30 Sep 1943
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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1943
Page
1
Roblin district reports above average grain yields with wheat 30 bushels, barley 40, oats 60 amid shorter straw and easier handling. A mid summer hail reduced acreage returns and labor is tight. Elevators cannot take more grain and rail cars are scarce, threatening storage and financing unless quotas rise.
M Spigelman and M Smith were injured while loading stock at Roblin stockyards when a shunting engine jolted the cars. Spigelman suffered a bruised shoulder while Smith fractured his knee and damaged his hips. Dr. Hicks treated them. The editorial urges installing a railroad crossing alarm and stockyard lighting, arguing the town’s busy stock yards warrant safety upgrades. Also noted is a separate event: a dance sponsored by the W.T. to aid the rest room, in Roblin on Thursday with 35 cent admission.
Carl Lovas of Bield district was rushed to Dauphin hospital after a separator belt injured his arm in two places. Jake Smollinger Jr. suffered a serious tractor accident while moving two tractors on a hill, with facial injuries and multiple broken bones. he remains hospitalized in Russell.
The Winnipeg Grain Exchange suspended trading as the Wheat Board prepares to market and distribute a first payment of 1.24 dollars per bushel for No. 1 Northern wheat in Fort William. This compares with the present 90 cents paid by the Wheat Board. Growers with payment and participation certificates from deliveries since 1940 stand to gain from recent price increases.
Mrs Thos Kelso visited Dauphin Monday and Mrs Ed Kennedy traveled to Brandon Friday. Ken Mink from Creamery visits the city while Mr and Mrs G Prior learn their son Arthur has arrived overseas with the RCAMC. Capt and Mrs Kerr of Winnipeg visit friends Gleiser. Calvin Keast awaits airforce posting. others serve in RC A F. Hallowe en dance planned October 29. Fungalore.
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