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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 21, 1949
Page
2
Fire safety warns of ongoing loss across Canada with 1947 property damage at 57.05 million and 390 fire deaths. The Dominion Fire Commissioner data show per capita loss of 4.53 dollars. Forest lands suffer yearly burns nearing one million acres per year.
The article warns that forest fires threaten Canada’s forests and topsoil, highlighting remote, roadless areas and the susceptibility of coniferous woods. It notes the difficulty of preventing and fighting fires and that no method has proven effective to check large-scale blazes.
Forest conservation staffs work hard to prevent and control fires but getting equipment to remote areas remains difficult. The Canadian Society of Forest Engineers urges the National Research Council and possibly the Department of National Defence to aid, citing enemy-set fires as a wartime risk and urging public support to reduce losses of life property and forest wealth.
Calgary Mayor James C Watson said the Alberta Government denied funding requested by the British Empire Games Association of Canada Calgary. Lt Col George T Machum of Montreal President of the association wrote that Calgary must raise 1500 dollars and that Alberta cannot carry the country's burden alone.
The American Optometric Association reports visual efficiency is better among farmers than any other major occupation. It states only 37 percent fail standard vision tests, indicating fewer visual problems in farming communities.
J. R. Donald of Montreal told the Montreal regional conference of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers that Alberta’s abundant low-cost natural gas and chemical resources will foster a large future chemical industry. He said ammonia methanol urea and chlorinated hydrocarbons should be produced much cheaper in Alberta benefiting Eastern Canada.
Mrs. George Leggett of Eyebrow Sask was fined 10 in Moose Jaw court for leaving a home under a 10 day polio quarantine. Her infant Tony is ill with poliomyelitis and the house was under quarantine.
A bronze plaque will mark explorer La Verendrye's 1738 trek through Darlingford Manitoba detailing his route from Portage la Prairie Fort La Reine toward the Missouri River.
The passage explains the odeum or odeon as a roofed Greek theatre used for trial performances and musical contests, noting its function in ancient culture.
The Sun editor Jim Greenblat of Swift Current Saskatchewan warned readers to avoid controversy over wedding writeups. A contrasting piece focused on the groom with humorous details drew reader letters, prompting Greenblat to admit the clash and revert to traditional wedding prose. Pasteurized Milk Is Safe.
A selection of one liner jokes and humorous exchanges, featuring a neighbor borrowing lawnmowers, budget anxieties, an overlong political address, a mud puddle accident, decision making, and a recruitment psychiatrist. The snippets capture awkward social moments with punchy punchlines and light domestic humor.
An advertisement touts Dr Chase's Kidney Liver Pills as a remedy for backache caused by kidney and liver problems. It claims the product tones kidneys and liver and provides relief from pains in the back, urging readers to purchase at drug counters.
Lake Louise Alta The Canadian Good Roads association reports Canadians are growing more safety conscious due to information spread via press radio and motion pictures.
In New South Wales farmers report wool on sheep in the Murrumbidgee area sprouting burrs and clover seeds due to unusually high humidity after heavy rains. The oddly growing woolremark astonishes local farmers.
Imperial Oil officials disclosed a plan to extend the Edmonton Regina pipeline 700 miles to the head of the lakes with a 20 inch main and 18 inch feeder lines. The expanded route may reach Superior Wisconsin, with an estimated cost of about 90 million dollars.
The Manitoba game branch orders a five mile buffer along the provincial border to be trapped clear of beaver to stop a water borne plague from Ontario reaching Manitoba. Registered trapline owners in the area are advised to trap heavily.
Onega in Russia is described as the second largest lake in Europe with a maximum breadth of 530 miles and a length of about 140 miles.
Report notes a plan to shift crude from Edmonton to Regina in fall 1950 while Regina oil flow to the head of the lakes is set to begin in spring 1951.
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