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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 19, 1950
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text from The Russell Banner shows publication details and partial notice lines. It references Reed Orgs, Themetag, rates, ad charges, and Ottawa postal matter designation, indicating a second class matter marking by the Post Office, with publishers EC Sanderson and H M Rutar.
A wide critique by W L Belton questions the effectiveness of outlawing Communism, arguing it may strengthen it by driving it underground while urging direct engagement. The piece also condemns hunting as unsafe and wasteful, calling for conservation through reserves and controlled annual culls to save meat and hides. It notes Hawaii’s nine inhabited islands as a factual aside.
A discussion notes that past attempts to fix prices and have governments buy essentials like wheat and timber have largely failed. Britain shifts to allow merchants to import from surplus producers while Canada continues state actions. The piece cites a committee's report and the idea that centralized buying by the state yields less benefit than market-driven trade. It ends with a Chinese proverb about the difficulty of central control.
Officials will perform commerce functions alongside political duties as part of a broader administrative reorganization. The arrangement assigns overlapping roles to ensure continuity in governance while pursuing economic initiatives.
ENDCLIFFE hosts a farewell for Mr and Mrs Geib who are moving to Birmingham Sask. The couple received a community china tea service. Ruth and Lucy Bird visited from Dropmore before returning home. Neighbours visit Roblin Durban Shellmouth Roblin and Melville guests noted. Bert Zimmer returns from Winnipeg hospital. A Flatt of Melville serves as relief foreman for the local section.
Miss Wilma Wishart and Mrs W Davidson visited by family in the area. A farewell party for Mr and Mrs H Sudbury was held at their Shellmouth home with forty friends. They received a china tea set, and a luncheon followed with singing. They move to Russell and invite visits.
Mr and Mrs Alec Michalchuk and twin daughters Paulette and Patricia of Brandon visited Wm Michalchuk on Sunday. Miss Maria Michalchuk spent last weekend in Winnipeg. Miss Leona Melnyk and Miss Gladys Melnyk returned to Winnipeg after a three week holiday. Bert Dufrat and John Stefanishyyn made a business trip to Roblin on Saturday.
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