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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1942
Page
6
The Huron Expositor notes Britain enforces war restrictions with no exceptions. Woodlands Chemists of London was fined forty thousand pounds for exceeding its cosmetics sales quota, three months to pay. The punishment erodes profits and dividends, likened to vanishing cream in wartime.
British prisoners of war may start a dig for victory campaign with seeds sent to camps by the Royal Horticultural Society. A Canadian Jewellers’ Association cheque funds Hurricane fighters for the RCAF. Road deaths in Britain fell from 741 to 681 in January. Nazi bans on cigar manufacture hit occupied Holland and Belgium.
Anne Adams promotes a practical washable jumper frock pattern from the De partment of Agriculture design for war workers. The jumper front apron with integrated blouse offers durable pockets and single-piece shoulder straps. Available in junior miss and miss sizes, pattern 4926 requires coins for ordering and is mailed from Winnipeg Pattern Dept.
A former sub-lieutenant of the French Navy, aboard the destroyer Terrible when it sank at Dunkerque, graduated from No 3 Air Observers School of the Royal Canadian Air Force in Regina. He was captured after being landed at Le Havre, then escaped from a prison camp.
The Alternative debates if he can keep a wife while Sandy asserts he can. He jokes about needing a wife to avoid losing a pig due to ongoing delays. The exchange reveals humor and household stakes in a rural setting.
The American Petroleum Institute estimates that each tanker sunk deprives 100,000 cars of fuel. It says a tanker carries about 63,000,000 gallons, equivalent to the yearly consumption of 100,000 passenger cars at 650 gallons each or 35,000 domestic oil burners at 1,800 gallons each.
The 75 foot high 192 foot long Great White Way sign with 35 000 lamps will be discontinued as an economic wartime measure. Officials say reducing power consumption helps build ships tanks airplanes and guns as the nation accelerates war production.
Sunday school lesson outlines Jesus sending seventy disciples in pairs, their cautious approach, the greeting of peace, reliance on hospitality, and the joy of success as demons submit to them in Jesus name. It notes Jesus’ prophecy of Kingdom conquest and stresses practical pastoral guidance.
Mary Ellen Burgess discusses three methods for interpreting a play from determining the author's intention to analyzing parts and using bracketed actions to clue character traits. She cautions actors against mingling with fans after performances and notes a Turkish marriage applicant needing an alphabet certificate for a license.
Dr A C Ivy of Northwestern University spoke at the Chicago Congress on Industrial Health noting that a shoe factory group showed higher output when forenoon and afternoon snacks of milk and cake were provided. He warned fatigue has no single cause and that health and nutrition guidance from physicians matters.
Appalling evidence from Germany shows Hitler dragging the youth toward a pagan church. The piece contrasts this with familiar creeds and notes the need for spiritual nourishment. It also mentions a ten pounder fish and notes there are 232 definite mineral crystal forms.
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