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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1949
Page
7
A woman boards a bus and confesses she is fleeing a troubled home. A neighbor notices her tense, hastily prepared attire and reddened hands, and the two discuss the cottage, siblings, and a promise of fixes that never come. The driver’s road passes fields as the woman contemplates her uncertain destination.
A Winnipeg interview profiles Mary Gardiner, managing editor of the Prince Albert Herald, Canada's lone female daily editor. She explains starting as a cub reporter in 1942, overseeing telegraph and makeup, and likening newsroom duties to running a household while navigating family tensions and a possible move to town.
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In Watrous Saskatchewan a cargo of 16 live pelicans departed for Britain. Twelve head to a Dublin zoo and four to a London zoo. Six men from Abernethy captured the birds on Pelican island in Longlake with Ralph P. Stueck as shipper under a special permit.
Adam Branth a 20 year old Manitoba youth appeared in two courts here and gave two addresses while charged with stealing two automobiles in a case noted for its repeated two- part pattern.
In Manitoba forests about 3000 wasps have been released to combat tamarack tree killing larch sawfly. Over 1200 were released near Duck Mountain by the Dominion parasite laboratory and about 1500 more near the Ontario border last month. The wasps parasitize sawfly larvae, halting their destruction of tamarack trees.
Victoria BC grants end of 27 year ban on employment of Chinese and Japanese on timber mining properties and government contracts. Contracts in force may still enforce restrictions.
A recipe section lists Ambrosia salad with bananas orange grapes dates lemon juice coconut avocado optional and whipped cream, plus a tomato bread casserole with bread cubes onions tomatoes herbs and spices baked at 350 to 375 degrees. It also notes serving as dessert and garnish ideas.
WINNIPEG. Thousands of wild ducks have died from a waterfowl disease epidemic at Whitewater Lake near Deloraine Manitoba about 150 miles southwest of Winnipeg. Officials estimate deaths may reach 10 000 if unchecked and describe botulism as the cause. Officials bury the dead, move living birds, and plan eventual release after recovery.
Officials in Edmonton puzzled by a bottle labeled water wetter from a US firm claiming it is wetter than ordinary water. The chemical is said to penetrate rapidly to aid quicker fire extinguishment, though skepticism remains.
The Saskatchewan Vehicles Act sets the speed limit for passenger cars at 50 mph and trucks at 40 mph on provincial highways at all times. The prior rule had cars at 50 mph by day and 45 mph from sunset to sunrise. Track speed limits remain unchanged.
Western Briefs report that lightning strikes have sparked a higher share of forest fires in Manitoba this year than in the past two decades. Dry central and northern conditions left bush and timber prone to fast fires triggered by lightning across the province.
A second Rocky Mountain strip mine five miles northwest of Michel-Natal is being prepared for opening with a road construction to the site. The Crow's Nest Pass district operates the best known mine at Corbin near the Alberta boundary, owned by Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co of Canada.
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