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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
2
The piece discusses Canadian observers noting Britain's wartime hardships and the shift in American and domestic views. It contrasts pessimistic forecasts of bankruptcy with a more hopeful assessment grounded in British resilience and wartime spirit as recovery progresses.
Industry and sacrifice have driven steady gains in Britain. Production rose to 150 percent of 1938 levels, with 1948 targets reached in eleven months. The November 1948 trade deficit stood at 115 million dollars, cushioned by ERPP support. Steel output hit 300 000 tons weekly, and shipbuilding advances were cited as restoring Britain's merchant fleet to prewar capacity by 1950.
The article notes Britain has funded agriculture and colonial resource development to aid native populations, while extending self-government to some Commonwealth members despite the postwar crisis. It highlights Britain’s role in Western Europe’s recovery and predicts the UK may need no external aid by 1952 as sacrifice and industry spur full economic recovery.
A Christmas card from the Toronto Convention and Tourist Association proclaims Toronto as the birthplace of standard time. It recalls Sir Sanford Fleming’s 1879 Time Reckoning address and the international adoption of standard time. A seven-year-old boy protests his bath, asking to be blotted dry rather than rubbed.
Fifty municipalities in Manitoba approve the anti grasshopper campaign and tenders will seek supplies of the new chemical. H E Wood of the agriculture department notes the infestation is the worst since 1935 and about 10800 farms in the heavily infested areas will need control measures. Representatives from three American chemical firms have met or will meet to discuss prices and proper use.
In Wolverhampton England a 25 year old railway worker Leslie Willis was admitted after being hit in the stomach by a light locomotive. He spent 90 minutes in hospital and returned to work the next day describing the locomotive as a small 40 ton machine.
An advertising pitch promotes Hem-Roid as an internal medicine tablet for hemorrhoids. It claims relief from itching burning pain and soreness and offers a 16 day usage period with money back if not satisfied. The ad notes a refund promise lasting more than 46 years and that most users are helped.
Canada foresees a drop in food prices in late 1949 due to good harvests and world market improvements. Officials cite expected declines in vegetables and potatoes with plums prunes and raspberries also likely lower. A Brantford based fruit association leader warns of stable or falling overall vegetable prices.
A tobacconist refuses to sell cigarettes inside the shop and a man jokes about where the good-looking girls are. A woman asks about poison on grapes, the clerk directs her to the drug store. Grandmother Green resists the telephone dial system, and Catherine bathes a kitten, claiming she wrung it.
The Highway Act introduces signals for trucks and buses on BC highways, including two flares or red lanterns and two red flags, placed 100 feet ahead and behind the vehicle. Rules apply to vehicles with more than nine passengers or over a half ton, with speed limits set for solid rubber tires and semi-trailer equipped logging trucks.
In Hallonquist Saskatchewan a sinking hill 40 miles southeast of Swift Current is rapidly disappearing. An elderly resident recalls the hill was normal in 1909, but began cracking in 1911 with parts sinking six to eight inches. A valley 0.75 mile long and 50 feet deep now forms. Engineers speculate a quicksand bed beneath the surface while others blame underground water erosion.
Andra McLaughlin a 15 year old from Winnipeg says she is the only girl in North America registered with a boys hockey team She appeared at the skating club carnival in Winnipeg as a forward on the Cheyenne Wyoming high school boys team
Canadian railways moved 4,069,952 freight cars in the peacetime year ending December 25 1948, the highest on record. This beats 1947’s 3,944,788 cars and the pre war 1928 figure of 3,695,415 cars. The note adds the male mosquito is vegetarian and does not bite.
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