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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1952
Page
2
The FAO notes postwar recovery in Europe and the Far East with normal wartime shortages easing. World food production has risen about nine percent since 1934–38, though current volumes of key crops in many regions remain under prewar levels.
A Food and Agriculture Organization report notes world population rose thirteen percent since 1936 while per capita food remains below prewar levels. Some regions lack adequate supply, especially Europe and the Far East, urging Western Hemisphere producers like Canada to help. Production has increased and 1952 is expected to exceed 1951. Canada faces responsibility amid global poverty.
Alberta production climbs toward 200 000 barrels daily surpassing prior records with a week ending May 26 averaging 196 013 barrels. Redwater leads with 89 568, Leduc at 62 721, and Pa cific Petroleums cites Western Canada’s 135 new discoveries as support for ongoing expansion driven by pipelines and gas exports.
A man buys a bicycle then forgets it outside a shop and boards a bus. He later discovers the bike at his home, tries a donation at a church, and finds the bicycle missing again. The tale ends with his ride home and a return to the church after a good deed.
A collection of light humorous lines and cartoons snippets. Includes exchanges about courtship lamb chops letters hymn preferences and marriage quips from a newspaper humor page. The items showcase witty one liners and social situations typical of early 20th century humor.
Natal and Michel residents faced grime from coke ovens, but Sparwood in the Crow's Nest Pass area is developing as a model town. The coal company plans 50 houses now with 25 more, sells lots for 1 dollar to employees or 250 to others, a new commercial district, a large playground, and a $425,000 high school to be finished by September 1953.
Ottawa Resources Minister Winters said 1952 may be a record tourist year for Canada. He cited 96,378 permit entries in April on travellers' vehicle permits, up 12 percent from a year earlier and an all time April record, signaling strong tourist trends.
Ray S. Evans editor and publisher of the Morden Times was re elected president of the Manitoba division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers association. F R Manning of the Reston Recorder and A H Leech of the St Vital Lance were re elected first and second vice presidents. Past president N S McLean of the Elmwood Herald paid tribute to A W Hanks retiring as Manitoba division treasurer after 14 years service.
Edith Collet, a Liverpool native and new Red Cross field organizer for southern Alberta, finds Western frontier stories tame beside her experiences in England during WWII with an anti aircraft battery. She savors baseball and Alberta square dancing, plans to buy a flowered skirt, and studied social science and town planning at the University of Liverpool.
A water moccasin can bite underwater but is less likely to strike when immersed, suggesting it avoids unnecessary aggression while in water.
Sunflowers fit into Manitoba farm rotations in later stages to extend sequences and partly replace summer fallow. They help diversify cropping plans and break pest and disease cycles while maintaining soil health and production goals.
Battleford is proposed as a key site for Saskatchewan's 1955 50th anniversary celebrations. Councillor Joe Kuffner leads a movement to place Battleford, historic capital of the Northwest Territories, at the forefront of provincial golden jubilee events. The town's furthest reach in early Saskatchewan history includes Hudsons Bay Company posts, R N W M P activities at Duck Lake in 1885, and the 1878 Saskatchewan Herald publication.
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