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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
2
Allied offensives rely on small Royal Navy light coastal forces built mostly of wood and ranging from fifty five to one hundred fifty feet. They sail coastal waters to disrupt German supply routes and counter enemy craft, carrying depth charges torpedoes mines and guns capable of sinking ships in their class.
These small ships built two years ago patrol coastal waters and harass enemy shipping. They proved swift and deadly in action and have destroyed many valuable enemy cargo ships. They extend operations from convoy protection to offensive disruption following Drake’s strategy to pinch the enemy squadrons, deny victuals, and pursue them toward England.
The Royal Canadian Navy relies on corvettes for convoy duty and coastal patrols. Canadian corvettes aided the North African campaign, escorting convoys with Royal Navy units and contributing to anti aircraft and anti submarine efforts. Over twenty Canadian officers and ratings earned decorations, but two ships Louisburg and Weyburn were lost in the Mediterranean.
Soy beans offer high protein content and complete amino acids making them a meat substitute. Once favored in the East five thousand years ago they are now grown in Ontario and the United States and can be used in meals by soaking dried beans overnight and cooking them with a tomato onion pepper and optional bacon baked for 45 minutes to serve five.
A British destroyer feinted against a submerged U-boat for 90 minutes in the Atlantic Base. With only five depth charges left, the destroyer created a nerve battle while a corvette prepared to finish the job, achieving a potential kill with no real depth charges used.
Civil defence workers and Barking town hall staff formed a human chain to save foodstuffs threatened by a fire that damaged many shops in a covered market.
Sets Good Example recounts Queen Mary inviting nearby troops to her home for cinema shows and visits, strict on petrol and salvage. She reuses envelopes, collects salvage, and promotes thrift. She aids troops, sometimes disguising her identity to talk with soldiers, including a New Zealander who mentions Elizabeth.
Royal Canadian Air Force announces commissions of airmen across Canada. Listings include air bombers and set s with names and hometowns in Saskatchewan Manitoba and Manitoba towns such as Prince Albert Willowbrook Morden Swift Current Souris Tisdale Melville Humboldt Limerick Brandon Wynyard Waskada Virga The Pas Gainsborough and Morden among others.
The King travels to North Africa with his guardman batman Jer ram in disguise as T Jer ram on luggage. Guardsman Jer ram has served the King since his Duke of York days and now serves in the Scots Guards. An eight man RAF crew piloted the King’s plane with wing commanders Collins Slee at the controls and Group Captain Fielden aboard. It marks the first international royal flight and first royal battle-front visit.
Farmers are advised to plan fall rye seeding with focus on hardy varieties. Dakola, from North Dakota and Saskatchewan, is recommended, while Common and Crown perform well in severe prairie winters. British allotments data show 930,000 before the war and 1,650,000 in 1942.
John Kyle, General Superintendent of Motive Power and Car Equipment for the Western Region of Canadian National Railways, retires after more than 50 years in rail service. Born 1877 in Toronto, Kyle started with Grand Trunk in 1893, moved to Winnipeg in 1899, served as assistant master mechanic in Edmonton for 25 years, and was named general superintendent in Winnipeg in 1932. The IAM praised his belief in union management cooperation and his role in solid labor relations beyond CN.
Four Ottawa researchers describe a method that turns 250 pounds of carrots into 25 pounds of dried shreds then back to fresh cooked carrots. The technique, shown by Evelyn Stevenson, is used by about ten Canadian plants and aids wartime shipments to Britain. Vegetables are brined, trimmed, sliced, dried by air and heat, then rehydrated 15 minutes to two hours before cooking.
On Lampedusa the British Air Ministry says Under Wing Cmdr. John D. Bisbee the island is a test case in practical postwar reconstruction. Locals have torn down remaining Fascist signs in gratitude as the island moves toward peace after Allied bombing and Axis defeat.
Beekeepers note bees need ample water within or near the apiary for spring and early summer, when water usage rises to support colony needs.
St. Thomas Times Journal argues that Britain’s isolation after France’s surrender could eventually aid Allied victory. It contends air power, U S support, and Free French forces may deter invasion, while Germany’s invasion of Russia strains its forces, potentially saving British and American lives.
The piece compiles short quips and humor about family life and social scenes including a banker, a doctor, a mother and son, engaged couples, and a coroner. It closes noting London County workers contributed 3,267,840 to the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund by end of May.
Parliamentary notes challenge the 18 year rule for full age citing Common Law and Blackstone 21, Halsbury, Civil List Act 1937, and the 1937 Regency Act. The Times recalls Queen Victoria ascended the throne at 18. The debate centers on whether Elizabeth proves full age at 18 or 21.
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