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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 16, 1947
Page
3
The item notes a 1946 total of 2.5 billion livres in phone calls in Britain, a coal shipment of 8565 tons to Newcastle, and postman F S Green claiming 3000 miles of delivery. It also mentions travel restrictions in Bermuda, Princess Elizabeth’s wedding plan, a Nicaraguan decree on communist participants, Canada Egypt locomotive orders, an Egyptian steel project near Assuan, and Dominican withdrawal of its Madrid minister under a UN mandate.
The Canadian Tuberculosis Association says deaths from TB increased by 238 nationwide to 5 797 in 1946 with the death rate rising to 47 2 per 100 000. Ontario and Saskatchewan fell, Quebec led at 72 2. U S rate fell to 35 9 per 100 000.
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The St. John Telegraph Journal cites coroners court records where hunters misjudge targets and kill people. Testimony recalls fathers mistaken for partridges and others who shoot at shadows due to carelessness or nervous excitement.
The flag signaling Boulogne’s 1944 German surrender was handed to the city’s mayor at a ceremony attended by Canadian naval, army and air force representatives.
A Toronto company plans to start hunting white whales in Hudson Bay next summer and process the oil and products at a Manitoba shore plant near Churchill. Hudson Bay has historic whaling links with New England, but this would be Canada’s first integrated processing effort.
Ottawa reports 26,522 immigrants arrived in Canada during the seven months ending July 31. Most newcomers originated from the British Isles, per figures released by the immigration branch.
Some Chinese reportedly use chopsticks to signal secret codes across a room. The practice involves specific movements or placements to convey messages without speaking.
Canada reports notable declines in diphtheria and whooping cough cases and deaths for 1946, with polio still causing more fatalities. Vaccination use rises and National Immunization Week urges parents to immunize children against diphtheria whooping cough and smallpox, via health departments and doctors.
A carload of new rye graded 20W and totaling 2 147 bushels was shipped from Blaine Lake Saskatchewan. The shipment is valued at 7 106 dollars.
New York report states Lloyds of London agreed to issue a one year policy for 50000 dollars to protect comedian Pinky Lee from loss of his lisp. The premium for the unusual insurance is 2500 dollars.
In Clark's Harbor Nova Scotia three fishermen Claremont Jones Delma Jones and Wilfred Rennahan battled a 1000 pound turtle for an hour then harpooned hog-tied and towed it into port. The beast initially pulled the boat before surfacing allowing a rope to be secured and finally captured.
Mrs. Madsella Hvoslef, 75 of Baltimore, arrived on the Stavangerfjord after a long career at sea. The Norwegian born veteran estimates she spent three full years afloat and noted her first U S voyage occurred in 1880 with a return trip several years later. A brief historical note mentions horse shoeing dating to 300 B C.
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