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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
2
The article notes practical relief from labour shortages in farming through interprovincial exchanges. Western farmers visited Ontario in July to help with harvests for about a month, with a reciprocal exchange anticipated when eastern crops mature. The wartime manpower decline left farms short of able workers.
The article argues for national unity via a labour exchange scheme between East and West farmers. It notes past shortages during harvests and that skilled exchanges solve this, while urging broader cooperation across the Dominion to overcome geographic divides and foster nationwide growth.
The article argues that exchanging farm labour between Ontario and the Prairies fosters mutual understanding of farming issues. It notes West versus East subsidies and bonuses create tensions, and suggests cross provincial work exchanges could advance national unity and closer cooperation in agriculture.
Lt. Robert Morgan reveals a jet powered auto design with a 12 foot wheel to test speeds near 520 mph. The device to be driven from inside the wheel will aid systematic measurement of glacier recession in Jasper National Park. Major W S McFarlane meets Alpine Club of Canada in Eremite Valley to discuss glacier movement records.
Subscribers on a North Bay Ontario party line complained of an eavesdropping problem. A quick fix revealed an elderly woman using her telephone receiver as a darning egg to mend stockings, tying up the line unintentionally.
Field Marshal Montgomery lists three essentials for future world security spiritual values preparedness for war and a strong British Empire as the core guide for policy and defense.
A Q and A on wartime price ceilings and rationing procedures for English war brides arriving in Canada. It covers pork spare ribs not being rationed, exchanging short leave ration cards at local boards, and Winnipeg’s Emergency Shelter Area rules. Readers are urged to contact provincial Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for pamphlets and the Blue Book.
A jumble of vintage quips and brief scenes unfolds from a grocery boy named Scott Walter Scott to a military ball MC and classroom jests. The humor shifts from everyday errands to playful exchanges and quick one liners.
Estimates indicate 40 to 50 percent of professional Japanese soldiers have studied English and about 25 percent speak it efficiently. The figures reflect wartime language training levels among officer and staff cohorts.
In remote Sudanese terrain Captain H. R. Weekes of the Sudan Defence Force endures 18 months in isolation. Known as Bim bashi Weeks by his black boys, he hunts butterflies and birds for the British Museum while for sustenance he savors gazelle steak and Congo beer. Capt. Geoffrey Edwards recounts the encounter on the Boma plateau and notes the pair unknowingly share a home street in Ferring-on-Sea, Sussex.
A London note on VE Day recalls a chalked bus message reading The Bus That Hitler Missed and a Traffalgar Square chalkboard boasting There'll always be an England Beaten them three times including once at Football with a three to zero score.
Corpus Christi Texas dentist Dr Robert B Black says a new drilling method uses a fine abrasive carried by a pinpoint stream of compressed air with no moving parts. He reports patients prefer the instrument and cites a Journal of the American Dental Association article.
A collection of classic sayings from Beecher Disraeli Young Story Eddy and Shelley. It highlights themes of effort wisdom health and the rhythm of life through compact aphorisms and literary praise.
Article describes a Soviet helicopter with double wings two propellers and two motors claiming speed of 100 miles per hour and a landing speed near zero. Photographs show the craft hovering six feet above ground and the pilot stepping from a ladder.
A cryptic line attributes to the Britannica Year Book a claim that parrots do not know what they are talking about. The note asks why parrots are specifically mentioned. The reference context and date are not provided.
Pte. Gladys I. Hannah of Moose Jaw Saskatchewan returns from overseas and reflects on Canada’s greeting word. She trained at Regina and St Anne de Bellevue, served in Belgium, and now works as a filing clerk in Regina. News also covers a Belgium camp hut efforts and a military wedding in England between Sgt. Margaret H. Glover and CQMS John P. Johnson.
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