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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 16, 1952
Page
9
Lannie pursues a tangerine red dress against stock shortages and fashion pressures. She rekindles memories of Marty Brown, the explorer, whose letters promised a future together, as colors bind their shared past and uncertain present.
Two bags of flower seed donated by the British Columbia Government were given to the London Garden Society to brighten bombed sites. The 100 pounds of seed were presented in cooperation with the B C Seed Growers Association.
Western briefs note Neil Colville and Jack McGill joining as partners in an outdoor summer theatre venture. Other items report a Roman coin found in Winnipeg likely dating to A.D. 38 60, Alberta education expansion, Red Deer classroom needs, Calgary outdoor theatre plans, Selkirk fishing growth, Flin Flon dial telecom, Foam Lake muskrat losses, Raymond coyotes hunted, and Burnaby planning height limits for commercial buildings.
Vancouver officers now earn 318 dollars monthly, described as the highest for first class constables in Canada. Fred Dougherty, president of the Policemen's Union, notes overtime pay is offset by additional time off.
A Cheshire man endures his crow Corky stealing clothespins and pecking putty while the bird’s latest trick sends ignition keys from visiting cars. In Green Bay a donor weighing at least 120 pounds quietly brings two paper weights to blood center. A Fulton fireman rescues a baby from a burning home using a doubled mattress. An African cuts off a toe over sandal fit in a Paarl shoe store. A Spaniard named Julian Garcia wins two bets by eating large quantities of bread cheese and sawdust with a box.
A meteor becomes a meteorite when it survives entry through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on the surface. The fiery path ends with a solid fragment that can be collected and studied. Fragments vary in size from tiny grains to large rock pieces.
Foam Lake hosts its annual tournament on July 8 9 followed by Kamsack Elks July 10 11. Indian Head classic runs July 16 17. Jimmy Robinson of Indian Head presided at the meeting outlining the National Baseball Congress program in Canada and inviting all affiliates.
Rome Italy The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reports forecasts for 1951 52 across major commodities. Grains foresee a slight rise in coarse grains with rice and other crops varying. Sugar and fats oils expect gains while coffee tea cocoa tobacco and cotton show growth. World carryover remains very low and postwar stocks have dwindled.
A science note explains that water covers about 72 percent of Earth’s surface and in some areas reaches depths exceeding the height of the world’s tallest mountains, highlighting the planet’s oceanic extremes.
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