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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
2
British scientists contribute to air defense with radio location radar and magnetic mine countermeasures. Mine detectors reduce casualties in Africa, while explosive research yields block buster bombs and stronger anti aircraft shells.
Britain has seen major progress in medical research with the sulphapyridine drug saving thousands of lives in 1939 to 1941 and penicillin emerging from Professor Alexander Fleming. Dehydration of foods has boosted nutrition and allowed Britain to receive more supplies from Canada and the United States during wartime.
Guadalupe Soto, a Mexican in Richmond California, enters a school building housing Red Cross and wartime offices. A nurse records his data and blood is drawn as he asks in broken English if he will receive gasoline. The article also notes asbestos as a key fireproof mineral for garments and tools.
Col Deneys Reitz new South African High Commissioner in London notes 40 percent of the Union army are men of Dutch descent and volunteers. He recalls his Boer War battles with Smuts, his exile, and later roles in Parliament and as German commander. The Sentinel Toronto calls this a tribute to British rule.
A thorough tire inspection requires removing the tire from the rim and examining every surface both outside and inside. Specifics emphasize detailed scrutiny to ensure no damage or defect is missed.
Royal Canadian Air Force Headquarters announces recent commissions across Canada. Air Gunners and LACs list include personnel from Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Alberta and Nova regions with various towns such as Selkirk Port Arthur Meathow Lake Unity Yorkton Moose Jaw and Lethbridge and ranks including Ser and LAC among others. The long roster spans many units and bases signaling broad national expansion of aircrew and support roles.
Tunisian despatches report Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and staff commandeered a mansion in Sfax for a 21 day stay while an Italian general occupied a tent in the yard. Pierre Fages, the mansion owner, called Rommel a gentleman and said his staff were pigs. He says payment made to Rommel was later found stolen from him and that best silver and linen vanished after the Nazis left without thanks. He adds he does not claim Rommel himself was the thief.
War service officers of the Red Shield in England from 1940 to 1942 provided 12,490,383 cups of tea coffee and cocoa to servicemen and an additional 9,079,198 teas and light meals with hot drinks.
The article suggests two options to cope with tea and coffee shortages. It recommends mixing coffee substitutes with real coffee, maximizing tea efficiency by proper brewing, and using toasted cereal grain beverages with milk. It also offers a tomato soup and milk beverage idea with cheese sandwiches for late visitors and notes a Vitamin Chart from the Western Division Health League of Canada.
A Canadian Business tale shows a confident radio salesman clinching a $300 sale with ease until the buyer reveals a single obstacle. The client asks the seller to convert the radio set to gas, noting her house lacks electricity.
A Winnipeg newspaper public service ad promotes a 32 page guide on exercise for health and beauty. It urges women to improve posture and muscle tone to look younger and feel better. The Home Service Dept. solicits 15 cents and requests name address and booklet title.
Mrs Walter McIlwraith of Guelph Ontario sent a donation to a major cigarette fund for overseas troops. The gift was not tagged to any person but the soldier who received the free smokes was her husband Gnr Walter McIlwraith.
Wartime readers are urged to start the day with Kellogg’s All-Bran muffins for a nourishing breakfast. The ad touts natural laxative benefits from bulk in the diet, plus carbohydrates proteins and minerals. It recommends daily muffins or cereal with plenty of water for regularity.
The life jacket light now simpler and more efficient with quicker delivery. A spring clip keeps the light attached to the shoulder while the battery sits in a jacket pocket and is activated by a captive plug. The beacon shines over long distances and has helped save many lives at sea.
London reports Bonzey a five year old RAF pigeon with 160000 miles flown awarded two weeks leave due to shock from a bomber fire. Manitoba forest area officially estimated at 137000 square miles.
The Nazi regime orders police to arrest workers on alleged legal activities to meet labor shortages. The arrests are used to deport detainees to Germany, with over 1,000 workers recruited this way in Norway alone per Svenska Dagbladet.
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