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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1947
Page
2
Canada has avoided a grave unemployment problem since 193%. Acute labor shortages persist in many industries. After demobilization there was fear of unemployment, but demand for labor remains high. The piece argues for careful future planning to avert hardship during downturns.
The Dominion government considered large public works as a means to provide employment during a low mood. Plans involve investment in natural resource conservation and development, surveying, mapping, soil conservation, drainage, insect control, and related undertakings across Northwest Territories, Yukon, Indian reservations, and other dominion-controlled areas.
Proposal outlines mobilizing engineers scientists and unskilled labor with public funds totaling about 700 million dollars to finance works. It notes tax and Dominion provincial agreement debates but offers hope for a ready plan to avert prolonged unemployment and hardship.
A bread dough method using yeast dry and sugar with milk water and flour. Steps describe mixing, proofing twice, shaping into four loaves, and baking at 425 F then 375 F for about 45 minutes total.
The personal flag of Princess Elizabeth, granted by the King for her use, seldom seen in public, was first flown at the 1945 launch of HMS Vanguard. The flag features a white field with a central small St George's cross and Tudor rose.
The York Sunbury Historical Society seeks to erect a stone memorial in Fredericton for Sir Charles G D Roberts, noted Canadian poet who died last year.
A compact collection of quotes stressing living by virtue and example. It cites Matthew 5 16 and voices from Tweedy West Spenser Thoreau and Eddy praising moral conduct as the truest teaching. The passages urge visible virtue over mere instruction.
Mr J A Young has been appointed Assistant Agricultural Adviser to the United Kingdom High Commissioner and is now in Ottawa to assume duties. His office is in No 8 Temporary Building, Carling Avenue. He is the son of a Tyrone farmer and studied at Dungannon Royal School and Queen’s University Belfast earning a B Agr with distinction. He previously served on the inspectorial staff of the Northern Ireland Ministry of Agriculture and has worked mainly in technical and agricultural education.
Quote reflects a joke about genealogical research: $5 to look up records and $95 to keep sensitive lineage quiet, illustrating the humor around family history fees. The line captures a clever exchange likely from a 20th century column or humor page.
A collection of light vignettes features a seasick Black Private teased for being a landlubber, a frosty welcome at home after a detention, and playful pride and mischief in social exchanges. A South American earthquake telegram, marital banter, and wartime humor round out the assortment. Anecdotes include a braggart’s deception, a sentry’s quip, a giraffe sighting, and a nurse’s deft prescription tale.
Mrs. Clement Wolfe in De Forest Wisconsin reports finding dollars hidden in cupboards shelves and decorative items after hosting more than 60 stranded guests during a blizzard. In one week she gathered between 60 and 70 dollars and continues to find more. She says guests spent two to three days at her home and attempted to pay but she refused.
A historical diet plan advises a daily intake of one quart of milk, two to three servings of vegetables, daily fruit such as grapefruit or oranges, at least one egg, a quart of water, moderate tea or coffee, cod liver oil under doctor's orders, and laxative foods like figs prunes and leafy greens. It also suggests whole grain bread and a morning glass of water to aid digestion.
Virginia jumbo peanuts are rolling into Canada from the Southern United States after war disruptions. Stores stock fresh roasted peanuts in the shell or salted, promoted as nutritious for children and popular in lunch boxes as Canadians welcome the revived supply of real Virginia nuts. The piece notes the long-billed curlew with a seven inch beak.
Patrol Officer Sydney Kyle led a search party into Central Arn a region described as a strange new land with a treeless, waterless escarpment. They found carved rock faces towering 300 feet and speculated about a ruined ancient city. Water scarcity halted the expedition, and Kyle plans a return in the wet season.
Describes women in the 17th century who were tried for nagging and punished by wearing iron muzzles that gagged their mouths as they were paraded through the streets.
The U S Navy unveiled the Martin XP4M-1 heavy patrol bomber with four engines and two large conventional power plants. It cruises over 200 mph and can reach well over 350 mph with jet power. The aircraft features tricycle gear a 114 foot wingspan and a crew of eight. It is described as highly armed and one of the most electronically equipped aircraft.
Exhibitors at the Coin Machines Industries Inc convention in Chicago describe a future railroad station with coin operated services. A traveler could, for a nickel, shave, press a necktie, shine shoes, buy a ticket, brush teeth, read a book, get a horoscope, two ice cream flavors, popcorn, and an electrically heated hot dog with no mustard.
David A. Young 52 returns to Lansing for a third term with his 12 year old son Robert chosen as House messenger. Robert earns 45.50 weekly while Young receives a salary of 21. The passage notes the earths equatorial diameter is 26 miles greater than its polar diameter.
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