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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1947
Page
2
The article outlines Canada’s foreign trade expansion from 1939 to 1946, noting exports rising from 800 million to 2.3 billion, with peak wartime shipments of 3.5 billion in 1944–45. Imports grew from 65 million to about 2 billion, and a postwar drop in exports to 4 billion still exceeded prewar levels.
Canada’s foreign trade rose sharply after World War II with 1946 exports and imports up about 2.5 billion dollars versus 1939. Newsprint wheat and flour led exports to Britain the United States and France as Latin America bought agricultural and manufactured goods. Officials foresee continued strength amid Europe’s rehabilitation needs and no immediate recession.
Renfrew Ont a power spray gun makes its first Eastern Ontario appearance spraying 2000 Bromley township cattle to combat warble and heel flies. County agricultural rep F Q Dench says 75 farmers join to cover the area from Bonnechere to Snake rivers, completing in a week. Sprayer a 200 foot hose on an army truck uses rotenone and wettable sulfur at 20 cents per head. Dench aims county-wide use and invites inquiries to the agricultural office.
A compact collection of maxims urging efficient use of time. Quotes emphasize filling hours with thought and action, prudent company, avoiding wasteful talk and indecision, and valuing each day as life itself.
Dr. Robert Wartenberg reports a mysterious nerve disease targeting fingers legs and toes. The UC Medical School neurologist has studied it a decade without locating a cause. He believes a low virulence virus affects the skin or superficial nerves.
A string of lighthearted vignettes: a reading tale of a six year old unhappy with school, a flirtatious couple debating intelligence versus beauty, a conceited man unimpressed, a Welsh dream of a massive choir, and a shepherd's hat sizing misadventure. Each joke hinges on wordplay and social quirks.
A 13 year old Toronto schoolboy, William Mills, bowled a perfect five pin score of 450 by rolling 12 consecutive strikes while off school. His mother learned of the absence when the alley manager called for his age. Mills bowls in the East York Men’s League and has a 225 average. Authorities say he is likely Canada’s youngest bowler with a perfect five pin score.
The Vancouver Province reports Prince Rupert will attract a Celanese Corporation of America plant on Watson Island eight miles from the city. The project involves $15,000,000 in buildings and equipment and will employ about 1,000 workers in the woods and mill. The company will preserve the forest area in perpetuity.
Jan Smuts, prime minister of the Union of South Africa, credits a profound shift in British policy away from imperialism. He traces the decline of Victorian era imperialism to the Boer War and the ensuing peace as the birth of a new British spirit within the Commonwealth. The new outlook expands across the empire, spreading a liberating influence. Ceres is noted as the Roman goddess of agriculture.
The Foreign Exchange Control Board announced Canadians drawing U S currency from Canadian banks must complete a form. Previously travelers could obtain up to 100 dollars without paperwork, with extra funds requiring a bank permit. The rule aims to stop individuals repeatedly drawing 100 dollars from multiple banks to exceed the limit.
The Cunard White Star liner Queen Elizabeth employs a dual hull design with an inner and outer shell separated by a six foot space and multiple watertight compartments. The feature is a safeguard after the recent grounding near Southampton. Peanuts were known as far back as 950 BC.
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