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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1949
Page
2
The article notes that sharing information accelerates progress in farming and other fields. It stresses that wars and barriers between nations hinder the exchange of new developments and urges learning from Canadian and other countries to gauge relative progress.
Dr. E. S. Archibald, director of federal experimental farms, returned from New Zealand after studying erosion control methods. As part of the Canadian delegation to the Pacific Science Congress, he observed Kiwi practices and compared New Zealand stations with Canadian experiments.
Dr Archibald notes New Zealand offers year round grazing and higher fat returns per acre for cattle, while stressing Canadian agricultural prosperity will grow through research and exchange. He sees mutual benefit from scientists sharing findings and ideas between the two nations.
In Waco the tale follows Roy Long who buys a cow at auction that matches the calf at home. The calf’s mother had been stolen and sold, but the cow buyer unknowingly acquired her twice. The thief remains at large as the sheriff pursues him.
Chicago reports that tuberculosis in children of tubercular parents arises from postnatal infection, not inherited weakness. The Journal of the American Medical Association notes children with an infected parent are more likely to contract TB if exposure continues, emphasizing infection by tubercle bacilli after birth.
O. G. Hill hooked a large jewfish from a bridge and was yanked into the water when the fish jerked free. He clung to bridge structure until rescued by fellow fishers, while the jewfish and Hill both escaped.
Rural correspondent credits the community secretary with recording local activities and recognizing worthy efforts in intimate county columns. The quote from James Pridgen underscores the value of press coverage in small communities.
A, a collection of short regional jokes and quips about teachers, children, a gossiping wife, a clock that won’t run, a boy asking when he’ll be paid for lies, office boys, a fisherman’s math, a scientist’s safety warning, and a North Carolina mountaineer’s first trip to New York.
Government report lists 1948 forest fires destroying 3 306 000 acres of timberland, with costs for firefighting reaching a record 2 500 000 dollars. Fire damage to timber and property totalled 5 882 000 dollars, while 5 368 fires marked a 70 percent acreage rise over a decade average. Most fires were man made and preventable, with 40 percent blamed on sportsmen and campers failing to extinguish fires.
Margaret Littlewood, one of Canada’s few female pilots qualified to fly propeller planes, remains as a stenographer at the Edmonton office. Licensed as a transport pilot, she notes many job-seeking male pilots, but joyfully pursues flying for fun and has logged over 1,000 flight hours since 1939.
A six year old girl, Patricia Florence, died after a heavy flower box toppled from a window ledge and pinned her. She told rescuers not to touch her as she cried you don t touch me I m dying before being taken to a Park Ridge hospital where she later died.
The U S Navy big flying boat Marsh all Bars flew to San Diego with 301 passengers and seven crew aboard, a record load surpassing its previous limit of 269. The takeoff was uneventful and sailors used mattress cushions for standing passengers.
Shelbourne Nova Scotia resident Bill Matthews reported his horse wandered off after losing a shoe. The animal was later found a mile away at a blacksmith shop, calmly waiting to be shod.
Manitoba officials report intensified oil and gas exploration across the southwest, with seismographic surveys by Brandon Exploration Co. a Standard Oil subsidiary, an estimated annual outlay of 150000 to 160000 dollars, and test drilling near Lyleton by Souris Valley Oil with Imperial Oil backing. Rio Bravo of California and Waywase capow Oil also show interest in the Birdtail district.
Ottawa reports summer survey and prospecting in the North West Territories may be curtailed due to winter epidemics. Dr P E Moore, director of Indian health services, urges limiting nonessential travel to prevent spread. Quarantine remains at Chesterfield Inlet with six months semi quarantine likely. influenza deaths in Cambridge Bay noted but outbreak now under control.
John B. O Meara seeks rename to food merchandisers in Toronto. A tip about loosening a ribbon knot suggests sprinkling talcum powder to help.
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