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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1950
Page
2
Canada imported over 300 million dollars of agricultural and animal products in the past year, with cheese pork and beef among the main items. While some foods were popular abroad, domestic producers could expand by matching buyer tastes to capture a larger market and reduce currency outflow.
A 108 foot Douglas fir gifted by British Columbia was unloaded from a Thames ship and will be raised as a flagpole near London County Hall. Weighing six tons with 461 cubic feet of timber, the tree symbolizes the BC government gift and was noted at a small unloading ceremony.
A collection of light anecdotes and jokes from a church and household life. A vicar apologizes after a sermon on gambling. A girl bids requests on friends, alarm clocks, jealous spouses, and balancing budgets with light irony and social quirks.
Art Condie of Montreal assess the Quebec International Bonspiel after 27 years observing. He notes eastern curlers adopting the western tap and lie style and believes the west holds the competitive edge as granite stones gain dominance and irons fade.
A producer and a playwright friend travel to Europe in spring and amuse themselves with character guesses about fellow passengers. They riff on who is a rabbit or mouse, then propose a lunch test with lettuce and cheese to settle it. An old roue pressures a blonde at a bar offering luxury rewards.
The western prairie racing circuit opens in Calgary on May 20 for 14 days and runs 8 racing days through September 16 in Winnipeg. Meetings span Calgary May 20 to June, Winnipeg June 17 to July 8, Calgary July 8 to 15, Edmonton July 17 to 22, Saskatoon July 24 to 29, Regina July 31 to Aug 5, Edmonton Aug 11 to 26, and Winnipeg Sept 1 to 16.
Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman told a congressional subcommittee that Alberta’s oil finds may be the continent’s largest oil discovery, possibly linked to the Montana vein. Canadian officials say the extent remains uncertain and will take years to map.
L E Drummond of the Alberta and Northwest Chamber of Mines foresees a lead and zinc refinery for Edmonton contingent on Pine Point ore findings. Unofficial cost estimates place the refinery between 15 and 20 million dollars, with total project expenditures around 75 million including railway and hydroelectric development.
London reports that crime rates fell as store and house breaking dropped from 2000 monthly in 1948 to 1400 in 1949. Scotland Yard attributes the decline to fewer people affording black market prices, signaling more criminals turning away from crime.
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