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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 22, 1936
Page
7
Western Canada faces six years of low farm income due to drought and oversized 1928 wheat harvest followed by average crops. Low prices, debt pressure, and dust storms hit hard, prompting calls to expand grain use in industry, boost consumer demand, and explore alcohol from grain as a future fuel.
A college-bound youth pressures his father for funds, asking why he is called a kind father when no cheque arrived for three weeks. The father replies with a sharp line about unremitting kindness. The piece notes a petunia seed quoted at $384 an ounce in Boston, valued at about ten times its weight in gold.
In Hastings Nebraska a judge postponed a damage suit after attorney F L Carrico presented a dentist’s statement claiming his loose bridgework impeded speech. The sympathetic judge rescheduled the case to the next term as the district court waits for adjustment of Mrs Carrico’s false teeth. Locusts in Argentina are gathered and dried for fertilizer. English walnuts face cultivation challenges and a London firm reports steady English sales to eager customers.
At a Vancouver meeting of the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, delegates learned of Mineralography a new science aiding mining operators. Dr M H Haycock and Dr H V Warren outlined how magnified images reveal gold hiding among base minerals helping plan ore treatment and mineral separation.
A vintage baking recipe for almond meringue cake uses butter, sugar, eggs, flour, cornstarch, baking powder, milk and almond extract. Beat butter and sugar, fold in yolks, sift dry ingredients, alternate with milk, fold in whites, bake in a buttered pan, top with almonds and a brown meringue finish.
Australian agricultural specialist F L McDougall told the biennial general assembly of the International Institute of Agriculture in Rome that the world remains undernourished and nations should raise production of protective foods. He named milk cheese butter fruit vegetables eggs fish and meat as essential but overlooked nutrients for a satisfactory human diet.
The coronation oath at Westminster Abbey on May 12 may use a wording revised to satisfy the Statute of Westminster. The change follows consultation between church and government authorities and the exact text will be released with the coronation program. The service is expected to be shorter than King George V’s due to the absence of a queen consort.
Dr Nicholas Polunin, British botanical authority, reports discovery of new rare plants in the Canadian Arctic during a survey conducted on the eastern Arctic patrol. He previously studied northern flora two years earlier and extended his work on the current expedition aboard the steamship Nascopie, returning to Halifax.
A vast gold reserve valued at 700 million dollars lies buried in an impregnable seven story vault beneath the Bank of Spain building in Madrid. The richly fortified chamber is surrounded by seven foot thick armored steel and concrete as reported.
A reader recounts long standing rheumatism in the arms back and legs that prevented lifting the arms. After trying Kruschen Salts she reports more than a year without recurrence and credits the remedy with boosting internal organ activity to remove excess uric acid.
Government clerks have spent three years auditing the Ellerman estate. Final value expected near £50,000,000 with about half due to the government. Sir John left most to his son while death duties already total £14,600,000. Income and super tax paid during life are estimated at £20,000,000.
Two Baxter sisters in Harrogate England both in their seventies will receive 600 dollars a month if no male resides in their house. Their brother William Henry Baxter died at 86 leaving over 1.25 million dollars. He left the allowance to keep men from their home, noting jealousy of suitors and control even of the gardener.
The boy king Peter I of Yugoslavia delights in spending his birthday with English relatives. The Duke of Kent is his hero and the Duchess his favorite aunt. Though unlikely to continue English schooling, a two year stay has shaped his character and he already speaks excellent English, per the Daily Sketch, with Queen Marie of Romania supporting his English interests.
In Spring Coulee Alberta large areas sown to fall wheat and rye aim for next year crops. Rains revived grain on the Blood reserve and some hay was cut from irrigated lands. District yields report ten bushels per acre for wheat and twenty for oats. A new air conditioned motion picture theatre opened in Santiago Chile, claiming quake and fireproof construction.
The world’s slowest chess game unfolds with John Brooks of the Johannesburg Chess Club and Don Fitch of Blue Earth exchanging moves by mail. Travel time is 30 days, making continuation likely for five years. Fitch calls it thrilling and notes Brooks is a tough opponent who cannot beat him before 1940.
Article notes Britain’s TV reach remains limited to about 1000 yards from Alexandra Palace. It describes Archie Compton, a British golf pro, giving a lesson to a pupil on a miniature course, with viewers able to track the ball’s flight.
Mrs. C A Jaques of Briercrest Sask retains a can opener and a pancake turner bought in 1882 at Henderson and Sons in Collingwood Ontario. The items have remained in her family for 54 years and were used at every suitable occasion. Captain Jaques sailed Georgian Bay with storms noted by him. They are parents of author Edna Jamieson known as Edna Jaques. The piece notes early film tech and the zoetrope predating cinema by decades.
Mrs John Grieve League of Nations Society delegate to Brussels peace conference after returning to Toronto said the mood was one of determination not optimism or despair. Europeans think war inevitable but danger not immediate. The congress aimed to unite people on a limited platform, create central bureaus in each country, and coordinate an international bureau for the work. There is momentum behind the peace movement if harnessed, but success hinges on delegates' post conference efforts.
A Vancouver letter from England requests a Canadian flag for Rev. A Lombardini's church and a flag for Sir Percy Vincent during his city visit. Alderman suggest a BC arms scroll, but the mayor says Canada needs a national flag and city ensigns.
A pumping project five miles north of Brooks Alberta has begun to irrigate 2500 acres of dry land. The pump can lift 10000 gallons per minute into the main distributary canal. New settlers in the area have plowed acreage and are preparing ditches for the first application of water.
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