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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
7
A bus carries a weary woman leaving a troubled home. She confides to a neighbor who senses fear and hope in a hurried departure. The other asks if she is running away and hears of endless promises unmet in a waterless, struggling household.
In Winnipeg Mary Gardiner, the sole woman managing editor of a Canadian daily, discusses starting as a cub reporter in 1942 and balancing duties with family. She details newsroom duties, leadership style, and the personal tension about moving to town vs staying with children.
Anne Adams pattern 4655 offers a wide collar, deep wing cuffs, and a graceful flare skirt with a wide band. Available in sizes 12 to 20, Size 16 uses 4 percent yards of 35 inch fabric. Includes embroidery transfer and illustrated instructions. Send 25 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
A shipment of 16 live pelicans departed Watrous, Saskatchewan. Twelve head to a Dublin zoo, four to a London zoo, captured by six men from Abernethy on Pelican island. Ralph P. Stueck of Aberdeen farm acted as shipper under a special permit.
Adam Branth a 20 year old Manitoba youth appeared in two courts gave two addresses and was charged with stealing two automobiles in Regina.
Manitoba forest areas report about 3000 parasitic wasps released to combat the tamarack killing larch sawfly. Over 1200 were released west of Duck Mountain by the Dominion parasite laboratory and about 1500 near the Ontario border, to lay eggs in sawfly larvae and halt their destruction of tamarack trees.
Victoria government repeals 1902 order prohibiting Chinese and Japanese from Crown grants leased timber or mining properties or government contracts. Restrictions may remain on active contracts.
Mixed fruit ambrosia with lemon juice cream dressing served on lettuce, optional avocado, and a cherry garnish. Includes a bread crumb onion tomato bake with butter, spices, and basil, layered with tomatoes and bread cubes, baked until golden.
Thousands of wild ducks have perished from a botulism waterfowl epidemic at Whitewater Lake near Deloraine Manitoba about 150 miles southwest of Winnipeg. Officials fear deaths may reach 10 000. workers bury birds and move living afflicted birds for treatment then release them when recovered.
Forestry officials in Edmonton received a bottle labeled water wetter from a U S firm claiming it is wetter than ordinary water and helps rapid penetration to hasten fire extinguishment. Officials remain skeptical about the product and its claims.
The Saskatchewan Vehicles Act now sets a universal limit of 50 mph for passenger cars and 40 mph for trucks on provincial highways. The old rule of 50 mph by day and 45 mph at night for cars was replaced. Track speed limits remain unchanged.
Western briefs report unusually high forest fire activity in Manitoba this year due to extremely dry conditions. Lightning sparked many blazes across central ranges, with timber and brush especially vulnerable to fast fires.
Calgary reports a second Rocky Mountain strip mine five miles northwest of Michel-Natal is being readied for opening with a road under construction. The best known Crow's Nest Pass mine at Corbin near the Alberta boundary resumes operations after winter shutdown, owned by Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co of Canada.
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