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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1951
Page
2
For years Prairie interest has grown in locating industries on the prairies to cut shipping and tariff costs. Western buyers now pay extra for distant supplies, and proponents argue for near production to lower prices.
Dr H H Saunderson of the National Research Council argues in Chemistry in Canada that prairie industry faces marketing hurdles. He questions the feasibility of producing goods needing distant raw materials and notes it is often cheaper to ship finished articles.
The article notes manufacturers at full capacity may exceed local demand and seek sales in Eastern Canada or abroad. It discusses expansion across the West, with growing interest from industries in household goods and industrial equipment. Key factors include power supply transportation and raw materials as new plants form, signaling potential industrial progress in the coming years.
Edmonton report shows hundreds of bookings already made for Atlantic sailings in the summer of 1952. Ron W. Greene of Winnipeg, CP Steamships, says cross Atlantic business is easing after a heavy period and space is available on most sailings. The Festival of Britain is a major draw. Spain's eucharistic congress may attract Canadian travelers next year.
A reflective poem about a hummingbird's silver feather lost near rosy blooms. The speaker describes finding the tiny plume and keeping it as a keepsake to recall a warm summer day when the world later turns frostbound.
Lac La Ronge in Northern Saskatchewan Known for pike and lake trout Covers more than 450 square miles in area highlighting its size and fishing reputation.
A Newport woman, leaning by a parking meter with one foot on the curb, told a motorist she had sole possession of the space for the next 12 minutes after dropping a penny into the meter. She resumed chatting as traffic flowed around.
A British medical expert described a burp cure by holding a cork between the teeth. Dr A K Black notes many people prefer burping and may form a habit. belching results from swallowing air. To stop burping one should avoid swallowing air by keeping the mouth open during discomfort and use cork treatment.
Victoria reports BC apple production this year is estimated at 6,705,930 boxes, down 23 percent from last season due to adverse weather. A stray note adds that steel can be drawn to extreme thinness, requiring ten layers to match a human hair.
A collection of lettered vignettes and light anecdotes. Stories unfold from a driver accidentally hitting a father to a cow in an art class, a golf loving husband, yawning etiquette, and a gallery of puns on manners, doctors and the races.
FASTEETH is an alkaline powder that helps dentures stay securely in place boosting comfort for eating and talking. It leaves no gummy taste and even reduces plate odor making from the denture breath quieter. Available at any drug store.
Washington report explains a mythic India tale shared during Senate hearings on foreign aid. A sacred blue cow known as neh il gae becomes neh il goa meaning blue horse to permit killing the animal seen as destroying crops.
A vintage advertisement promotes easy sewing with scraps for aprons and potholders. It highlights embroidery and applique with Pattern C7320 including cutting charts and pocket transfers and asks readers to send twenty five cents in coins to obtain the pattern.
Needleworkers urged to send twenty five cents for the 1951 Alice Brooks Needlework catalogue. Illustrations show patterns for crochet knitting embroidery and other hand work. A free pattern is printed in the book.
Eric Humphries, 31, now a CPR public relations official in London, recalls starting a self published weekly in a Japanese camp at Batavia during World War II. He managed a two page paper for nearly three years with a borrowed typewriter, using official releases and a fellow prisoner. The camp nudged him toward journalism amid colorized propaganda.
Winnipeg report profiles Knut Holmgren a former Swedish merchant seaman now carpenter who plans to devote spare time to wood carving. His current project is a five foot Canada wood model of a 19th century wheat-ship once used for training Sweden's navy.
Dr John Tasche of Sheboygan Wisconsin and Miles Eikenberger of Plymouth Wisconsin describe their 29 day ordeal marooned in northern Saskatchewan. They faced freezing nights 266 bites from black flies and dwindling supplies as they traversed the wilderness praying for rescue. The men kept a diary and shared a farewell note to family and the strain of isolation.
Regina reports two new potash discoveries in Saskatchewan salt beds near Watrous by Sohio Petroleum. Both seams lie at about 3000 feet depth and are too thin to mine but suggest wider mineral distribution across the province.
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