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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1943
Page
5
R C A F announces 10 technical ground trades will wear newly approved trade badges on uniforms by year end. Badges, blue cloth embroidered lighter blue, apply to airwomen and airmen up to flight sergeant with placement rules on sleeve.
The CWAC unit in Atlantic Command uses the kinetheodolite, a camera survey instrument, to record shell bursts and calculate firing errors during practice shoots. Captain D I A Stickney leads 24 women from across Canada, with one American, in precise visual recording to improve gunnery accuracy and reduce errors. The team trains at a coastal center, sharing duties, and earning 50 to 75 cents a day in addition to trades pay, while maintaining high morale and discipline.
The Radio Manufacturers Association of Canada warns the public that after the war civilian radio receivers will be slow to change. Existing chassis designs are frozen by government and cannot be altered until war demands are fully met. gradual postwar radio advances will come only after broadcasting facilities expand.
Manitoba industry leaders urge a coordinated plan to operate post-war employment programs. The Sanatorium Board promotes Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis control with x ray surveys and traveling clinics. The Heavy Industries Federation forms to steer post-war readjustment, creating regional boards and a central committee to secure private-sector jobs.
Allied forces captured at least 248000 enemy prisoners including 26 generals in Tunisia from May 5 to May 13 1943. They seized or destroyed 2550 tanks 6200 guns and 70000 lorries across Africa. Three thousand ships participated in the Sicily assault the largest amphibious operation ever with 160000 men 14000 vehicles 600 tanks and 1800 guns landed.
Royal Navy submarine Tuna under Lieut. D. S. R. Martin returns to home waters after sinking three U-boats across four patrols. Martin, 31, from Vancouver, receives the Distinguished Service Order and three Bars for his feats. He previously commanded another U-boat and has served in the Navy since before the war. He trained for submarines in 1937 after a Merchant Navy start and Royal Naval Reserve service.
A boy retrieves an umbrella from room sixty five after a visitor orders him to check behind the door, saying he must hurry for a train. The brief exchange confirms the item’s location and the urgency of the traveler.
Millions of rubber trees in Brazil’s Amazon Forest yield latex, but tapping capacity is limited by manpower. Only about a quarter of the needed 100,000 workers are available, hindering expansion into a dominant world-market rubber production. The densely populated Malay States contrast with Brazil Peru and Bolivia which are sparsely populated, and in the Amazon vast areas show no human habitation.
Whisk away radiator covers to improve heat flow and remove furniture from in front of radiators and hot air registers. Blocking heat sources with chairs or chesterfields hinders circulation and reduces warmth.
A metaphor praises a steady instrument that finds the nail and drives it home. It stays focused on the task, avoids losing composure, corrects mistakes, and completes the job, claiming to be the only tool that performs a constructive function despite occasional errors.
A wavering whistle described as a unique event caused fireguards and air raid wardens to awaken before dawn in London. Reports spread of a mysterious sound until investigators identified it as the whistle of a new American locomotive, unlike British engines.
Crochet beanie directions for bow trim and feather accents with wool sports yarn. Send twenty cents in coins to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man for pattern 7643. Include name address and pattern number. mail delays may occur.
Foods eaten hot taste sweeter than when cold so serve baked apples or apple sauce hot to stretch sugar rations. Favor hot desserts that use less sugar and avoid frozen desserts until sugar stocks recover.
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