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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1931
Page
5
Nick prepares to sail for Jamaica as Gay faces separation with resolve and care for their family. John Maxwell offers support and a home for Gay while Nick foresees adventures abroad, with Angela Halliday plotting a curious rendezvous on the voyage.
Angela Halliday travels aboard a steamer bound for Port Antonio to join the Myers. Nick, also alone, spends much time with her on quiet deck moments when most passengers rest. Both are skilled sailors and their developing friendship ripens in solitary two-person time.
G E Pendray of the American Interplanetary Society reports German scientists expect liquid fuel rockets to fly across the ocean within two years with plans for a two mile ascent and a transatlantic landing near New York, then a return flight. A parachute auto opens at peak and a barometer and camera are carried on board. Persian Balm advertised as a beauty aid accompanies the piece.
A party of British capitalists from the Federation of British Industries arrived in Quebec aboard the Empress of France. They met Hon. H. H. Stevens, Minister of Trade and Commerce, in Montreal and planned a tour of Canada to study business conditions and opportunities. The group included Col. Sir James Lithgow, Sir Arthur Duckham, and Moir Mackenzie.
A St. Joseph newspaper published a sensational item alleging a young man was fatally killed in a motor mixup and a nearby young woman was severely damaged. The piece, attributed to a self styled journalist, stirred local skepticism about its accuracy and intent.
A Chicago inventor Ulysses A. Sanabria 24 demonstrates near perfect two foot square black and white close ups and tinted images using neon-mercury gas and helium gas. Harold Hayes praises the results as marvellous while noting television’s still embryonic color work and ongoing development. Television viewed as a supplement to radio not yet a commercial stage.
Foreign students in Paris universities and colleges total about 15,000. Romania and Poland lead with about 2,000 from each. Germany and Bulgaria exceed one thousand, England 700, Canada and the United States 600 each, and about 450 come from China.
Glasgow faces a shrinking dog population linked to a prevailing low mood across Scotland. Local shelters report fewer adoptions and a rise in abandoned pets as residents struggle with economic and social pressures affecting pet ownership.
In a perilous journey with General Lu’s pass, Seattle and an interpreter slip into a besieged Chinese frontier town. They blast through a ring of soldiers, free prisoners, and corner the colonel as gunfire erupts and chaos erupts around them in a tense escape sequence.
A compact moral column quotes John G. Holland and Andrew P. Peabody on spiritual ascent. It urges perseverance through obstacles as steps toward growth, asserting destiny follows from the choice to overcome challenges.
The first fire protection patrol is established as four radio equipped lookout towers at Thunder Mountain Fishing Lakes Booman and Waskesieus are under construction. Radio equipment for the stations has been purchased marking the start of the war against the forest menace in Saskatchewan.
Claims Miller's Worm Powders cause no harm to delicate children and infants in adolescence. The preparation is advertised as giving relief and protection from internal worms, said to prevent sickness and suffering among many young sufferers.
A Dominion Bureau preliminary March survey shows marriages in cities over 10,000 at 1 556, down 20 percent from March 1930. The birth rate also fell to 7 436 from 7 654.
A Calgary meeting of the Alberta Branch of the Canadian Manufacturers Association disclosed more than 101 million dollars invested in Alberta industries and 12 800 workers earning 16 million dollars in wages and salaries. It also notes Argentina stock raisers reporting large numbers of pure bred livestock.
A plan proposes making matting from coconut shell fibre in Porto Rico. The project envisions utilizing local resources to create new textile products and boost regional industry.
A wealthy South American sportsman Dr Carlos Noel plans a 15th century style caravel named Izarra nearing completion. He has sent agents along the Brittany and Normandy coasts to recruit a crew of long bearded peg legged sailors with gold hoops and worsted bonnets. The ship will test off Havre with large sails and upper decks and a hidden 120 horsepower engine.
Douglas' Egyptian Liniment is advertised as unmatched for swift relief from muscular rheumatism lame backs inflammation burns and felons with claims of fast results and broad use in historical remedy context.
Practically all threatened strikes in Norway last year were settled by arbitration, avoiding widespread labor disruptions. The pattern indicates a strong reliance on third party mediation to resolve industrial disputes and maintain workplace stability.
More than 220,000 men will be employed on Italy's public works project under a government plan to boost employment and infrastructure. The initiative aims to accelerate road maintenance, harbor improvements, and municipal projects across regions.
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