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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1940
Page
8
New thousands demand the POP-CRACKLE-SNAP chorus daily as children and adults listen each morning to the cheerful Rice Krispies song. Tests show the cereal floats in milk for hours, and Kellogg’s Canada markets the brand made in London Ontario.
In the library at Harlow's home Alicen meets a commanding yet brusque Harlow who hires her as secretary. She copies a key letter and notes a mysterious crumpled page marked MARLING while Mrs Edwins, the housekeeper, suspects her connection to Stebbings.
Aileen muses after a polite exchange as a woman exits the room. She imagines inevitable distress and contrasts a prying kitchen maid with a self-conscious woman who pretends to decorum while invading her employer’s private papers.
In a tense scene Mr Harlow accuses his housekeeper of being unbalanced and suspicious. The confrontation follows a prior private survey by Mrs Edwins and hints at emotional entanglements involving Jim Carlton and Marling as the room grows heavier with accusation. The scene ends with a cliffhanger.
The article describes Hitler’s plan to flood markets with forged British treasury notes to fund war needs. It notes Britain’s anti forging measures including new secure notes and unique thread security. Forensic detection exposed the Nazi effort in Berlin while Britain’s minting kept currency stable.
A new modernized ration scale for the Canadian Military and Air Forces emphasizes calories vitamins and essential elements. A National Research Council of Canada committee prepared the plan at the request of the Department of National Defence using foods produced in abundance across Canada.
A Moscow decree states Russian generals will receive distinguished ceremonial attire featuring gold buttons silver and gold braid shoulder straps and Sam Browne belts. Also noted are a list of subdued menu items and a report of a quarter million tulips in Leeds parks.
The Toronto Star notes progress in welfare reforms hinges on broad public consent and time. It contrasts Canada with New Zealand and Scandinavian nations where health and unemployment insurance emerged earlier. It argues reforms come through united party support and public will rather than strict partisanship.
A National Barley and Linseed Flax Committee report presented at Ottawa on July 17 states barley feeds bacon production more cheaply and with higher quality than corn or oats. It notes improved barley grades and raises a question on grading barley meal for future consideration by the National Feed Committee.
A collection of quotes on light and sight from Psalms, Channing, Astor, Eddy, and Cuyler. Emphasizes spiritual unity, inner illumination, and living religion as visible guidance.
The article notes parachutes played a major wartime role in Europe saving aviators. It describes a standard British parachute with 65 square yards of silk and a 24 foot span. The cost is cited as about 200 dollars per parachute.
Health Minister MacDonald said in London that doctors and scientists have found a method to preserve blood so it retains value indefinitely. He noted that blood from voluntary donors previously lasted only four weeks.
The article details massive rations for an army division with 16 000 men requiring eight tons each of beef bread and potatoes one ton of jam another of butter and 28 pounds of pepper. It also notes a London invention a peep hole door knocker for timid women left alone.
Home Service advises keeping fresh water available and shaded, offer multiple daily refills, and let dogs swim to cool. Avoid frequent soaping, note grass eating as natural laxative, and provide a balanced diet with milk and vegetables. send 15 cents for a 32 page booklet plus additional titles at listed numbers.
The Peterborough Examiner notes that government money is spent to circulate it, create larger pay rolls, and reduce relief. A. Arbuthnot reports hens lay more eggs with a 10 percent sawdust mix. Three 4,000 horsepower diesel locomotives now run between Chicago and Denver at 117 mph.
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