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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
4
Canada’s national parks emerge as major postwar attractions with roads busy and campsites expanding. Banff Jasper Waterton and other parks attract anglers canoeists and hikers as visitation nears prewar levels with facilities and preserved scenery fueling a growing tourism heritage.
A collection of curious historical claims spans Ethiopia Linnaeus and a flower clock to ancient games and coinage. It notes spaghetti allege origins in China via Marco Polo and Elizabethan fish laws, plus a Guatemala marriage instalment idea and silkworm dependence on humans.
British actor Godfrey Tearle, famed on stage and screen for decades, will play Franklin Delano Roosevelt in The Beginning of the End. Producer Sam Marx announced Tearle’s casting after viewing his film tests on arrival from England.
Miami report cites Tom Clark claiming millions seek entry to the United States since World War II. About 60,000 entered unlawfully in a month with 30,000 arrested by border patrol, which has grown to 110 agents in the southeast. Descriptions include criminals, stowaways, deserters, and agricultural workers among entrants. Thunder accompanies lightning, a non sequitur closing line.
A new town is forming at Snow Lake Manitoba near the Hudson Bay Railway line and the Sherritt Gordon Mine. Plans show a model community with a school, homes, and a business center, though no main street exists yet. By July 1948 a 50 mile power line from Sherritt Garden must be completed, 1000 feet of sinking done, a mine opened, and a 2000 ton mill erected.
Al Bert Smith fishing on Lake Lamoka near Throne, Albany County, pulls in a 30 pound snapping turtle estimated at over 200 years old. Cites peril of electric shock deaths in summer due to moist skin.
Dr. Ommanney reviews Antarctic whaling research, tracking whale ages and stock health. He notes 1920s studies at South Georgia, 4000+ whales examined, and 1938 regulations to curb overfishing. Discovery ship began long term southern Ocean work in 1925.
Britain's new ambassador to Washington Lord Inchcape told the National Press Club he lacks typical ambassadorial trappings. He joked about lacking spats and striped trousers after a wardrobe loss, noting a small black satchel from the Embassy containing pipes and an extra set of teeth.
Pattern 7218 offers a simple sewing transfer for a delightful dirndl. Available in sizes 2 and 4 with bodice pattern full. To obtain the pattern send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Write name address and pattern number clearly.
Public bakeries began operating in Rome around 168 B C as part of urban provisioning. The development reflects Rome’s growing urban economy and municipal food distribution.
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