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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1933
Page
2
The article argues for international action over national reform, warning that Canada cannot fix unemployment and low living standards by changing its system alone. It emphasizes tearing down nationalist barriers, expanding cooperation, and aligning labor and industry with global partners to restore markets and wages.
A census style claim states the United States is the largest consumer of asbestos. A separate note mentions a back-to-city movement in Java, and England allegedly has 3,500,000 dogs per a recent census alongside Australia banning baldness cure advertising.
A St Thomas Times-Journal report notes Redditch Worcestershire is the world center for needles pins and fish hooks with 750 million needles produced yearly. It questions disposal and observes Redditch employment and long standing supremacy in countless other British manufactured goods.
Regina Leader-Post notes Mrs. Mary Ellen Smith a pioneering reformer and Canada’s first woman Cabinet Minister. She championed suffrage, minimum wage laws, and better working conditions, aiding education and patriotic causes during decades of public life. Her husband also left a notable Saskatoon political legacy.
Vast herds of about 1500 fur seals sighted off the Washington coast head toward the Pribylof Islands on the journey north. United States patrol cruisers shadow them to the international line before Canadian vessels take over, then US cutters resume as the aim is to deter poaching under the 1911 sealing treaty prohibitions on hunting with power boats and rifles.
A unique postman in Estori Sagha lien Japan collected mail for three years as he traversed rough roads. He gathered about 4,000 letters with the plan to deliver them in a single trip but grew tired and burned the entire stash.
A Mary Symons painting titled The Last Supper depicting Christ and His apostles in lounge suits with collars and cravats at a modern table has been rejected by the Royal Academy of Britain.
The 1851 giant penknife with 1851 blades is exhibited in London. Each blade opens and is a perfect penknife. Weighs over three stone. An offer of 7500 dollars was refused.
Commander Firebrace describes innovations in oil fire control using water only and a Hungarian appliance that uses bicarbonate of soda and carbon dioxide gas. The water only method, approved for ships, floods oil to form non burning emulsions, while the Hungarian device fights small fires by spraying gas into flames.
Saskatchewan farmers using power machinery will see a one cent deduction from gasoline tax refunds to cover administration costs starting January 1. Announcement by Hon. A. C. Stewart minister of highways notes the policy aligns with Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia where similar deductions apply.
Soviet authorities declare death as penalty for grain theft and for officials deemed negligent. Moscow press links grain thefts to kulak sabotage. Umbrellas will be provided free to movie theater patrons in Madrid if rain interrupts shows.
A new evening air service linking London and Paris has begun operations, marking a step forward in cross channel travel. The launch introduces regular flights aimed at convenient, expedited weekend and business trips between the two capitals.
Ad copy urging mothers to give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to their daughters during adolescence to guard health. Promises a happy, healthy wife and mother as outcome and thanks from the daughter in the future.
Sixty nations are expected to send about 1 500 delegates to the world economic conference in London England June 12. The London Geological Museum will host sessions with a 100 by 150 foot hall and the city’s post office adds telephone and telegraph facilities claiming London as the switchboard of the world. A twelve ton statue of Hercules sits at the centre to symbolize the effort.
Port of Spain reveals a new banana type immune to Panama disease and similar in size and color to Jamaica fruit. Thomas Potter of the Agricultural Society says the banana of the future may fulfill export trade needs. A £2000 government grant is urged to develop banana exports. Tropical College tests ideal banana sea transport temperatures.
J A Langley in Tokyo notes gradual improvement in Japan's market for Canadian raw materials. Wheat remains active but controlled by Australia. Canadian shares rise monthly in foods like cheese and macaroni, with macaroni showing notable gains.
Over two thirds of Canada field crops lie in the three prairie provinces with wheat as the dominant crop. The wheat belt stretches from Manitoba's Red River Valley to Alberta foothills and broadens notably in central Saskatchewan.
Seed from Peace River, famed for world championship wheat, will be sown in Newfoundland this season. A carload from Wembley Alberta, half Reward and half Marquis, originated largely from Herman Trelle’s farm, the world champion wheat grower, and was forwarded to the Empire’s oldest dominion.
Old Roman ruins at York England are being floodlighted to attract night time visitors. The project seeks to extend operating hours and boost local tourism by creating a dramatic evening landmark.
The Winnipeg Free Press notes Japan ordered 250 000 metric tons of coal from Mexican collieries as a sample and will test fuel value. Canadian coal exports appear promising with good quality and ready labor for mining, potentially easing employment and capital investment in tough times.
Cordell Hull urged moderation in tariff policy before the International Chamber of Commerce. He warned extreme isolationism as the greatest danger to world peace and argued that debts owed to the United States must be paid by gold, services, or favorable trade balances.
Walter Chappell of Martin Tennessee announced the death of his Poland China hog known as Big Bill the world’s biggest, weighing 2550 pounds. He planned to fatten to 3000 pounds for Chicago’s Century of Progress Exhibition but a fore leg fracture caused paralysis. Chappell ordered the animal euthanized and a taxidermist commissioned to preserve the specimen.
A Stockholm museum preserves the world’s oldest ski, dated to about 3900 years ago. Researchers estimate the ancient timber artifact shows early sledding and travel techniques used by prehistoric Nordic peoples.
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