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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1931
Page
2
Premier Bennett outlined a national relief need in Canada due to drought and unemployment. Parliament authorized a blank cheque for relief, with emphasis on borrowing and taxation costs, urging restraint and self-help to avoid waste and dependency while supporting those in genuine need.
Word from Paris states the French academy awarded the medaille de Vermeil to Lawrence J. Burpee of Ottawa in recognition of his work on early Canadian history. His scholarly editing of La Verendrye journals is cited, and the medal confers the title Laureat des Instituts.
Portland fire calls recorded on a dictagraph attached to the switchboard to capture unclear addresses during fire alarms. Popular Mechanics reports a method to reclaim apple pomace from mills into ur solic acid a chemical used to repel water in lacquers. An Australian luminous mushroom emits a green glow and a quip on marriage age is cited.
Mahatma Gandhi described himself as a social reformer not a saint or politician and urged opening all Hindu temples to India's 70 million untouchables. He warned that caste sins impede self government and politics should serve social renewal.
National Tours chief Ralph Dellevie announces the largest steamship charter, a five voyage Mediterranean cruise program aboard Cunard liner Mauretania. About $2 million in finance, seventeen day trips for business and leisure, with first class service and shore excursions included. Ports include Cadiz Gibraltar Algiers Villefranche and two days at Villefranche for Monte Carlo Nice Cannes. Cruises depart New York December 17 January 8 January 27 February 15 and March 6.
An error in Grand Central Terminal’s ceiling design left the starry heavens mirrored and inverted. When the station opened in 1913, a painter’s mistake placed stars backward, aided by an interior decorator copying a celestial globe from the exterior.
John Earl Baker, a US disaster expert, urged surplus wheat donations to aid 10 million Chinese flood victims and avert mass starvation. He cited 16 provinces still flooded, calling the disaster the worst in 30 years with damage pegged at 300 million dollars and bodies retrieved by the Corpse Recovery Society, many in the Yangtze Valley.
A fragmented OCR passage ties an old beauty ad claim to Persian Balm with claims of skin benefits and universal use. It also notes Graf Zeppelin Arctic cruise remarks by Prof Rodolphe Samoilovitch and a British unemployment statistic about seven in ten relying on magic purse funds.
About 3,000 people have settled on British Columbia lands in the Peace River district since April. W. S. West reports 1,073 families entered, taking up from a quarter to half a section each and beginning to improve and farm their holdings. Premier Tolmie says the government plans to assist with an industrial loan to create a modern flour mill at Fort St. John.
A brief recipe notes using 1 glass currant or grape jelly and 1 can coconut southern style. Beat jelly until spreadable, layer and frost cake with the jelly coconut mixture, then sprinkle thickly with coconut. Yields enough filling to cover tops and sides of two 9 inch layers.
A simple recipe for a lemon coconut filling. Mix sugar eggs lemon juice and rind and coconut in order, cook in a double boiler until thickened while stirring. Use to spread between cake layers and cover a nine inch layer.
Core the red apples and dice without peeling. Combine apples celery walnuts and pickles. Add enough mayonnaise to bind and moisten well. Pile into a salad bowl or on a platter and garnish with crisp lettuce.
An 19th century style ad promotes Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as a fast penetrating liniment for lame backs. It claims immediate skin absorption and tissue penetration to relieve pain with convincing effectiveness. The copy urges trial and asserts the product is excellent.
Edward T. Payne, unable to hear or speak, completed about 11 hours of dual instruction at Walker airport Windsor and flew solo. He is believed to be the first handicapped person to pilot a plane and will receive a private license upon qualification. The piece notes the vast sums needed for housing, unemployment relief, and cancer and tuberculosis cures, and mentions wartime fund-raising.
Archaeologists uncover a substantial granary in Egypt with numerous grain bins and papyrus documents. The finds appear linked to property ownership and related business transactions, suggesting organized storage and management of grain along with contractual records.
Saskatchewan farmer William Porter shipped 55 head of cattle raised on his Wakaw farm to England. He carried $1,300 in profit over Winnipeg prices after deducting travel expenses, despite a market glut in Britain. Minister Robert Weir noted cattle averaged 1070 pounds with lightest animals fetching £26 3s per head. good cattle yielded best gains, while poorer stock has limited demand in the Old Country.
Clive B Davidson assistant statistician to the Canadian Wheat Pool resigns to join the Agricultural Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics in Ottawa. A University of Saskatchewan graduate, he previously worked for the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool then moved to Winnipeg in 1930 to serve as assistant statistician at the pool's central selling agency.
Sir Chandrasekhara Raman, famed Indian scientist praised like Einstein, receives global lecture requests yet cannot travel due to lack of funds and a proper laboratory. He lives modestly in Calcutta with a bare room and leaky ceiling, while his scientific impact and violin mastery remain internationally recognized.
Commander Attilio Gatti, famed explorer and Fascist mission participant, has left New York to study the language and habits of a red haired gorilla described by pygmies in the Tchibendo Forest. His seven expeditions include surviving cobra bites and dangers of the Bel gian Congo. Specimens from his travels fill 23 rooms at the Royal Museum of Florence.
Keeps a versatile remedy in the stable to treat proud flesh inflammation thrush hoof rot and teat infections. Also notes a gasoline pump invention featuring an adding machine to verify gasoline purchases and correct pricing.
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