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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1947
Page
2
Food shortages in Europe and Asia show little sign of improvement with diets at low levels since wartime shortages. Officials warn conditions could worsen through 1950 unless imports rise substantially. Western Europe fears diet levels may fall further next year if supplies do not improve. Asia faces similarly bleak prospects with little hope of raising living standards.
Reports prepared for delegates at the FAO annual conference estimate Europe North Africa and Asia will need 34 to 38 million tons of grain imported in the year ending July 1 1948, up from 28 million tons the prior year. Surpluses abroad are expected at 30 to 34 million tons, with crop failures in exporting countries dampening supplies.
The article argues that global food production must rise above pre war levels to feed an expanding population, with 175 million more people to feed and annual growth of 15 to 20 million. It notes surpluses and low prices hinder plans, urging international programs to expand markets and keep prices stable. Canada would be vitally concerned in any such plan.
In Pine Ridge South Dakota the Oglala Sioux performed the sun dance nonstop for 24 hours hoping to secure peace. Participants fasted throughout the rite and a buffalo painting adorned the pole. The reverse side would have shown Hitler or Tojo, but this year the enemy image remained blank. The Sioux Council rejected displaying Stalin's portrait.
In Schenectady New York Professor Henry Yeagley of Pennsylvania State College explains homing pigeons navigate by magnetic intensity and earth turning rate. Displaced birds head toward the direction that restores familiar magnetic conditions to reach their home loft.
A collection of brief aphorisms on patience, faith, action, and the power of thought by Psalms 46 10 Horace Bushnell Mary Baker Eddy Bovee Channing and Emerson. The selections emphasize inner stillness spiritual guidance and the influence of ideas on human affairs.
Complete and up to date instruction book by a pro with twenty five years' experience. Start a real profitable venture making and selling plastic ornaments for gift and novelty shops. Kingsway Art Studios offers the instruction book and materials for 1.4 dollars. Vancouver, B.C. Kingsway Art Studios 1375 Kingsway.
A collection of old time quips on farming, weather, loans, weddings, and small town life. Jesters include a farmer mocked by rain, a booking clerk joke, a wife and husband quip, a wise uncle and loan advice, and toasts at a social gathering. The humor targets rural figures, manners, and miscommunications in a quaint period voice.
British offices lose their traditional 14 year old office boys as apprenticeships shift to factory work. With 30,000 boys staying in school, offices face a stenographer shortage as industry pay and long commutes lure women and older workers away.
Radio star Jack Garson recalls a long struggle with a “ferocious” fish that Nephew Tugwell questions after seeing the photo. Garson insists the fish may have shed weight during the fight, claiming muscles of steel matched the deep.
The Calgary Albertan cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox on two kinds of people, lifters and leaners. It notes leaners watch others do the work while lifters carry the load, and expresses gratitude for the efforts of lifters who have shaped the country.
A Melbourne area dog named Reo shows taste for classical music except Bach, barking whenever his owner Charles Hume plays the composer. Hume, an 82 year old violin maker, notes the dog enjoys most classical pieces while resting between his paws.
Canada builds a sea going reserve ready for war. From Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and University Naval Training Divisions drills in Halifax train 800 men by September. Sea cruises aboard Portage New Liskeard Haida and Warrior give hands on watch duties and lectures on torpedo damage control radar and anti submarine detection. The aim is a ready reserve to go to sea on the first ship from battle areas.
A Yorkshire Post columnist reports a moth circus at the British Industries Fair in Earl's Court. Processed wool is shown as deadly to moths, while normal wool attracts them. the demonstration uses amplifiers to hear moths chewing the untreated wool as the treated sample remains moth free.
In Washington a mix up led to Mrs Othello Pompier driving the wrong car. She parked Lima’s black 1947 vehicle on a street for shopping then used Castranes’ car to New York where it was shipped to Brazil. Police later found Lima’s car abandoned.
After 56 years Mary Blakely built the world third largest Braille library in Melbourne. The collection exceeds 18000 volumes and has drawn readers from India and the Straits Settlements.
The statement notes that deer oxen and sheep possess four chambered stomachs. It highlights a shared digestive trait among these animals and reflects basic zoological anatomy.
Dr J L Robinson Dominion geographer and a survey party will fly in an R C A F Canso to Prince of Wales Island to map unseen interior regions. The endeavor seeks an open lake landing and to refine magnetic pole location near Somerset Island while coordinating with Glen Madill’s geodetic team.
The article warns that giving children discarded inner tubes to float at the beach is dangerous. A puff of wind or rising tide can carry a tube far from shore, and many tubes are old and patched, offering little safety and presenting a risk of serious harm.
A 21 ship food armada will deliver 70,000 tons of beef and other foods to Britain within three months. The plan follows a conference between the British High Commissioner E Williams and Australian food and transport trade unions.
A mailman touring Seattle reported license plates from 44 states during a week. Only four states Vermont New Hampshire Delaware and West Virginia were missing from the observed spread.
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