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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1948
Page
7
Dan and Della bond after a hold up at the restaurant where a stranger robs the till. The thief is traced when jewelry and foreign coins surface as payment, and police identify him. Dan realizes the coins and the scare brought them closer, leaving him joking that luck came from the coins.
Prairie towns expanded while prairie overall population declined between 1941 and 1946. In 1946 the three prairie provinces had 2,362,941 people, 1,006,487 in urban areas and the rest rural, based on the 1946 census.
Edmonton dispatch reports Lloydminster oil field on the Alberta Saskatchewan boundary tripled drilling in 1947 with 177 wells completed. Alberta premier Herbert Greenfield portrait completed for legislative buildings. Vancouver notes Girl Forest Guards to fight fires this summer. Regina cites municipal tax plan on railway property. Calgary Hargal Oil plans 50 new wells in Lloydminster area. Winnipeg McGoun Cup goes to University of Saskatchewan after two years at Manitoba.
A brief note asserts the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest of the great oceans with a figure of 2761, reflecting a historical measurement claim.
Calgary Trade Minister James MacKinnon said discussions are under way to ship substantial amounts of Alberta bituminous and domestic coal to Japan. He spoke in an interview recently, outlining intentions to trade coal with the Japanese market.
St Pauls Cathedral in London notes it is the fourth church built on the site, tracing back to Saxon times as the longtime seat of Anglican worship and a landmark of the city.
Saskatchewan farmer and poet Andrew Graham of Log Valley is praised as Canada’s Poet of the Prairies. His work appears in The Courier Regina Leader-Post and other outlets, with two poems quoted about wintry prairies and longing for mountain terrains.
Health Minister George S. Pearson indicated BC’s 1948 welfare bill will be enormous. He proposed budgeting an extra 1 million dollars for social assistance and nearly 2 million for old age pensions. Last year BC allocated about 1.18 million for old age pensions, and the government used about 0.9 million from surplus to fund a five dollar monthly living bonus for seniors.
Reverend J Doug las McMurtry arrives by horse drawn toboggan to attend the United Church annual meeting in Eyebrow Saskatchewan. He uses the same mode to reach his charges at Brownlee Eyebrow and Tugaske each Sunday. He previously served as a student missionary in the north country and patterned his toboggan after a dog sled.
Superintendent C W Harbison of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said he considered it unlikely smugglers were bringing fruits and vegetables into the province from the United States.
Viscount Alexander Canada’s Governor General will visit Brazil in June with Viscountess Alexander. The invitation, accepted with the King's approval, comes after Alexander commanded the Brazilian expeditionary force in World War II and serves as supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean. This marks the first in-office Canadian viceroy visit to South America.
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