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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 08, 1948
Page
6
Secretary General Irygve Lie requests 23 469 587 to run the United Nations in 1949 while the UN appeal for children nears its end. ECOSOC reports 16 million collected so far, with the drive winding up by year end.
Ottawa reports Canada's turkey supplies are normal despite Washington forecasts of a US shortage and higher prices for Thanksgiving. About 3.3 million pounds in storage, with new imports expected late fall, and exports to the United States already moving, including dressed birds in carload lots from British Columbia and central Canada.
A devotional poem expresses gratitude for harvest abundance from field and tree and prays for blessings to be shared with the poor. It asks mercy for all humanity and relief from hunger, inviting universal aid regardless of race or creed.
Edmonton. Discovery of substantial deposits of lead zinc or other base metals in the Great Slave Lake area would trigger major development in the Yellowknife and Peace River districts and northern British Columbia. If the exploration program by Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada and Ventures Ltd succeeds, a large smelter, expanded rail lines, and power projects would follow, boosting coal markets in Peace River and northern BC.
Geneva report from the International Refugee Organization shows Britain admitted 69,788 refugees in the last year, Canada second with 25,244. Most arrivals were Poles, Russians, Yugoslavs, Balts and Germans, many Jews or Nazi victims. 51,000 displaced persons returned home, mostly to Poland.
A bolt of lightning struck the Audubon Hospital causing alarm as it bounced between two floors. It hit a second floor window and glanced to a first floor diet kitchen, upsetting a pot of soup and knocking a spoon from a nurse’s hand without injuring anyone.
Visitors from Hong Kong and Hawaii drew attention with their licence plates at Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. Mr and Mrs H Corra entertained the crowd, while Mr and Mrs M H Gray were the first Hawaii plate holders this year. Gray, a senior engineer with the US Army Air Force Pacific Command, traveled from Honolulu to see his brother who manages Gulf Oil operations in the Waterton Pincher area.
The Queen Mother Mary was picked up by a police prowl car near Little Thetford while her Daimler broke down en route from Sandringham to Cambridge. She was driven to Cambridge to visit an antique shop and returned to Sandringham in a different car.
Waialeole Mountain in Hawaii is believed to be the world’s wettest site with an average rainfall of about 460 inches annually. Local observers note extreme precipitation patterns and ongoing moisture-driven terrain effects.
In Dawson Y T rich gold area faces severe food and fuel shortage as river transport may halt in about 40 days due to ice. Yukon Chamber of Mines urges Transport Minister Chevrier to act, noting coal from Carmacks Tantalus Bute mine has not arrived, wood is low, and gas and diesel stocks are rationing near peak mining season.
A compact collection of quotes on faith from Hebrews 11:1 and authors including Stoughton, Whittier, Mary Baker Eddy, Frederick D. Huntington, and Harvey Cushing. The passages praise faith as trust in the unseen, powered by God, truth, and inner nourishment beyond reason.
Tropical soils are among the world’s least fertile due to erosion from torrential rainfall. The land loses topsoil quickly, reducing nutrients and productivity and challenging sustained agriculture in affected regions.
Chicago report by Dr. Gordon Murray Dr. Edmund Delorme and Newell Thomas of Toronto describes an experimental artificial kidney that replicates kidney function and can remove toxic substances. The device uses electricity amounting to powering a 40 watt light for 6812 years to illustrate energy needs.
About 1 000 men and women will graduate from the Agricultural Colleges of Canada in 1949. The Dominion Department of Labour notes this is more than three times the normal level. Graduates will enter farming, agricultural sciences, or teaching, while food processing and related industries seek workers with agricultural training.
George Bridgden, confined to bed after polio, dictated two Senior matriculation tests to an examiner and earned first class honors. He contracted polio on vacation last summer and could not move a finger at first, but improved with gradual study and a special teacher.
A simple money saving tip suggests storing soap flakes in a large glass jar with holes punched in the metal lid. Shake out only the amount needed to avoid waste and keep costs down.
A readable crossword listing many numbered clues across horizontal and vertical entries. The page includes themes from birds metals and chemistry terms with several antiquated spellings and partial phrases hinting at a published puzzle from a past newspaper.
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