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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 15, 1943
Page
4
Ann Retherford notes in the Stratford Peacon-Herald that wartime shortages threaten to curb pipe smoking. US measures to conserve wood and man hours may shorten matches, forcing Canadian ideas south. Pipe smokers endure with patience as matches dwindle and supplies shrink.
Federal agents indicted three men Frank S. Smith Milridge Bates and Kurt Schimkus on conspiring to ship gold to the Reich by submarine. They allegedly produced counterfeit double eagle 20 gold pieces and kept over a thousand ounces to evade legal limits in a rare coin operation.
An American sergeant misgives a 100 rupee note to a beggar woman in a Delhi Calcutta train episode. He tells Lady Hallett the 100 rupees could buy a baby, prompting reflections on the rupee’s value and wealth. The tale ends with the infant disposed of in Calcutta after the misadventure.
A London despatch says Canada will switch from wedge caps to berets, with khaki berets for most branches and black berets already worn by armored units. The change will be gradual, tied to wedge cap stock depletion, and follows British military fashion.
Norwegian authorities allowed a shoe factory to make over 20 000 pairs with wooden soles and paper tops. German forces then ordered the production stopped after discovering the shoes were colored red white and blue.
Discoveries in Canada of radium deposits lower world prices from 70000 to 30000 dollars per gram, dulling market expectations and affecting speculation about the element’s value and supply.
Winnipeg Free Press notes a claimed Montgomery relation to hymn writer James Montgomery is untrue per biographical sources. It cites General Bernard Montgomery’s clerical lineage including bishop father and Dean Farrar maternal grandfather, highlighting Britain’s military leadership often came from church stock.
A Manchester Guardian correspondent reports a three year old delinquent, pale with fair hair, in a light blue woollen suit, who defies the Transport of Flowers Order by stealing a crocus crop. He carried four purple, two yellow, and one white blooms in a small red wooden cart and murmured "Mine" before departing.
A bombed area in London's East End is used as a training ground by the British Army. A new group of 130 soldiers, averaging 18 years old, began a seven day course amid charred ruins to study street fighting as modeled on Stalingrad defenses.
Princess Alice Countess of Athlone consented to use of her name for a new club in Brighton England. The Princess Alice Club serves Sussex women who are wives or sweethearts of Canadian soldiers.
In Britain the RSPCA uses special vans to collect stray animals in blitzed zones and search debris for survivors. An inspector recalls rescuing cows horses dogs cats rabbits and poultry. a horse heroically carried an unconscious driver to safety after bombs wounded both.
The London Times reports heavy sales of hot baked potatoes at Paddington Station, with 20 000 sold in three weeks and the program extended to all refreshment rooms. A Exeter to Plymouth train girl has sold over 1 000 potatoes. Lord Woolton urges victory dishes made from ship-savers like potatoes dried egg and cheese.
Pte Minnie Howe of the Canadian Women's Army Corps met her two sons, Jimmie and Harry Howe, with the Commandoes in England. The 45 year old Collingwood native became the first mother in the Canadian Army to greet sons on a battlefront while both wear active service uniforms. Her daughter June serves with the(CWAC) in Ottawa.
A four foot paper cake at a Van Nuys rally was stolen by a thief drawn by the pink and white frosting. The real cake for bond purchasers had not yet been baked.
The big four engine RAF bomber completed a Canada U.S. tour and landed at Victory Aircraft Malton Ontario. Hundreds of California plant workers signed the fuselage and bomb bay doors triggering repairs as 12 panels were replaced after heavy scratching. Ralph Bell notes any scratch on the all metal skin counts as a crack requiring replacement. Workers then stripped 260 pounds of paint and applied a new coat before future Canadian duties.
A caller claiming a grand radio contest prize offers $20,000 cash and life payments plus a new sedan and trailer, then asks about the dog breed. Mr Jones dismisses the offer, prompting a prompt reply to reveal the prank.
The S and S Aircraft Ltd plant at Elmwood Winnipeg produced its 10 000th wooden air screw. From a pre storey workshop to a major facility it now runs up to 0 daily with 40 workers and 49 man hours per propeller. The process uses yellow birch from Eastern Canada, strict kiln aging, and careful balancing throughout shaping and painting.
In Natural History Magazine A L Rand notes that during air battles over New Guinea unclothed tribesmen in the interior still live by Stone Age methods. Natives reportedly believed the flying machines were birds long foretold by ancestors, reacting to the recent flights and ongoing combats.
Prominent Canadian painters will decorate service canteens with large Canadian scene paintings. A . Jackson proposed Dominion artists reproduce works for donation to troops, with funding from several companies. The National Gallery of Canada is cooperating and aims to re produce works for billets and lounges.
The text links Europe’s long fear of German power to Nietzsche’s idea of the Teutonic blond beast and describes this mistrust as a lasting consequence of past centuries. It frames the emotion as profound and icy, emerging whenever Germans hold power.
A Brockville Recorder and Times inquiry questions why women who are unable to operate a furnace or lawn mower in civilian life are able to service aircraft and work complex machinery as war workers. The piece reflects public curiosity about gender roles in wartime industry.
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