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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
4
Wartime licensing reference shown as HT Trethewey publisher and Wartime Prices and Trade Board Permit 1886 with an established date in February 1897 and publication note for The Herald of MacGregor Manitoba published Thursdays.
A Western Canada Weekly Press excerpt by W. J. Breakey discusses soil variation across prairies, historical cultivation impacts, and widespread deterioration. It warns of land abandonment, urges preservation and improvement, and notes a 106 million acre soil conservation plan across the three Prairie Provinces for future generations.
A historical balance sheet notes Western Canada over 458 million acres, urging soil conservation and modern farming to sustain postwar growth. It highlights rising farm prices, reduced debts from Victory Loans, and farmer investments in Victory Bonds, with calls for rural electrification and tree planting to improve living standards and weather resilience.
The article lauds the Canadian Red Cross Society for feeding prisoners of war and war victims, supplying blood and clothes, delivering hospital necessities, and easing the hardships of service members abroad and at home, urging ongoing care and support.
The Canadian Red Cross pledges uninterrupted food parcel flow to prisoners and increased hospital support with lodges for next of kin. Canvassers target next week for subscriptions as Manitoba aims for 600000 and Canada ten million, hoping to surpass last year’s provincial near one million.
The Portage la Prairie Mutual Insurance Company reports a strong year in its annual meeting. At December 31 1944 total in force reached 108 257 374 with fire and windstorm components. cash premiums rose and premium note collections remained excellent. Net admitted assets totaled 1 282 205 53 and surplus rose to 796 300 76. Directors were reelected. M G Tidsbury remained President with E H Muir as Vice President. Keith Stewart was re-elected Portage la Prairie Mutual Agents’ Association president.
The notice urges renewal for the Herald in 1945 for readers who have not yet completed payment or confirmed their subscription, highlighting continued delivery and access to the paper’s local reporting.
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