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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
2
A report notes progress from the appeals for displaced children and highlights Canada’s grant of 1,075,000 to the International Children's Emergency Fund, a sizable rise over last year’s 400,000 as the UN aid effort continues amid war’s aftermath.
Canada backs the United Nations Appeal for Children with government funds and wide support from groups like the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and the National Council of Women. The Emergency Fund spent about $10,000,000 locally last year while $2,000,000 was raised here for the fund. Children today become tomorrow's citizens, and humanitarian aid now shapes future international relations.
Maurice Jackson explains the all girl band formed in 1945 has lost 15 members to marriage. The group, Canada’s only all girl orchestra, features players aged 7 to 22 from prairie and eastern provinces.
London reports Australian Opposition Leader Hon. Robert Menzies urged about 500 voters at a Wagga New South Wales meeting to throw only firm tomatoes if attacked. He joked he dislikes ripe squishy fruit.
A collage of small humor bits and light anecdotes. Jokes about family, doctors, dating, education, manners, and a seasick passenger echo early 20th century humor and social mores.
Manitoba expects a record year with manufacturing output rising to an estimated gross 463 million dollars by year end. Industry employs about 42 thousand, with gross wages around 87 million, while 40 new plants push output 33 million higher than last year. Rural electrification spurred growth in small towns and British firms expand agencies in the west, many in Winnipeg, to access regional markets from Lakehead to the Rockies.
Carl Roberts and Son of St Adolphe Manitoba report their son won the grand championship in the Yorkshire class at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.
Canada’s health minister announced a small supply of cortisone will be available after January 1 for Canadian researchers. Paul Martin said wider use may follow if early results justify it. He cautioned that the drug is experimental and ongoing treatment will likely be needed for arthritic sufferers.
The occupied farm area of Saskatchewan totals 59.4 million acres, about half of prairie provinces' occupied farmland and roughly one third of all Canada.
Canadian farmer Amy Kelsey of Erickson British Columbia won the wheat queen title at the International Hay and Grain show in Chicago, the event's premier award. She could gain permanent possession of the Union stock yard and Transit Company trophy with one more win, a feat she previously achieved in 1946.
About 95 percent of the 1949 flax crop reached top grade number one Canada western as Western Canada output neared 2,000,000 bushels, the Board of Grain Commissioners laboratory reports. Oil content and iodine values for the new crop show declines from 1948.
The Toronto women's club offers a $100 prize in a non professional writers contest. Canadians may submit essays on Building A United Canada under 2000 words by February 1, 1950.
Manitoba reports vast Northland beaver nurseries with a strong trapping program. In 1947 48, beavers yielded 10 762 pelts valued as part of a regulated trade already contributing about half a trapper's earnings. Transplanting replaces killing to sustain breeding. Ontario and Quebec lead in scale, but Manitoba remains significant for its size.
A 6000 barrel per day refinery for British American Oil Co. will begin at Edmonton this spring. Construction site lies four miles east of the city on the North Saskatchewan River. About 500 to 600 workers will be employed for 12 to 14 months. Imperial Oil operates the city’s only refinery currently. No cost estimate is given for the new plant. The Financial Post notes McColl-Frontenac plans a separate Edmonton area refinery. The medieval knights variance line appears unrelated.
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