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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
2
The air rescue service uses airplanes to reach disaster victims at sea forests and mountains. It speeds mercy missions transporting the ill from isolated areas to hospitals and supports broader relief efforts beyond search and rescue.
The article honors RCAF search and rescue crews for skill and heroism in dangerous operations. It notes Canada’s international civil aviation obligations and the force’s inland mercy missions. It emphasizes the vital public welfare role of aircraft in distress incidents on east and west coasts.
Recipe hints sugar glazed shortcake uses biscuit mix light cream butter and sugar. Dough is split and layered in a 9 inch pan baked at 450 degrees for about 18 minutes then filled with crushed strawberries and served with cream. Yields nine servings.
Saskatoon. Shipping through the northern port of Churchill Manitoba will run at least two weeks longer this season than last, says Frank Eliason secretary of the Hudson Bay Route association. He counters Montreal reports predicting reduced grain shipments, arguing eastern shipping interests color such forecasts to stifle development of the route.
In Newark New Jersey two sisters Sharon Pierce four and Linda three were treated in hospital after eating pill sized fireworks called snakes Sooners eggs or Pharaohs serpents. Their throats burned but were reported in fair condition. The children had mistaken candy for a hazardous treat.
Winnipeg officials say a 75 mile 10 inch spur pipeline from Gretna to East St Paul will begin in August. Construction will take 60 to 70 days with completion this fall. The line has a 30000 barrel daily capacity and links the Edmonton to Superior main line to the Imperial Oil refinery on the Henderson highway 81 miles north of Winnipeg.
The commerce department report shows Americans bought less liquor in 1949 than any year since 1944. Total spending reached 8.55 billion dollars, down 250 million from 1948 and 1.09 billion below the 1947 postwar peak of 9.64 billion.
The Salvation Army began in London in 1865, originally called the East London Mission, marking its early formation and name change as it spread its charitable work.
A collection of light anecdotes and jokes. A sheep riddle yields a pun about sheep. British telephone chaos during a V bomb attack is recounted. A married couple jokes about fear of marriage and a table cloth clash. A Frenchman language joke ends with a dictionary plan. A shop window fitting room quip closes the page.
Vancouver reports C. B. Powell, a Canadian food broker, describes experiments in freezing and concentrating apple juice. He notes frozen orange juice spearheaded the frozen foods boom and says concentrating juice lowers freight costs by removing water, helping B C apple juice compete in Eastern Canada.
Gwyneth Miller a 24 year old English physiotherapist from Dartford Kent has sailed to Canada to operate a mobile arthritis treatment unit in Saskatchewan under a 12 month contract with the Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society. She will help establish an arthritis centre at Regina Hospital before touring rural communities with a car equipped with infra red lamps short wave diathermy and a wax bath.
Forbes Rhode notes U S prosperity fuels optimism globally with stronger demand for raw materials in sterling areas. Canada benefits by easier cross border sales and dollar overseas buyers, while Britain may ease import restrictions. John A Marsh says Britain and Western Europe are recovering, boosting Canada’s trade outlook as both nations remain each other’s best customers.
A neighbour recalls an angler boasting of a seven pound two ounce bass caught last night. His son adds the kicker noting the fish was given to his kid, spelling out the humorous twist.
Kenville Gold Mines mill six miles west of Nelson, BC, will reopen after about a year shutdown. Lessee F C Buckland says ore from Kenville and from outside shippers and Buckland controlled mines will be treated. Before 1949 closure the mill ran a year on a custom basis. Approximately 64 percent of bacon exports to the United Kingdom from Canada originated in the western provinces.
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