This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 02, 1949
Page
2
After wartime losses to teaching staff, Canada faces a continuous shortage of qualified teachers. Many trained educators joined the armed forces or industry during the war, and postwar labor scarcity plus insufficient growth in teacher training have left schools short. Population growth raises demand for more staff in both city and rural schools.
A 1948 Canadian Education Association report warned of a shortfall of 10 700 teachers, rising to 17 000 by 1958 plus current deficiency, totalling about 25 000. It cited that only 26 000 of 66 000 trained between 1938 and 1948 remained in teaching, predicting 100 000 to 120 000 new teachers needed in ten years unless salaries and conditions improve to attract talent.
Niagara Falls Ontario reports Labour Minister Mitchell announcing Canada will open new travel offices in New York and Chicago. Leo Dolan, director of travel and publicity, expects 1949 to set an all-time record for tourist arrivals into Canada.
Britain will invest 1.8 billion dollars in farms over four years with half for mechanized equipment. Agricultural machinery output reaches 280 million dollars annually, up from 105 million in 1946. Tractors produced in the first nine months last year exceed 82 thousand, about 40 percent exported.
The average minimum weekly wage for British male farm workers climbed from 34s 9d in 1939 to 90s in 1947 as the economy rebuilt after the war.
A collection of humor snippets including a city girl in the country, a fast-talking judge, jokes about harp practicing daughters and beauty parlors, a Hollywood optometrist gag, a tailor and son exchange, a fisherman’s tale with fish misjudgments, typist gender bias, and ancient birds delivering messages.
Hazen M. Carl of Ford's Mills NB, now 29, built up 20 head of pure bred Herefords from a 1945 purchase. He bought Mighty Otto sight unseen after seeing a polled bull at Amherst NS, aiming to breed hornless Herefords and expand to about 50 head.
A welcoming handshake greets Hungarian born Johnnie Steger seven from Toronto as he joins 300 displaced persons from Hungary Yugoslavia Russia and Czechoslovakia who will settle in Ontario. Johann Staudt and wife Maria arrive in Windsor Ontario. The DPs had hoped to spend Christmas in Canada but transportation delays thwarted their plans.
Reginala news reports St Chads Anglican Theological College offers an automotive course for students. All graduates will serve in the Qu Appelle diocese spanning from the international border through the province into southern Alberta. The program aims to provide practical car knowledge as service stations remain sparse.
The Manitoba telephones system opened a 300 mile Winnipeg to Norway House link enabling radio telephone service. Officials say future installations will connect nursing stations fishing villages lumber camps and trading posts across the north facilitating voice communications for doctors and nurses and faster medical information.
Nine rural areas joining the Manitoba power commission system bring in 1 254 farms and seven villages. W D Fallis, general manager, announced plans to extend lines to 14 villages and 38 farm areas in the 1949 construction program.
Canada’s midwest mining output hit a record in 1948 with Manitoba and Saskatchewan combining for 61.19 million dollars in minerals. Manitoba produced 26.77 million and Saskatchewan 34.42 million, boosted by petroleum from Lloydminster. Notable gains include Sherritt Gordon profits, Hudson Bay Mining earnings, and new pitchblende finds at Black Lake and Lac La Ronge. For 1949 prospects include underground development at Nicholson Mines and new processing at Howe Sound Nor Acme, with continued uranium exploration spurred by government prices.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports population rose to 12 307 000 from 12 119 000, with Ontario and Quebec leading gains and Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Prince Edward Island showing declines. overall increase since 1941 totals 800 000, over 7 percent.
Firefighters carried Mrs. Mary Breen aged 65 from a burning Kansas City apartment and then returned to retrieve her girdle from a trunk at her urgent request. She had $32 200 sewn in the girdle lining.
For three seasons in a row a grouse has dashed through a window pane in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hoby in Campbell River British Columbia.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.