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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1942
Page
2
A Russian broadcast reports Germany has set a policy paying foreign workers 75 percent of their earnings with 25 percent withheld until job completion. The note appears amid various wartime updates including military and industrial news.
Fashion promotes feminine Pettal Yokes for Pattern 4026 with scalloped yokes and a high cut skirt. Easy-cut princess back panel and slender front panel, optional wide belt, available in multiple women sizes, 12 through 40. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg for details.
New Orleans oculist Dr. Theodore J. Dimitry reports a moving artificial eye using lucite that can be fitted to eye muscles to permit motion. After 25 years of work, he has used the device in dozens of cases at Louisiana State University Medical College and in private practice, though not yet released for commercial manufacture.
Berlin dispatches reported by the Basel Zeitung say German high school students will labor in munitions factories this summer while younger pupils work on farms. Some schools will close to permit field camps and broader mobilization of all Germans into war work. Reports say war prisoners and civilians from conquered lands will fill major labor gaps.
Cash income from the sale of poultry and eggs in 1941 is estimated at 18.1 million and 32.1 million respectively, up from 15.7 million for poultry and 28.2 million for eggs in 1940.
A historical guide explains ship naming customs in the United States. It lists that cruisers bear city names, destroyers honor famous men, submarines use fish names, and mine sweepers carry bird names as part of naval tradition.
Sunday school text notes the Temple cleansing by Jesus as he drove out money changers and sellers from the Court of the Gentiles. It contrasts gentle Christ with his consumimg authority and links to Isaiah prophecies and Matthew 21 12 14.
The Niagara Falls Review notes a consolation for the surge of joy riders: at their high speeds they will soon wear out tires and exhaust gasoline allotments, taking them off the roads.
The Health League of Canada urges a fruit or juice to start breakfast followed by cereal with milk or eggs or meat, and whole wheat bread for extra Vitamin B. Milk is essential for both adults and children, with plenty recommended for cereals, cocoa, or plain drinking.
Postmaster G H Gardiner recruited Florence Blanchard when no man could take a postman's route in Victoria. She wore an arm band and postman's cap and delivered the mail smoothly. Gardiner noted more women could be employed if needed. A separate item says RAF pilots over the channel navigate by compass and radio, without maps.
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