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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1950
Page
2
John Gunther’s tale of a child’s illness frames a public health message. It praises progress in reducing Canada’s death toll and infant mortality while urging use of preventives like pasteurization and toxoids. Health Week January 29 to February 4 promotes public action.
Flin Flon Manitoba will officially open extended No 10 Highway on June 24 marking the town’s first road link to the outside world. The project, proposed postwar and drafted by Mayor Cyril Stevenson, town surveyor John Waldron and engineer W Barker, extends to Root Lake, serves The Pas Wanless Cranberry Portage and Flin Flon, with an original government estimate of 1 349 491 dollars.
Alta Canada's only conjoined twins Brenda and Beverley Townsend born Nov 17 are reported doing fine. Their doctor says no separation surgery will be considered before they are at least six months old.
The deepest hole in the world, an oil well extending 15,279 feet, is located in Pecos County Texas. The record setting well demonstrates extreme drilling depths in the oil industry and underscores Texas as a hub of deep well exploration.
Edmonton reports Alberta farmers in crop failure areas are receiving payments under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act. By December 1, cheques had gone to over 5,400 farmers, with total Alberta 1949 crop claims estimated near 3.5 million dollars. Payments cover about 1,800 townships where wheat yields averaged under eight bushels per acre and yields varied sharply between neighboring farms.
Miss Muriel Wright, public relations counselor for the National Council of Women, urged Canadian women to be more outspoken in Edmonton. She noted no women were elected to Parliament in the last election and suggested women speak for their rights in concert. She also stressed forming a provincial council of women in Alberta, the only province without one.
The Alberta division of the Canadian Cancer Society approved grants totaling 2500 for equipment to teach cancer control methods. Funds are allocated to the Royal Alexandra Hospital and the University of Alberta for program support.
Ottawa reports Britain has ordered about 82 million board feet from B C mills for the first half of 1950 with U S suppliers limited to around 5 million. B C bids benefited from dollar devaluation and shipments mainly include Douglas fir with some hemlock and cedar. Prices not disclosed, believed near 70 dollars per 1000 feet.
Western Cement Ltd led by President Melvin Hough plans a new cement plant at Red Deer in central Alberta with an estimated cost of about 2% million dollars. The facility will produce 2 000 barrels a day with equipment due February or March and first production next summer. The 25 acre site is prepared with a rail spur and a Nordegg quarry will supply rock, while gypsum will come from Manitoba or British Columbia.
Aunt Mary teases Bobby about dictation prize while Billy laments being traded in for a new baby. A courtroom jab follows as counsel and a police witness spar over proof of drunkenness. A joke ends with Mrs Brown and Perkins debating damages for a lost thumb.
James Muir’s presidential address at The Royal Bank of Canada annual meeting outlined a five point world recovery program and Canada’s role in stabilizing international trade. He highlighted three pillars of sterling strength, warned of export risk, and urged multilateral trade and immigration to grow Canada’s wealth and secure national independence.
The president argues devaluation has broken a log jam and presents five steps to revive trade. First settle war debts, second allow market‑determined exchange rates temporarily, third stabilize currencies to those free‑market rates, fourth keep them stable, and fifth require both debtors and creditors to support a gold standard or equivalent with vigorous lending and free trade.
General Manager T. H. Atkinson presented the 1949 annual report showing assets rising to 2,334,985,000 with liquid assets at 6.27 percent of liabilities. Deposits reached a record 2,192,140,000 across nearly 2,000,000 accounts including 1,500,000 savings in Canada, and profits rose by 1,400,810 after taxes and dividends leaving a carry forward of 3,860,315. The bank expanded with 11 new branches and 46 major upgrades, operating 665 branches in Canada and 62 abroad with offices in London and New York and representation in Paris via its affiliate. The staff received high praise for their quality and unity.
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