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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 16, 1949
Page
2
The article credits research scientists with driving progress in industry agriculture and medicine. It notes that major firms rely on research for product improvement to meet market demand and highlights benefits to grain crops livestock moisture conservation and medical advances. Canadian scientists contributed to development since 1939 with rising funding and more researchers.
Ottawa based council employs 2,600 workers in diverse research from atomic energy to radar. A year end report highlights a new method to recover oil from Athabasca tar sands in Alberta and new detector equipment for radioactive materials aiding prospectors. It also notes progress at Chalk River Atomic Energy plant in Ontario.
The article notes Saskatoon establishing the Prairie Regional Laboratory for agriculture and prairie industries and announces a forthcoming Maritime laboratory. It highlights National Research Council work, showing Canada advancing in research and keeping pace with other nations in this vital field.
Cardiff dispatch notes Welsh coal exporters told Canada will get top priority for anthracite shipments this year. Exports in 1948 reached 160000 tons worth £600000 and the aim for 1949 is 200000 tons, worth about £1000000.
In Ottawa the Resources Minister stated in the Commons that 125,414 immigrants arrived in Canada during 1948, nearly double the 64,127 in 1947. Of the total, 46,057 came from the British Isles and 7,381 from the United States.
A mix of brief jokes and anecdotes features a soldier and a young woman on a river, a father intercepting a romance, a jail visit, sports quips, a dinner bill gag, a blind sight test, a noise complaint by a child, and burglars reacting to clothing prices. The items showcase classic punchlines and social observations.
Margery Setitia of God's Sake Missouri was killed by a pack of huskies while playing outside her home. The dogs owned by Tom Rumanski were shot by Rumanski after the child’s body was found. Neighbor Andy LeGuille reported hearing the animals fight and seeing the remains.
A BC test project used a helicopter for topographic mapping near Chilliwack last August. A. G. Slocomb of Victoria, head of the BC Lands and Forests topographic division, says the method reduces hard climbing and allows photography and observation during optimal day hours.
Abitibi Power and Paper engineers survey pulp and power resources in Prince Albert district with potential plant construction. W D Sandborn and J G Mathews say they are favorably impressed, while further steps depend on reports to company president Douglas Ambridge in Toronto.
Prairie farmers and government entomologists mobilize to combat a predicted extreme grasshopper outbreak across Saskatchewan Alberta and Manitoba. Authorities warn of equal to 1940 damage with chemical controls including sodium arsenite chlordane and chlorinated camphene sprayed via planes and equipment.
Ottawa reports Canada's birth rate fell to 26.4 per 1000 in H1 1948 from 29.8 in H1 1947. Mortality eased to 9.6 per 1000 while natural increase dropped from 20 to 16.8.
Proof Press bed size 14 by 35 with cabinet and ink plate heavy roller type priced at 50 dollars fob Regina. Heavy Duty Punch with 6 heads various round holes slotted and diamond punch 67 dollars fob Regina. Require space for new equipment. Peerless Printers 1810 Smith St Regina.
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