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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
2
In 1947 Canada faces rising prices with the cost of living index near 146, about 50 percent above the prewar basic period. Food costs drive inflation as experts warn against over-expansion while urging continued labor and management effort to avoid economic disaster.
H R MacMillan export company plans a 12 million dollar bleached sulphate pulp mill on Vancouver Island with a 200 ton daily output. Construction to begin soon on the east coast and finish by 1950. The plant aims to employ at least 200 people and sell mainly in the United States.
Rebecca, 15, an Eskimo girl living with Mrs. John Turner at Felixstowe, Kent, has suffered a string of colds since returning to England. She cannot speak English yet and feels homesick when hearing of Canada despite settling into English life.
Courtesy plus Hull report a personal notice in a local paper where a cyclist who crossed Heddon Road in front of a fast-moving car Monday last offers apologies to the driver. The brief notice reflects a courteous exchange following a near collision in England.
A collection of jokes and witty exchanges unfolds with quips about forgers, speedometers, signings, and a family scene. A Captain Jevons introduction to an old aunt elicits a wittily sharp remark, with a jungle cannibal joke and classroom mischief teased through quick banter.
George Gwyllt of Kelvington Saskatchewan, 78, swept the 1947 barley contests earning the world barley championship at the Chicago show and collecting 31 awards across Saskatoon Regina Toronto and Chicago. He plans a banner 1948 season and credits land quality hard work and his wife for much of his success.
The Kota Intent will sail to Canada on March 12 for the first of seven trips this year. About 10 000 Dutch farmers and their families will be transported to the Dominion.
Early European tobacco trade framed the plant as a universal remedy sold by merchants and apothecaries. The era marked tobacco's transition from commodity to perceived medicinal cure all, shaping initial market perceptions and use.
British Columbia mine production reached over 100 million dollars in 1947, a record year. Unprecedented demand for base metals at high prices spurred reopening of old mines and development of new ones, announced at a B C chamber of mines meeting.
Donna Gresco, 20, who debuted at Carnegie Hall on January 30, recalls giving up a Winnipeg romance to pursue talent. A child musical prodigy, she won a $5,000 AMC Chicago scholarship at age ten, later funded to study in New York, with Winnipeg residents raising funds for a $12,000 Montana violin.
Alberta farmers repaid 7.1 million dollars of loans from the Canadian Farm Loan Board, with 97 of 100 borrowers in arrears none at March 31. Principal payments totaled 456,530 last year as the board averaged 3.86 million annual lending, with shifts from debt repayment to land purchase and farm improvements over the 1940s and 1946-47 years.
The Canadian wheat board announces export permits for a limited quantity of mixed feed oats to Sweden or Greece. Shipments originate from Lakehead or Georgian Bay ports after lake navigation opens, or from Vancouver. The equalization fee will be the rate in effect at the time of application.
W. D. Bennett, a trapper east of Hudson Bay Saskatchewan, found one of his traps dragged and later treed. A large fisher in the tree yielded a pelt valued at $100, confirming money can indeed come from woodsy misadventures.
Saskatchewan Federated Co-operatives buys a 40 acre drilling site in the Leduc area of Alberta for about 10000 dollars. This marks its first venture in exploration and drilling must start before May 1, 1948 under the agreement. A 50 percent royalty to the Alberta Government applies if oil is found, with crude to be shipped to Regina for refining.
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