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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1941
Page
2
Canada urges every household and youth to join a nationwide scrap drive to collect waste materials. Scrap iron, non ferrous metals, paper, bones, tin foil, and glass will be converted into war supplies and ammunition components, supporting the effort against Nazism with minimal personal cost.
The famed First World War veteran horse Warrior died in London due to failing health. Known as the horse the Germans can’t kill, he survived many battles with Lord Mottistone’s Canadian cavalry. Meanwhile four months of bombing did not stop the Royal Choral Society from performing Handel’s Messiah at Queen’s Hall before a full house.
The phrase fits to a T refers to a T square or rule used by carpenters for exact measurements. It denotes exactitude and precision in aligning and marking materials during construction tasks.
A Russian scientist states that the human eye moves involuntarily roughly 100 times per minute. The claim highlights the eye’s constant micro motions even at rest.
The Ottawa Journal argues that national debt is manageable when owed to citizens rather than foreigners. It asserts debt is funded by savings and taxes, and warns Canadians should start worrying only if balances with the United States become unmanageable.
The article notes cakes of ice or ice shavings used to shift huge storage tanks buildings and stones when standard rigging is impractical. It says even yellow laundry soap cakes were used where no strain was required, illustrating improvised handling methods.
A rural South Carolina preacher near Conway watched the collection counted and stated grateful thanks for four dollars and fifteen cents two glass buttons and one bean were included in the offering as a curious note of the event.
A Toronto miller failed to gain share in Pennsylvania coal regions. A sales consultant spent a month visiting grocers and miners families, aided by a multilingual social worker. They learned a rival brand dominated sales and discovered customers reused competitor flour sacks to make children's underwear.
A novel game field tested in an Edmonton YMCA gym combines basketball and hockey elements. The Bissell girls basketball club hosted an exhibition to showcase the rules adapted for low ceilings and community halls. Interested schools or clubs can write to the Bissell girls club in Edmonton to obtain printed rules.
The Windsor Star reports a Japanese copying scheme where a firm printed decks that imitate an American company's ordinary cards but included a card advertising a superior product. The ruse backfired as the counterfeit decks still carried the original company's promotion.
D J Prystach a Manitoba farmer claims to have unearthed a trove believed looted from white settlers and hidden on an island in the Assiniboine River. He found a cedar log containing glass and metal pieces and later a hole revealing rings bracelets chandeliers goblets swords and bars of gold and silver stamped with names including Governor Lawrence of Acadia.
The Canadian Red Cross reports monthly donations to the Merchant Navy relief through the Navy League Mission to Seamen British Sailors Society and others. By March 31 1941 total Red Cross aid to seafaring men reached 145875 with continued support to sea services via advisory committees and reserves.
Readable text outlines two recipes. First combines all bran with buttermilk and flour for baked biscuits yields twelve rounds. Second uses milk and Christie’s Soda Wafers with mushrooms green pepper and butter to top heated biscuits with parsley garnish, serving six portions.
Officials of the Alberta and North west Chamber of Mines announced Eldorado Gold Mines Limited presented three grams of radium to Lord Beaverbrook to be used in instrument panels for British bomber and fighter aircraft. The gift is valued around $100,000. The radium came from Great Bear Lake and was processed at Port Hope Ontario.
Leiden professor Dr. Peter de Bruyn describes two submarines built as Holland fell to Germany. The first, with Dutch crew and some Nazi officers, launched and reached England. The second, with an all German crew, went down. 80 engineers were arrested and 18 executed as a result. De Bruyn, en route to Chicago to teach neurology, arrived on the Liboney from Lisbon with his wife and two children.
The Japanese foreign minister's arrival in Germany coincides with Serb rebellion against the Axis. Soon after he moves toward Italy, the Italian fleet in the Mediterranean is destroyed by Britain. The passage questions what influence he might have.
The Brockville Recorder and Times highlights Canada's munitions sector, reporting 350000 shells produced monthly, alloy output at ten times pre-war levels, and two orders of 404 training planes delivered early. The piece ends with an odd note that Native Arabs will not walk street with their wives.
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