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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1950
Page
2
Prime Minister Mr G. N. Menzies announced that from next January Australia will offer 3000 university scholarships annually. Awards vary by circumstance, with top grants near 600 dollars. Within three years about 9000 students are expected to benefit at an annual government cost around 7 million dollars.
In Canada a large program assists veterans to attend universities and now Australia is considering a permanent financial aid plan for able students. During 1947-48 over 30 000 veterans received support under the Veterans Rehabilitation Act, signaling a push for more professional training and higher education.
New York. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co statisticians project two in three odds the Dionne quintuplets will celebrate their 50th birthday together. The five girls were 16 on May 28 and face 97 chances in 100 to reach age 21 and 27 in 100 to reach 65 together. They note survivorship based on Canadian averages but with special care their outlook is labeled excellent.
Governor Ernest Gruening said traffic would rise if the Alaska section were paved. He noted Canada’s paving and reports 600 to 700 miles of Alaska highway paving.
A nine year old boy sat on a railroad in Windsor, Midwest, and beckoned the approaching engine to stop. The engineer applied brakes frantically, but the boy merely stood on the rail and then ran away as the train halted.
Ancient Romans circulated warm air beneath floors to warm surfaces, a historical method of radiant heating documented long before modern heating systems.
Ottawa reports health department grants totaling more than $155,800 to four Alberta facilities to expand capacity. The funds aid the Provincial Mental Hospital Ponoka the Provincial Training School Red Deer the Provincial Mental Institute Oliver and the Bentley Municipal Hospital.
A collection of quips and exchanges including jokes about musicians, bills, grades, bosses, wives, and fathers. The snippets feature playful wordplay and social observations typical of light newspaper humor columns.
Fred Tymrick of Arrowhead British Columbia travelled 1200 miles to Sturgis Saskatchewan to have five sawmill belts spliced by William Hrushka a local harness maker. His trip included stops in Vancouver Revelstoke Nelson and Calgary with no success before Hrushka agreed to splice the belts. Tymrick then returned to Arrowhead with the spliced belts.
Edmonton. Provincial game commissioner E. S. Huestis announced there will be no moose hunting in Alberta this year due to mysterious migration of moose to southern foothills where protection is weaker. Caribou hunting is also banned. Open seasons and bag limits for other animals are listed along with special permit provisions and unchanged fees.
New car sales in Canada last year will hit a record mark of well over 300 000. S Rafuso of Bridgewater NS president of the federation of Automobile Dealer associations of Canada said at the annual meeting of the northern Alberta branch.
Edmonton's civic airport, opened in 1926, is described as Canada's first municipal airport establishing a landmark in Canadian aviation history.
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