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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1951
Page
2
Public address by Hon. Paul Martin, Minister of National Health and Welfare, highlights global food shortages as a threat to world peace. He notes living standards gap between continents and warns that persistent hunger fuels dissatisfaction and unrest, despite postwar relief efforts.
The article discusses global food shortages and the need to raise dietary standards. It notes the FAO's formation to address the issue, estimates land requirements per person, and highlights Western Canada as a major grain region. It calls for increased productivity and international cooperation to end current shortages.
Calgary zoo keeper Mr. Bain ranks the bull elk as the meanest beast and notes lions are cheap, easy to keep, and hardy in winter. He cautions bears as untrustworthy and urges more space, expansion, and new exhibits, including native deer and beaver, with 500000 visitors last year.
Fred Cornes, 32, his wife and four children will relocate to Canada. He seeks a region "where people don't smoke, drink, swear or gamble." Separately, reports note insect life found at 20 000 feet in the air.
A car in a Calhoun Georgia funeral home garage drove away on its own as a fire started, mechanics citing a heat triggered starter. At Bracknell England a factory will source all roof light to keep workers focused away from passing crowds. In North Wales two elderly women had their bicycles joined together to ride side by side.
Ottawa report shows mid January farm wages higher than a year earlier. Average farmhands with board earned 4.09 daily versus 3.63. Rates without board 5.11 vs 4.52. Monthly with board 75.76 up from 69.04. Without board 110.08 up from 98.50.
A collection of humorous vignettes and quips. A distraught man asks a stately perfume counter attendant to talk to a pretty girl to find his wife, a barber offers a two charge shave with a bandage, and jokes about dolls, women in men’s work, and a witty exchange between a parent and child.
A playful poem from Southey Enterprise recounts watching a bonspiel with a friend. The speaker’s amused, puzzled eye recalls loud crowds, a frozen ice sheet, and players of varied sizes while pondering the name bonspiel and its meanings amid witty dialect and local color. The piece reflects lighthearted regional chatter about curling culture and language.
Vancouver reports the isolated Queen Charlotte Islands may become the relocation site for about 2,500 Doukhobors. Authorities favor the plan as a solution to concerns over acts tied to the Sons of Freedom in the Kootenays.
Manitoba Agriculture Minister F C Bell tells the legislature the province seeks a tuberculosis free area within a few years and Bangs disease elimination through heifer vaccination. About 506000 calves and heifers have been vaccinated under a $1 head subsidy, with 13000 more to be vaccinated this year. He notes a difficult season but a record crop year.
Edmonton may become the first Canadian city with a licenced horse meat shop for human consumption. Authorities report a leased business location ready for sale though a start date is not yet known.
Stewart A. Thompson of Richien Saskatchewan was fined 20 dollars and costs for possessing an unlicensed radio in his private airplane. The article notes AA has nearly 100000 members after fifteen years of operation.
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