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Roblin Review

Location

Roblin, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jun 11, 1936

Page

3

MotorHighways Open New Access to Canadian National Parks

Canada’s Waterton Lakes and Jasper routes will link Glacier National Park in Montana with Waterton, Alberta, via the Kennedy Creek Belly River cutoff and the Lake Louise Jasper Highway. The plans stress scenic grandeur, easy gradients, and ample accommodations from hotels to motor campsites for summer travel.

Waterton Lakes National Park Alberta Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Kennedy Creek Belly River Glacier National Park Montana Babb Glacier Park Lake Louise-Jasper Jasper National Park Parke Banff, Kootenay Yoho National Jasper Lake Loulee Canadian Rockies Rockies Selkirk Range British Columbia Canada

Grading Beef Brand Red and Blue Marks Quality

The graded beef system offers Blue Brand Good grade and Red Brand Choice grade beef with ribbonlike branding as purchaser protection. Government health inspection and branding color guarantee quality, ease of purchase by phone, and acceptable fat finish for tender juicy flavor, appealing to price‑conscious and quality‑seeking buyers.

Dominion Department of Agriculture

Manitoba Official Spends for Public Information

A Manitoba member notes the agricultural committee spends 5000 to 6000 in gathering information that any reader could obtain from the Canadas Year Book. He criticizes the Edmonton Journal for underuse of the volume by Ottawa and other regions. France has 391 people with $60,000 plus incomes, up from 350 three years ago. Merion, the United States, and Canada lead the world in silver production.

Manitoba Agricultural Committee Edmonton Journal Ottawa Dominion France United States Canada

Dominion Cerealist Newman to receive honorary degree

The University of New Brunswick will confer the Doctor of Science on Leon ard H. Newman the Dominion Cerealist in a July convocation at Fredericton during the Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists meeting. Newman, famed for wheat variety development, leads the cereal breeding program across Dominion Farms as Dominion Cerealist since 1923.

Leonard H. Newman Dominion Cerealist University of New Brunswick Fredericton Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists Newman Canada Ontario Agricultural College Iowa State College Cambridge University England Sweden Canadian Seed Growers’ Association Dominion Department of Agriculture

Dry Storage Place for Onions

The text advises storing onions in a dry airy place and keeping windows closed on foggy days. Open crates of lath used for potatoes provide ventilation to prevent the onions from forming a damp, rotting mass.

Gave Perfect Service at the Princeton Club

A foreign lecturer who stayed at the Princeton Club in New York woke early after leaving a call for eight thirty. A page boy found him in the washroom and declared it time to rise, prompting a humorous exchange about church attendance and habit. The note adds, in France, a push for wood gas for vehicles.

New York Princeton Torker

War on Wolves Plans Air Attack on Alaska Wolf Packs

Three U S government agencies drafted a plan to attack wolf packs in northern Alaska by airplane and trapping. Officials noted the vast open spaces hinder stealth and cited losses of over 100 reindeer on Barter Island. Indian affairs will supply traps while the Biological Survey and Reindeer Service fund the trapper. Eskimos face food shortages as a result of the wolf problem.

United States Alaska Biological Survey Reindeer Service Office of Indian Affairs Barter Island Indian Office

British Government Plans Fast Track Plane Production

The British government moved to speed up military plane output by agreeing with Austin and Rootes to build new factories for framework planes. Defence co-ordinating minister Sir Thomas Inskip announced the contracts in the commons, praising the project as immense and designed by one of the country’s best brains.

Plana Austin and Rootes Thomas W. H. Inskip Commons

Prodigal Son Returns to Earn His Keep

A biblical parable styled scene shows the returning son asking about the fatted calf. The father responds with a cautionary plan, choosing to spare the calf but set the youth to work and shed excess fat through labor.

Synthetic butter patent awarded to dairy interests

A chemist notes synthetic butter has been patented, but dairy interests hold the patent to safeguard the natural product. The move aims to protect dairy industry stakes and prevent market confusion over imitation fats.

New Subject For Study On Driving Safety In Schools

A. F. Falls of Amherstburg Ontario proposes teaching driving safety in schools to train youth early. He argues this could reduce future accident toll as students become responsible drivers. The Montreal Star endorses the idea, noting youth temperament creates driving risks and urging safe principles be taught while pupils are impressionable.

A. F. Falls Chatham Amherstburg Ontario Falls Montreal Star Ont News

Duchess of Kent Leads New Hat Styles for Britain

The Duchess of Kent publicly showcases avant garde millinery as Parisian planes rush new hats to Mrs Marina of Greece who promotes dozens of mag types. She favors a fresh hat each appearance and milliners quickly supply English women with copies.

Duchess of Kent Great Britain Paris Marina Greece

A Lacy Sailor Hat Crochet Pattern S647

Fashion minded readers learn to crochet a lacy sailor hat that dips or rolls. The pattern provides flowers and stitches, with illustrations and material lists. Send 30 cents for pattern S647 to Alice Brocka pattern book.

Wild Plants and Milk Studied For Health And Value

A metropolitan milk study shows milk aids weight gain or loss depending on intake and overall diet. The report notes milk supplies nutrients and can help underweight people gain calories, while its low caloric value supports weight reduction. Also described is Canada’s Division of Botany herbarium and its work identifying wild plants for edibility, dangers, and weed surveys with public access.

Central Experimental Farm Ottawa Division of Botany Canada Dominion Herbarium

No Ice In Iceland Says Icelandic Journalist Arni Johnson

Iceland reporter Arni Johnson arrived in New York aboard the Katla to explain Icelandic life. He jokes that Iceland has little ice even in winter and notes Icelanders are tall from a fish diet. He cites Reykjavik’s 35,000 residents and a winter trek for snow to ski.

Arni Jonnson Iceland New York Mr. Johnson America Reykjavik Gloucester Mass Cuba Johnson

Front Page Woes Highlight City Editor’s Faith

A tabloid editor laments the quiet four hours with no scandal on the front page while the city editor reassures him that something will happen, urging faith in human nature amid newsroom pressure.

Hill Steve

Longest Lightning Rod Sighted Near Boulder Dam Line

Report describes a massive lightning rod setup called Longest Lightning Rod Los Angeles borata of the longest in the world. It uses wires above and below steel towers of the Boulder Dam power line to channel strikes over about 230 miles. Separate notes mention eye size in surface and deep water fishes, Freiburg Germany milk cows used for plowing, and the odd claim that the average man shaves 20 square miles of face in life. American women reportedly use 2,375 tons of rouge annually.

Los Angeles Boulder Dam

Rail-Highway Truck Demonstrates Rail Run from Akron to Cleveland

A new rail-highway motor truck demonstrated a run from Akron to Cleveland over Baltimore and Ohio tracks. It uses combination wheels with tires beside steel rail wheels and can be driven onto rails at crossings. Rubber tires deflate to allow steel wheels on tracks, front wheels lock, and four tires inflate at terminus via the engine air system.

Akron Cleveland Baltimore & Ohio West Third Street Ite Scientific American

Defining A Cannibal Across Canadian Papers

The Ottawa Journal says a cannibal loves his fellow man. The St Thomas Times-Journal adds he gets around other humans. The Chatham News claims he gets along well with people because he can stomach anybody. The Toronto Star counters that a cannibal is a cheat always taking others in.

Ottawa Journal St Thomas Times-Journal Chatham News Toronto Star

Courses in American history taught in European schools after war

The article notes that European education systems did not begin offering American history courses widely until after World War I, reflecting delayed adoption of U.S. history in curricula across the continent.

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