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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1950
Page
2
Canadian consumers have seen large volumes of British goods in Canada as a result of the British export drive. The program aimed to improve trade balance and bring Canadian dollars to Britain. Early results are encouraging but officials warn the problem remains unresolved.
June proved highly successful for the export drive with vehicles valued at about 8.5 million dollars sent to Canada. Ships, aircraft, locomotives and trucks led the shipments while British cars and agricultural machinery also delivered major returns to Britain.
Canadians back the drive to export to Britain. In June Canada sold over thirty million dollars of wheat to Britain along with a million dollars in wheat products and other items. Britain’s dollar shortage hinders trade, but progress in resolving it benefits both nations and strengthens ties in agriculture and industry.
Edmonton may join the Western Canada Junior Hockey League this season if the plan succeeds. Sanford Clare of the Edmonton and District Junior Hockey League says Jim Christiansen will sponsor the team if the league accepts the entry. Christiansen previously sponsored the Edmonton Mercurys champions. Clare noted the four local athletic clubs will cooperate fully to push the project.
Hundreds of Franklin gulls filled the sky near Coronation as they flew southeast, likely driven south by cold northern weather.
Gibson Hoey of St. Louis struck what seemed a tree branch on a road 20 miles south of Prince Albert when a 50 inch rattlesnake lay beneath. Wildlife expert Gordon Lund and Chief Constable Ernest Alexander said this marked the first rattler reported in the northern Saskatchewan area.
Federal and provincial health departments and the Red Cross examine plans for one or two outpost hospitals to serve the Hudson Bay railway region. An inspection of northern Manitoba health facilities has been completed by provincial and Red Cross officials. Location of the hospitals remains undecided.
A prairie province weed known as Heliopsis scabra or ox eye contains scabrin in its roots, a potent insecticidal chemical more toxic to house flies than pyrethrum, according to the U S Department of Agriculture. The article notes anxiety grows lighter when the cause is discussed with a trusted person.
A string of comic exchanges covers talking to oneself a misheard clock joke misbehaving patients and a quack doctor. A sailor fears praise from an admiral and a judge-bystander exchange ends with a pun on second and third blows and Brown’s complaint about the day at home.
An antiseptic oil offers speedy relief from itching and discomfiture. It claims to promote healing of open sores boils ulcers and various skin eruptions including eczema pimples barber's itch and salt rheum. Available in the original bottle at modern drug stores with money back satisfaction.
Captain F M Brohman and Lieutenant Margeret Willox became the first white women to reach Cornwallis Island 1100 miles north of Churchill in a 16 hour round trip by RCAF plane. They returned to the Hudson Bay port after inspecting the weather station and found little life aside from husky pups and Arctic poppies. Both said they would not repeat the long trek but enjoyed the experience.
Manitoba power commission reports July gains in rural electrification. Six hundred forty eight farms in Pipestone Birtle Russell Ellice North Norfolk North Cypress Edward and Arthur townships plus Deerhorn Woodworth Scarth Cromer Alonsa villages connected. Lac du Bonnet to receive service Sept 1 bringing total served to 355 municipalities.
The U S Public Health Service states that among environmental factors none is more crucial to human welfare than food, and among foods none more essential than milk, highlighting its prominence in nutrition.
British Columbia's 1950 fruit harvest outlook shows the Okanaokan apple crop rebounding to 6,564,120 boxes, down 18 percent from 1949 due to a severe winter. Kootenay, Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island and Gulf Islands gains offset some losses, with an overall provincial harvest of 7,259,620 boxes, 16 percent below last year. Soft and stone fruits still show steep declines, notably apricots and peaches at up to 94 percent.
Canadian Pacific Railway fireman Cal Herringer of Medicine Hat stepped off a pusher engine 20 miles west to throw a switch when a rattlesnake coiled around his leg. He beat off the reptile before it could strike. Women outnumber men more than ten to one in Berlin.
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