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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
4
Field notes from Central Experimental Farm on conserving rope for Navy and farm use. Tips cover overload prevention, selecting rope sizes, avoiding kinks, chemical exposure risks, fraying prevention, minimizing wear, avoiding mechanical damage, storage, cleaning, lubrication, and repair methods.
The Toronto Financial Post argues Canada should open a fully staffed war publicity office in the United States. It would issue press releases, brief editors, provide on call explanations, guide timing of announcements, and run a speakers bureau to counter Axis and isolationist misrepresentations and keep U S media informed about Canada’s war efforts.
The piece notes wartime shifts as Shay ing cream and similar items move from tin tubes to jars. It argues these changes reduce waste and labor while acknowledging the era’s upheaval as families endure conscription and extended service, keeping people rooted at home.
Malta endures continued bombardment that has diminished its value as a Mediterranean naval base yet remains crucial for guarding approaches to Libya. The island endured sieges in 1565 and during Napoleon era, with its 2,000 year fortifications able to withstand modern air raids.
In Washington forestry labs Prof. Frederick A. Vangaard reports obtaining usable cork from Douglas fir bark as a potential war material substitute. He cautions recovery must improve before commercial use. The university team also studies logging waste and strategic cellulose products with the state planning commission.
London Calling argues that Japanese soldiers falter under surprise while Chinese tactics thrive on it. The piece warns against underestimating the enemy and urges planners to expect sudden, unforeseen decisions by subordinates to counter Japanese rigidity.
A Coldstream Guards drill sergeant skilled with crochet contributed an afternoon tablecloth with hand-crocheted lace to a YMCA Forces exhibition in London. The report notes 49 steps to craft a service rifle cartridge and mentions Sir Walter Raleigh with a suit of armor made of solid silver.
Dr. Franz Klein argues that Britain showed too little imperialism between the wars and urges a reappearance of a disciplined imperial stance as a preventive force. He cites Chesterton on civilization needing willingness to fight and warns that without resolve victory would be futile, inviting Germany and Japan to seize gains.
Report cites estimates of animal counts in 1910s era armies. Russian forces exceed 1,006,000 animals, Japanese forces about 375,000, German forces around 960,000, and American forces about 50,000. Korea is noted as Hermit Kingdom in historical context.
Spare Time Sport keeps Royal Canadian Engineers active in Gibraltar as they train within tunnel limits and play in garrison events with British troops. Notable feats include Spt. Howard Spencley of Zephyr Ontario winning the heavyweight boxing title and Spt. Albert Nesbitt of Calgary capturing the cribbage singles. Softball season opens with Canadian league play across sections.
The Victoria Cross will switch from bronze to gun metal for new awards as the Sebastopol bronze supply, used since Queen Victoria established the decoration 86 years ago, is exhausted. A total of 1190 medals have been awarded: 525 before 1914, 633 in the First World War, and 32 in the current conflict.
At a British RAF bomber station under Squadron Leader T. W. Hay Canadian airmen help farm a 35 acre plot. Last year more than 200 tons of vegetables, including 120 tons of potatoes and 80 tons of greens, were produced and the station has been self supporting for vegetables since last June. Named participants include Flight Sergeants R. Adamson Innisfree Alberta, R. F. Bradbury Mitchell Street Victoria, D L. Boyd Mountain Street Quebec, W. R. Davies Brock Street Peterborough Ont., and many others across Canada and Nova Scotia to New Jersey aiding the effort.
A group of women from a large North England ordnance factory toured an airdrome. Officers showed Halifax aircraft, parachutes, and a Link Trainer while the visitors watched a bomb aiming film. The women, who work long shifts with bombs, toured bomb stores and patted bombs from their factory without yet seeing finished bombs.
Canadian farm workers represent about 20 percent of the population under government selective service rules. Despite a smaller farming labor pool, production remains high due to mechanization. Officials say up to 10 percent of farm workers left farming in 1941 as men joined the armed services. Tractor sales surged from 13 000 in 1938 39 to around 21 000 in 1940 41 with over 150 000 tractors in use nationwide and more than 50 000 purchased in the last three years.
Frank Nelson, a United States born teacher and Oslo lecturer, praised Norwegian sailors and resistance in a London Canadian Club address. He cited Norway’s vital wartime role in supplying Britain and described Gestapo cruelty, Norwegian efforts in air training and arms, and the resolve of fishermen to aid Allied forces despite repression. He noted Norway’s 100 percent fighting stance against Germany and its status as a key ally in the war.
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