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Newspaper

Springfield Leader

Location

Springfield, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jan 18, 1949

Page

3

Beausejour District Considers Independent Fair Board

A Beausejour and district issue reviews forming a three day fair board with wide representation. Delegates from Lions Club Chamber of Commerce Legion and Brokenhead Agricultural Society discuss youth agrarian input and independence from existing bodies. Experts advise provincial and federal agriculture departments for guidance, with a likely shelving of a three day fair this year.

W.W.C. N Leader Beausejour Lions Club Brokenhead Departments of Agriculture

Advertising Wisdom From a General Accident Company Paper

A December General Review article counsels agents to tailor media choice and spend to reader value. It stresses consistency over sporadic bulk, notes local papers as the backbone of small agency ads, and argues weekly papers may wield greater influence than metropolitan dailies for selling services.

General Review General Accident Assurance Corporation Canada

New Look For Foreign Policy Is Pivot Not Reversal

The State Department shifts under Dean Acheson are described as a re assessment rather than a reversal of policy. The piece lauds Acheson and Marshall for firm resistance to Soviet didmination while keeping open negotiations. It notes continuity through advisers like Bohlen and Kennan and underscores the long view of U S strategy in Europe and the Marshall Plan.

State Department Moscow Truman Russia Dean Acheson Europe Washington Kremlin Acheson James Webb Charles Bohlen George Kennan Marshall Lovett

Ontario Power Struggle Sparks Socialist Alarm

A Letter to the Editor argues Ontario’s power shortage shows failures of public ownership versus private firms. It blames hydro policy for reliance on water power, calls for emergency coal plants, and condemns socialist influence in Hydro and federal politics. Dr Hogg’s Manitoba role hints at widespread expropriation of private power.

Ontario Powlet Hydro Adam Beck Buffalo Niagara Falls Mindawaska Hamilton Ottawa Hogg Manitoba

Community Notes From Seven Sisters Whitemouth Area

Mrs T G Erskine reports Henry Steiner in hospital after an operation. Visitors included Hubert Anderson family and their twins Joyce and Doris, plus Annie and Leonard Anderson. Local hockey results: junior 12 Beausejour 2. senior lost to Beausejour. Olga Devlin bride elect honored at party. Ole Tergeson plans winter work in the East. Birth of daughter to Mr and Mrs Harvey Lockster. Engagement George Malkoske to Frieda Krentz announced. Sharon Dickie turns five on January 7. Various visits, meetings, and social events noted across Seven Sisters district.

Hubert Anderson Joyce Doris Annie Leonard Anderson Seven Sisters Beausejour Whitemouth Rennie Olga

Movie-television begins in England with BBC broadcast

Movie television launches in England on December 21 at a Bromley picture house. The first program comes from Alexandra Palace eighteen miles away, followed by a Rank subsidiary studio transmission. Government permission awaited.

England Bromley London BBC Alexandra Palace Movie-Television Rank United Kingdom

New Pumping Station Controls Fens Flood Waters

A recently opened pumping station in Britain will regulate water levels in two large streams feeding the The Fens, an below sea level agricultural area prone to inundation in heavy rain and strong winds. The facility, built within the last three years, provides complete control to avert danger.

Britain Fens

Beating VD Fourfold Campaign In Canada

Public education powers unite across federal provincial and municipal bodies to fight venereal disease. The effort targets morals laws health and welfare with clean living and factual knowledge as core weapons.

Canada

Flood Project Farms Waterworks With Massive Pumps

The flood project spans about 20 000 acres and includes two pumps capable of moving 10 million gallons per hour. Construction cost reached £70 000 with 70 percent funded by the Ministry of Agriculture.

Ministry of Agriculture

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