City Editor weighs hiring husband and wife pair
The city newsroom debates whether a husband and wife should both work on the same reporting staff. Editor Ona Freeman Lathrop weighs potential bias, dynamics, and newsroom balance as the issue unfolds.
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 27, 1952
Page
7
The city newsroom debates whether a husband and wife should both work on the same reporting staff. Editor Ona Freeman Lathrop weighs potential bias, dynamics, and newsroom balance as the issue unfolds.
In a Wheeler Syndicate piece a female journalist clashes with a persistent male editor over love and work. They debate marital duties and workplace ethics as he pressure fills the scene while she types away at a deadline. The boss comments on whether a married pair should work together.
Winnipeg based Anne Adams Pattern Department and the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 60 Front Street W Toronto, issuing a formal notice or notice-like information regarding operations or addresses.
Ed Schlenker, medicine hat district farmer, delivered the first 1952 wheat to a Medicine Hat mill. He reported the grain went 63 pounds to the bushel, graded No 1 Northern, from fields averaging 25 to 30 bushels per acre, the best crop yet.
Turner Valley in Alberta was named for Scottish born Robert and James Turner who took homesteads there in 1886. The brothers contributed to early settlement prompting the geographical honor.
A new method speeds moving honeybee colonies using half inch flat steel strapping. Ottawa based Apicultural Division trials show one or two hive bodies can be strapped quickly with minimal handling, preventing shifting and reducing stings.
In Fillmore volunteers from the town and district help with laying footings for a new school and ongoing construction progresses steadily. Other briefs note a Vancouver driving instructor’s controversial remark about “dumber persons,” Sutherland planning an old‑age pensioners civil defence group, Miss Martha Horn leaving for a five‑year mission in Uruguay, and Manitoba’s tax rental grant set at 22,934,000 dollars for the first year of a new Dominion‑Provincial agreement.
An Alberta Mines Department official says a uranium rush appears under way in the Lake Athabaska region in northeastern Alberta. A report of a rich deposit near the Saskatchewan boundary prompted the activity with 33 mineral claims recorded and many others staked.
North Dakota tests show grasshoppers can travel at least 10 miles daily and up to 215 miles in two weeks. The findings highlight remarkable insect mobility observed in controlled conditions.
In Winnipeg 88 year old Konstantin Flemming crafts stories for a multilingual community press that serves around 200 600 readers across Canada the U S and Europe. Languages include Swedish Hungarian Ukrainian and more. Immigrant papers rely on ads and aim to educate newcomers about Canada while preserving culture.
Canada’s steel furnaces produced 1 551 798 tons of ingots in the first five months of 1952. Local figures show output steady across major plants and regions, reflecting ongoing industrial activity during the period.
The report notes 1 435 066 fine ounces of gold mined in Canada during the first four months of 1952. It credits historians with noting the origin of macaroni to Chinese cuisine.
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