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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1948
Page
2
National Health Week prompts Health League of Canada to call for universal health awareness and prevention. A Canadian official argues every week should be Health Week and emphasizes immunization, milk pasteurization, regular exams, and better working conditions to raise national health standards and reduce costs.
At the twelfth annual Canadian Federation of Agriculture meeting in Brockville Ontario a resolution called for a national health service offering rural residents equal city benefits and proposed creating rural medicine departments in Canadian universities to train doctors for country districts. The CFA urged action citing long running dissatisfaction with rural medical services and the need for high health standards to build Canada's future.
Canada unveils Cascade a new spring wheat from the central experimental farm Ottawa. Seed limited quantities available next spring. Cascade joins Rescue and Renown in offering traits of rust and sawfly resistance high yields and suitability for soft white wheat used in cake and pastry trade.
In Northstead district London a street sweeper named Hezekiah Johnson confessed to mimicking a cuckoo to delighted crowds at a bus stop. He says he waits for a crowd then performs the cuckoo and previously imitated the nightingale when he had teeth.
A collection of quips and short vignettes about couples, alimony, voting delays, a tan faced club member, a boastful American in heaven, a yachting question, and a wife asking for a gift from her husband. The humor rests on misread motives and polite misunderstandings.
Illinois farmer Lyle Resser keeps Toby the Hereford steer as a pet beast now nearly 200 pounds. Toby once stood 21 inches tall and could walk under cows, but he remains a farm curiosity as Resser weighs future plans for the remarkable animal.
Imperial Oil Limited president H H Hewetson announced a planned 30 million dollar pipeline to move crude oil from Edmonton to Regina and Moose Jaw, with 40 million in savings for Canada. The plan includes a 20 million dollar Le Duc Calmar drilling program in 1948 and a 1.5 million dollar gas absorption plant, plus 100 development wells by year end.
In recent years annual flood losses in the United States have exceeded 110 million dollars. The figure reflects widespread flood damage across multiple states and years, highlighting ongoing flood risk and economic impact nationwide.
Ottawa reports restrictions on tour and pleasure travel over the Alaska highway have been removed. Travel facilities and accommodation along the 1 523 mile route have improved, enabling the lift. Previously the gravel strip from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks was for military use with business permits only. The Canadian government has opened public camp grounds in Yukon along the highway.
About 40 percent of all rope produced in the United States is used on ships and in related shore activities, illustrating the sector’s heavy demand for nautical rope products.
Ottawa says Canada will not seek butter from New Zealand or Australia this year. Trade Minister Howe told Commons the plan was dropped after discovering the United Kingdom had heavy requirements in that area.
Britain will continue to buy maximum Canadian egg quantities as long as payments are possible, despite a new Australia egg deal intended to boost winter supplies over five years. Food Minister John Strachey stated there would be no reduction in Canadian purchases.
American tourists flood into Canada with a 49 percent rise through Vancouver border points in January. R H Baker of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association proposes posting mounties at main crossings as a strong deterrent. E G Rowe Bottom warns auto camps failing to meet BC travel bureau standards will be closed.
In 1639 shipbuilding was deemed essential in the United States, leading to exemptions from military service and other public duties for shipbuilders, reflecting the era's emphasis on naval and commercial shipcraft.
London. Archie R. Shoebottom, a former bomber pilot on his 13th mission, recalls a silk parachute souvenir sent from Dieppe by a former French underground member who helped rescue him after a crash.
Hudson Bay trapper W. D. Bennett found a fisher caught in a trap dragged up a tree. The animal’s pelt was valued at $100, proving money can come from trees in a roundabout way.
A historical note reports that early human technology includes stone tools dating to around 125000 B C. The finding underscores the deep antiquity of tool use and technological innovation in human evolution.
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