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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1949
Page
2
A Dominion Department of External Affairs report emphasizes Canada’s wartime military and economic contributions well beyond its under ten million population. It notes lasting prestige and ongoing influence in economic and diplomatic fields reaching beyond national borders.
The Department of External Affairs runs twenty nine diplomatic posts eleven consular offices and four special missions with seven new appointments in 1948. Canada attended ninety international conferences covering wildlife to atomic energy and provided 225 million dollars in economic aid to Europe plus millions of tons of goods for recovery, ranking among the top nations by population for contributions.
The report notes Canada’s growing participation in United Nations work and international affairs, with emphasis on Newfoundland’s confederation entrance. It states the External Affairs Department has expanded considerably, though its overseas representation lags behind other nations. It anticipates continued but slower growth and highlights pride in Canada’s international standing and its effort to address global problems.
Mrs Lois Markle head of hairdressing at Danforth Technical Institute asserts men excel in the trade because they pursue it as a life's work and bread and butter depend on skill, while she says women aim to marry.
A box of gold coins dating back over 800 years was found in a cave in Toulouse France. Some pieces are dated 1130 and experts believe they were likely hidden during the Albigensian Crusade.
The sentence notes that veneering is an ancient craft spanning at least three and a half millennia. It highlights the long tradition of applying thin wood layers to create decorative surfaces and preserve underlying materials.
A humorous miscellany of short lines and jokes. A mother and child enter a church to find the organist still playing a signature tune. A doctor advises sharpening fence posts tops to deter ghosts. Several light exchanges follow about manners, marriage, and everyday quirks, ending with a cheeky riddle about directions for a Boston train.
Saskatchewan report from the Dominion entomological laboratory outlines seed and field practices to curb wireworm damage. Recommendations include using firm moist seed beds, shallow planting, heavy seeding rates, and immediate packing to ensure rapid germination. flax oats and barley resist wireworms better than wheat. Regular clean summer fallow and minimal tillage further reduce infestations. reseeding after damage is possible for worm damage but not after cutworm activity.
A party of 47 Mennonites from Manitoba traveling back to Winnipeg passed through New York. Diedrich Wieler of Altona said the Paraguayan government failed to keep promises to migrant farmers after three regime changes. The group, skilled in wheat farming, found jungle clearing tasks overwhelming.
London report notes an electric housemaid prototype to peel potatoes scour pots and pans clean shoes polish buttons mince meat grind coffee whisk eggs stir puddings. Inventors spent five years on the device and are testing its ability to wash clothes and dishes for future use.
Imperial Oil Review argues Canada must find 15 large new oil fields after Leduc Redwater and Woodbend to reach self sufficiency. It forecasts consumption rising from 250000 to 350000 barrels daily by 1955 and notes Imperial plans to invest over 30000000 dollars in Alberta in 1949 with national pipeline and refinery expansion.
PORT ARTHUR Ontario reports trapper Lillian Plummer proves women can trap as adept as men. For 15 years she has trapped beaver, fisher, otter, mink, squirrel and weasel along snowshoe routes and dog teams on the Minnesota Ontario border.
Jack Rebbick of South Fork Saskatchewan has undergone four major operations in five years all on the 13th of the month and once on Friday the 13th. He is a keen curler and keeps a lucky habit.
Emily Youngman 66 was struck by a train at the Blaxhall crossing where her husband, also a crossing-keeper, died 25 years earlier in the same spot. The tragedy occurred in Suffolk England and is noted as a strange coincidence.
Nearly four years after the war ended Canada still seeks missing airmen from the Second World War. Wing Commander Gunn notes about 4 000 of 10 000 plus missing were recovered from graves, sea, and mountains. Between 2 800 and 4 000 were lost at sea and may never be found. The FC A F once had 100 men, now RAF teams roam Europe with liaison in London and Ottawa.
The practice of using individual racing silks to distinguish horses dates back nearly 200 years. Trainers adopted distinct colors and patterns to identify mounts during races, a convention that has evolved but remains central to jockey attire and race-day branding.
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