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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
2
The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy report predicts a bright future for Canada's mining sector. In 1948 total mine output reached 494 million dollars, a record helped by high prices, with Canada leading in nickel platinum and asbestos production and ranking high in gold zinc silver copper and lead.
The article argues Canada’s youth as a nation and its evolving mining sector build confidence in the future. It notes Western oil fields, Labrador iron ore deposits, and untapped regions expected to contribute significantly to global petroleum and metal supplies.
The piece notes mining resources, especially Alberta oil, could solve Canada’s foreign exchange issues. Ambassador Lawrence Steinhardt says dollars spent on American oil could buy other needed products, creating employment, increasing tax revenue, and boosting foreign trade as the industry grows.
Salmon Arm report says A E Long of Mount Ida found $600 while discing a hay field. The bills were intact though weathered with a 100 on the outside. The bank replaced the worn bill with a fresh one, restoring the loss from last year.
Chester South Carolina farmer R M Massey tied an electrical shock to a fence to correct a mule habit. The mule stood in water and touched the fenced wire, suffering. Massey seeks another mule. Fort Lauderdale Florida reports a Gulf Stream warmed climate with an annual mean temperature of 74.7 degrees.
William B. Young a Dallas student pilot reports a cat crawled from a cockpit recess during a 2500 foot practice flight near Tulsa Oklahoma. The animal reportedly attacked his face and hands before Young grabbed it with one hand and steadied the plane with the other then threw the cat from the cockpit. He sustained severe bites and scratches.
A collection of daily humor snippets and quips. Jokes cover editors poets workmen drivers two trips ears and daddies, social misreads, and witty classroom exchanges. The tone mimics a newspaper humor page with short, punchy setups and concise punchlines.
The passage traces potato blight as an ancient disease affecting wild and cultivated potatoes since the 16th century. It notes outbreaks in France Germany Nova Scotia New Brunswick Western Europe and the United States by 1845 and mentions the term Irish Potato Blight for Ireland. It also cites past arsenical mixtures and recent use of DDT based controls.
Visitors to the Royal Mint in Ottawa see thousands of coins produced and tested. A souvenir booklet of photographs is offered for a quarter, and inside the neatly sealed envelope rests a shiny new penny for buyers.
Ralph Foster of Ottawa, executive officer of the National Film Board, told the Association of Canadian Fire Marshals that television will soon show fires in homes from Vancouver and other cities. He said pictures of blazes would underscore the damage and loss of life and property from fires.
Wetaskiwin Alberta is home to Jim Winters aged 108 believed to be the province's oldest resident. A native of Atlanta he served in the Confederate Army then worked in a Michigan lumber camp. He homesteaded in Northern Ontario and moved to Calgary around 1900 before settling in Wetaskiwin.
New York report from Sales Management Magazine shows the average after tax income per U.S. family increased from 4309 in 1947 to 4531 in 1948. The survey also notes average retail sales per family rose to 3131 from 2955.
Winnipeg officials warn that anyone removing federal voters lists from telephone poles faces fines and imprisonment. Lists posted publicly let electors verify inclusion of their names.
A Saskatchewan resident narrates a spring windstorm that tests coal sheds and soil, yet yields stubborn optimism. Travelers in town share jokes about the blow while dust curtains the plains and roads resemble rutted tracks. The narrator returns home to calm air, intact shed, and budding chokecherries, amid quiet resilience.
The Canadian Good Roads Association will hold its 30th annual convention at Lake Louise Alberta on September 12 to 14. Ministers of highways from nine provinces, Alberta officials, and prominent engineers will attend with Hon. George Bowen opening and Premier Manning as guest speaker.
Florentine Giovanni de Varrazzani sailed from Newfoundland to Florida in 1524, discovering New York bay and naming the land New France, according to a historical account.
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