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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 05, 1933
Page
2
The piece urges Canada to welcome 1933 with resolve and self reliance. It calls individuals to apply their initiative, reform themselves and institutions, and face a new year with confidence, turning challenges into opportunities for national and world betterment. It emphasizes personal responsibility, unity, and constructive action.
A London to Copenhagen broadcast successfully transmitted a television signal to a Copenhagen theatre. The 4 screen display measured about three by nine feet and used Vestfronten Wireless Station for reception and land lines for distribution. Separately, imports of American raw cotton into China are expected to rise in the coming year.
Two German giants Brunhilde and Elsa von Drosen reserved space on a Hamburg liner, a vast order for a steamship. One sister stands seven feet tall, the other over six feet, requiring special beds for the travel circus. In 1932 Russia produced far less lumber than planned in the first nine months.
Fragmentary text notes insomnia and constant tiredness with unclear references. The readable lines mention nervousness, inability to sleep, and ongoing fatigue, but lack coherent context, dates, places, or identifiable entities.
Prof Auguste Piccard announces balloon ascensions in Belgium next summer and northern Canada in 1934 to probe cosmic ray origins. He may not ride, will travel to study near the north magnetic pole on Boethia peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. He notes high altitude detection near the magnetic pole could distinguish stellar versus galactic origins. He claims cosmic rays are powerful enough to potentially power New York for hours with their energy.
The News of the World calls M Herriot the most picturesque figure in French politics. Short and stout with a sallow face and dark eyebrows, he is active, has the high spirits of a schoolboy, and is devoted to pipe smoking. Son of a poor widow, he rose to become a history and literature professor and Mayor of Lyons for 25 years, later entering government service as Director of Revictualling during the war and remaining central to French politics.
Efrem Zimbalist returns to New York with a rare mahjong set once owned by Shantung's governor. The set, now in the museum's accessions, aided the governor’s funeral expenses. Each piece features carved figures and inlaid precious stones on agate, with a color scheme described as dazzling. The violinist believes it is about 300 years old and unique.
Official counts show the Ontario Manitoba inter provincial highway drawing large crowds to Kenora. From June to October 31 the westbound traffic totaled 15081 cars, and November 1 to 20 added 624, totaling 16434 cars and about 57519 tourists. Also notes Rutherford analogy on atomic theory and Chile nitrate plant resumptions after idleness.
Dr John Pease Norton outlines an electric dollar backed by kilowatt hours to stabilize purchasing power. Gold currency would remain and fluctuate against the electric dollar as foreign exchange does with U S gold.
British manufacturers of bicycles and tricycles report a boom comparable to the wheel era of the 1880s. A veteran maker notes that fifteen months ago ruin seemed likely, yet within three months the boom boosted wheelmaker employment by 30 percent. Riders are a road nuisance to motorists, while high taxes have reduced auto use, prompting more wheelmen to return.
Salvage plans target the 1917 torpedoed Dutch liner Tubantia, rumored to carry nearly 5.0 million dollars in gold hidden in Dutch cheese, sent from Germany to the United States for propaganda financing. Previous 1925 efforts failed, but recent recoveries abroad renew hope. London historians note historic Croydon monastery library fire, icebergs melt over centuries, and Alberta bans live decoy duck hunting.
Java uses cigarette coupons as money amid scarce cash as Boehringer, Assistant Trade Commissioner at Batavia, reports on Java's financial problems. Coupons buy meals, clothing, records, and even cars while natives receive less real money. labor wages fall as rice harvests shift to in kind payments and debts, taxes, and fertilizer sustain demand for cash.
Shortening and sugar are creamed then mixed with well beaten eggs. Coffee blended with soda and molasses is added. Spices are lifted with flour and folded into the batter to form a soft dough. Drop a tablespoon of dough onto a cookie sheet and bake as cookies.
A Connecticut stew recipe uses lean pork cut into small pieces browned, simmered in hot water, then combined with parsnips onions and seasonings. Flour is mixed with water to thicken the broth, simmered until thick, and finished with a parsley garnish before serving.
University of Saskatchewan Professor Allan is asked by Premier J T M Anderson to join the Wheat Problems Committee set up at the recent inter provincial Winnipeg conference. Manitoba’s H C Grant will attend Cincinnati to discuss US plans to curb production.
A 72 year old woman credits Kruschen Salts with ending her indigestion after years of egg and potato intolerance. She notes her 70 year old brother also uses the remedy and remains healthy and cheerful. The six salts are said to stimulate stomach liver and kidneys for immediate relief and improved mood.
The new grain and cattle breeding commissariat blasted state farms for only 77.8 percent of grain deliveries, calling the shortfall shameful. Siberia and the Urals bore the worst results, with East Siberia at 56 percent, and directors face arrest if collections are not completed immediately.
About four in ten U S farms are under mortgage with five percent owing more than the farm value and twenty one percent carrying debts from fifty to seventy five percent of value. Eric Englund told the House appropriations sub committee many debts are being cleared through foreclosures amid farm economic strain.
W K Harding a Minneapolis mining engineer spent over a month locating properties 300 miles northeast of The Pas in Manitoba. He asserts the God's Lake gold country is larger than any in the United States, with extensive formation and high gold values in what seems uninteresting terrain, offering great possibilities.
Real estate agent asks about the city as a prospect, and the client remarks that the cemetery with lights is the first seen, underscoring the area's odd charm and growing development potential.
A historical note explains cocaine is obtained from a low growing shrub whose vivid green leaves are gathered and dried in the sun much like tea leaves. The passage outlines the basic plant source and processing steps without graphic detail.
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