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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 02, 1951
Page
7
A weary crowd rides a snow slick streetcar when a slim man plots easy money and pockets a counterfeit ten. After a tense moment at a bar the man is stopped by a detective as his plan unravels and a wallet vanishes amid the crowd.
Pattern 4762 offers two dresses from one pattern with a collar option. Includes sizes 24, 6, 8, 10 and yardage for prints and contrasts with bonnet. Easy to use with complete instructions. send 35 cents in coins with name address and size to order.
An advertising blurb from the Anne Adams Pattern Dept promoting a summer pattern book for vacation wardrobes. It invites readers to mail twenty five cents for a copy, features glamor fashions and thrift patterns in all sizes, and mentions illustrated patterns with a Jr. Miss sun gut printed in 2644.
Dr J J Christensen of the University of Minnesota told the Canadian Phytopathological society in Winnipeg that a new rust strain named 15B endangers wheat once thought rust resistant. He noted Canada the United States and Mexico cooperate on resistance research as rust strains vary by country.
Officials from the Department of Agriculture inspect binder twine for quality and stated lengths per pound. A. C. Heise notes twine comes in 500 550 600 and 650 foot pound sizes, with 600 feet most common. Canadian twine is reputed and most samples recently pass inspection.
In Yorkton a farmer noticed a wild duck family move six eggs to a safer nest after a disturbance to their nest while plowing. The brief reports similar regional notes from Medicine Hat Saskatoon Canora and Vancouver on local events including a hockey coach search and hospital funding changes.
Five Lac la Biche Inland sailors led by Rev. Joseph Edward McGrane plan a 12 000 mile voyage on the Exeter II from Edmonton to Montreal Liverpool Manchester and Calais aboard the Empress of Canada. Cadets Jack Wolstenholme Harold Klein Wilf Woyachuck and Romeo Lebeuts sail the nine and a half foot craft with 18 inch draft built for a Canadian lake. The voyage aims to show melting pot nationalities and ends with Paris in mind and a guard of honor for Royal visitors Elizabeth and Philip. funding comes from local townspeople and navyleague divisions.
Mrs. Gladys Travis, 51, and her 12 year old son Jimmy left Kelowna B C with a toothbrush and clothes to hitchhike to Halifax. They expect a 4000 mile journey through Saskatchewan Ontario and beyond facing sun rain and bears while riding in police cars trucks and vans before taking a train home.
The horse, once replaced by machines, makes a dining room comeback as beef costs rise. A Canadian Press survey finds five horse meat stores in the Dominion, all located in the west.
Children resisting naps may accept afternoon relaxation if the term is altered to rest period instead of babyish label. The idea hinges on framing and perceived seriousness, suggesting language shifts can influence behavior in early childhood routines.
University of Saskatchewan researchers led by L Eager and S D Cavers with N R Dunne extract wax from southern Saskatchewan lignite using organic solvents. They recover 3 to 4 percent wax by weight and assess commercial feasibility while noting coal quality for fuel remains unchanged. The work, begun a year ago under the provincial research council, aims to find new lignite uses. The wax production historically relied on Germany before World War II.
The Western Canada Petroleum Association says Canada must spend up to 1 billion dollars to achieve self sufficiency in oil. At least 750 million would pay for exploration and refining and marketing facilities. Auxier cites sources from Canadian business reserves and foreign oil companies plus venture capital. He notes a need to double proven reserves from 1.1 billion barrels and points to much untapped territory from the Arctic to the U S border and Rockies to southwestern Manitoba. 1949 oil spending exceeded 100 million with 50 million net after royalties. 1950 spending reached 150 million with 7.3 million net after royalties and total 1950 investment at 278 million.
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