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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 23, 1947
Page
2
Canadians show renewed concern for prison reform after wartime delays. A Royal Commission had studied Canada and other countries, with possible reforms to be acted on if not for the war. Postwar funding and personnel gaps are fading, prompting calls to revisit recommendations.
Chief Justice J C McRuer of Ontario and president of the Canadian Bar Association, a Royal Commission member, urges prison reform. He backs prison staff reorganization planned segregation of criminals, adult probation, rehabilitation, and a government department to study causes of crime and prevention.
Chief Justice McRuer and others urge reform of Canada s penal system focusing on first offenders and juvenile delinquents. They stress risk of hardened inmates and call for intelligent rehabilitation to reduce crime and boost social welfare.
Winston Churchill and his wife attended a Russian Embassy reception in London for 20 visiting Supreme Soviet members. About 500 guests, including Prime Minister Attee, crowded the ambassador’s rooms as Churchill received vigorous handshakes and vodka toasts before exiting through a formed farewell line. A British official called it one of the most impressive Anglo Russian demonstrations in recent years.
Blackpool England will host an aviation display featuring jet propelled fighters and helicopters. About one million people are expected to attend the event, billed as the largest aviation exhibition and flying display yet held in Britain.
Washington reports the VACCO plans a mass settlement near Haines Alaska with 100 American families within two months. The veteran led cooperative has bought the Chilkoot barracks and will offer a 13 bed hospital, utilities, sawmills, two navy boats and an air plane to support initial settlement. Members pay a $100 stock and must hold at least $2,000 in assets to cover transport and setup costs.
Three Jacqmar scarves sampled during Queen Elizabeth and the Princesses tour of South Africa could become valuable museum items. The designs feature a floral border and a central bilingual fairy tale “The King sets forth” in English and Afrikaans.
Health Minister Martin told the Commons that provinces notify regional family allowance offices when a child’s school attendance becomes unsatisfactory. Upon receipt, allowances are suspended until attendance improves.
The Detroit Free Press reports the Automobile Manufacturers Association notes a recommendation from the Society of Automotive Engineers to standardize bumper heights on passenger cars and light trucks. This would reduce locked bumpers and the difficulty of separating cars in close contact, signaling progress for motorists.
The 17,383-ton Warwick Castle, Union Castle liner, sails from Southampton on its first postwar voyage to South Africa. It will revert to the Intermediate Service after two new 28,000-ton mail vessels are completed in Belfast. The ship, once the Pretoria Castle, carried 205 First Class and 335 Tourist Class passengers and will call at Las Palmas Teneriffe Ascension and other ports en route to South Africa.
A collection of brief aphorisms on patience as active strength and virtue. Quotes from Bulwer Lytton Plumer Gail Hamilton Mary Baker Eddy Horace Bushnell and Drummond emphasize patience as purposeful, humble power that enables growth, trust, and moral restraint.
Marjorie Graham, 18, was chosen Miss Winnipeg of 1947 in final city competition. A crowd of about 4,000 witnessed the coronation as she won the title representing the Greater Winnipeg community clubs.
A string of vintage jokes and quips about shopkeepers, magistrates, suitors, clothing, and everyday mishaps. One liners feature a boy film seller, a dress-obsessed husband, a boastful clerk, and banter about laundry, telephones, and distant lands.
The Ramsay Company, patent attorneys based in Ottawa, offers a free list of inventions and complete information to every inventor. The notice promotes accessible patent guidance from a registered firm at 2/3 Br xk Street.
Washington reports a new education effort as films of beaver in Prince Albert National Park Saskatchewan were televised from the U S capital. The footage shows beaver dams and food storage, highlighting conservation and the sanctuary concept.
Canadian breeders from Quebec sold 130 Holstein bulls aged one year to 18 months to the Chinese government. Thirteen bulls will be used to stock Madame Chiang Kai-Shek's herd, with all progeny qualifying by dam milk production above 500 pounds per year.
In FAIRBANKS Alaska a paratrooper saved another by grabbing his collapsed chute during a frigid troop jump. Cpl Charles Harris was rescued and Pte Raymond Kenyon acted as the rescuer as they reached the ground safely. The crosswind collapsed Harris chute at about 100 feet.
Medford Oregon report says local lumberman Ingemund Stennerson found relief after Mayo Clinic doctors diagnosed neck pains as caused by collars that were too tight. The cure followed examinations and advice to adjust wardrobe.
In Fredonia Kansas a former country schoolteacher sent the state superintendent a 75 dollar repayment for a three month salary she once drew and confessed she had cheated on her teacher’s exam to win the job fifty three years ago in a conscience confession that accompanies the payment.
A report notes successful extraction of high quality starch from sweet potatoes. The finding highlights a potential advance in starch production using sweet potatoes as a source.
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