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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1944
Page
7
Pat dismisses Sally but a farm girl proves useful when supplies are scarce by using typewritten paper chickens to camouflage a camp. The general praises the feminine touch and the camp wins a prize for best simple camouflage using paper and scissors.
Revised estimates show Canada produced 39,492,100 Tb of honey in 1943, up 11,443,400 Tb from 1942. A record 449,650 colonies supported by 34,250 beekeepers, with Alberta leading expansion. Prospects for 1944 look reasonably favorable as winter losses were minor and colonies grew about seven percent.
War research directed by the Army Quartermaster Corps in New York will yield post war living gains. Innovations include pre mixed cereals water proof matches and butter that won t melt except under high temperatures. A survey notes insecticides from metal bombs and cereals pre mixed with sugar and milk requiring only water, plus unbreakable glassware.
Higgins Industries of New Orleans announces a new rescue boat capable of being dropped from a plane by parachute from high altitudes. Officials say several hundred boats are rushed to completion, fully equipped to ship survivors or castaways with clothing blood plasma smoke signals and rockets to discharge buoy lines.
The Daily Sketch reports many relatives of leading Nazis are allowed to move abroad to take embassy and consular roles in neutral countries. Two Ribbentrop nephews have arrived at the embassy in Japan without diplomatic experience. Goering relatives hold posts in Spain and Portugal, while Goebbels family members secure sinecure posts in Stockholm.
Advertisement for Anne Adams Pattern 4660 a dainty floral pinafore with ruffles in misses sizes 12 to 20. Size 16 requires 3 and a half yards of 35 inch fabric. Order by sending 20 cents and listing name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Winnipeg. Mail may be slow.
Ornithologists at the Royal Ontario Museum explain birds prepare for their long migration. After busy feeding in peak insect and seed crops, many suspend singing and molt. By autumn they wear new plumage and gain fat reserves for the trek southward.
A collection of humorous quips and anecdotes about driving licenses, heredity, marriage, loans, examinations, manners, and travel. The snippets feature exchanges between a Sweet Young Thing and an officer, new brides, a calculating husband, a fading vicar, and a cautious uncle offering blunt financial tips. Each tale delivers a brief, pointed punchline.
A Gospel edition prepared by the British and Foreign Bible Society has been issued for the Wor ror, a tiny Australian Aboriginal tribe spoken by about 300 people. The hand sized volume aims to bring scripture to this small language group.
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