Rivers Gazette Sees Seeds and Housing News In 1950 Reports
The Rivers Gazette notes seed germination tests show 98 percent or lower across wheat, oats, and barley amid drought and frost, urging farmers to submit samples for free testing. It also reports a hopeful shift in home-building demand due to lower material exports and fewer new families, plus international news on China and escalating regional power infrastructure upgrades in Steinbach and Neverville.
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Agricultural Department of National Grain
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ottawa
Mortgu Anid Housing Corporation
Manitoba Hydro Extends Rural Electric Service
Manitoba Hydro adds over 1300 new customers in December as transmission lines reach Westbourne Rosedale Langford Lansdowne Miniota North Norfolk Portage la Prairie Shell River and several villages including Langruth Mulvihill Camper Spearhil Ashern Moosehorn Bield Shevlin Shortdale Deepdale Makaraff Ashville Firdale Mayfield Edrans Pine Creek Hilston and Two Creeks. Carberry Neepawa area service also improved.
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Manitoba
W. D. Fallis
Manitoba Power Commission
Westbourne
Rosedale
Langford
Lansdowne
Miniota
North Norfolk
Portage la Prairie
Shell River
Langruth
Mulvihill
Camper
Spearhil
Trains Collide Near Sturgis injuring two crew
At Hinchliffe 17 miles north of Sturgis Saskatchewan an extra freight hit the Regina Flin Flon passenger train injuring engineer Larsen Kamaack and brakeman W Bendas. Larsen hospitalized with severe scalds. Bendas lightly cut. Several passengers shaken but none seriously hurt.
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Sturgis
Sask
Canadian National Railways
Regina-Flin
Hinchcliffe
Uutil
Yorkton
Saskatoon
Larsen
Kamaack
Hudson Bay Junction
W. Bendas
Woman Found Alive In Coffin At Funeral In Haiti
Anita Soufrant of Saint Michel lay in her coffin after a six month illness and presumed death. At Louke church mourners heard noises from the casket and found her breathing. She regained consciousness after three days and was diagnosed with malaria. her condition is now fair.
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Au Prince
Haiti
API
Soutfrant
Saint Michel
Anita
Louke
Editorial Snippets and World News Roundup
A collage of editorials mocks editors and cites a Canadian statistics brochure. Winnipeg Windsor Ottawa Minnedosa Portage la Prairie reports cover a rink fire a court ruling on espionage a doctor’s death rationing in Germany and corporate death notices. Five suspects tied to a high value jewelry theft are arrested in Paris.
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Paris
Reuters
Aga Khan
Dog Timmy hero of Winnipeg store fire
In Winnipeg a ten month old Chesapeake dog Timmy woke sleeping man E S Bloomfield during a Sunday blaze that leveled a general store with living quarters and a nearby bakery. Bloomfield said the dog bit him while flames engulfed the front, and he fled with his five year old son to a neighbor. About four in cash belonging to the post office and store was lost.
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Juelph Mercury
Jones
Joe Doe
Harold Green
Violet Wise
Miss Green
Mr. Black
Dog
Winnipeg
St. Charles
E. Ss. Bloomfield
Timmy
Profit margins squeeze Northern miners face slim profits
The Northern Miner notes many mines operate on dangerously slim margins despite improved industry profits. A state labor leader is urged to keep this in mind amid ongoing economic challenges. In Minneapolis, cold weather driving tips advise simple rules for starting cars, plus a nod to a neighbor’s help with a push start.
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Northern Miner
Astate
Minneapolis Tribune
Automobile Club of Minneapolia
Cora
There's No Justice and Other Fragments
A collection of short clippings touching on social critique of gender norms, UN plans for Jerusalem, iceberg patrols after the Titanic, campus atheist groups, a Winnipeg tax appeal, and 1949 mining and political items. Includes notes on London Mosley and various international briefings.
Spain denies talk of wheat deal with Soviet Russia
A Spanish embassy official in Paris denied reports that anticommunist Spain is negotiating with Russian trade representatives to buy buried wheat. He stated Spain's diplomatic and trade teams have not dealt with Soviet counterparts and no special trade mission has arrived.
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Russia
Paris
Spain
Resepuy
Russia Walks Out of Atomic Controls Meeting
Lake Success January 19 Russia walked out of a secret Big Five plus Canada gathering on atomic controls amid questions over the continuing presence of Chinese nationalist delegates.
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Lake Success
X.Y
Russia
Canada
Fire in Nova Scotia home kills three children
Kentville authorities report a fatal dwelling fire that claimed the lives of three young children in the home of Ceci Venrot in Uesachy Dartmouth. Parents were away briefly and returned to find the house engulfed.
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Kentville
Ceci Venrot
Uesachy
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Rivers
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Odex
Blue Ribbon Coffee
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Marshall- Wells Stores
Forman's Hardware
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Toler
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