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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
2
The article discusses whether education should be managed by provinces or the Federal Government. It notes advantages of provincial control given climate and geography, and benefits of a uniform national curriculum for unity and smoother teacher mobility. It mentions school financing as a potential area for federal involvement.
A Canadian Teachers Federation letter urges federal grants in aid of education, criticizing provincial and local funding reliance. It notes rising teacher salaries, postwar construction backlogs, and calls for a revival of federal support discussed at an Ottawa summer conference.
Ed Tingey found a 1952 settlement slip for a Canaidan Livestock Co-Operative load of hogs.14 animals weighed 3005 pounds sold for 92.15 after deductions. after freight and other costs he received 61.70. Today’s price would be nearly seven times the1952 rate. Feed and oats spread noted across decades.
A Saskatchewan flood tale verified by the CNR recounts a woman’s travel from Battleford to Delmas on a 55 cent return ticket. She rode successive reroutings through Saskatoon Kindersley Hanna Edmonton and Lloydminster, spending two days stranded west of Lloydminster and traveling about 900 miles before returning home.
More than half the population of Bolivia speaks their own Indian dialects, with twenty five percent of the people of mixed blood.
Pattern 4823 offers a simple breezy casual dress with few seams and complete illustrated instructions. Sizes 12 to 20 require about 3 yards of 39 inch fabric for size 16. 25 cents is needed, stamps not accepted, write size name address and style number and send to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Union.
February production in Ottawa shows a jump in primary lead to 23,726 tons from 12,636 in February 1947. Zinc output rose to 17,527 tons from 16,014, and silver production totaled 1,501,907 fine ounces, up from 896,329.
Arthur Gilmour, director of income tax and succession duties in this district, told a business group that about 40 percent of returns call for refunds due to over-payment.
George Cruickshank reports a pure white robin with the red breast among a group of standard color birds in his garden. The note adds a historical remark that Iraq was formerly part of the Turkish empire.
The federal labor department predicts a summer with labor shortages at least as severe as in 1947 as agriculture and seasonal industries absorb thousands of workers. The prairies mirror the national trend per the department’s monthly manpower analysis. The given Christian name Raymond means wise protection.
A collection of quips and short humorous exchanges about aging birthdays, school jokes, manners, and family mishaps. The bits feature a birthday wish, a comedic misreading about fish in the ocean, a tramp asking for shelter, a dance named civilization, a whisky trunk gag, a doctor and instrument joke, a court exchange over words, a lawyer’s plan to warn a son, radio controls, and contrasting views of a husband’s temperament.
A British industrialist proposes a national coal policy and a 3,000 engineered team to strip mine Alberta anthracite. Sir Albert Braithwaite says production could reach 3 million tons in six months and 10 million tons yearly within 18 months, with Ontario access priced at about 12.50 to 13.25 a ton. The plan hinges on Bank of England capital approvals and is supported by Alberta officials and MPs.
Ontario tomato growers gain a new control for early blight zinc dimethyl dithiocarbamate. It is related to ferric dimethyl dithiocarbamate, a key control for tobacco blue mold. Recommendations call for alternating sprays with tribasic copper sulphate, four applications at 7 to 10 day intervals starting 30 days after blossoming.
The number of horses on Canadian farms dropped 12 percent from Dec 1 1946 to Dec 1 1947, totaling 1 979 400. Saskatchewan led with 486 600 horses, followed by Ontario 451 000, Alberta 393 800, and Quebec 315 700. Since Dec 1 1941 the on farm horse total declined by 907 000.
Ottawa reports little immediate hope of lower meat prices before the Commons price committee. The testimony also assures there will be no meat shortage this year despite uncertain future prices.
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