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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
7
A discussion on the necessity of duty to others, self discipline, and training for success in business and farming. It argues that independence is illusory without mastering oneself, learning from service, and balancing capital with character to meet exacting customer and nature demands.
A six year search for heirs to a 24 million dollar tobacco fortune ends with a stonecutter Marys in Nancy France. The man, a 60 year old fourth cousin of widow Henrietta Garret, would receive substantial funds if declared heir, while his wife and 25 year old son live in France.
Hon. W N Chant announced 26 Alberta scholarships to promote agricultural education for farm boys and girls. Winners may attend provincial agricultural schools or the University of Alberta faculty, funded by surplus from the defunct Canada Wheat Board.
The Internal Trade Branch of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes Canadian families face higher living costs as food prices climb about six percent in six months across 70 cities. Potatoes eggs flour bacon and pork lead gains while fresh beef lard milk coffee and sugar rise more modestly. Prices remain 25 percent above 1933 lows but still 25 percent below 1929 levels, with farmers benefiting from higher markets and broader national prosperity tied to farm income.
The Detroit Free Press reports Japan’s army and navy back a program to create a 20 million dollar company to produce 1.5 million tons of oil annually from coal over five years. Coal and oil to be sourced from Japanese mines and controlled territories as Japan seeks energy security amid wartime strain.
John H. Blackmore of Lethbridge, Social Credit leader in the House of Commons, pledged strong support for the King government’s defence program. He urged Canada to spend per capita like Britain and the U S, stressing air defence as a key priority and Canada’s joint responsibility with the Commonwealth and the United States for North American protection.
A commercial traveller boasted he could identify married men among a large staff. After being challenged, he lined up employees as they returned from lunch and correctly identified most married men simply by noting that they wiped their shoes on the mat, while single men did not.
The New York Herald Tribune reports Albert Einstein and assistant Dr. N Rosen have mathematically proven a new realm of radiation broader than light heat and sound, consisting of gravitational waves similar to electromagnetic waves yet with distinct properties. The paper notes these waves could pull objects off their orbital paths and mentions Dr. Rosen is in Russia while Einstein observes mourning for his wife.
A vintage dessert recipe details butter and sugar Cream yolks with milk then fold in flour baking powder and cornstarch Bake in an 8 by 12 pan Add a meringue topping made from egg whites sugar cornstarch and coconut Spread over raw batter and bake until meringue shrinks from the pan Copyright by Mildred Mae MacKenzie
A recipe for scalloped corn and celery with canned corn green pepper and celery layered with crumbled crackers and seasoning baked in a greased dish. Hot milk is poured over layers dotted with butter and baked at 425 degrees for 25 minutes yields six portions.
A Chinese inspector, boarding a steamer to the national capital, advocates more education funding. He notes Hupeh province imposes a 20 cent tax on every pig marketed to finance mass education. He also remarks that a duck can breathe through a broken wingbone.
Italian engineer Mario Mancini of Milan unveils an electro optical device claimed to render a person invisible under its rays. The machine adjusts current intensity and frequency to project rays that supposedly penetrate all body parts. Reports say the apparatus is patented and that subjects appear ghostlike or invisible while chairs remain visible, with few substances able to stop the rays.
Germany lowers grain import tariffs effective Jan 1. Wheat duty drops from 94 to 12 cents per bushel, rye from 61 to 10 cents, barley from 52 to nine. Berlin authorities question if this signals a surge in overseas purchases as Germany faces a grain shortage and seeks to secure 1,000,000 tons of wheat.
Dr George W Crile and Prof Daniel Zuiring conduct experiments beside a palm thatched cabana in Key West Florida dissecting turtles conches and other marine life to weigh measure and observe organs while seeking insights into the source of human energy. The scientists briefly work barefoot to reach specimens as they pursue synthetic life aims.
William Dow of Ruddel Sask died in a Saskatoon hospital at 87. A veteran of two Canadian armed conflicts, he served as dispatch rider in the 1885 Riel rebellion and was briefly captured by Louis Riel. Dow concealed dispatches, escaped, and later helped settle Manitoba and Saskatchewan frontier communities from Whitby Ont to Pilot Mound and Lilac where he homesteaded.
The Peterborough Examiner notes Dr A P Coleman professor emeritus of the University of Toronto has received the 1936 Penrose Medal from the Geological Society of America. The award is seen as promoting Canadian scholar achievements beyond law enforcement and sports.
The giant moon model at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles was built by Roger Hayward and designed to exact scale using photographs taken with the 100 inch telescope at Mount Wilson.
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