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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1948
Page
2
The Family Welfare Division reports higher living costs across Canada after wartime price controls ended. Despite higher incomes and low unemployment, many households lack savings as prices push essentials beyond reach, fueling insecurity, family tensions, and health risks for children and the elderly.
The article discusses rising debt and the cost of living lowering nutrition standards, noting effects on children and diabetes patients. It proposes price controls, unemployment insurance, and family allowances as temporary aids, while stressing underlying causes from postwar economic upheaval must be addressed for lasting improvement in Canada.
The Duke of Windsor played a return drum session after 29 years at a gala weekend party in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia He sat in with the Greenbrier orchestra using sticks given by Meyer Davis during an intermission at the diamond ball hosted by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for more than 300 leaders from business government society and sports.
In Canberra eight young doctors report staggering TB cures using a new drug streptomycin with a test therapy. About 85 percent of treated patients, mainly veterans, were cured in the last year. The article notes Pacific islanders once navigated by leaf-strip charts.
Between 1935 and 1947 prairie farmers built 27 916 dugouts with Dominion aid averaging 105 each. Saskatchewan led with 18 338 units, Manitoba 8 206, Alberta 1 372. Peak output in 1946 47 at 4 945.
Ottawa reports Switzerland expresses concern over Canada’s dollar-saving trade restrictions in place since last November. Swiss officials say Canada must pay in hard currency for Swiss goods, reflecting Canada’s dwindling hard currency reserves and reduced imports from Switzerland. The dispute highlights a growing strain in postwar trade balances between the two nations.
Ottawa anticipates heavy immigration by air with Trans-Canada Air Lines guiding the flow. Trade Minister Howe notes 11,637 westbound passengers in the past year and a plan to have at least half of arrivals from the United Kingdom. A fleet of 16 Canadian‑built aircraft could move over 20,000 newcomers.
In Shreveport Louisiana a $2000 cash hoard hidden by Travis McCreary in a cook stove at his home burned to ashes after his wife smelled smoke. McCreary, a grocer from Rodessa, had left the oven filled with money when banks closed and failed to tell his wife.
A string of short comic excerpts runs from traffic court quips to a jail joke. Jests include a judge warning a driver of possible jail, a pastor reclaiming his hat, and backstage humor about weather forecasts and shopping. The collection showcases quick one liners and social banter.
A Seattle civil engineer Willis T. Batcheller said he represents an eastern syndicate ready to put up 200 million dollars for a railroad to Alaska. He stated governments of the United States and Canada must first provide 375 million dollars to extend the Pacific Great Eastern railway from Sifton Pass to Fairbanks as a military defense measure.
In 1780 Boston butter sells for 12 dollars per pound, sugar for 10 dollars, and tea for 90 dollars per pound as the devalued paper money crashes. The notes describe severe inflation and the strain on daily commerce.
The Canadian Commons approved two bills to ease unemployment impact. One broadens vocational training to those exhausted unemployment benefits and to workers outside covered jobs. The other raises maximum unemployment benefits. married rate rises from 14.40 to 18.50 weekly and single rate from 12.30 to 14.40.
Dr. R. D. Sinclair dean of the University of Alberta faculty of agriculture was elected president of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. J. C. Hackney of Vancouver was named director for a two year term and Canadian director of farm market relations. Other two year directors include F. N. Miller of Olds Alberta and Dr. L. C. Paul of Saskatoon.
Short paid air mail letters to Europe will no longer be sent by air. Recipients will be charged double the deficiency. The letters will be sent by surface despatch. Air mail rate to Europe is 15 cents per quarter ounce.
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