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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
5
In wartime advice, readers urged to prevent constipation by daily intake of Kellogg's All-Bran with ample water. The article promotes bulk in the diet as the natural fix, suggesting cereals or muffins and noting Kellogg's makes it in London, Canada.
High Commissioner for the United Kingdom Malcolm MacDonald opened the Ottawa Export Food Show and praised Canadian farmers for supplying Britain's essential food during 1940 1941. He cited Britain's need for a fearless spirit and RAF bravery, crediting farmers for sustaining body and soul until freedom allies could rescue.
A Dutch Nazi newspaper is cited by the Office of War Information complaining of lively trade proverbs in Holland. Signs in shop windows carry sayings like Who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind and Everything will come out right. The report notes a Bau record of proverbs varying in design from Phoenician times to the present.
A Manitoba native earns the Military Medal in Italy for four hours of bravely recapturing enemy machine gun weapons. Lt Commander W D Brown helps rescue a Nazi U-boat crew. Prairie servicemen spread to Labrador for entertainments as Knights of Columbus notes. A Stony Mountain AB seaman clips hair for sailors. CWAC transfers for M J Horner’s daughter, Mary Choromud enlists, family military service common. Parachute troops proposed as early as 1784.
Peter England meets Anne Bradford, a new probationer at Bradford hospital, and they grow close as she learns nursing amid Renshaw’s strict supervision. When a patient suffers a hemorrhage and a water incident is suspected, Anne faces possible dismissal, but Peter and Anne confront the truth, leading to a vow to pursue medicine and marriage.
Wartime convoys face a new enemy besides submarines as pea-soup fog and drifting icebergs loom over the Atlantic. The Navy warns that fog shrouds 40 ships in a 10-ship convoy, heightening tension and chilling crews as they sail in darkness and rough seas amid a harsh winter.
Reader asks why worry about future shortages when forebears lacked sugar in the 13th century and coal fires later, listing items by century. The note cites Emil Ludwig on German language lacking fair and gentleman, and mentions six hundred British naval vessels at sea at any moment.
Major R Shaw of the Salvation Army in Edmonton recounts an Alaska Highway incident where Fort St John administrators placed a dime penalty on every swear word. The box filled, but when opened the proceeds totaled one dollar and four shillings, with a note apologizing for the lack of swearing.
A reader letters section describes a home remedy for itchy scalp and rashes using a combination of soap and natural ingredients. The tip claims faster healing and relief from dandruff with repeated daily rubs for several weeks, with a money back guarantee if ineffective. The text appears as a casual unsolicited consumer advice note with unclear product references.
Berlin radio dispatch reports the fascist republic decreed confiscation of all art objects in Jewish hands within areas it controls in Italy. Jews must register their treasures or face confiscation without compensation, the broadcast said.
Reports filtering out of France reveal that food is so short in Paris that nearly 1,000,000 persons will have to be evacuated to rural areas this winter to avoid widespread starvation. Food packets from friends in the country sustain some Parisians now.
A church steeple defect in the steel industry is a transverse crack found in rolled steel. The flaw concerns structural integrity and manufacturing quality control within steel production.
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