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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 13, 1946
Page
2
The Canadian Save the Children Fund, part of the International Union, Geneva, aims to help children denied fair chances due to want and disease. Thirty-one countries participate in the union.
The organization, now incorporated under Lady Alexander of Tunis as patron and Mr. Justice A C McRuer as national chairman, allows contributors to earmark gifts for children worldwide. After years of focusing abroad, plans for Canadian children in need aim to provide opportunities once neighborly need is met.
Canadian efforts fund food and medicine for undernourished children. Since 1945 Canada sent 93,381.51 dollars to Europe and since January 1946 contributions total 238,899.46 dollars. Manitoba Red Cross added 20,000 dollars. Justice McRuer praised Canada’s humanitarian role and hoped it would foster international brotherhood.
Canada’s largest fur market lists weekly prices for furs including Badger 4.15 Beaver 31.25 Ermine 2.30 Fishers 65.50 Jack Rabbits 0.60 Lynx 38.40 Marten 62 Mink 28.40 Muskrat 2.35 Otter 32.60 Skunk 1.82 Squirrel 9.25. Payments are prompt from Medal Furriers since 1920 with comparisons to Alaska Seals 85 Hudson Seals 550 Finest Black Muskrat 445 French Seals 195 Coneys 170 Parishc Seal 175. Send any coat or neckpiece to a local express office for examination. no money requested upfront.
The Bureau of Verification announced the official registration of a miraculous heal ing of a child who had been blind and paralyzed before making a pilgrimage to the Lourdes shrine. Eleven physicians attested to the complete recovery of Francois Pascal, who was blind and paralyzed in the arms and legs when he was brought there in 1938.
Have Made Good a woman said to be the first female bank teller in the country has died in Vancouver at age sixty. She helped open cages to serve during wartime shortages, and the era of women handling cash in banks expanded greatly in later conflicts. The observation notes tellers often stayed on and maintained efficiency while describing women as better looking than their male predecessors.
A phalarope spins rapidly while foraging, unsettling the surface to expose aquatic life that the bird then consumes.
Dublin workers supplied 120000 man days to aid farmers in rain drenched harvests. Volunteers included stenographers soldiers civil servants bricklayers and carpenters with women showcasing strong effort on farms milking cows and supporting dinners. Officials credited volunteers with breaking farmers resistance to help.
A humorous slice from a rural English church community features light jokes about charity collections at a church, village life quips, and a marriage proposal ending in a comic twist. The items include banter about sport, dignity, courtship, and a fatal punchline about a rejected proposal.
A compilation of historical sayings from Shakespeare to Jefferson and Mary Baker Eddy. The excerpts touch on justice duty progress and public safety. The collection highlights moral guidance by religious and civic figures across periods.
The element lithium is identified as the lightest solid element, noted for its low density and uses in batteries and alloys. The claim is presented as a basic scientific fact.
Ottawa reports 33 914 new immigrants in the January to June period, a 1472 percent rise from a year earlier. Most arrivals were wives and children of servicemen, with 14 325 settling in Ontario and 4 816 adult males among the totals.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Postal Corps, once 3000 workers delivering letters parcels and cigarettes to armed forces, is winding down. The end was planned for month end but the corps life has been extended to year end.
In New York a group attacked a large restaurant safe for four hours, rolling it, battering it with iron bars, and dragging it down marble stairs. Police said the safe was opened with kitchen knives and cleavers. They escaped with about $3,000 in cash and jewelry.
An advertisement offers Hem-Rcid as an internal tablet to relieve sore itching piles with quick results. The sponsor, a Canada-based firm with over 20 years in business, guarantees a refund if not satisfied.
Oregon Journal home economist Mary Cullen offers a practical at home soap recipe for women facing soap line shortages. The method uses soft water, animal fat, lye, borax, and ammonia, with step by step instructions on heating curing and cutting.
A young Cardigan housewife noticed a hole in a chair bought at a sale. She inserted her thumb and felt not stuffing. She pulled and discovered 64 pairs of pre war silk stockings fully fashioned inside the chair.
A simple kitchen tip suggests attaching jar rubbers to the underside of a breadboard to keep it from sliding on a smooth table during dough kneading.
A Washington to California flight used a C-54 with all seats arranged to face the tail as part of an air transport command safety study. The experiment tested passenger reactions and crash deceleration findings showing safety gains when deceleration is distributed across the body by backward seating.
In New York Brooklyn Queens night court four men faced arraignment on charges they smashed 3600 eggs during a butter and egg shop brawl. A magistrate called it a scrambled mess as defense lawyers quipped That’s no york and the biggest omelette in Brooklyn’s history. The men were paroled pending a Tuesday hearing.
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