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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1950
Page
7
A reporter recalls a highway tragedy at Dead Man's Curve on Red Mountain. A couple's car plunged. the wife Myra dies, revealing a wrenching confession that her affair was with Fred, not Harry, as the husband Harry grieves and vows to bury her with care.
Ottawa reports a slight drop in the composite price index for commodities and services used by Canadian farmers in the five months ending January. Farm living costs rose, while overall costs declined from 1923 August to 1879 in January.
Canadian National Railways has converted 140 locomotives from coal to oil burning equipment in the west since the Redwater oil field development. J. P. Johnson of Winnipeg, CN vice president for the west, announced the figures, noting 180 CN locomotives burn oil on lines from Biggar Saskatchewan to the Pacific coast.
Dress pattern 4523 for sizes 12 to 20 offers a versatile garment adaptable as house dress or sportswear depending on fabric. Size 16 requires 3 yards of 39‑inch fabric. includes illustrated instructions and fit tested pattern details. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept. Winnipeg Newspaper Union Toronto with name address and style number.
Vancouver school officials report they do not hire women who are engaged or married with many interviewers noting applicants remove engagement rings. The remark comes from H N MacCorkindale, superintendent of schools, as part of Western Briefs.
Regina reporters note a prisoner was reported missing but was found in a different cell after evening roll call. Police alerted, dogs and radio cars stood by as guards checked cells in Southern Saskatchewan.
Hudson's Bay Oil and Gas British American Oil and Union Oil of California plan exploration in northeastern British Columbia covering more than 1 000 000 acres. The firms aim to locate oil and gas deposits in the region.
Regina officials estimate Saskatchewan could start uranium production in two to three years. About 30 deposits are located with 138 outstanding finds. Some 35 companies may spend at least 1 million dollars this year on exploration and development, doubling 1949 activity. Northern prospecting could reach record levels, with three main fields Beaverlodge Black Lake and Lac la Ronge.
Pte. J. Risley 19 of St James Manitoba injured when parachute failed to open at Wainwright Jan 10 remains in hospital described as very satisfactory. His 1000 foot fall during a mass jump by Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry was partially broken by a tangled parachute. He suffered a broken back right leg right arm and pelvis.
A dessert recipe instructs mixing eggs sugar flour and baking powder with chopped nuts and dates. The batter is poured into a dish set in a pan of warm water and baked at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes until puffed browned and caramel like inside.
This is a recipe instruction for a chocolate sauce. It lists ingredients including chocolate, water, sugar, corn syrup, evaporated milk and vanilla. The steps describe melting chocolate, adding water gradually, stirring smooth, then adding sugar syrup and milk with vanilla, cooking to soft ball stage and serving hot or cold.
A Lincolnshire firm consigned road rollers worth 215000 dollars to Canada to arrive before the April opening of the road construction season. The shipment underscores proactive cross Atlantic industrial support during the period.
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