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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 20, 1947
Page
2
The text discusses measures of national prosperity including bank deposits trade and stock values and notes unemployment as a key indicator. It recalls the 1929 crash and the wartime shift of workers into the armed forces and war industries.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports that by end of August more than 5 million Canadians were employed an increase of about 187000 since May and 150000 over August 1946. Unemployment stood at 73000 near wartime lows though anxiety remained about postwar job demand as demobilization and wartime plant workers reenter regular employment.
The August survey forms part of Canada’s eighth quarterly review of labor conditions. It sampled about 25 000 randomly chosen households outside institutions to gauge employment trends, finding a high level of employment despite seasonal declines.
Announcement from the Lethbridge Herald notes the retirement of Dr. Seager Wheeler OBE from his Rosenthal Sask farm to Victoria. Wheeler was a five time world wheat king and developed two varieties Red Bobs and Kitchener, earning further recognition. He also pursued plant breeding as a serious hobby setting aside land for research. Birds are briefly described with terms such as a stand of plovers a watch of nightingales a bevy of quails and a cast of hawks.
A meat loaf recipe uses 3 cups cooked rice and 2 pounds ground beef with green pepper onions and tomatoes. Mix ingredients, score into servings in a 6 inch dish, bake at 375 degrees for 70 minutes, yields 8 to 10 servings.
A practical two egg cake method with sifted flour baking powder salt butter sugar and vanilla. Steps include creaming butter and sugar then beating in eggs alternating flour and milk, baking times vary by pan size and temperature, frosting suggested.
A selection of brief quotations on simplicity from Longfellow Emerson Pope Mary Baker Eddy Steele Pope and Alford. The passages praise straightforwardness as a path to greatness and elegance in language and conduct.
Water in nature shifts between vapor and liquid in a continuous, unending cycle while remaining fundamentally water. The piece notes the persistence of H2O as it moves through states driven by temperature and energy exchanges.
Edmonton report notes Alberta oil production rising for first time in five years. A new well west of the Leduc field doubles its size, boosting hopes the province may meet Canada’s domestic crude needs as Turner Valley declines slow and Leduc Lloydminster and Princess fields contribute. Leduc has 15 producing wells with more drilling promising near-term production.
A collage of quick quips and customer line gags. Jokes cover marriage rumors, bridge players, plural words, jokes gone too far, and household misunderstandings. Players include a teacher, a judge, a saleswoman, and a curious child, with a playful angle on daily life.
The Canadian Red Cross Society plans a 1948 national campaign with a $3,000,000 objective announced at a two day central council meeting in Montreal. Delegates from each province attended and outlined fund raising aims for March.
Brief rural and regional items: Don and Keith Bradley sell their Holstein herd to Ed Nichol and buy purebred horned Herefords to show on western Canada fairs. William Tait owns a nine-hole golf course near Crystal Lake since 1930, despite rheumatism. Manitoba hatcheries set a chick production record of 9,800,000. A Manitoba poultry conference heard A F Darnell address delegates. Calgary council opposes using federal influence to permit margarine manufacture and sale in Canada. The Assiniboia Quarter Century Association grew to 495 members since 1937 with motto The More We Get Together the Happier We Are and hosts regular socials.
Unity Saskatchewan experiences rapid growth after a natural gas drilling crew uncovers vast gas, oil, potash and salt deposits near the town. Population rises over two years, industry expands, but officials say Unity will not become a boom town. Potash discovery deemed Canada’s most important mineral find in 20 years by Resources Minister Phelps.
In New York and across the United States shoppers are greeted by promotions signaling the war’s end. A Bronx cinema advertises free dinnerware to female patrons on Wednesdays and Thursdays while a major radio maker includes a free electric mantel clock with every receiver purchase. A New York grocery chain cuts prices on aluminum pots and pans with each $5 of groceries bought.
In Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania court stenographer R Monhrbach was called as a witness during a will contest and used a long pad to record his own questions and answers, creating a complete transcript of his testimony.
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