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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
2
The article discusses the growing importance of government health programs and the expansion of nurse roles. It notes varied global progress in child care disease prevention and indigent care, highlighting Canada’s expanding provincial health programs and the national health welfare department.
Canada faces acute nurse shortages despite a hospital expansion push. Dr. Charlotte Whitton warns the increased bed capacity will require about 7500 more nurses by 1952-53 to meet demand. She urges timely action to avert staffing shortfalls.
Dr Whitton warns a national nursing shortage will worsen with more hospital beds and social services. About 750 nurses graduate yearly, risking an inability to staff expanded facilities and a potential disaster in war. He urges attracting more young women to nursing now.
The income tax appeal board ruled grain hedging is not a normal or necessary incident in farming income. Ralph A. Hurlburt of Camrose Alberta lost 2450 dollars in grain futures and claimed the deduction, but the board dismissed the appeal stating hedging did not incur deductible expenses tied to earning farm income.
A car load of 13 steers sold through the Cattlemen's Association in Williams Lake BC brought the highest price ever paid for beef cattle from the Cariboo outside prize stock. The record carload sold to Canada Packers for 26.50 per hundred, averaging 1100 pounds.
Hutchinson Kansas residents Chester Guettche and W S Swan learned they had been living in each other’s houses for six years. Each paid taxes on the house he owned while living in the other. They met with a council and agreed to swap, with Guettche transferring the mortgage, making it an even trade.
A beaver swept into Winnipeg by flooding selects a basement under Arnold Davey’s house as its new den. It chews exposed wood and rounds the basement steps, making a cozy nest in the newly built home.
In Winnipeg eight year old Marlyne Greenspan survived serious burns after her dress caught fire at a neighborhood bonfire. Thirteen year old Boy Scout Eugene Baron acted quickly, ripping off the flame clothing and rolling her in mud, tasks credited with saving her life. Marlyne remained in hospital for treatment including a planned skin graft on her stomach.
Edmonton reports a major extension to the Leduc oil field after tests at Marjack Calmar No 1 north of Calmar. The privately owned Marjack Oils company indicates a water line deeper than thought and production at tested levels reaching 4950 feet of oil per hour, suggesting wider reservoir potential.
Ottawa observer Donald M. Hueston argues for an all Canadian route to the West Coast to pipe Alberta natural gas to the Okanagan Valley. He says the region would gain rapid access to cheap gas and a bright industrial future, adding that delays will not hinder progress.
A collection of light anecdotes and quips about family missteps, classroom moments, shop life, and daily misunderstandings. Jokes range from a Plymouth Rock drawing mix up to comments on college aims and parental advice, offering whimsical snapshots of midcentury humor.
The Mines Department announced Canada’s largest geological survey program spanning 10 provinces. In Manitoba seven field teams will map gold and base metals in Elbow Lake and Flin Flon areas and study Lake Winnipeg and Churchill for oil and gas potentialities.
Calgary report notes Alberta government earned 36 million dollars in 14 months from oil lease sales. A quarter section near Redwater field sold for 1.611 million and another adjacent quarter fetched 1.519 million, both to Crown Trust and Royalite respectively, signaling Alberta's growing oil wealth and remaining sale prospects.
In Victoria the British Columbia Federation of Agriculture discusses tax relief for poultrymen who lost flocks to Newcastle disease. About 200000 birds have been slaughtered in British Columbia to combat the epidemic. The group proposes federal health and animals service trial inoculation as an alternative to slaughter.
The oil search expands across northern Canada with Fort St John as a base. Three hundred pack horses are loaded for discovery missions into the Northwest Territories. Horses come from the Peace River area, and workers fill hotels in Fort St John and Dawson Creek as Edmonton and Calgary crews arrive from the south.
The article notes that June became a popular month for weddings as people linked the month to Juno, the goddess believed to bless happy marriages, making weddings a favored event during this period.
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