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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 02, 1947
Page
7
Polly and Edda, sisters living with their Uncle Jose, anticipate a quiet birthday dinner at home. Uncle Jose arrives with a flamboyant gift a gold brick, stirring mixed feelings about his presence and possible plans as the party nears.
Uncle Jose brings Polly a shoebox gift wrapped in gaudy paper and a gold bow calling it her first birthday present, a “gold brick.” Polly pretends enthusiasm as she reveals a colored package inside, gasping at the “gold brick” while Edda and the guests cry out in astonished chorus, Butter.
Mohsen Shebab-El-Din, Egyptian delegate to the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization council, argues travelers should visit the Sphinx and pyramids by airplane. He says Cairo is the aviation hub for the Mediterranean and Middle East with ten commercial lines and substantial military flying.
Recipe notes describe making a chocolate layer cake with two eggs per batch and two 9 inch layers. Ingredients include cake flour soda salt butter honey eggs melted chocolate water vanilla and baking. Frosting combines butter cream cheese sugar vanilla and salt to cover tops of two layers.
The Saunders wheat, the most promising early variety developed at Ottawa's Central Experimental Farm, has been recommended for licensing in Winnipeg. It matures three days earlier than Thatcher, yields comparable to Thatcher, and offers strong disease resistance. Seed stock of about 200 bushels will be sown this spring at Lacombe and Beaverlodge, Alberta, for wider distribution in 1948.
Garden guidance urges patience before planting in Canada. Check soil moisture before digging and stagger plantings through late June. Early crops include beets carrots beans and lettuce while tender items wait for frost danger to pass. nursery stock should be kept cool and watered, with heeled in planting if needed. Early bedding plants like cosmos marigolds zinnias petunias costared for showy displays.
Harold German of Chilliwack told the Rotary Club in Vancouver that a newly discovered process makes textile fabrics from chicken feathers. Feathers from 40 broilers provide enough material for a man's suit, he said, promising new vigor for British Columbia's poultry industry.
A single motor car requires over a thousand distinct welding operations in its manufacture, reflecting the complexity of modern automotive assembly and the precision needed across production lines.
Canada saw a surge in flour exports as a major earner, ranking third in value after newsprint paper and wheat in the past year. The report highlights flour as a leading commodity in the nation’s overseas sales.
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