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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
4
Captain Frederic Walker led a decisive shift from defensive hunting to aggressive hunt and destroy tactics against U-boats. His ships Kite Starling Wild Goose Woodpecker and Magpie sank 17 U-boats and 3 probables, ending the wolf-pack threat before dying of a heart attack at shore and being buried at sea.
In 1836 the Dorchester pulled two passenger cars on a 16 mile track between Laprairie and St Johns marking Canada’s first steam engine run. This milestone spurred railway expansion, aided the Montreal to New York route, and influenced Confederation a year later.
Records from a 1860s New Hampshire execution reveal a two hour sermon preceding the hanging. Seventeen pages spread over the sermon, with three directed to the condemned and thirteen to the audience, reflecting a prolonged ceremonial approach at the old jail.
A report asserts Africa's Victoria Falls are more than twice the height of Niagara Falls, highlighting a dramatic difference in drop and scale between the two famed waterfalls.
Lt Cmdr 8 C Dickinson of Toronto has chased Germans over the Atlantic for about four years and reports his family in London bombed out four times since 1940. Wimbledon house wrecked with his mother trapped 36 hours. father escaped. A second home in 1941 and a third flat were destroyed. the fourth bombing left the flat uninhabitable.
The Czechoslovak government in exile announced plans for a postwar Lidice to be built in Czechoslovakia. Architect Leopold Arnaud, dean of Columbia School of Architecture, said design work is underway at Columbia University. The rebuilt town will replace the Nazi demolished settlement in reprisal for a German officer's death.
Ninety VCs awarded to Boy Scouts in this war, ten to former Scouts. Among recipients is PC Cyril Barton RAF who received a posthumous award. Eleven Scouts earned the VC in the First Great War.
A report notes sound travels approximately fifteen times faster in iron than in air. The finding highlights material differences in acoustic wave propagation and implications for nondestructive testing and seismology.
Home authorities advise Canadian women to apply the pre position principle to housekeeping. Train family to pre position clothing, stack dishes by washing order, fold laundry to reduce motions, keep cleaning tools in a light basket, and make beds efficiently to finish in minutes. Also note frozen oil in Walden, Colorado freezing pipes with ice in sun.
The piece honors the Merchant Marine for delivering troops and supplies to Normandy and other theaters. It cites vast cargoes, harsh conditions, and high casualty rates, calling the merchant fleet the mother of navies and noting historic roots from colonial armed merchant ships to the first U S squadron under Esek Hopkins.
In 1871 rural inhabitants exceeded urban residents by more than two million, showing a vast rural majority in Canada at that period. The data highlights the era’s demographic split and the dominance of countryside life over city living.
Soviet release praises Russian women doctors for performing delicate operations under air raids and in ruined buildings. Since 1877 they have served in front line sectors, earning medals for bravery and skill amid bombardment and fatigue.
Berlin radio reported Mrs. Hanna Reisch received the Iron Cross first class for flying an experimental robot bomb with no instruments during 1942 test flights. She was seriously injured after an emergency landing, while the robot aimed to hit a target without human direction.
Lieut Adrian Schultz 26 was injured piloting a Liberator in England last January. He woke without memory for four months and relearned English with a British accent. A letter with his sister Joan’s photo sparked memory return after he was brought home to the United States. He had difficulty with his British speech at first. Aviators can suffer bends from rapid ascent.
The U.S. Army disclosed that well trained dogs locate non metallic land mines that mechanical devices miss. M-dogs also find metallic mines trip wires and booby traps. They work on a six foot leash to locate mine fields guide safe paths.
This week isone crocheted butterfly or three to add lacy beauty to linens with floral motifs. Pattern 7141 provides five motifs about 5 by 11 inches with crochet directions. Send twenty cents to obtain pattern from Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. Include name address and pattern number and allow extra days for mail delivery.
An imposing sight on the coast of Normandy France Mont St Michel rises from the sea as an immense medieval monastery built on an isolated rock off the coastline.
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