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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
2
The Western Canada wheat crop reaches 550 million bushels with a government purchase contract of about 290 million. War disruptions limit movement to markets, creating storage and labor challenges for harvest. A Bank of Nova Scotia report notes farmers face limited gains and outlines near term prospects for agriculture.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics forecasts a 15 percent rise in Canadian farmers cash income for 1941, aided by higher wheat prices and expanded dairy and livestock output. Total Canadian farmer income would exceed one billion dollars for the first time since 1928, despite higher farm labor costs and feed prices. Labor wages rose, but overall output lagged as less labor was hired. Farm labor supply fell, offset partly by harvest help from cities and more women on farms. Machinery purchases rose over 1940, notably including dairy equipment worth about one million dollars.
The report notes a serious shortage of skilled farm labor despite wartime demand. It suggests Selective Service may help and cites adjusted beef and bacon prices along with higher dairy prices as indicators the adjustment period may end. It highlights agriculture’s key war role, meeting home demand and large contracts for Britain and armed forces.
The article argues for balanced meals over fried and sugary fare and outlines a high value lunch plan with baked lima beans toast, cheese sandwich, carrot and celery salad, apples or applesauce with cream milk. It urges planning, appetizing preparation, and offers a free vitamin chart from Western Division Health League of Canada.
Dr. T. A. Hardgrove warns in the October Journal of the American Dental Association that tooth decay tendencies may be inherited and that endocrine factors influence dental decay. The article also urges regular car maintenance, battery checks, and cautious use of electrolyte, emphasizing periodic service and attention to a declining ammeter reading.
Private Mary Smith trained as a dental chair assistant after testing showed high school education and speed in civilian work. Jean Brown, with Wrens and cooking experience, becomes senior cook and assistant to the messing officer. The Canadian Active Army’s Personnel Selection Directorate in Ottawa, led by Colonel W. Line, classifies recruits into suitable groups to ensure rapid, efficient deployment.
A 70 year old Ontario woman, Mrs Edward Newton of Horning's Mills, has hung wallpaper and painted houses for 30 years. She learned the trade after marriage and continued solo after her husband Sackioels death, often seen on a ladder at job sites declaring work remains easy and she plans to continue indefinitely.
A collection of aphorisms and quotations on giving kindness and generosity from Shakespeare Eddy Luther James and La Rochefoucauld. The selections reflect how motive shapes value and how true gifts come from the heart.
Lt Cmdr Thomas Brown announces Canada’s first basic scientific training school for naval ratings to be established at the University of Alberta. Ratings from across Canada will travel to Edmonton for the course. Prairie dogs live without water. The Amazon River is the widest in the world.
Mrs. George Morin of Grande Baie Quebec endorses Kellogg's All-Bran claiming it tasty and keeps her regular. The ad urges trying the Better Way for constipation with regular use and plenty of water and notes two package sizes and a restaurant single serving option.
The prices board ordered that paper bags for candy and notion, millinery, laundry, wet wash, garments and curtain rods be made in fewer sizes and prescribed weights. The mandate, effective immediately, aims to economize skilled labor.
Adelphia reports Sir Ian Fraser, a war-blinded former youth of 21, now guides blinded veterans in living fulfilling lives. He rides, swims, plays bridge, navigates Parliament, oversees St Dunstan's, and serves as a BBC governor while teaching that life continues after loss.
A report notes waves in the sea reach depths of several hundred feet, indicating unusual or extreme ocean conditions observed by observers.
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