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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 05, 1947
Page
2
The piece argues that addressing global issues through education is essential for lasting peace. It stresses that education is not a quick fix but a slow process that builds tolerance and understanding in the minds of today’s youth.
British pupils from across the country attended a seven day course on international affairs organized by the Council of Education in World Citizenship. The program, run during holidays, aims to foster goodwill and understanding among nations and reduce prejudice.
Ruh-Hwa Ma of National Peking University arrived in Saskatoon to work for a year with Dr. J. B. Harrington, University of Saskatchewan field husbandry professor. A plant breeder and lecturer from Peiping’s agricultural college, he earned a master’s at Illinois and spent a semester at Cornell. He will study cereal breeding methods.
A discussion on how electric fans raise room temperature contradicts common cooling beliefs. It explains body heat and air flow, noting relief from a breeze occurs when it carries heat away from the body rather than cooling the surrounding air directly.
A collection of quips and vignettes from a social gathering and street scenes. A child offers a nickel with humor about paying for meat, a gunner husband sheds light on wartime jokes, shoppers haggle over prices, and witty exchanges cover money, marriage, and work in light, brisk tones.
The National Physical Laboratory in Teddington England houses a 670 foot long by 30 foot wide tank for testing scale models of boats and ships to evaluate speed and seaworthiness.
Prairie farmers lag eastern competitors as western hog numbers rise 2.6 to 12.7 percent across Alberta Manitoba Saskatchewan. Canada total hog population 5,473,200 on June 1, up from 4,910,200 last year. Eastern provinces credit feed subsidies, while feed shortages threaten the fall pig crop. Spring pig crop up 10.5 percent from 1946. Marketing of sows adds weight to forecasts.
London notes an annual funeral ceremony where a bugler plays Taps over the grave of war veteran Harry Reginald Aldish and delivers a final exhortation to “Do your best for England.” Aldish’s will, filed for probate, provides for the yearly observance. Fabric care advice mentions iron dark fabrics to prevent shine.
In Burlingame California Mrs Hugh Simonds selected the grand prize winner from a 200000 ticket barrel for a washing machine raffle at the fall store show. Miss Marjorie Volkmar 15 Park Road was first drawn and absent, an alternate Miss Peg Volkmar 15 Park Road also absent, then Marjorie Volkmar was declared the winner.
Mrs. George Johnstone of Petawawa Ontario was killed in Pembroke when she stepped onto railway tracks while crossing after exiting a bus. The freight train engineer blew the whistle and emergency brakes were applied but she froze in the track center. She is survived by her husband and four children.
The Farmer's Advocate warns that neglecting fire safety leads to loss of life and property. It lists hazards like accumulated rubbish, improper fuel use, unsafe heating with paraffin, dirty stove pipes, loose matches, and smoking in bed or on couches. A posted fire tragedy reminder could deter carelessness.
Manitoba Mines Branch reports a new bentonite deposit south of Thornhill with commercial potential. Thick Pembina member beds of the Vermillion River formation are exposed in a fresh cut between sections 20 and 21, township 2, range 6 west, about five miles from Thornhill railway station. The discovery lies in a broad valley under 20 feet of overburden at about 1,300 feet elevation, correlated with beds mined north of Thornhill.
The Canadian National Institute for the Blind outlines a five year plan to erect service centres for the blind in sixteen Canadian cities. Field secretaries at a Toronto meeting approved the program.
The Montreal Gazette notes British Columbia as the fastest growing province relative to its population, outpacing all others including Quebec. It states Quebec would need more than double its growth to match BC's rate.
Mrs. S. Roberts of Shorne Kent, aged 69, who had her right leg amputated, offered her right shoe in exchange for a shoe from any woman who had lost her left leg. She received more than 50 replies.
Jerry a mongrel terrier from West Vancouver and found 110 miles away in the woods managed to return to the Hughes home on foot. Mr and Mrs Len Hughes were away on vacation when the dog disappeared fostering a long trek back to his family.
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