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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1947
Page
2
The article notes ongoing food shortages with little prospect of relief in Europe and Asia. It warns that unless imports rise substantially, diet levels may stay low into 1950 in western and central Europe, while Asia faces a still low living standard. Authorities call for drastic action to avert worsening conditions in the gravest regions.
A report for delegates at the UN Food and Agriculture Conference estimates Europe Asia and North Africa will need at least 28 to 34 million tons of grain for the year ending July 1 1946, up from 24 million tons the previous year. Crop failures in importing countries and possible export surpluses of 30 to 34 million tons could alter the balance.
A wartime era report argues food production can rise above prewar levels to feed a growing world population. It stresses reasonable prices and government support, noting the FAO and global plans hinge on market expansion and cooperation among governments, industry, and farmers. Canada is cited as vitally involved.
The Oglala Sioux held a 24 hour sun dance to seek peace after war. Participants fasted throughout the rite and a rawhide buffalo painting sat on the central pole. The enemy side showed no figure this year, after a council vote against Stalin imagery.
In Schenectady New York Professor Henry Yeagley of Pennsylvania State College explains homing pigeons navigate by sensing magnetic intensity. Displaced birds instinctively head toward areas with magnetic conditions resembling home, guiding them back to their loft.
A compact collection of moral maxims and quotes from notable authors. The excerpts emphasize stillness, faith, patience, virtuous thoughts, and the power of ideas to shape action and world events. Each line presents a concise takeaway on mind, spirit, and influence.
An advertisement from AY ART STUDIOS Vancouver offers a chance to start a plastic ornament business. It promises ready for sale items and materials for instruction, with a hook and incentive pricing to join in. The notice lists 1375 Kingsway Vancouver as the contact.
A collection of rural jokes and witticisms. Farmers and townsfolk trade quips about rain, milk, loans, weddings, and everyday mishaps in a light humorous column. The bits poke fun at speech misfires and social quirks among villagers and neighbors.
London workers confront a postwar shift as 14 year olds who served as office boys vanish from the scene. Factories offer higher pay and better prospects, while leaving age rules push 30,000 local boys to stay in school. A stenographer shortage echoes the trend with women seeking easier commutes and higher pay in industry.
Radio star Jack Garson recalls a fishing tale with bravado about a three hour struggle against a ferocious monster. His nephew Tugwell questions the size of the fish while Carson insists the effort wore the fish down, noting it can lose weight in long fights.
The Calgary Albertan cites Ella Wheeler Wilcox to describe two types of people on earth. Leaners watch others do the hard work while lifters perform tasks and contribute to the country, with gratitude for their efforts and outcomes.
Canada builds a sea going reserve prepared to sail at once in war. From Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and University Naval Training Divisions, about 800 have prior sea duty by September. Halifax hosts two week summer training aboard Portage New Liskeard Haida and Warrior with watches in engine rooms and gunnery lectures.
Dr J L Robinson Dominion geographic surveyor will lead an RCA F Canso flight to Prince of Wales island in the Canadian Arctic. The team aims to map unknown interior coastlines and locate an open lake for a landing while pursuing magnetic pole coordinates near Somerset island. The party includes Glen Madill as geodetic lead and sails from Cambridge Bay aboard the Canso.
A Melbourne suburb dog named Reo owned by 82 year old violin maker Charles Hume avoids Bach. The Australian News and Information Service reports the dog enjoys most classical pieces while his head rests between his paws, but she barks and howls when Bach begins.
A Yorkshire Post columnist notes the British textile fair at Earl's Court includes an anti moth demonstration. Two wool samples on display show one treated with a moth deterrent while the other is normal. amplified sound reveals moths chewing the untreated fabric as they are exposed to the pest.
Washington report tells of a case where Mrs. Othello Pompier mixed up two similar black 1947 cars belonging to John Costianes and Lt Col Jose de Faria Lima. She parked Lima’s car then paid a locksmith to fix a non fitting ignition and dispatched it to New York for shipment to Brazil. Police later found Lima’s car still where she left it.
Miss Mary Blakely has built the world’s third largest Braille library in Melbourne after 56 years of effort. The collection exceeds 18,000 volumes and borrowers have ranged from India to the Straits Settlements.
The text states that deer, oxen and sheep possess four chambered stomachs. It identifies a shared anatomical feature among these species.
Officials warn that discarded inner tubes pose risks at the beach as wind or tide can sweep them far from shore. Many tubes are old and patched, offering only dangerous fun and urging supervision and caution.
A 21 ship food armada will deliver 70 000 tons of beef and other foods to Britain from Australia within three months. The plan follows a conference between the British High Commissioner Sir BE Williams and Australian food and transport unions.
A mailman reported seeing plates from 44 states in Seattle during a week long troil around city streets. Missing entries included New Hampshire Delaware Virginia, highlighting broad interstate representation.
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