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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 31, 1933
Page
3
A Statesman from Antipodes delivers a grave warning about wartime shipbuilding on the Pacific. He urges studying friction sources before events worsen, noting he is in a wheelchair and a pensioner. He warns that talk of war invites war and stresses futility of seeking peace without action.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports per person yearly intake in 1933 at 91.79 pounds pork 56.02 beef 6.97 mutton 7.87 chicken 1.75 turkey 0.41 duck 0.83 goose 23.34 dozen eggs. Total estimated consumption last year: pork 964,885,873 pounds beef 584,1 509,857 pounds mutton 73,192,356 chicken 82,858,449 pounds turkey 18,424,340 pounds duck 4,285,215 pounds geese 8,670,600 pounds eggs 297,040,539 dozen.
Poultry experts led by Prof J Holmes Martin of the University of Kentucky warn that lice and mites on the mother hen and brooding equipment raise baby chick losses. He advises treating roosts with Black Leaf 40 before roosting to kill pests while birds roost, ensuring all birds stay on treated roosts overnight.
Montreal University reports a steady stream of periodicals arriving for McGill students with about three thousand five hundred titles received regularly. Library staff note strong interest in current affairs, science, and literary magazines among the student body.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 24,000 new hires in July raising industrial payrolls to 804,219. From April to July, 104,000 added workers lifted employment indices from 78.0 to 87.1, with about 45 percent of wage earners outside agriculture receiving work. Unemployment estimated near 200,000 over the four months.
In St Louis an outbreak of encephalitis leaves patients in a stupor with several dying or returning to normal work after treatment. Doctors, unsure of the germ or transmission, suspect mosquitoes as the trigger and urge removal of standing water. The U S Public Health Service lab team studies the cases for clues.
Arsene Henry Canadian minister describes French bread as darker and spongier than the white loaf Canadians know. He notes Canadian hard wheat sent to France goes into macaroni and pasta, while common French bread is darker, finer in taste, and not as good as white bread from Canadian wheat according to some bakers and diners.
A Chatham News note warns 28 000 yearly home deaths from accidents with 34 percent in kitchens and falls and scalds as common causes. It advocates care to prevent incidents and highlights the need for air supply in soil for crop growth and plant health.
Winnipeg newspaper notice from Union at 375 McDermot Ave explains pattern orders. Provides ordering method and pattern numbers for customers seeking specific designs.
A Daily Sketch correspondent recounts Hyde Park chatter about wasps as natural caterpillar eradicators. Elderly Arthur says he has fought wasps 30 years while Lise defends them as fruit protectors, arguing blight rose after farmers overused insect killers.
Canada will be represented at the League of Nations assembly in Geneva by Hon. R. J. Manion Minister of Railways Hon. Phillipe Roy Canadian Minister in Paris and Dr. L. A. Riddell Canadian Advisory Officer to the League Announcement was made by Sir George Perley Acting Prime Minister Manion will head the delegation and left for Europe on Sept 2 to study the situation before the Sept 25 opening Two substitutes were named Hon. G. Howard Ferguson Canadian High Commissioner in London now in Canada and J. Desay of the London Office.
Edin burgh schoolboys now average two inches taller and 104 pounds heavier than 1913 14 students, while girls are half an inch taller and eight pounds heavier. Dr John Guy, medical officer of health, releases the new growth report.
The Dominion tree planting scheme for prairie farms in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta began in 1901 under Hon Clifford Sifton. By 1934 about 193.5 million trees and cuttings had been sent out, with thousands of applicants yearly. Two nurseries at Indian Head and Sutherland supply spruce pine and broad leaf stock, with a March 1 application deadline for 1984 planting. Plantings prove shelter belts improve farming amid harsh prairie conditions.
Livorno Italy is set to become a port hub as dredging and harbor works proceed. The city, famous in English for Leghorn straw hats and Leghorn chickens, actually borrowed its fame from inland Tuscany crafts. The practice mirrors how Panama’s fame came from transit rather than production, with the Leghorn name attached to a breed of small Italian chickens exported to America and Britain.
A London Morning Post expert argues that thoroughbreds may equal or exceed mongrels in intelligence, while others insist breeding determines intellect. The piece cites Shakespeare and Elizabeth I to claim intellect rests on individual capacity, not lineage, and notes owners often credit ancestry for a dog's intelligence.
The quip, noting a woman packing a trunk proves him wrong, shows a rough humor about gender roles. A stray remark about robberies at flower shows underscores a scattered column of social jibes and observations.
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