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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 02, 1950
Page
2
The Edmonton pipeline opening signals a broader Canadian growth trend. Hon. C. D. Howe notes the nation’s iron deposits in Labrador, titanium mines in Quebec, vast forests, and western oil fields as foundations for a new prosperous era in Canada’s economic development.
The oil pipeline would connect Edmonton to Superior Wisconsin, enabling transfer to Great Lakes tankers for east refineries. It could extend Canadian oil sales within Canada and toward the U S Middle West. Canadian production is valued at $60,000,000 annually, saving about 90,000,000 Canadian dollars that would have been spent on oil and shipping in the United States.
Mr Howe told Edmonton audiences at the pipeline opening that Canada could save 150 000 000 Canadian dollars annually with market expansion. He cautioned the gain could boost Canada US trade balance as gasoline and fuel oil consumption rise amid doubling motor vehicle licenses and tripling fuel oil demand. Western oil fields gain strategic importance for Canada’s economy.
Norways Arnfinn Bergmann, 22, world champion jumper, married Vera Ratcliffe of Canada in Norway after the Revelstoke tournament of champions last winter. They plan to reside in Revelstoke where Bergmann will coach the Revelstoke club.
Pennsylvania registered more strikes than any other state in 1949, totaling over 10 million man-days lost.
Yellow Horn a four year old deer lives with the Boyd family in Cowichan Vancouver Island. The buck sleeps on a bed in the house and visits the veranda kitchen and dining room for treats. He was deserted as a fawn on Cowichan Lake and later painted yellow for identification by loggers.
Winnipeg resident Angus M. McKay aged 88 from North Kildonan reflects on his long farming life in Manitoba. He recalls feeding horses and warns that tractors pose a danger, saying the tractor will kill the man and noting they do not need breaks.
In Philadelphia a New York shipper Harold Frick and the Society of Industrial Packaging and Materials Handling Engineers praised popcorn as a packing substitute for excelsior. The method saves about 75 percent in packing costs and 30 percent in mailing costs, with lighter packages and reduced breakage.
Toronto hosts the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair November 14 to 22 where world championships will be awarded in wheat oats barley corn potatoes and rye.
Students at the University of British Columbia show heightened interest in military training with the Canadian Officers Training Corps receiving quadruple the applicant count compared to the same period in 1949, signaling a postwar surge in enlistment enthusiasm.
A historical note states that Handel produced an opera before reaching his fifteenth birthday, highlighting his precocious musical genius and early start in the profession.
Ottawa allocates 15300 from national health grants to Manitoba to improve public health services. 8500 funds lab and X ray work for Roblin Grandview area residents. 2500 supports Dauphin lab technician salary and equipment. 2000 buys equipment for Ninette sanatorium. Over 2000 funds films and filmstrips for health education.
A collection of light humor snippets featuring Bridget seeking a recommendation, a doctor and a lady killer joke, an angel cake pun, a cottage border quarrel on the American Canadian line, a Windsor tunnel slip gag, a customs officer slip remark, a store card on pricing ethics, a writer’s career claim with items sold, a sick pig Sugar cured ham pun and more.
Florence Harry-Jones, 71, elected president of the Young Conservatives of Chingford Eny local youth group. A dog leapt onto a Chicago woman’s lap and knocked her from a third story window, but she survived with minor injuries. Lawyer Hurley notes an Indian client’s drunken episode in Vancouver with suspended sentence. Children at Cooksville Ont. briefly left room over a skunk baby found in a carriage. Cincinnati man testifies in a divorce suit asserting the family dog ranks first in all things.
Regina report on proposed legislation to create a contributory pension scheme for city town village and school unit employees. The draft plan envisions employee and employer contributions to fund retirement at age 65 for men and 60 for women, to be considered by the province's next session.
The Chicago Legal News, founded in 1868 by Myra Bardwell, was the first law paper in the western United States. It marked a milestone in legal journalism and women’s professional involvement in law media.
Ottawa report places prairie wheat at 430 million bushels for 1950, down 25 million from 455 million, trimming all-Canada wheat to 465 million from 490 million. Oats and barley also revised, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta totals given for Oct 1. The survey supports papers for the Dominion Provincial Agriculture conference.
Freeing of the Canadian dollar leaves New Zealand importers with insufficient funds for orders placed with Canadian manufacturers. Venice in Italy is nicknamed Bride of the Sea.
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