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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1950
Page
7
Bert Klutz, a 365 pound hat maker, falls for Sally Johnson, a cigarette girl. Their romance brings humor and joy as Bert battles dieting and Sally overfeeds to show support, with doctors predicting limited time if he refuses happiness.
In the years just before World War II the yearly per capita income of Chinese in China was only nineteen dollars. The figure highlights the period’s economic hardship and helps explain emigration pressures and social conditions of the era.
Plainly write size name address and style number and send orders. Pattern description hints at a dress with front buttons half pockets and tested fit. Include measurements and pattern number 4722 2 20 30 42. Send to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 60 Front Street W Toronto.
Regina reports mink breeders warn May flight paths endanger whelps as low-flying planes panic mothers. A. K. McNeil, honorary president of the Saskatchewan mink breeders association, asks airports to train pilots to avoid mink farms this month.
Largest fur auction of the year in Edmonton saw raw furs bring close to $500 000. Buyers came mainly from New York and Eastern Canada with a few from Seattle Los Angeles and other Pacific coast points. Ranch mink advanced 10 percent over February sale. About 25 percent were unsold. 75 to 90 percent of main items sold.
Experiments at Dominion Experimental Farm in Morden Manitoba show yields may double with carefully controlled farming. Over five years W R Leslie reports higher results using weed elimination and selected fertilizers, though no irrigation was used.
Snow recedes on mountain slopes northwest of Whitehorse as searchers press for any trace of a C-54 transport missing for three months with 44 aboard. Rescue teams, weather permitting, continue systematic searches across difficult terrain.
Regina officials estimated at least 100 million dollars in labor and materials to complete the South Saskatchewan River development including dam and reservoir irrigation system and power plant. Building the reservoir would need about 20 million man hours and the whole project could take ten years generating hydroelectric power for the region and irrigating nearly 500000 acres.
Residents of a northern Manitoba town organized a voluntary firefighting brigade and bought new equipment to curb fire damage. They survey for hazards and seek a town water supply. Black horses are noted to react to heat more than other colored horses.
A Canadian record price is believed to be set in Lethbridge Alberta at a sale of 200 Hereford heifers. The cattle reportedly brought 27.50 dollars per hundredweight, signaling a new high in commercial beef cattle markets.
The proposal estimates an average annual generation of about 400 million kilowatt hours for inner consumption. It plans recreational facilities in the South Saskatchewan and Qu’Appelle valley and a municipal supply system for Regina and Moose Jaw. The dam could hold 3 to 5 million acre feet, with a main earth and cone structure slightly over 200 feet high and about 8000 feet long, extending along the river valley and a secondary dam downstream.
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