Manitoba weekly editors win Dominion Textile Award honours
The Virden Empire Advance editor J R McLachlan wins the Dominion Textile Award for Best Editorial Page in Manitoba weekly papers. D K Friesen of The Altona Echo earns top recognition in the over 1,250 circulation group, while The Deloraine Times led under 1,250 class with veteran W A Bourns. The Leader congratulates editors and staff on these achievements.
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J. R. “Rundle” McLachlan
Virden Empire Advance
Dominion Textile
Manitoba
Mclachlan
C.W.N.A
Friesen
Altona Echo
Canada
Deloraine Times
W. A. Bourns
Hartney Star
Rust the Great Crop Destroyer Threat to Wheat
Plant pathologists warn of a new wheat stem rust race 15-B, the most virulent yet, which has escaped from barberry hosts into U S and Canadian wheat. It threatens future yields as spores could return from the south next summer. calls for more research, breeding, funding, and barberry eradication in the eastern United States and Canada.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Rome
Subiaco
Abruzzi
Nero
Benedictines
Monte Cassiso
St. Thomas Aquinas
Aquino
Deans view on Britain's political stalemate and dangers
Dean Inge argues that Britain's political system is in stalemate with Liberals and Conservatives discredited and Labour misdirected. He warns of risks from militarism, potential new forms of control, and the dangers of atomic weapons, urging recognition of economic fragility and the need to adapt to a postwar world.
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Gladstone
Disraeli
Labor Party
Dean Inge
Lenin
Europe
Mussolini
Discoveries at Monte Cassino Unearth Benedict and Scholastica Remains
A wartime Italian relic tale notes the recovery of St. Benedict of Nursia and St. Scholastica remains near Monte Cassino. The piece recalls Benedictine roots, the abbey’s history, and the impact of Benedictine scholarship from Subiaco to Canterbury and Westminster, ending with a tribute to the saints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Cassino
Benedict of
Nursia
Scholastica
St. Mary’s
Rome
Naples
Italy
Benedict
Europe
Western push for farm machinery plants reshapes Canada trade
The rise of freight costs from the East harms Western buyers but may spur Western manufacturing of farm implements. Ontario led 1948 output with 96 percent, while Prairie provinces bought 61 percent of farm machinery. West advocates pooling to attract factories, boosting jobs, population, and regional balance as Western demand grows and Eastern price competition intensifies.
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Canada
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
West
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Beausejour
Lac du Bonnet
Cliff Brown
W. S. Kennard
Seven Sisters Falls
H. Leith Elma
C. Wendebdorn
Whitemouth
T. G. Erskine
Tyndall
L. A. Wawryshyn
W. W. Childe
Brokenhead
Victoria Mosquin
River Hills
L. Rempel Cromwell
Phylis Mroz
Pine Falls
M. Jaques
Member
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Audit Bureau Circulations
LSO
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Dave” Friesen
Rust
H. G. L. Strange Divehi
Lewis Milligan
Homo Sapiens
Britain
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Jewel of the West
Sons of St. Benedict
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Umbria
Goth
St. Augustine
Canterbury
England
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Gregory
Bede
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Wearmouth
Jarrow
Henry VIII
Henry
Fountains Abbey
Skell
Ripon
Yorkshire
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St. Peter
Westminster Abbey
Edward the Confessor
William of Normandy
William
Edward V
St. Peter’s College
Westminster School
Baronius
St. John Baptist
H. H. Cottingham
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Boyd Building
Wpg
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Winnipeg
Salter St
Dubienski
Barristers, Solicitors & Notaries
Confederation Life Lide
Red & White
Drache, Matlin and
Weselak
Municipal Hall
Whitemeath
Joseph Bellan
Beausejour, Manitoba
Chiropractors
Drs. Davidson & Baizley Chiropractic Clinic
Somerset Bidg
M. E. Finkleman
Portage Ave
Winnipeg, WI
Lakeview Hotel
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