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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1949
Page
2
UNRRA known for vast postwar relief operations was formally dissolved on March list of this year after worldwide tasks ended last September. Remaining funds were handed to successor organizations as the emergency work concludes and its humanitarian impact is noted.
The total UNBRA cost nears 4.0 billion dollars. Over five and a half years the administration reports 3,968,392,725 in cash, supplies, and services distributed worldwide to aid war-displaced populations. Canada provided substantial food aid to regions hit by crop disruption.
The article lauds UNRRA as a monumental humanitarian effort that helped rehabilitate homeless and destitute people after World War II. It notes the organization's dissolution and credits the men and women who carried out its mission, promising the service will be long remembered.
An old advertisement touts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills to relieve back pains from cold kidneys. It claims the pills ton e up kidneys and liver and offers relief for damp draft related discomfort. Available at drug counters.
The average value of occupied farm land in Canada in 1948 is reported at 39 dollars per acre, up 11 percent from 1947 and 62 percent above the 1935–39 average. Increases from 1947 occurred in all provinces except New Brunswick.
Northwestern Utilities Limited of Edmonton announced a $2.5 million natural gas expansion program. It includes 14 miles of gathering lines in the Viking Kinsella fields and drilling five more wells. Start date May 1. The project will reach 57 producing wells with an open flow of 765 million cubic feet daily and install about 4,000 service lines in Edmonton and other centers.
The United Church of Canada approved new salary scales for its ministers at the Board of Home Missions annual meeting. Increases up to 200 dollars were granted with married ordained ministers now earning 2150 dollars with an unfurnished house or 2100 with a furnished house. A single ordained minister without a house will receive 1950 dollars with a house 1900.
Brandon Manitoba quotes report the winter fair building sale setting a 25 year high. Hereford bulls averaged 5612 with two females at 400. top Hereford 1950. Shorthorn bulls 524.24 average. one female 424. top 1225. Aberdeen Angus bulls 431.36 average. top 525. one female 150. Over all, the sale may be the highest in history.
Alta cotton seeds planted in city nurseries under glass have germinated in five gallons as part of a large scale cotton growing experiment in the Medicine Hat region this year. At least 35 different kinds of soup are sold in cans.
Canadians may bring back up to 100 dollars duty free every four months or 300 dollars per year from U S purchases, if bought on credit. The Foreign Exchange Control Board will honor invoices on return with customs papers, tracking purchases for those exceeding the 150 dollar basic travel ration. Cash purchases still count toward the 300 dollar limit.
Manitoba officials warn tens of thousands of farms could face grasshopper outbreaks this year if the season turns hot and dry. H. El Wood, director of extension work, urges early seeding to protect crops.
A string of light jokes about Adam and Eve, lingering dinner guests, burglary jokes, a bishop at a banquet, a lawyer’s advice, a costly operation, a suitor asking for a daughter, and a boastful remark on a brilliant marriage. The humor rests on misinterpretations and social embarrassment.
Dr. Harrison Lewis stated that Canada’s fur industry now generates about 20 million dollars annually and urges stronger protection for fur bearing animals.
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