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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1948
Page
3
A Ottawa Citizen piece by C. S. Cowan highlights the dangers of handling unloaded firearms. It notes frequent accidents from misfires during cleaning display or by children, cites Bob Hope near tragedy, and urges strict safety and storage. Mayor Norah E. Arnold of Prince Rupert also rejects higher indemnity, cutting to 1200.
Pattern 4507 offers a simple easy to sew dress with hip pockets in a tasteful background. Includes illustrated instructions and fit tested pattern for girls sizes 6 8 10 12 14. size 10 requires 2% yards of 39 inch fabric. Send 25 cents and provide name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Shanghai reports Mayor K. C. Wu will see his salary raised to 9,095,000 yuan per month. The mayor says he does not expect to save any money, since the pay is in Chinese currency and exchange rates cut the value to about 50 dollars in U.S. funds.
On the recommendation of Manitoba’s education minister a Manitoban will be chosen each year for a Colorado School of Mines scholarship covering tuition. The program starts next year and may be extended four years if the student maintains a suitable record.
Vanceboro Maine endured eight feet of snow in February 1888 as a three day blizzard that dumped 96 inches, establishing a national snowfall record that still stands.
Rainfall on the prairies in August September and October rose 41 percent above normal according to Searle Grain Co. Winnipeg records, ensuring a better than average start for the 1948 crop.
Farm women will help design practical farm houses under a Better Farm House Competition funded by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Prizes up to 400 are offered in each province, with local groups of farm women invited to submit group answers to a set of questions to guide new house plans.
Saskatoon firemen saved the city an estimated 5000 dollars by converting a new truck chassis into a 500 gallon per minute pumper booster and hose wagon.
City council in principle approves a bylaw to prohibit train whistles and bell rings in Edmonton. A copy is sent to the federal board of transport commissioners for study as final approval remains pending.
Oklahoma City police Lieut. Walt Turner was surprised when a man he had recently arrested for reckless driving handed him $15 and a note praising his courtesy. The incident shows an unusual show of gratitude from a detainee.
World happenings cover disparate items from the National Pickle Packers association reporting 1947 pickle production at 36 pickles per person in New York. Derbyshire parents complain about student homework in Heanor. London play requires license due to public access and 53 regulations. Screen actors face record low employment, with SAG president quoted. London designers prep new men's suit styles for midsummer reveal. US Atomic Energy Commission launches a sizable construction program deemed necessary. Barbara Ann Scott to headline ice show in Brandon April 1-2. Romania orders renaming of towns and streets named after ex kings and royal family members.
The 9,000-ton Nimbus, hailed as the world’s fastest cargo motor ship, was delivered to the Swedish Trans-Atlantic Line by a Swedish shipyard. On her trial run she reached 22.44 knots.
Ottawa reports a joint plan by the Bank of Canada and the Dominion Travel Bureau to lift U S tourist traffic in 1948 and surpass 500 million dollars. In 1946 and 1947 Canada drew about 224 million annually, with over 20 million American visitors through Oct 31 of 1947. Leo Dolan urges junior chambers of commerce nationwide to run clean-up campaigns and promote Canada as a budget vacation destination. He notes noontime pricing remains a key advantage after visits to Nassau and Florida.
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