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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1934
Page
5
A discussion of new butter grading regulations for domestic use outlines grades from first to no grade, the requirement to display grade marks, and penalties for false claims. It notes aims to improve quality, differentiate prices, and raise producer returns while detailing grader authority and packaging rules.
Researchers describe a near silent chamber built with suspended ceiling and floor cushions, floating free from the building. Noise from elsewhere seeps in as felt rather than heard, with a visitor snapping fingers generating a strong audible response on a noise meter.
Allan and Fred Heagy, 12 and 15 from Stratford Ontario, entered 26 home cooking and preserving items at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto. Allan excels in baking muffins gingerbread plain cake and cookies while Fred shows skill in lager cakes sponge cakes apple pie and gems.
The Mundays Don Munday and companions Henry Hall Jr and Hans Fuhrer recount a six week trek toward Mount Waddington in British Columbia. They say the peak remains unclimbable after a nine day storm halted their assault from Franklin Glacier. A Vancouver climber, Alex Dalguish, died earlier this season on Buckler Glacier.
August Knsner of Mayerhofen Tyrol makes himself known by transforming crooked tree limbs into wind instruments. He plays them to produce music, with one piece likened to an eight foot saxophone yet said to be more pleasing.
Fragmentary quotation discusses danger in courting a girl and whether a man is a good catch, noting warnings about eligibility and propriety in social expectations. The text reflects dated attitudes toward marriage and social risk in relationships.
J M Wardle, supervisor and chief engineer of national parks, said in Banff that 51 miles of a total 147 on the Lake Louise and Jasper highway are finished with three more years planned. The project, valued at 640000, will be a key cut off linking trans-Canada via Calgary Revelstoke to Edmonton Jasper and the Thompson river. The road will be up to 18 feet wide with bends not exceeding 16 per cent. The completed section could hold rails except for four to five per cent grades.
Dr H C Carlson of the University of Pittsburgh told Kerr Carlson coaching school coaches at Colgate University that many with large chests are actually singers and wind instrument players. He noted he examined hundreds of men and found those with big chest expansion are crooners and horn players rather than football players.
In 1794 Napoleon deployed balloons to observe French and enemy positions from long range at Fleuris, using airborne reconnaissance to guide infantry and artillery actions during the engagement.
Provisional officers of the Canadian Corps Council urge restoring the prestige of the Canadian Corps and Allied Veterans to improve conditions for ex servicemen. The council, formed after a Toronto reunion, seeks a constitution and wide unit representation and asks for new unit associations where none exist. It pledges to cooperate with other veteran groups while preserving corps spirit and memories.
Workmen uncover an earthen urn with forceps and other surgical tools dating to Roman times during church foundations in Ljubljana, then Yugoslavia. Ashes inside the urn suggest the instruments belonged to a doctor buried with them.
Polish authorities reported a major border seizure in 1933, confiscating 105000 pounds of tobacco being smuggled over the frontier. The operation highlighted ongoing efforts to curb illicit cross border trade and enforce customs duties.
Dr. Robert E. Cornish of Berkeley reports experiments that revived animals after death by nitrogen gas. He notes prior revivals after ether or chloroform asphyxia differ, since nitrogen and cyanide causes brain injury were thought to preclude recovery. Potential human applications are suggested, though rare authenticated revive cases exist.
Rufus P. Turner of Waltham Massachusetts began a hobby of crafting tiny radios. He demonstrates two of the world’s smallest sets under doubles magnifying glasses with coils of platinum and copper lead. The devices pick radio programs via a 200 foot aerial using earphones only.
Traffic on European air routes rises as Imperial Airways ferries over 250 passengers daily between London and Paris. Journeys shrink from days to hours with London Berlin in 4h15m Copenhagen 5h25m Rome 4h0m Madrid 12h10m, and London to Moscow about 17h30m while Istanbul falls within roughly 17h55m.
The Maltese language Maitese is named official for the British island of Malta ensuring its recognition in Maitese courts. The article notes a historic push by the Italian population toward Italianization and prior semi official status for Maitese. Mars completes a rotation in 24 hours 37 minutes and 22 seconds, slightly longer than Earth's day. Qualls aid farmers by consuming many weed seeds.
Canada raises exports and production figures across livestock and dairy in 1934 with rising butter output and egg shipments. Cattle and hog movements from West to East rise to August 1934, while Britain and Australia trade figures show Canada’s product reach. Fresh hints on storage and packing practices accompany market review notes.
The French countess Guyot de Mishacgen abandons a castle to winter on a trap line north of Sheridan in Manitoba. She plans two outpost camps and will use dogs, canoes, and motors while pursuing moose and deer and expanding her trapping territory after prior visits to Canada.
Leo Piech, 17, of Superior, Wisconsin, aims to be a naturalist and walks five miles each day carrying freshly dug worms to feed 200 or more baby birds in nests. His customers include Pobina, blackbirds, catbirds, marsh wrens, and flickers.
A fragment notes that the strongest timber is gates among Australis hard woods. It mentions Manchuria planning fewer highways and the Victoria Crowe being instituted in 1856. Plant activity is described as highest between noon and three in the afternoon.
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