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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
2
The period after the wartime adjustment shows Canada in good shape with high industrial output external trade and employment. Late 1948 statistics report 4,858,000 employed and 106,000 unemployed with non farm jobs up 75,000 in the prior three months while farm work fell 260,000 mainly due to seasonal decline.
A government statement by Minister C. D. Howe notes record production and external trade in peacetime, with income and employment also at high levels. The report highlights growth in industry, new products, efficiency gains, farm modernization, and expanding foreign trade despite global exchange barriers.
Winnipeg announces a citywide celebration during June 5 to 11 marking 75 years since incorporation. Attractions include pageants parades ceremonies carnivals fireworks sports exhibits concerts and international events. The Anniversary Office seeks names and addresses of residents or workers in Winnipeg before 1886.
Two Jordan River residents tracked a bear den at night. One peeks into the den, the other strikes a match. Startled by the sight of a four inch bear head biting, they retreat quickly.
A collection of jokes and anecdotes features a young lawyer arguing hogs in a case, an angler and a passerby remarking on a fish, feller banter about cows and herds, double entry humor for accountants, and a series of domestic gags.
Winnipeg reports western farmers plan maximum wheat plantings despite moisture shortages and grasshopper infestations. A guaranteed price of 1.75 per bushel supports the push, with an expected 27 million acres in wheat, up from last year's 23 million. Weather, not price, may determine yields.
Two moose hunters report a 50 by 50 foot snowless patch 10 miles east of Winking Point on Beaverhill Lake near Island Lake in Manitoba. Indigenous residents fear a devil inhabits the area while officials suspect an underground sulphur spring may cause the anomaly.
In Yorkton and northeastern Saskatchewan trappers report large black water beetles the size of a thumb driving muskrats from their homes. Donald McKen of Orcadia brought beetles to Yorkton and described bucketsful of the insects in muskrat houses, with foxes eating the beetles by raiding the burrows.
The text explains that feather counts differ across bird species and change with season and age, indicating variability rather than a fixed number.
Coutts Alberta, on the U S border, handles heavy traffic as Alberta oil field growth and U S demand bolster shipments. Nine autos per hour, 56 000 in 1948, overseen by 15 customs and five immigration officers. Officials to expand facilities with 140 000 dollars set aside for a new customs and immigration terminal. Import value from Montana rose from 3 398 000 in 1945 to 16 262 000 last year. Established as a full port in 1936, Coutts lies about 70 miles from Lethbridge by road.
Revenue Minister McCann told the House that farmers can pay their sons up to 400 dollars a year without losing the 400 dollar dependent child exemption. The son must work in productive labor and be paid in cash. The age rule is that the son must be old enough to be useful to his father.
The world population stands around 2.0 billion and grows by about 1 percent annually, reflecting rapid demographic shifts and the expanding global scale.
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