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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
2
The piece notes that secret weapons attract wartime attention and that scientists and engineers drive unseen progress. It emphasizes the role of research in war and postwar reconstruction and frames science as defending thousands of freedoms linked to mankind’s security and well being.
Wartime research drives medical advances and nutrition studies. scientists mobilize to fight disease and save lives using new uses for old materials and novel substances, with benefits lasting beyond the war and aiding peacetime medicine.
Western Canada could see an unprecedented postwar demand for farm products as research finds new industrial uses for processed farm materials. Expanded science funding may spur prosperity, with agriculture supplying materials for civilian and wartime industries alike.
Afton Tidningen reports a new Nazi decree allowing execution of children as young as twelve, relaxing the prior 1939 law that restricted executions to youths over sixteen. The decree claims youths are maturing faster, enabling harsher penalties for youths.
The question of whether to straighten the bent sword on Richa the Lion-Hearted’s statue in Palace Yard, Westminster, splits opinion. Some say the bent blade, though damaged by a blitz bomb fragment, truly symbolizes Britain’s darkest war days.
A colored maid Emma explains her son Sidney is not in infantry or artillery but serves as a corporal in the army. The employer asks which branch, Emma clarifies he is in the corporals.
Andre Dugo, born in Szolnok Hungary and now an American artist, designed the 1943 Christmas seal showing a girl at a window watching Santa. The seal promotes tuberculosis sanatoria work and has gained worldwide use in Canada the United States Britain Jamaica and British territories. Dugo trained in Budapest and Paris before settling in the United States where his son serves as a U S Navy ensign.
A British cruiser medical team was ashore in southeastern Arabia to fight a smallpox outbreak. On the first day 3095 people were vaccinated and a temporary hospital was built. One surgeon removed a diseased child’s eye to save the other, while a later group of blind men asked to restore sight. the surgeon said only Allah could cure the blind, and they departed.
The breeding of suitable oil seed types of sunflowers has been carried out in Canada largely by the Dominion Experimental Farms Service. The program aims to enhance oil content and agronomic performance across Canadian fields.
Dr Arthur Seyss Inquart told Dutch leaders in Utrecht that if Germany trusted them and other occupied peoples to fend off an Allied invasion occupation forces could be withdrawn and sent to the Russian front. The remark reflects an improbable arrangement and hints at the broader issue of restitution.
Crossword puzzle from a newspaper page lists across and down clues with numbers and partial solution hints for entries such as Peruvian capital, Swordsman's dummy stake, Dutch cheese, Roman emperor, and many others, forming a classic mixed word game activity.
A wartime guidance list from Ottawa urges thoughtful gifts for 4000 servicewomen, favoring practical items like white broadcloth shirts, detachable collars, stockings, black ties, leather gloves, slippers, and tailored lingerie. Other sought items include toiletries, writing kits, clocks, money orders, cigarettes, and reading material, with hints on morale boosting from the Mediterranean and Pacific commands.
The Sweet potato now dehydrates to a crisp cereal with preserved vitamins and natural sugar. The versatile tuber also yields candy bars ice cream powders flour and sandwich spreads. In 1943 over 70 million bushels were produced with Georgia the top state and gardens across the United States expanding cultivation.
Allied scientists report progress in using apple syrup as a glycerine substitute for bombs. If successful, the method would convert millions of otherwise unsold apples into explosive material and also offer applications in bakery products cosmetics and as a syrup base for drugs.
A vintage ad touts Moone's Emerald Oil as an 80 antiseptic topical remedy sold in drugstores across Canada. It claims to soothe eczema barber's itch salt rheum and itching toes with penetrating healing action often seen in days. The copy emphasizes pleasant use and guarantees satisfaction or money back.
Dr. E. S. Archibald of the Dominion Experimental Farms Service argues the farming sector faces low earnings, urging government and business support to secure a prosperous rural future for Canada. He notes farmers pay income tax despite earnings barely higher than a Grade 1 stenographer with free household labor.
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