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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 08, 1950
Page
4
In Sao Paulo and Rio during epidemia, the author humorously details a Brazilian flea outbreak. He notes how bites disrupt etiquette, contracts, romance, and negotiations as guests battle persistent insects. The piece blends travel observation with comic discomfort.
A Central Press style item notes a French woman chasing her partner with an axe after he criticized her soup. Zadok Dumkopf comments on golf, language, and social trivia while observing season concerns and broad views among acquaintances.
Informants say Princess Elizabeth awaiting her second child expected late July or early August hopes for a daughter. The baby would be third in line to the throne after Elizabeth and Prince Charles. Elizabeth, 24, weighs England or Scotland as birthplace with Scotland favored. Balmoral trip planned in early August if born in Scotland.
Ottawa reports a Department of Resources and Development program seeks a married teaching nurse team for Coppermine NWT. The couple must include an experienced teacher and a graduate nurse, with pioneer spirit, to staff a school and nursing station. Attractive salary and housing supplied.
BERKELEY Calif Pitcher Robert Wimpy Jones of UC smashed a 511 ft 9 in fungo shot and a 510 ft 11 in blast. His marks surpass Babe Ruth 421 ft 8 in 1931 and Walter Driver 503 ft 3 in 1945. Jones and Driver are the only players known to exceed 500 feet in this Americans vs Australians correspondence contest begun in 1939.
In California at the 23rd annual jumping frog jubilee a 14 inch frog named X-100 owned by seven year old Malcolm Lennox won first prize. The frog sprang three times to reach 14 feet 9 inches earning $200 with about 10 000 spectators watching.
J. S. Macdonald Canadian Ambassador to Brazil told the Napanee Rotary Club coffee will remain expensive for at least five years due to rising U.S. demand and Brazil’s poor crops. He noted trees planted now won’t bear fruit until after the period.
The Queen Mary cannot pass through Panama Canal locks due to its excessive width, delaying passage and requiring a reroute or structural clearance.
Dr. Doris W. Plewes argues in Health magazine that vigorous activity is essential for lifelong fitness, detailing the body's 206 bones 696 muscles and 100000 miles of vessels. She warns improper food and sedentary life sabotage growth and development while noting oil firms in Alberta spend 3 million dollars weekly on exploration and drilling.
The article outlines plans for an international stamp exhibition in Toronto's Automotive Building at the Canadian National Exhibition from Sept 21 to 29, 1951 under Viscount Alexander of Tunis. It highlights World-class collections, a Court of Honor, 1,200 to 1,500 frames, judges, and an exhibition catalog, plus classes for exhibits and dealer booths.
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