quebec as housewives rush to supply fashionable fabrics. Murray Bay is famed for homespun with blankets spreads and hooked rugs, while natural vegetable dyes and local weave give fabrics distinct charm used for suits skirts jackets and coats. Both women and men are choosing these natural fabrics for everyday wear and sports attire.
A busy father quotes Benjamin Franklin on money while a college student borrows $50 and wonders what to do next. The piece then shifts to a science aside about the human eye and light wavelengths, noting tiny violet sensations and red in Chicago.
Government scientists in the United States have tested a portable device built by Dr. W W Coblentz of the National Bureau of Standards to measure ultraviolet rays that cause sunburn and tanning. Field tests at Washington San Juan and Flagstaff compare tanning strength at different altitudes and conditions, noting more intense rays near the tropics and the role of ozone and humidity in attenuation. The instrument uses a photo electric cell to quantify the tanning rays for medical purposes such as treating rickets.
Dr Artour Stephens of the British Medical Association touring party told a Toronto audience before boarding to Winnipeg that Britain’s high bovine tuberculosis prevalence offers Canada a large export chance. He noted sixty percent of British cattle test tuberculin and urged tuberculin-free herd development to benefit Canadian breeders and British consumers.
M. K. Modi of Dumka Bihar India has earned the nickname Sampson for feats including killing a tiger with a stick, killing a buffalo by breaking its neck, driving off a group of 40 bandits, and saving his servant who plunged into a well by grabbing his ankle and pulling him to safety.
The world surplus dairy nations include New Zealand Australia Denmark Netherlands Canada Italy and Switzerland. The United Kingdom is the world market, with Germany supporting butter, and cheese supplied by the United States Germany and Belgium, while several nations supply condensed and evaporated milk.
A sewing pattern offers a swagger coat in seven eighths length with vivid wool colors and pastel linens suitable for town and resort wear. Pattern No. 312 fits sizes 14 to 20, requiring 244 yards of 54 inch material and 243 yards of 38 inch lining. patterns cost 15 cents. Orders go to Pattern Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave. E. Winnipeg. Summer Fashion Book advertised for 15 cents.
Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell, first lord of the admiralty, told the House of Commons Britain’s naval building program could not be fixed until naval conference results and other powers’ programs are known. He dismissed unofficial statements about plans for a 750 million battle fleet by 1942 and said Britain has shared a hypothetical program with the United States, Germany, France, and others.
Dr N Zaisa a leading Vienna physician says honey is the best healer of wounds surpassing ointments. He reports treating thousands of cases with pee and no failures. Honey soothes pain hastens healing and acts as an antiseptic. It is highly effective for burns and carbuncles.
A note cites wildlife and geology estimates: rattlesnakes add from two to three rattles annually and sometimes four. Scientists say nature requires about four hundred years to form one inch of top soil, per recent estimates.
The Port of London Authority names the unlisted Thames stretch between the Pool of London and Lambeth Reach as The King's Reach to honor the royal Jubilee. It spans bridges from London Bridge to Westminster and shores including St. Paul’s Cathedral, Victoria Embankment, Somerset House, and Scotland Yard.
J H Gratton of Liverpool University spoke at Wilberforce House on slang cant and jargon. He argued that thorough English knowledge requires slang familiarity and that slang gains value as it passes into general usage.
A new solar tower telescope the first of its kind in England and the only large astronomical telescope with optical parts made entirely of fused quartz has been commissioned at the Oxford observatory in England.
A medical observation notes that the heart is roughly seven times larger than needed for its function, suggesting the organ has excess capacity beyond the bare requirements of circulation and metabolic needs. The finding invites further study on evolutionary and physiological efficiency.
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