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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1948
Page
2
The article describes the vast postwar problem of hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Germany, Austria, and Italy. Western powers run DP camps where people await promises of new homes and opportunities, with many still awaiting placement after more than forty months.
The International Refugee Organization reduced its caseload by 244000 in its first year, leaving 600000 displaced as of May. Of the 244000 removed, 77000 were repatriated and 167000 emigrated abroad. The plan aims to place 450000 next year with 20 percent to Western Europe and equal numbers to Latin America and the United States, plus Canada and Australia expanding intake. Canada has admitted 40000 and plans 60000 more next year, while Australia awaits 20000 next year.
A group of businessmen led by B. J. Kern of Regina purchased the Lakeside Coals Ltd mine at Robb Alberta, about 300000 dollars. The mine, 33 miles south of Edson, had a destructive fire four years earlier and will need roughly 250000 dollars to resume production. Other Saskatchewan partners include Roy D. Trumble James Mortenson Alvin Booker Lorne Kerr and J A Matheson of Gull Lake.
Nearly 900000 Britons over pension age wear glasses without sight testing. Sir William Douglas said a medical survey in Wolverhampton found one third of respondents unhappy with their glasses and one sixth had bought frames from a general store.
A total of 1,984 persons were handed over to The Salvation Army from Canadian Courts last year. Also turned over to The Prisoner's Friend were 194 parolees.
A collection of short jokes and quips about domestic life and social misadventures. Poking fun at servants, cooks, and family banter with lines about turkeys, accidents, and polite pretensions. Ends with a cryptic trailing number 2797 er.
An advertisement asserts a 40 year refund promise for Hem-Roid, claiming quick relief and honesty from users. It urges a 10 day directed trial with money back if results don’t meet expectations, noting few refunds as proof of efficacy.
VANCOUVER. United Church of Canada is 405 ministers short and struggles to recruit men for expanding work. Low pay and meagre pensions deter young men, with criticism that many ministers, especially younger ones, are leaving for other fields or to join sister churches across the border.
Ottawa reports the Canadian Government has completed arrangements to import about 6,000,000 pounds of butter from Denmark and Australia, bringing total planned imports to roughly 15,000,000 pounds to cover winter demand. Trade minister C. D. Howe said this should meet minimum seasonal needs.
The first half of a gift of 8 000 barrels of powdered milk from Canadian school children to the United Nations Children's Fund for European youngsters left Montreal recently.
Nickle Map Services of Calgary reports 9.5 million acres of oil and gas rights taken in Alberta last month. The record month raises total leases and reservations to 41 million of Alberta's 165 million acres.
The Post Office Department will operate winter airmail between Churchill Manitoba and Chesterfield Inlet Northwest Territories. Three round trips by mail plane are scheduled from October 1 to April 1. Postal money orders to Hyderabad are suspended amid India conflict.
A plague of camels in northern South Australia wastes fodder for stock. Once imported for transport, the herd was ordered destroyed. A fruit-growing syndicate plans to convert the carcasses into fertilizer.
A Canadian Press survey shows most provinces expect higher yields than 1947 despite late planting and a dry late summer. Prairies see $6-$8 daily wages for harvesters. New Brunswick fast potato-pickers earn about $20 a day. Nova Scotia apple crop around 1,000,000 barrels, value near $4,000,000. Ontario and Quebec forecast strong crops with total values above last year. Saskatchewan wheat mostly No 1 Northern, Alberta harvests improved, BC apples good but broader fruit quality down after a wet summer.
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