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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1940
Page
6
Authorities urge farmers to prepare for a smooth postwar transition by limiting expansion and diversifying beyond export crops. Experts warn on unknown peace terms and demand a focus on self subsistence, regional markets, and maintaining wartime gains while meeting food needs.
Hugh S Finlay of Halifax reports discovering an official Gestapo armband on a captured German prize ship. The four inch silk swastika insignia lay hidden in a chest of drawers amid dust, evidence that Gestapo officers served aboard ships, with a modern vessel fitted for propaganda via a central radio system in each cabin.
An ordinary mongrel named Peter attached himself to a North of England regiment by following on route marches. He accompanied the unit as they moved south. A young man refused insurance as doctors gave him little chance of life. Alderman George Spurgen, now 90, served Folkestone Council 56 years and was twice mayor.
Officials of a Sydney company announce plants to produce a bark-based fabric seven times stronger than silk and three times stronger than flax. They aim to mass manufacture and offer it near cotton Ersatz prices. The material is being experimented with in Germany.
Selected recipe for macaroons uses egg whites sugar Rice Krispies cocoanut and vanilla. Beat whites to stiff peaks but warm fold in sugar Rice Krispies nut meats and cocoanut with vanilla. Bake 15 to 20 minutes then cool on a damp towel for shaping. Yield about one dozen.
Melt butter and minced onion and mushrooms in a pot for five minutes. Add stock or water and season, boil until celery is tender. Stir in crumbled crackers and evaporated milk, heat through, and serve very hot. Yields six portions.
An agricultural experiment station aims to learn how early corn can be planted for New England by testing planting in frozen soil in Connecticut on January 30. Beeswax secreted by bees starts as a fluid beneath the bee’s body and becomes plastic in its mouth.
More than 11 000 candidates took Feb 3 general competition exams for clerks in Canadian government service. 3228 achieved passing marks, with 0 in a subject and a 85 average earning grade advancement. Top ten grade one and two list names, locations, and scores. Details also note sponge trade from Bahamas, car costs down from 1900 levels, and a Bible fact about the word truth appearing 117 times.
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