This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 24, 1948
Page
2
Interest grows in completing an up to date highway across Canada from east to west. Some sections compare well with other roads, but others lack all weather standards. The vast country requires long stretches through sparsely populated areas and large expenditures for modern hard surfaced roads. War and postwar conditions reduced labor and funding for such a coast to coast road project.
A Canadian Chamber of Commerce delegation urged Minister Glen for a modern hard surfaced highway system from Atlantic to Pacific. They argued current facilities are inadequate and a unified road would boost tourism, defense, and US-Canada ties, to be built when conditions permit.
Interest from groups like the Chamber of Commerce argues for a first class trans Canada highway to connect East and West. Tourists fuel a growing industry and roads benefit local populations and revenue. Currently motorists must use the United States for a continuous hard surface route, costing Canada money each year. A modern highway would be a major national asset and should be completed when conditions allow.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports 76 738 dwelling units completed in Canada during 1947. This brings the three year post war total to about 200 000. About 74 percent of 1947 completions occurred in metropolitan and urban municipalities. The article notes the earliest libraries were probably temples.
A brisk collection of one liner gags and banter from a bygone era. Jokes range from dinner mishaps and missing umbrellas to doctors, recruits and family quips, all delivered in a light humorous tone with characters and setups.
Regina police log for 1947 records a mishmash of lost items including an upper plate from false teeth a garden gate a fire extinguisher three roosters a box of chocolate biscuits and an oil burner that fell from a truck reflecting local amusing misplacements.
Dominion entomologists map severe, moderate, and light grasshopper outbreak zones across western Saskatchewan and southern Alberta. Manitoba shows light emergence. Saskatchewan bears the worst threat. Poison bait, leaflets, and supplies distributed via municipalities and improvement districts. Farmers urged to prepare and monitor district hatch reports.
Lt Cmdr Allan D Beddoe leads Canada’s project to compile a second war memoir listing about 45 000 fallen service members. The volume aims for a 450 page vellum edition with names arranged by year of death, while the location remains undecided and the first book sits in Parliament’s Memorial Chamber.
Columba Coachways Ltd. won a franchise to operate a bus service with a January 23, 1948 deadline. After a 30 hour dash by company drivers, the first bus arrived in Penticton on January 21 and began service. The city council ruled the company substantially complied and returned the $3,000 bond.
An 11 year old Vancouver boy named John Davies powered a silver mono plane from Vancouver Airport, rose to 1000 feet, circled the field and landed cleanly. He has been flying for 20 months and will not obtain a licence for six more years. His U Fly instructor Ed Bell praised his skill after eight hours of dual instruction. John is the second pilot in his family and his mother won flying lessons in a Learn to Fly contest last August.
The Philippines government plans cloud seeding with dry ice to bring rain to sugar producing Negros and Occidental provinces. A spokesman said the drought threatens newly planted sugar cane.
In Courtenay British Columbia Robbie Woods aged 18 months bit his cocker spaniel on the nose. Parents rescued the dog to prevent further harm. The incident involves a toddler and a family pet.
Three maple trees flown from Canada were planted by Princess Alice at a nurses rest home in Britain opened to aid injured wartime nurses. Grace M. Fairley reported at a Vancouver hospital women's auxiliary meeting. The Canadian Nurses' Association contributed 20000 dollars for civilian nurse rehabilitation, funding courses and support.
Washington reports the U S population reached 145 340 000 at the start of the year 1947 marked by a record 3 908 900 births. A low death rate and net immigration of about 215 000 propelled the increase in the year.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.