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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
6
A confident speaker declares the farmer the nation’s backbone and Canada’s hope for the future. He asserts farmers sustain daily food, promise tomorrow, and secure peace and prosperity globally. The message emphasizes industry, honesty, and essential national role in war and peace.
In London the Minister of Home Security reports that unexploded missiles found by souvenir hunters have killed 12 people and injured six. Ambulance and casualty evacuation trains stand ready across Britain, with routes stretching seven miles end to end.
A prominent call praises PFRA for stabilizing Western Canadian agriculture by funding small projects like dugouts and dams, moisture conservation, and tree planting. It argues for expanded, permanent efforts while prioritizing war needs, urging limited large-scale works until after victory.
A nearcity of cauliflowers is fore most by Canadian greenhouse men due to the cutting off of seed from Holland and Denmark. Local growers report reliance on Dutch and Danish stocks is disrupted, threatening harvests and market supply in the region.
In a letter to Capt. R A. Davis at Rideau Military Hospital, Nancy Astor asks Canadians to send furniture to Britain for wartime relief. She notes a need for beds and simple household items to replace what was destroyed in air raids, and mentions a goal of gathering substantial supplies.
Jerusalem becomes a bustling refuge as refugees flood the ancient city and mingle under one flag. Christians, Muslims, Jews, and Hindus unite in a shared cause while monasteries and universities convert space for sleeping quarters. Daily life blends church bells muezzin calls and street markets as visitors tour the old city.
The St Catharines Standard reports a survey by the Association of University Women across the line showing 87 percent of rural husbands help with housework compared with 40 percent of city husbands. The study concludes city men tend to avoid domestic tasks, while farm husbands assist with chores.
A teacher recounts Newton discovering gravitation after an apple fell on his head. A student replies that if he had sat in class he might not have discovered anything. The scene highlights curiosity driving science.
Basil Dean appeals to Britons to sing for national pride in the deeds of men and women at sea air and in factories and trenches. The piece notes wartime effort and morale. A bomber’s construction is described as needing about 450,000 rivets.
A dog man explains how two dogs end up named Once and Twice. He notes he often calls them both once, even when addressing the other as Twice. He once considered To and Fro, but kept Twice and Once, joking that he named them twice though only one was named Once.
A historic recipe instructs washing and peeling rhubarb stalks cut into 1 inch pieces. Mix with sugar raisins and citrus zest juice and rind. Simmer covered for 43 minutes, stirring constantly until thick. Fill jelly glasses, cool and seal.
A fragmented recipe describes a baked dessert with apples, corn flakes, butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Instructions mention layering thin apples, sugaring, dotting with butter, and baking at a moderate to hot temperature until apples are soft, then serving.
A fragment notes a 1666 tale where a Lord Chief Justice died of fever after handling a prisoner and the practice began of laying aromatic herb bunches before Old Bailey trials for protection. It also mentions the Lena river as the world’s seventh largest at about 2,960 miles and a garbled line about pyramids and stonework.
Divers in Portsmouth New Hampshire attached cables and plates to a sunken locomotive in the Piscataqua River to dissolve the 123 ton engine with seawater as electrolyte rather than salvage it. The wreck lies near a bridge collapse from last year and the process may take an undetermined time.
British Broadcasting Corp quoted the late ex Kaiser Wilhelm claiming Hitler plotted the whole opera during France fall. He praised trained corporals and noted Swedish cheese output near 40 million tons last year amid island blacksmith prestige with kris dagger craft.
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