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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
5
Research highlights concentrated meals in tablet form for soldiers and expanding dehydration of vegetables and butterfat in New Zealand. Britain contracts up to 20 000 tons of dehydrated butterfat as shipping constraints rise and whey butter processing advances.
Pattern 7349 offers a transfer of two mats measuring 5 by 14 and 64 by 16 inches with stitch illustrations and edging directions. Send 20 cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermott Avenue E Winnipeg May. Include name and address and pattern number clearly.
Early American theatres were repurposed buildings seating about 300 with a single stove in the foyer for heat, so patrons should bring their own foot warming device. Kansas stands as the largest wheat producing state in the United States.
The Wild Swan destroyed four German bombers in a single attack, a possible naval record. Two enemy planes that collided were likely lost due to the chaos caused by anti aircraft fire. Built in 1918, the veteran destroyer is well past the usual scrap-age, part of a notable Reserve Fleet showing strong performances late in the war.
Baseball gains popularity across Central and South America rivaling bull fighting. A survey suggests surveying originated in ancient Egypt around 2475.
Paul H. Jones of Wayne County Michigan warns of a 1850 food shortage caused by plant diseases and scarce insecticides. He cites war germ spread by aircraft, urges hygienic gardens, minimal sprays, and disease resistant crops as remedies.
H A Leedy of the Greater Chicago Noise Research Council reports Chicago noise reduction by five decibels would double air raid siren effectiveness. His year long study found autos horns trains and vehicle motors as top noise sources with 102 decibels at 50 feet from a police whistle. He urges strict anti noise law enforcement and public support for national defense and War Savings Certificates.
The Leeds Yorkshire Post notes printers errors and reveals Canada’s salvage program over 14 months. Junk dealers sort and sell scrap rubber iron and steel rags fats and bones while housewives drive collections. Proceeds fund armed services facilities.
A humorous exchange in which a dealer recommends a greyhound for a flat-dwelling resident. An unrelated note adds that electrical engineers estimate power lines in 50 mile spans are struck by lightning about 50 times yearly.
Lt Robert Vaught 24, US Army reports a perilous flight 75 miles from base when a marked snake struck him twice after he tried to shove it away. He forced a landing in a dry swamp treated the leg with mud and a tourniquet, radioed for help, repelled buffaloes, improvised hand operation of the left rudder, then resumed flight and returned to base.
Connie, an Aboriginal woman near Broome, found a tube containing 32000 dollars worth of diamonds from a large consignment lost with a Netherlands aircraft en route from Java to Australia. She uncovered it while combing Carnot Bay for cigarette remnants. Earlier a beachcomber found a substantial portion of the diamonds nearby, about 60 miles north of Broome.
The text notes that producing the power for a 35,000 ton battleship or a full day’s work for over 6,700 coal miners requires about 40,000 tons of coal. This emphasizes the scale of energy needs in wartime production.
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