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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 06, 1948
Page
2
War displaced persons in Germany Austria and Italy face slow resettlement. Western zones have provided camps and some homes but hundreds remain unplaced after months in DP camps and long delays in securing new lands and livelihoods.
The International Refugee Organization reduced care by 244000 in its first year, with 77000 repatriated and 167000 emigrated. Outlook calls for 256000 placements next year across Western Europe Latin America and the United States with Canada and Australia expanding intake. Canada has admitted 40000 already and aims for 60000 next year.
A Saskatchewan group led by B. J. Kern of Regina has bought the Lakeside Coals Ltd mine at Robb Alberta, 33 miles south of Edson, for about 300000. The fire four years ago closed the mine and it will cost about 250000 to reopen. Other Saskatchewan investors include Roy D. Trumble, James Mortenson of Swift Current, Alvin Booker, Lorne Kerr and J. A. Matheson of Gull Lake.
London reports Sir William Douglas states a medical survey in Wolverhampton found nearly 900,000 Britons wear glasses without eye examinations. He notes a third of those questioned said their glasses were unsatisfactory and one sixth bought glasses from general stores.
The Salvation Army received 1984 persons from Canadian Courts last year through Prisoner’s Friend. An additional 194 parolees were handed over to the program.
A collage of jokes and witticisms feature a master of the house catching a turkey rented from a fence, a motorist mistaken for a harp, family quips about ice and bathing, and mock exchanges with waiters and a fishmonger. The collection concludes with lines about a self made man and a doctor’s remark.
The ad promotes Hem-Roid offering quick relief with a money back guarantee after 16 days of use. It claims a forty year refund promise and states it is sold at all drug stores. The offer asserts most users derive help and urges customers to try it with the consent of a refund if unsatisfied.
VANCOUVER United Church of Canada faces a shortage of 405 ministers hindering expansion. Low pay and meagre pensions deter younger men from joining the ministry, while some ministers leave for other fields or to join sister churches across the border.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Government has completed arrangements to purchase 6,000,000 pounds of butter from Denmark and Australia, bringing total imports to about 15,000,000 pounds. Rt. Hon. C. D. Howe said the shipments should cover minimum winter needs during the seasonal shortage.
A first half shipment of 8,000 barrels of powdered milk donated by Canadian schoolchildren for UNICEF relief to needy European youngsters left Montreal recently.
A Nickle Map Services report from Calgary shows 9.5 million acres of oil and gas rights were taken in Alberta last month, a record for one month. Total leases and reservations rise to 41 million acres of the province's 165 million acres.
The Post Office Department will operate winter airmail between Churchill Manitoba and Chesterfield Inlet Northwest Territories with three round trips from Oct 1 to Apr 1. The department also suspended postal money orders to Hyderabad amid the India conflict.
A camel plague in northern South Australia harms fodder supplies as stock. Originally used for transport, the herd was ordered destroyed. A fruit-growing syndicate proposes turning the carcasses into fertilizer.
A Canadian Press survey shows most provinces expect better yields than 1947 despite a rainy spring and dry late summer. Prairie wages rise as labor remains scarce, apples and potatoes boost values, Ontario and Alberta crops improve, while B C apple quality suffers and total value may dip from last year.
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