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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 30, 1947
Page
2
In Parliament Canada discussed increasing farm land through a five year plan. Despite vast land suitable for agriculture and growing population, only a small portion is cultivated. The debate considers whether immigration could necessitate bringing more land into farming.
The article argues that continued peace and higher living standards will raise global food demand. It notes Canadian farmers doubt demand growth but sees wider markets from a growing population and rising incomes. Canada expanded industry and trade during the war, with no farm surpluses for years, suggesting continued prosperity if no political or economic shocks occur.
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act program has strengthened Western farming by reclaiming waste land and supporting Prairie Provinces. New plans focus on dykeland reclamation in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and on flood control drainage and irrigation in British Columbia. The proposal envisions clearing and breaking new farmland across Canada.
Claudia Paul ette Starkey, three months old of Gadsden, Alabama, survived erythroblastosis after doctors matched her blood by Rh factors. Her siblings died early from the illness. After a successful transfusion at birth, Claudia thrived, prompting her mother to hope for a future of influence.
Victoria reports that British Columbia has ratified regulations to establish a control area surrounding Vernon and Kelowna in the Okanagan fruit region to prevent shack towns. Public hearings are scheduled in Vernon and Kelowna before the rules take effect. Inspectors will enforce the regulations with appeals to boards including a government agent a city council member and three landowners.
Morality squad officers raided Toronto's Chinatown and arrested 19 men, none of whom were Chinese. Three were charged with keeping a common gaming house and 16 with being found in.
A kernel sample shows dry matter containing 80 percent carbohydrate by weight. The finding highlights the carbohydrate dominance in corn kernels and informs dietary and processing considerations.
Ottawa reports say a secret session with L. B. Pearson warned it could take Russia a decade or two to match U S war potential. Officials offered little detail, noting invasion risk via Canada’s north and possible projectile threats as remote possibilities.
Excerpts emphasize wealth as restraint on desires, true riches as contentment, and pious living. Quotes from MacDonald Joseph Brotherton Gladstone Norwood and Mary Baker Eddy urge modest wants, faithfulness, service, and trust in God for needs. The passage cites I Timothy 6 17 about riches.
In medieval Italian cities walls and towers rose to 10 to 15 stories, forming fortified skylines that defined urban defense and status. The tall stone structures dominated streets, signaling power of local lords and civic pride amid dense layouts and evolving commerce.
Two barbers Wood and Stone stand on a street corner. A pretty girl passes, they both turn to rubber and she becomes a beauty shop in a quirky urban fable setting.
Canadian exports rise 18 percent in 1947 with May shipments at 267.8 million dollars, the highest since August 1945. U S purchases drop slightly but remain above 1946. Exports to the United Kingdom surpass those to the United States for the first time since March 1945. Growth seen across the Commonwealth with gains in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Newfoundland and the British West Indies. Europe maintains high levels with France similar, Netherlands up, Belgium down as Canadian loan winds down.
Plans are under way for a salt factory about 100 miles northwest of Edmonton at Elk Point district. Three firms Anglo Canadian Oils Home Oil Co and the Calgary and Edmonton Corp are teamed. Discovery of salt beds 1000 feet thick prompted the project with about 200000 acres under a reservation permit.
Barbara Ann Scott among experts training at Schumacher in northern Ontario for the summer. The note warns against the impression they are skating on natural ice.
The instrument known as the hurdy gurdy originated in France during the 1200s. It emerged as a street and court instrument, predating modern keys and strings.
Maxine Haren four was found lying under a tree after a 20 hour search. Parksville residents and 150 bloodhound aided searchers located the child. The report notes Wool deliveries from Eastern Canada and the Prairie Provinces are slow with improved early deliveries and prices in line with 1946 values.
Leonard Ward a 47 year old worm culturist plans to ship British Columbia earthworms to Holland to reclaim salt damaged soil. Worms help remove soil salt and are in high demand across Dutch districts where salinity ruined land.
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