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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1936
Page
3
A report urges extending plant disease control into postharvest periods. It emphasizes sanitation to remove diseased debris, burning of crop residues, and careful storage practices for potatoes apples and fruit to reduce late blight brown rot and related losses. The guidance covers field debris, storage temperature, air dryness, and regular inspection to curb infection.
Queen Maud, youngest sister of the late King George V, marked her London birthday with a cheerful, democratic charm that endears her to both country folk and her adopted subjects. An amusing bazaar anecdote from years earlier recalls a naval officer noting a Princess near Osbourne.
The Toronto Star notes a cultural contrast stating that in most places people obtain breakfast from a carton milk from a bottle dinner from a can and complexion from a box while Scotland still relies on a bag for these essentials reflecting regional habits and tastes.
The Coliseum at Rome housed about 100000 spectators with 87000 seated. It measured 182 feet across and 225 feet along its length, giving a sense of the grand arena’s scale and design.
The St. Thoma Times Journal notes President Roosevelt traveled to the Pan American Congress aboard the Indianapolis, a top warship, with ships, guns, and guards. It compares this with a railway protest using a fleet of motor cars and questions whether the approach affected the impact of the delegation.
The Moscow zoo dressed monkeys in pants fur coats and gloves to ward off winter cold while polar bears thrive and tropical animals suffer indoors. It built a 300 square metre light hall with a moat and elephant hospital, enabling outdoor access and artificial tropical spaces. Monkeys shed outfits as elephants receive care in the new facility featuring X ray equipped hospital and indoor amenities.
British automobile magnate Lord Nuffield, chairman of Morris Motors, donates £2,000,000 to stimulate employment in Britain's poverty stricken depressed areas. Four trustees receive full discretion to use the capital for measures likely to provide work for residents and social benefits, aligning with King George goodwill and National government support. A side note reports a landlady questioning, and a youthful lodger quips about overusing a roller towel.
A brief dispatch notes that nine million pieces of linen are consumed annually by travelers aboard Pullman car services, highlighting the scale of onboard amenities and passenger comfort measures.
A Saskatoon expert notes dry summer and fall shrinkage open cracks in walls, increasing cold air ingress. Engineers find plastering cuts infiltration by about 56 percent, brick walls more porous, and a two story frame house 26 by 30 feet allows 2,200 to 3,300 cubic feet of air daily at 10 mph wind.
In a St Thomas Times Journal reflection the author jokes about weather lore predicting mild or extreme seasons. The piece notes forecasts often miss, yet forecasters keep delivering surprises each week, keeping conversation lively while hinting at cyclical patterns.
Australia launches a mobile classroom program sending a bus style school unit into remote rural districts to deliver lessons and educational resources. The initiative aims to reach students in communities with limited access to traditional schools and standard facilities.
Dr A Gardiner describes George Bernard Shaw’s seasickness remedy during a wartime crossing to France on a destroyer. Shaw walked with a relaxed body while knees buckling, drawing amused reactions from authors and journalists including H W Massingham. The cure impressed yet unsettled his companions as Massingham quipped it made them seasick.
Reports say Germany has organized 86 divisions, reaching 1,100,000 soldiers under the army law of March 16, 1935, with two-year service. Recruits from the 1914 and 1915 classes total 800,000, plus 300,000 long-term professionals.
Dr. K. P. Neville of the University of Western Ontario warned colleges may face hardship by 1841 due to decreased enrolments as statisticians link a falling birth rate in the United States to reduced public and secondary school attendance. Meanwhile London offers golf lessons via television.
The sixth annual national contest of the Canadian Boys and Girls Farm clubs celebrated youth in agriculture at the Royal Winter Fair. Ontario clubs dominated with firsts in dairy cattle beef cattle grain and potato. Alberta Manitoba and Quebec produced notable winners in swine poultry and public speaking. 31 teams competed across six projects with provincial winners earning all expenses paid trips. The program promotes practical farming skills with medals trophies and a Dominion Championship trophy awarded to top teams and individuals.
A middle aged man in Los Angeles opened 25 bank accounts totaling about $30,000 in two days under the name Donald Berg of St. Louis and then disappeared. He left his hotel, evaded questions, and carried two suitcases with large bills. Detectives and bankers are puzzled.
Germany fights a muskrat invasion entering from Czechoslovakia along the Elbe. Cities Merseburg Halle and Magdeburg run special squads to kill pests as the government places a bounty. Thousands die monthly but authorities warn further action is needed to avert a plague.
George Stefanyk, 24, who arrived in Edmonton from Poland last July with no English, delivered a first speech in English at Alberta college's term end banquet. He proposed a toast to "King and Country." College board members called his address outstanding.
The eye disease trachoma, a health issue among certain Indian tribes, can be cured or halted if treated early, though long-standing cases rarely improve. Ferns, plants lacking true seeds, form a significant portion of the vegetable kingdom.
An official at St Pauls cathedral, London, describes tourist impressions from many nations. Americans seek royal details, Canadians are wholesome, Germans polite yet frugal, and English visitors boast of travel. The cathedral attracts over 200000 visitors yearly with about 4360 weekly paid admissions.
Windsor Star writer W. L. Clark notes the crucial role of tugboats in launching the liner Queen Mary. Two tugs work together to back, swing, and push the giant vessel from the New York dock into the Hudson, finally allowing the ship to proceed under its own steam.
A tale recounts Mose asking a white acquaintance to buy a quart of gin via his nephew Afose. The friend admits handing the gin to Afose for delivery, prompting Mose to lament that he cannot receive the gin. He quips that sending lettuce by a rabbit would be easier.
Johannesburg, South Africa, enters a major building boom with a record number of new skyscrapers rising across the city. Construction firms report rapid permits and financing fueling the surge as developers eye upcoming commercial and residential projects.
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