27 Apr 1948
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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 27, 1948
Page
1
A reader suggests a turtle as Bracken's coat of arms with the saying slow and steady wins the race. Some followers fear it may be too slow for momentum. The note also mentions BC granting Hutterites voting rights and Russia avoiding global cooperation to prove nothing outside Russia is worth cooperating with.
Readers see color front pages from Imperial Oil Canada Pacific Burns and Co in Alberta’s oil boom and Calgary stampede motif. The reports mix visuals of Leduc oil fields grain elevators and meat dollar graphs with a human note, detailing producer profits and worker shares.
The Financial Post surveys Canadians on expanding Canada's wheat acreage and finds mixed views. With postwar payments, Marshall Plan hopes, and a 25 million acre baseline last year, farmers weigh risks of past booms and slumps against the need to feed a hungry world and the possibility of a larger 1948 sowing.
The Board of Transport raised railway commodity rates by 21 percent and railway employees seek a 35 cent an hour wage rise. A Montreal conciliation board has struggled for a month to broker a compromise between railways and workers. The wage demand, supported by unions, would add about 150 million dollars to annual costs, while the higher rates could translate to roughly 70 million dollars more for railways each year. Conciliator H R Pettigrew reports no agreement yet.
A reader challenges coverage of Purity Dairy labor relations and asserts union members should patronize union-made goods. He accuses Mr Fabbi of misusing a meeting to pressure local trades, cites supposed fines for buying Purity products, and defends the Lethbridge Brewery Workers Union No. 242.
The Regina Leader-Post highlights spring floods with homes as islands amid rising water. The piece argues for dams to divert runoff into reservoirs for irrigation, hydro power, and domestic supply, noting vast potential damages and wasted water across Saskatchewan.
A city transit fare hike draws parallels to Lethbridge as critics cite higher prices and impact on riders. Officials defend changes by citing service improvements and funding needs. Community groups urge targeted relief for low income riders amid the debate.
A Winnipeg Free Press column explores Czechoslovakia under a dictatorship where media and parliament are controlled, opposition is crushed, and elections loom with gunmen as scrutineers. It notes prisoners and camps, yet cites twenty patriots escaping as a glimmer of enduring freedom.
The Maple Leafs ending their Stanley Cup run is praised as more than victory. The team embodies Canadian life and spirit through its diverse lineup of players Broda Boesch Barilko Apps Ezinicki Metz Klukay Costello Samts Stanowski Kennedy Meeker Bentley.
Windsor Star columnist cites two diners reporting a four dollar meal with a one dollar tip as the expected gratuity. The writer argues such tipping practices gouge customers and can sour the dining experience for visitors.
The University of Manitoba began construction on an 800000 dollar engineering building after a ceremonial ground breaking on Monday. Also noted, a transit of various political and community items from Canada and beyond includes election retirements, notable deaths, industry nationalizations, and local business movements.
Russia joins the United Nations trusteeship council after a 13 month boycott. The move aims to gain Middle East influence and curb American power. U.N. debate over Palestine trusteeship and possible international force tests rivalries and risks to global peace. The United States opposes sending Russian troops but may avoid a firm U.S. position at the U.N.
A Montreal Gazette analysis of one year of British coal mine public ownership compares outcomes to private control. It notes a nine million ton production gain but a 100 million dollar drop in profit, rising coal prices, higher wages, reduced exports, and questions whether state management improves efficiency or solves core economic issues.
A Nova Scotia debate centers on banning bow and arrow deer hunting as cruel versus using rifles. The discussion contrasts historic practices of Indigenous hunting with modern weaponry, arguing arrows cannot kill swiftly and cause prolonged suffering.
Forty years ago a large prairie fire swept the country out south destroying Wm. Lear’s house stable feed and harness with Lear badly burned. The newly formed band added a standout player in Thos Palmer who arrived to join the Jobbing Co.
Twenty years ago spring wheat sown on the Joseph Myer farm west of McLean and north of Tabor is above ground. Clarence Jackson was the unanimous choice for president at a meeting of the Canadian Pacific Tennis Club.
The article surveys historical and modern methods of reviving drowning and collapse victims. It contrasts Sylvester and Shafer methods with the Eve technique, detailing body positions, required manpower, and aims to restore circulation and respiration. It notes the Eve method uses forearm rocking between two operators and highlights when each method is practical.
A tattered truce flag from the 1916 Easter uprising was returned at a Dublin banquet honoring IRA veterans. Captain B J Hitzen of Coventry accepted the flag from Irish leader Eamon de Valera, via his son Major Vivian de Valera, signaling renewed Anglo Irish cooperation. Gearoid O Sullivan, 59, a civil servant and 1916 veteran, dies leaving praise for his bravery. Memorial for actor F J McCormick funds raised. form not yet decided.
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