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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
2
The piece lauds Canada’s free press and its wartime responsibilities. It highlights press reliability, guiding public opinion, aiding Allied aims, reporting government war rules, and maintaining morale. It notes risks of enemy intelligence, and praises weekly papers for serving rural regions under staff constraints.
Dutch refugees in London report Field Marshal von Rundstedt is converting bicycle factories in the Low Countries and Denmark to supply a large Nazi bicycle army in northern France and Belgium. The move aims to speed infantry transport as trucks and cars are diverted to the Russian front. German garrisons grow anxious over a potential British invasion and are barred from singing Wir Fahren Gegen England.
The Fort William Times-Journal explains team driving signals. Gee turns right haw turns left whoa stops promptly on command. The nigh horse sits on the left and the off horse on the right. Beck signals reverse by pulling lines and shouting for the horse to move backward.
Lord Halifax argues Britain has tried to be fair to all sides in India’s push for self rule. He warns that lasting self government requires a mutually acceptable formula among India’s major factions to avoid internal turmoil or civil war. The piece notes diverse American views and calls for a reasonable path forward.
The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan graduates are named by school and location. Notable entries include No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School Dafoe Saskatchewan with numerous LACs from Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan, No. 10 Service Flying Training Dauphin Manitoba pilots listed, and No. 12 Brandon Manitoba pilots among others.
An assortment of quotes on truth, justice, and humility from Demosthenes, Robertson, Eddy, Colton, and Parker, interwoven with a note that Hamilton’s mayor predicts cycling and hiking clubs by year end and next year.
In a striking note on whale longevity researchers discuss claims that certain whales can live as long as five hundred years. The discussion centers on historical accounts and present uncertainties about precise lifespans.
The Pacific Rangers on British Columbia coast form guerrilla bands of hunters and old soldiers ready to defend terrain. In Montreal a Mobile Force of the Civilian Protection Committee operates with rifles and cars for sabotage defense. Blood donors, fire precautions, and home duties round out civilian war work under the Individual Citizen's Army concept.
In a Moscow outskirts hospital a hundred one men and a 17 year old girl with severed limbs receive new hands feet and vocations. The Soviet Union provides full pay during invalidism and trains wounded soldiers in social insurance schools with guaranteed jobs on discharge and pensions proportional to injury.
The four month run of The Individual Citizen's Army by Alan Maurice Irwin ends as he is taken over by the War Time Prices and Trade Board. The editor notes this will be the final article in the series and hopes Irwin can return to write more later.
The piece calls on civilians to support soldiers by conserving food and resources. It urges careful eating, clothing maintenance, and fabric use to extend supplies for the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps and overseas troops.
The Annamite language assigns six senses to ma including but ghost horse mama tomb and young rice. Separately tire tread wear doubles when speed rises from 45 to 75 mph indicating faster wear at higher speeds.
The term Igorots refers to the native peoples living in northern Luzon, whose name translates to highlander or mountaineer in local usage.
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