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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1946
Page
4
Chicago Daily News dispatch from Germany notes vast U S war hardware remains in the HE European theatre after V E Day. Millions in equipment from 6 by 6 trucks to 155 mm rifles sit idle, with demilitarization planned as salvageable parts erode.
A South Porcupine resident, after drinking, went to the Timmins police station to offer a policeman a drink. The officer refused and the man left his details for magistrate’s court. The piece provides several morals about not offering cops a drink and not drinking in public.
The article urges homemakers to sort canning gear now as shortages rise. It stresses jars kettles and cookers in good condition and highlights community groups offering guidance on reliable methods to preserve fruits and vegetables for winter meals and health.
In Marietta Georgia the sword of Union Captain S M Neighbor from an Ohio infantry regiment, who died at the 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, was donated by his family to the National Battlefield Park Museum eighty two years later as a memorial display.
Bitumen was the word the Romans used to refer to the various hydrocarbons found in natural deposits. The term reflects their early use and observation of sticky black substances used in sealing and lighting.
Ved Vrat, a Hindoo graduate of Leland Stanford University, marries Evelyn Corriveau, 17, a high school student, at Stanford Memorial chapel in Palo Alto, California. The couple wed with Hindoo groom kissing his bride as the ceremony marked by local gaiety.
The Chicago Daily News notes Russia promotes a serum said to extend life to 150 years. It questions whether such a cure is truly valuable, suggesting true breakthroughs require mental stability or space travel options, and labels the serum as comparable in harm to the atom bomb.
Britain to aid France in building a new air force with favorable term supplies of aircraft and equipment, radio radar and signals. French airmen and naval personnel will train in UK RAF schools. Britain to license manufacture of British aircraft and parts in French factories.
A Mayfield Idaho resident observed a beaver gnawing apart a ladder left for it and using the pieces to construct a dam. The scene, though humorous, shows the animal adapting tools to secure its habitat.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester visited Norfolk Island where they were hosted by Bounty descendants at a traditional island feast. They enjoyed local dishes and a royal race meet at Kingston after observing island life and harboring warm reception from residents on the isolated Pacific outpost.
K. V. Swinton, RCA Victor Montreal manager, told a Rotary Club audience in Victoria that television will not be generally available in Canada for another two or three years. He noted the long development history since 1873 and that current sets cost about 150 dollars in the United States with ultra complete units up to 400 dollars. He described television as highly technical with limited coverage and that programs would come via a network. He called television a public service moving beyond the laboratory and vital for entertainment education and advertising.
The British Columbia government plans to seed in nurseries enough Douglas fir for 20 million trees to reforest in 1948, more than doubling the output. This spring about 6.5 million trees were planted, on Vancouver Island, with government and industry sharing work. Two-year-olds were rarely used. next year 7 to 8 million three-year-olds are expected, hindered by labor shortages and bad weather.
Advertisement notes six curtain styles in pattern number 7005. Send twenty cents in coins to Arts Department Winnipeg Union 115 McDermot Avenue Winnipeg Man. Include name and address and pattern number. Use old material or combine new fabric with used curtains when re-doing.
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