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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 10, 1952
Page
2
Canada faces rising road deaths as more cars and trucks share highways. Officials cite increased traffic and highway dangers, noting 170000 Canadians killed or injured in motor accidents during the war era, with calls for action to reduce crashes.
The article outlines factors behind motor accidents including faulty brakes, other mechanical defects, driver error, speeding, and drunken driving. It notes weather and unavoidable circumstances can cause crashes and argues for more effort to reduce negligent causes and fatalities.
In 1949 Canada recorded 115,225 motor accidents. Manitoba had 7,447, Saskatchewan 5,733, and Alberta 8,700, all lower than Ontario’s 27,406 and Quebec’s 20,406. The west’s smaller population and car numbers partly explain the difference, and progress in accident control is praised with hope for fewer highway incidents next year.
Manitoba reports strong industrial gains with mineral production near 28 million dollars and forest output at a record 22.35 million. Hydro power reached 2.57 billion kilowatt hours, up 4.3 percent from 1950, while wild fur and fish production rose. The province plans expansive Lynn Lake nickel copper development costing over 35 million dollars and first oil discoveries near Virden with two wells yielding daily output. Forest fire activity stayed below normal and a federal provincial forest inventory and reforestation partnership was agreed.
Henry G. Young, president of the Farmers' Union of Alberta, urged that Alberta receive one third of the federal emergency relief loans to help farmers unable to harvest. He estimated this would total over six million dollars within the twenty million dollar loan maximum.
Births in Manitoba in 1951 totalled 1,659, up from 1,?9?8 in 1950, while marriages declined to 7,128 from 7,303 and deaths rose to 6,554 from 6,624, according to E S MacInnes, provincial vital statistics recorder in Winnipeg.
A charming note describes a lady sharing bath salts with friends and filling her home with fragrance as a welcome during winter. It then mentions Aldus Manutius, the fifteenth century Italian printer who devised a system of punctuation.
G. S. Hoag spotted an apparent buoy off the California coast near San Francisco and climbed atop it. Navy experts identified the object as a German World War I mine filled with 3000 pounds of TNT and detonated it after Hoag left, noting a severe knock could have occurred.
Ottawa reports Canadian farmers earned 1.8649 billion dollars in the first nine months, up 25 percent from 1950. Ontario tops provinces with 590.4 million, Saskatchewan rises to 362.4 million, Manitoba reaches 106.3 million, while marketings and weather affected wheat and livestock figures. Supplementary Prairie Farm Assistance payments totaled 10.1 million, up from 9.3 million.
Winnipeg figures show Manitoba welcomed more than 710 000 tourists in 1951, higher than any other Canadian region, as the province reports a strong year end for industry and commerce. The report notes Manitoba's 1950 tourist total at about 576 000 and mentions the Canadian Rockies stretching 60 miles wide with peaks largely between 8000 and 10000 feet.
A drug-store offer promotes Hem-Roid Internal pile treatment for itching burning and soreness. The ad claims rapid relief and a 100 percent money back guarantee if not satisfied after 60 to 90 days.
A string of light jokes and quips about manners stockings telegrams and family life with punchlines about misheard phrases imitating relatives and a painter lawyer mix. The snippets resemble an old informal humor page with quick one liners and exchanges. The final line notes a number 2967.
Industry estimates indicate about 30 million dollars will be spent on oil exploration in Saskatchewan during 1952. Seismograph and surface work will continue at current pace or rise with wide drilling across the province, centered in the Williston basin in the south. Drilling activity includes over 70 wildcat wells and 200 core holes, with several heavy crude finds near Kindersley and natural gas at Coleville and Brock. Light oil in non commercial amounts found near Swift Current and Regina area, while multiple basins are surveyed for potential discoveries.
G H Gooderham regional supervisor of Indian affairs said Alberta's 50 Indian bands will be canvassed within two months on a reform to allow well educated younger men to win chieftaincies. Chief would be elected for a two year term and women would be allowed to vote.
Regina Canadian province announces lower snowmobile licence fees by provincial treasurer C. M. Fines. Privately owned machines pay a flat $5 fee. Liveries under class L pay $10, UL class $15, reflecting shorter seasonal use and rural service.
Detroit the couple Isadore Nagel 105 and Mary Nagel 103 honor their 81st anniversary. Married in Poland September 15 1871 they came to the United States 42 years ago. Nagel nearly blind and his wife nearly deaf yet he calls her my bride.
Practical grooming hint advises using a splash of shampoo as a substitute for bar soap in hotel basins and trains. It claims stockings and hair benefit from an egg cream shampoo bath, suggesting this as a handy routine for travelers.
Pre cast concrete pig sties easy to erect by unskilled labor prove popular with British farmers. Parts bolt together with an asbestos cement roof and glazed feed troughs ensure clean feeding.
Emily Kimbrough promotes Blue Bonnet margarine as her favorite spread praising its fresh taste and rich nutrition. The ad touts two varieties, economy and Quick bag, claiming Canada quality and versatility in cooking and as a spread.
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