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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 24, 1931
Page
6
An advertisement claims Kruschen Salts dissolve uric acid crystals causing rheumatic pain. It features a testimonial of severe pain easing after regular use, asserting improved mobility and internal regularity, and urges readers to buy a bottle to prove the benefits.
Lime production in Canada in 1930 reached 480802 tons valued at 4038698 dollars. Miss Ruth Nichols of Rye avia trix abandoned trans Atlantic flight plans this year. Fort William to host an experimental farm run by the Provincial Department of Agriculture under Hon Vincent Massey. A Canadian delegation sailed on the Empress of Canada to Hangchow for Pacific relations talks. Edward Miles, 52, completed a solo circumnavigation arriving in Honolulu from Yokohama after leaving July 14. A Britain Brazil commercial treaty was signed in Rio de Janeiro by Afranio Mello Franco and Keeling. US naval ship construction worth over 200 million dollars to begin after award of 11 destroyers for 50 million. US agrees to a one year suspension of Germany’s payments of nine million dollars under mixer claims. Manitoba government to ship potatoes to southwestern Manitoba due to crop failures, government pays transport. China and Panama elected to League of Nations council, succeeding Persia and Venezuela. Spain re elected. Mexico and Hungary each receive two votes. British Under Secretary Eden said government opposes delaying next year’s disarmament conference, meeting February 2 as planned.
T. Ross Moulton of Vancouver B C will be the first customs and excise officer at the new Churchill port. He will oversee entering and clearing vessels during wheat dispatch from Canada’s grain port. A veteran with over 30 years service and previously in charge of the Yukon, he handles duties at the frontier post. Brazil exports frozen 28 pound wax wrapped cake loaves to European markets.
Saskatchewan launches a province wide fire prevention plan led by Hon. J. F. Bryant K C minister of public works and telephones The scheme uses a hazard chart shown to every school to involve children in teaching fire prevention at home and offers cash and book prizes for top compositions and questionnaires to spur parent child and teacher collaboration The goal is to cut fire losses and insurance premiums amid rising 1931 figures compared with 1930.
Canadian National will end Vancouver Victoria Seattle service after September 15 and suspend the tri city run next season due to insufficient business. Vancouver Prince Rupert and Alaska routes remain, with two 6,600-ton vessels withdrawn for Atlantic Coast use, one starting Boston Bermuda sailings.
An industrious astronomer in the Vatican Observatory says counting 25 stars per second would take 700 years to tally all the stars in the heavens. A new popcorn strain pops kernels to an unusually large size.
Two independent operators, Fuller and Nuert, found the first ton of coal a mile and a half south of Brock Saskatchewan at 85 feet depth, claiming fair quality and better prospects than Estevan fields. They plan accelerated work, driving a shaft to a 150 foot level to reach an eight to twelve foot seam, aided by Estevan miners Strike-bound. The article also recalls the World War I German raider Emden, noting the new Emden’s voyage to recover crew bodies under Captain Witthoeft with HMS Iroquois, after the old Emden’s China Coast raids and later destruction near North Keeling Island in 1914.
Vancouver harbour data for July shows 81 ocean going ships totaling 321755 net tons inward and 1 ship of 518672 net tons cleared. A deranged Eskimo who had never seen civilization before saw his first movie, an odd observation likely about the same film.
The Daily Mail announced a new stamping and pressure machine that could stamp a wide range of items from watch mechanisms to motor car bodies and even nails bricks and composite materials. The report also notes the Alaskan brown bear as the continent's largest species surpassing the grizzly in size.
A Sunday school lesson recalls Golden Text from Acts 14 27 and devotional readings. It contrasts living by faith with fear of man, cites quotes from The Christian Lyman Abbott and Whittier, notes Antioch and Ethiopia references, and includes Annie Trumbull Slosson in a reflective anecdote.
Manitoba produced the most value at 164,909,127 dollars with 2,501 plants producing goods across Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan. The total output value was 352,967,078 dollars. Capital investment reached 339,678,100 dollars with 48,113 employees.
Reports note Saturn has at least ten satellites and its iconic rings capture ongoing scientific interest. Separately, Glasgow plans to install air mail collection boxes in the city.
Secret Farman works project for the French Government aims to fly at nearly 500 miles per hour and reach 12 to 15 miles altitude. The monoplane features an airtight crew tank with oxygen tubes, heated by the engine, and airtight knuckles for controls.
A young man with visionary card sense joins a bridge four. After a few moments he plays a king on a trick already won by an ace. His partner shouts in disbelief while the beginner laments his mistake.
Light travels vast speeds, making thunder seem later though both events are simultaneous. Seventeen palm species grow naturally within the United States, reflecting biodiversity in local flora.
Captain Jimmy’s plane crashes leaving him and companions on a lonely island. He builds fires hoping for a passing ship and eventually spots a steamer. A Philippine crew and a brave rescue effort unfold as they salvage gear and prepare a sea plane for a possible escape.
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