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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 27, 1947
Page
2
A Washington report from the International Emergency Food Council warns that food and dollar shortages could trigger world economic collapse or chaos. The council, representing thirty five nations, allocates scarce foods to areas with severe shortages and issues a strong warning of impending disaster.
The report notes 206 million more mouths to feed than before the war while world per capita food production is down ten percent. Europe and the US saw smaller grain, hay, and potato yields and India and other import-reliant regions faced reduced crops. Europe remains critically short for livestock feed.
Supplies sent from Canada have bolstered relief in Europe and Asia as famine looms. The report urges utmost national and international cooperation to predate and distribute food, noting per capita consumption on this continent exceeds others while parts of Europe and Asia face near starvation levels. Canada has contributed greatly to the world supply, and continued aid is urged to prevent a collapse warned by the Emergency Food Council.
Stanford zoologist Dr. Douglas M. Whitaker, part of the Bikini atom bomb expedition, said mankind would not be wiped out by atomic radioactivity. He warned that if humans perish, all other animal life would die as well, leaving bugs to inherit the earth.
A saying notes the rich are more nervous than the poor due to the wide array of options wealth allows. This abundance of choice supposedly causes indecision, straining nerve-control mechanisms and increasing stress.
A collection of humorous exchanges and quips about marriage work and social blunders. Jokes cover wedding plans a missing husband golf grand opera careers and clerks. The humor relies on wordplay misreadings and social stereotypes of the era.
Western Briefs report Kelowna School District No 23 passing a by law authorizing 579 250 for a new high school construction project. Other items include Manitoba air service testing parachute drops to northern settlements and an Alberta animal pathology building at the University of Alberta farm. Portage la Prairie offers a Red Cross loan cupboard of sick room supplies. Rosetown resident creates a nickel slot machine to dispense water at two pails per nickel.
Chocolate to milk over low heat until smooth. Add sugar and salt and stir until dissolved. Boil without stirring to a soft ball stage 232 degrees. Stir in butter and vanilla. Cool to 110 degrees then heat until thick and glassy. Pour into 8x4 inch pan, cool, and cut into 18 squares.
A vintage batter uses 4 cups sifted flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon soda 11, teaspoons salt 4 tablespoons corn meal 2 eggs well beaten 2 cups sour milk or buttermilk 2 cups sweet milk 2 tablespoons melted shortening Sift dry ingredients add corn meal mix eggs with milk then blend with flour for a damp batter Bake on a hot greased griddle and serve immediately with butter and syrup or jam Makes about 24 cakes
A London columnist notes Tom Ox of Canning Town, London, asserts his full name has only five letters, challenging the Ix family of New Jersey, USA, for the record. The dispute centers on name length and records.
North American camphor derives mainly from pine trees with the remainder from other sources. The statement notes the regional dominance of pines in camphor supply.
The Pas gains a 580 square mile forest and lake playground named Cormorant Forest Reserve located 15 miles north. Water covers 40 percent of the area with trout and pickerel promised by Minister J. S. McDiarmid. Access is via rail highway and air.
Six thoroughbreds traveled by air from Limerick Ireland to Los Angeles to avoid seasickness hindering racing. This marked the first cargo of its kind flown across the Atlantic.
VIROQUA WIS County Clerk Bertie Moore carried 1100 dollars in cash and checks to the bank when a rubber band broke. Bills and checks scattered along Main street in a gusty wind. Volunteers recovered the money and Moore found he ended up with three dollars more than before the take flight.
Ottawa reports 32028 immigrants arrived from various countries in the six months ending Sept 30, down 14226 from the prior year. Displaced persons bringing totals to 5757 with 4349 workers, 595 domestics, 100 textile workers, and 75 miners among them. Ontario leads with 17566 arrivals, BC 4399, Manitoba 1213, Saskatchewan 1997, Alberta 1687, Yukon 21, Northwest six.
Toronto Hospital for Sick Children showcases reveal objects removed from children stomachs including coins nails toy parts peanuts safety pins and nail files. The items are recovered from young patients amid a corroded display of curiosities in the hospital corridor.
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