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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 23, 1947
Page
7
In a raging autumn storm two stubborn brothers Barney and Harry Thorpe refuse to leave their Long Island office and cigar store. As floodwaters surge toward the street the pair finally confront their 15 year feud while a danger to both looms.
Ottawa Postmaster General Bertrand refused to promise any cut in stamp prices and dismissed hopes for a return to three cent or other pre war rates. He noted the four cent stamp carries a two cent tax, and any cut would be a budget issue as costs remain above wartime levels. Canada’s stamp sales last year totalled $55 million and a one cent reduction could cost $11 million.
The Princess acquires her first car a lighter Daimler than royal transports bearing license HRH 1. Great Lakes ships with 10000 ton capacity can load in 90 minutes but require four hours to unload.
Pattern 4659 offers a one piece top and skirt with a back cascade option. Includes illustrated instructions and fits Jr Miss sizes 11 13 15 17 with 3% yards of 39 inch fabric for size 13. Send 25 cents to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba with name address and style number.
Combine jelly and egg white with a dash of salt then beat in a double boiler until thoroughly mixed. Over boiling water beat constantly for three minutes until frosting peaks. Cool and spread on two 9 inch layers or a 9 inch tube cake.
Recipe for a broiled fruit topping using Swans Down cake flour sugar and butter. Mix dry ingredients, cut in butter to form coarse crumbs. Spread jam on hot cake, top with flour mixture, and broil 3 to 5 minutes until lightly browned. Yields a 10x10x2 inch cake or 8 to 10 cupcakes.
The Senate Tourist Committee heard a huge road-building program is essential to sustain Canada's growing tourist industry. Leo Dolan of the Canadian Travel Bureau predicted July August and September would be the three busiest months, urging major highway work from Nova Scotia to British Columbia to keep tourists coming, amid criticism of highways meals and roadside cabins.
A Berlin man refused a labor office offer explaining that bread costs more than wages. He said he stays in bed until noon to save a loaf, sells it each Saturday, and earns double a week's pay while avoiding taxes, questioning why he should work.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Saskatchewan horse numbers declined from 800,693 in 1941 to 570,439 in 1946. Earlier totals show 898,323 in 1936, marking a 10-year drop of 36.5 percent. The article notes a shrinking rural horse role in the province.
A. J. Smith M.P. Calgary West calls MPs the world’s champion recipients of useless papers. The Ottawa Journal notes he has not seen the mail delivered daily to newspaper offices.
In London Britain and France plan a new pan European body to map Europe needs and resources. Hector McNeil says Britain will stand by the United Nations with loyalty as talks with Russia and the Marshall plan proceed. He noted Paris discussions moved against Soviet aims and confirms plans to expand trade eastward.
London. Dr Edith Summerskill parliamentary secretary to Britain's Ministry of Food announced that nutritional diseases would be stamped out in Britain within 10 to 20 years. She noted that for the first time all classes shared the same milk ration, which should make rickets and other nutritional diseases vanish as rare as smallpox in about a decade.
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