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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1946
Page
2
The article declares housing a foremost national issue in Canada and highlights the grave concern for veterans and their families. It notes veterans deserving return to a secure home while thousands face desperate housing conditions.
The Dominion government proposed building fifty to sixty thousand dwellings in 1946 and 1947 but shortages of construction materials threaten to limit completion to about half. Builders say thirty to thirty five thousand homes under construction will not be finished until spring due to material shortages despite priority given to housing.
Government building programs face shortages of materials and rising costs while private builders struggle to solve the housing gap. Minister C D Howe warned the 1947 spring outlook would be tighter than March 1946, with many urging faster home construction and worker training. Some call for curtailing non essential projects to ease demand.
Ottawa reports more than 400 US tanks have been brought into Canada to train both permanent and reserve armored units with more expected to arrive later.
The American Mercury notes a Tokyo billboard by the Society of International Friendship Through Language posing two questions. Question one asks who is the world's most awesome person, answered as Emperor Hirohito. Question two asks who is the world's most powerful being, answered as the atomic bomb.
A jumbled word puzzle list with numbers and clues includes Symbol for sodium River in Siberia A portion Antecedents Enticing Dangerous women Kitchen of a vessel Dagger Brazilian estuary Organ of hearing Repetition A number To Transactions To wash Japanese measure Symbol for Canine Pronoun Goddess of the dawn Indian mule Symbol for berry silver Negative
The United States signs civil aviation pacts with Australia and New Zealand, the first such deals with those nations, bringing total agreements to 25. Pan American began a 1940 New Zealand route but no U S Australia service exists yet. Australians plan Vancouver via Honolulu and San Francisco. Ambassador Norman Makin says the pacts pave British Commonwealth Pacific airlines’ planned services.
An article in C I L Oval notes historic women’s hats were fierce with horned motifs edged in miniver and pearls, towers resembling steeples, and even a perched schooner on eighteenth century coiffures. It adds that felt, not beaver, dominates modern hatmaking, with methods rooted in early fiber matting.
The 1946 Canada Year Book is issued under authorization of Minister James A. MacKinnon and supplied by the King's Printer in Ottawa at $2.00 per copy. It collects chief Dominion and Provincial reports on trade transportation finance education social welfare and more for business students and general readers. The text adds a separate note about ancient bathrooms in Greek Labyrinth ruins.
An old railway and trucking era advert extols Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills. It claims the pills stimulate kidney action and relieve backaches from travel and weather exposure. The product is marketed as popular with railway men, truckers and farmers for over half a century.
A string of old time jokes and quips unfold in a courthouse setting. A teacher and students debate meanings while a magistrate chides a frequent defendant. Other bits include an orphan joke and a tailor bill dispute, ending with a vicar and an old man’s beer twist.
Canada’s June 1 census shows total cattle at 10,385,000, down from 10,758,600 the previous year. Milk cows count 3,913,900 and other cattle 6,471,000.
Chicago Tribune reports Belgian women near securing national voting rights after four parties agree to let women vote for national officers. Suffragists warn of broader equality, noting current marriages constrain property, banking, and personal freedoms while male approval governs even telephone changes.
A compact anthology of quotes on purpose labor and ambition from Lytton Thoreau Mabie Brooks Eddy and Disraeli. It notes that the United States holds 6 percent of the world’s population while occupying 7 percent of the world’s land area.
Manitoba Weeds Commission targets the prickly sow thistle in a province-wide effort after drought years and labor shortages allowed its return. Government officials urge post-harvest fall plowing, summer-fallow cultivation, and seeding road allowances to curb its spread, noting roots can regrow but soil loosening helps prevent reinfestation.
An advertorial from Vancouver promotes Raw Furs as the top Canadian market for wolves beaver muskrat skunk and other furs. It offers a free set of Canada’s Big Game Animals pictures after sending ten dollars in furs, claiming profits and mutual benefit. The note cites J H Munro of 1363 Kingsway Vancouver and includes an implausible establishment date.
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