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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 10, 1944
Page
7
Marty, tired from hosting a lavish party, learns Don plans to invite Mr Bertram home for dinner. The expense jeopardizes their funds and Don's chances for advancement as the West End Ranch manager retires and Bertram may influence Luther’s successor.
Marty Tucker hosts a visit from Mr. Bertram and Don’s superior to show a meal of soup and egg sandwiches. Bertram praises the couple’s modest style and cash-only purchases, hinting at Don’s new West End manager role and a bloomed plan to live within means.
Ottawa officials said Britain plans to purchase about 1.2 billion board feet of timber annually for two years after Europe’s war. The deal could total roughly 140 million dollars, with most timber from the west coast and a significant share from eastern Canada under soon to be negotiated contracts.
Movement reports that rugged terrain has halted railroad construction between India and Burma with sea transport remaining cheaper and faster. No rail link yet completed, and logistics rely on maritime routes.
A young German serviceman captured by British forces near Caen appears cheerful about his detention. He expresses evident relief to be out of the fighting and is seen smiling widely in custody.
Ottawa writer Kenneth R. Wilson reports from London on Canadian Mosquito output. He notes the Canadian plant matched and surpassed early U.K. speed despite distance, with thousands of Canadian workers in primary and component production. Two Mosquitos set new non stop Atlantic records from Labrador to Northern Ireland. Liberator distance was 2,220 miles.
The first two ships to reach Cherbourg harbour were British minesweepers, followed by 38 British divers aiding in clearing thousands of mines. Commodore Sullivan estimates vast mine numbers blocked salvage work until cleared. Bentham once proposed universal disarmament as a peace path over two centuries ago.
A Western Canada Weekly Press study warns that prewar drought and postwar labor shortages left farm buildings below standard and in need of 10 to 25 percent of original value in repairs. Many structures must be torn down and rebuilt to fit modern power and mixed farming, with total maintenance rising to about one quarter of building costs over ten years. The report urges a sinking fund to finance reconstruction, notes limited rural electrification, and projects large postwar demand for tractors and combines to modernize about 300,000 western farms.
Hernan Barros Bianchi, 33, led Department 50 in raids that dismantled a major Nazi espionage network in Chile. The unit aided evidence that led to Luning’s execution in Havana and helped shift Chile toward an anti Axis stance. Its name came from the original extension 50 on the inquiry desk.
Peter J. Gordon a 12 year old of Glencastle Toronto received a shoulder patch worn by General Dwight D. Eisenhower in North Africa. The general sent the patch with a letter from Supreme Headquarters and the boy had written about his brother John with the American army special service force. The letter from Eisenhower expressed pride in the boy and his brother and included the patch.
The piece argues for a parliamentary system merging executive and legislature, with an instant accountability mechanism through elections or threats of them. It cites the British Commonwealth and Canadian parliament as successful precedents and cites Wilson's 1913 advocacy for presidential tenure reform to support the idea.
This Week's Pattern Clever features pattern 4848 with slimming panels and gay fabric options in woolen cotton or rayon. Available in sizes 34 through 50, size 36 requires 4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man. includes note mail delay. The word snood etymology is noted as snowed and snate.
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