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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1947
Page
2
The article notes 600 000 to 700 000 displaced persons in camps across Europe and predicts it may take three years to place them. Sir Herbert Emerson, head of the refugees committee, says significant progress has been made since the war’s end, with 11 000 000 refugees already returning home.
The report notes thousands displaced, many unwilling to return home. Arrangements aim to admit refugees to countries short of labor. In eighteen months Britain may receive several hundred thousand European refugees and dependents. France plans large inflows for industry. Belgium eyes 35 000 workers and dependents. Eight thousand already moved to Holland with families. Additional placements may occur in South America and British Dominions.
In Canada the issue of displaced persons draws interest as about 6,000 refugees who are relatives of Canadian citizens have been admitted, plus small numbers of workers under special arrangements. Debates cover immigration, wages, and living standards while considering bringing in lumbermen and other trades to aid rehabilitation. The aim is to help those who suffered during the war, though complete solutions will take years.
Sir Andrew Jones, head of a British food mission, told a Lindsay Ontario reception that Canadians can supply export bacon competitively and that Britain, though preferring Canadian goods, must buy on the best market. He warned against defeatism and warned Denmark may try to grab UK beacon export trade.
In Exeter Devonshire England the Bishop Dr C E Curzon welcomed women joining church bellringing calling it a great exercise and good for the figure. He said women have invaded the belfry during a conference of the Central Council of Church Bellringers.
Medical authorities urge a change of pace with rest and recreation at least once a year. The rest helps both mind and body maintain performance and sustain service levels.
A collection of quotes urging patience in injuries and provocation, forgiving wrongs, and cultivating love. Notable lines from C Sim mons Tillotson Mary Baker Eddy Edward Thomson Seneca and Dickens emphasize self control, empathy, and restraint in daily conduct.
In a town in east Holland newborn chicks were seen hopping from a rubbish dump suggesting they hatched from eggs a poultry breeder discarded after failing to hatch in an incubator. The sight was attributed to sunlight warming the discarded eggs.
Some scientists argue the tortoise ranks as the most intelligent reptile. The claim centers on problem solving memory and adaptive behavior observed in certain species.
A selection of quick jokes and quips about punishments, honeyed honeys, photographers, editors, writers, dental parlor chatter, parking woes, and quick business sallies. The snippets feature a traveling salesman, a dowager, a Scotsman, a widow, teachers, bricklayers, and a barber of timing.
In Vancouver Miss Ella Fry, B C’s only registered woman trapper, runs a 10 cabin trapline along the North Thompson. She supports herself without men, is engaged to a fellow trapper, and recalls a 43 pound salmon and a grizzly shot from 50 paces. In London a separate note reports that British authorities discuss shifting Mediterranean and Suez defense to the United States.
Ontario authorities institute licensing and truth in advertising for tourist camps under 1946 acts. Operators must meet sanitation standards, construct cabins with concrete floors, windows, ventilation, and spacing, and provide adequate water, washrooms, and garbage disposal. Fees apply. appeals go to county or district courts.
A historical note states that seventeen of every hundred men in Norway rely on the sea for their livelihood, indicating a strong maritime economy and coastal employment patterns.
Alberta awards a $100,000 publicity campaign to Harold F. Stanfield Ltd. for two years starting next fall. The drive will use newspapers magazines booklets films and billboards to attract industrial expansion to Alberta and invites business and industry to contribute dollar for dollar with the government.
Dr. Stafford Warren former medical chief of the Manhattan Project warned at a UCLA atomic conference that dropping 500 Hiroshima size bombs would destroy every human, plant, and animal on earth. He said 250 bombs in the air and 250 underwater would ruin cities and create radioactive clouds that would rain slow death globally.
A Contra-Account story recounts a Harley Street specialist charging a lawyer patient $25 for two one hour consultations. The reply argued time wasted during missed appointments due to the doctor's non-arrival amounted to seven hours totaling about $35.
An electronic instrument is used at weather stations to measure cloud altitudes. The device provides precise readings of vertical cloud levels aiding forecast accuracy and aviation safety.
Acting Governor David M. MacDougall stated Hong Kong would stay a British colony with greater self government but no discussions on return to China. He noted fears of abandonment among locals, linked Hong Kong stability to its defense and pre war trade levels, and cited rice prices and inflation as the region’s current pressures.
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