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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1950
Page
6
The piece warns that shrinking world food supplies plus rapid population growth drive soil erosion and land deterioration, threatening future agricultural output. It notes population rising by over twenty million annually and doubling in about twenty-five years, implying current production cannot meet future demand.
Experts agree erosion and soil decline threaten yields but note that chemical farming and sea farming are not yet viable on large scales. New land cultivation continues, yet annual waste from pests and improper storage destroys about 65 million tons of grain, suggesting reduced losses could ease world famine.
Zion Illinois resident Glenn Taylor, age nine, is described as the hard luck champion of Lake county after a series of injuries. Six weeks ago he broke his right arm, then his left arm in another fall, and a playmate’s dirt injures his right eye. A doctor bandaged both eyes to monitor recovery.
A 120 bed hospital at Moose Factory will serve the Indian population around James Bay. It costs 1 500 000 dollars and will be completed and ready for use next spring. The health department official said the facility will be the centre of a health program for the whole area.
A collection of brief humorous exchanges and remarks across domestic life travel and social scenes. The snippets cover unruly guests rude servants clever comebacks about money love cakes umbrellas trains and laywoman roles with a playful edge.
In eastern Canada researchers at three universities Montreal McGill and McDonald College study increasing thiamin content in potatoes. Thiamin or vitamin B1 supports nerves and appetite and is lost when potatoes are boiled in excess water.
In Victoria British Columbia Mrs F P Wenman says she has a method to preserve cut flowers for an indefinite period. Her so called miracle roses have stayed fresh and colored for over a year. She has worked on the process for five years and plans to speed it up. She will not reveal the method.
The snippet notes that the concept of atoms has roots stretching back to pre Socratic philosophers. It references long standing debates about the nature of matter and indivisible units.
Ken Miller, editor of the Wynyard Advance for two years, departs to become shop foreman at a Wainwright, Alberta newspaper. He has served on the local school board and held roles with the curling club, board of trade, junior baseball, the Canadian Legion, and the Masonic lodge.
Ottawa approves 3700 in federal grants to British Columbia to set up a crippled children registry. A qualified nurse will classify records from physicians and institutions to guide a more comprehensive treatment program by provincial health authorities and allied groups.
The Saskatchewan CCF movement asks the government to adopt Standard Time starting next year and to legislate it provincewide, banning daylight time across Saskatchewan as recommended by a convention panel.
The Colosseum of Rome, constructed in the first century A.D., could accommodate about fifty thousand spectators.
Regina Canada. Agriculture Minister J G Gardiner says there is no need to seek outlets for the butter surplus being built up by the government. He notes surpluses are normal and reserves are needed for the annual low production period. storage could reach 60 million pounds by September but would still allow normal supply through December to April.
Delegates at the district 3 municipal convention in Swift Current urged doubling current PFA A.A. rates of pay to assist farmers in drought stricken areas as the dollar's purchasing power wanes.
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