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Miniota Herald

Location

Miniota, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Apr 27, 1944

Page

7

A Tail of Tuxedos and a Dance Turned Upside Down

George begs Eddie for a tuxedo to attend the big dance but is refused. Eddie secretly plans to replica steal the tux at George’s expense. George ends up engaged to Judy after a skipped dance, while Eddie discovers the tux is actually with Judy’s uncle.

George Eddie Judy Park Central

Super-Factory Near Scottish City Rapidly Built

An 8,000 foot super factory was completed in four months near a Scottish city. Prewar projects took nine to twelve months, with fast-tracked planning, early bulk orders, and a joint architectural engineering team on site. Tubular scaffold frames with tarpaulins kept progress steady despite rain.

Wooden Wonder Mosquito Bomber Stuns World With Record Speeds

The Mosquito, nicknamed the Wooden Wonder, rises as the aviation world’s top pin up and fastest bomber. From first plans in 1939 to missions over Oslo Berlin and France, she carries 2 000 to 4 000 pound bomb loads and exceeds 400 mph as a two seat fighter and bomber, earning front page fame in winter 1942 43 and beyond.

Gestapo Oslo Berlin France Bay of Biscay Germany

Northland dentist treats Eskimos amid northern duties

Lieut. George A. Benstock, dental surgeon with the central Canada command, recalls odd cases in the Arctic. A trapper covered two front teeth with two wolves teeth glued into a bridge, later falling out, and Eskimos’ fear of the dentist chair. Benstock, from Linderhurst New York, treated many Indians and Eskimos, noting resistance to treatment.

George A. Benstock Central Canada Command United States Army Northland Lieut Benstock Linderhurst Long Island N.Y

Termite Nests Build Vast Towers in West Africa

Across West Africa builders erect massive termite nests reaching about 10 feet high. These structures use earth and wood cemented with saliva and can support a person.

Garden notes on cultivation and garden layout

Cultivation improves soil moisture and air, with light weekly stirring after planting. Hardy semi hardy and tender plants guide planting times, with examples for vegetables and flowers. An informal curved layout with strategic plants creates pleasing contrast without fully hiding structures.

Dominion

Smile Away Fat Jokes and Sailor Clips in One Page

A collection of light jokes and quips featuring exchange about exercise fat and nutrition, dentist visits, artificial flowers, and humorous miscommunications. A lawyer’s comment triggers witty rebuttals as sheriff deputies recount car thieves and oil stops. Clipper ships and hat purchases prompt humor about expectations.

Cereals Take New Wartime Role In Meals

Women adapt cooking with plentiful foods using cereals as meal starters and flavor correctors. Recipes include Sausage And Apple Patties using whole wheat shreds and apples, and Veal Paprika with corn flakes crust and sour cream.

Barbara B. Brooks

Susa’s Ancient Continuity Across 4000 Years

Susa near the Persian Gulf is cited as the city with the longest continuous existence from 4000 BC to 650 AD, highlighting its ancient history and enduring settlement through millennia.

Susa Persian Gulf

Canadians hold over five billion dollar wartime savings

R L Wright of a Canadian advertising agency told the Toronto Graphic Arts Association that Canadians now maintain a savings cushion exceeding 5 billion dollars to ease the post war shift. He projected growth of 2 billion dollars annually and warned a potential post war spending spree could require continued wartime controls to ensure fair supply distribution and curb inflation. One hundred pounds of old newspapers can yield 200 blood plasma containers.

R. L. Wright Toronto Graphic Arts Association

The Garden Plot In Family Kitchen Garden Plans

The kitchen garden supplies summer vegetables and storage for winter. Nutrition Services at Ottawa rates tomatoes a must for every garden and prioritizes leafy greens like spinach kale for vitamin A. Yellow vegetables such as squash and corn should be included when space allows.

Canada Ottawa

Pattern 4746 Slimming Frock for Many Sizes

The Week's Pattern presents Pattern 4746 a slenderizing feminine frock with few pieces and a front fastening for easy wear. Sizes range 12 through 44 with size 16 using 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric. send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union for order.

Anne Adams Winnipeg Newspaper Union McDermot Ave. E Winnipeg Man

Britain Builds World’s Largest Food Stock For Invasion

The Daily Mail reports Britain has accumulated the world’s largest food stock in history to supply invading soldiers, the people they will liberate, and civilians at home.

The Daily Mail Britain

Dice Use Reported in Ancient Greece Around 1244 B.C.

A fragmentary note recalls that dice were used in Greece circa 1244 B.C. The statement highlights early gambling practices and the antiquity of dice games in classical civilizations.

Greece

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