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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 09, 1943
Page
7
Peggy Lane Henderson and Jim Mercer survive a plane crash in a desert. They trek toward a distant water source and face thirst, danger, and a tense power struggle. At the waterhole, Peggy fights for control but Jim keeps the flask, guiding them toward a distant mountainside where food and water finally await.
An unclear excerpt describes a tense scene with a man grabbing a woman and a rough facial contact. A bird sings somewhere above in a shaded area. The passage conveys conflict and underlying emotion within a dimly described setting.
The Navy’s emergency rescue equipment section is testing an array of aids for manned rubber boats. A mirrorsight device lets a castaway flash sunlight to land or air units up to ten miles away. A fluorescent sail, seawater purifier in a bag, yellow dye for visibility, floating lights, and a vest with fishing gear including dehydrated pork bait complete the kit.
R A F planes from India have rendered valuable service in Burma, flying supplies to Rangoon evacuating women and children and dropping food and clothing to refugees in the Northern Assam hills. One Empire and Commonwealth crewed plane landed on an 800 yard jungle clearing and evacuated 17 sick and wounded soldiers to India for treatment.
List of Royal Canadian Air Force members overseas and graduates in No 4 Training Command awarded commissioned ranks. Names include Reginald Gusseck Warner Alberta and Charles Walrath Alberta, plus Sorge and Hansen pilots from Alberta. Graduates at Swift Current and North Battleford, with numerous Sgt. Pilots from British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and details of western airmen from No 3 SFTS Calgary.
Canadian forces on Kiska Island are constructing roads, installations and living quarters. The message urges support for tuberculosis prevention by purchasing Christmas Seals to aid the youth of Canada.
A Philadelphia style meat dish uses sausage and All-Bran to make eight servings. The mixture is cooked into a loaf, cooled, sliced and browned in sausage fat, then served with syrup or apple butter. Loaf can be refrigerated for a week or longer.
First Lt. Maurice M. Hall, chaplain at Huntsville Texas POW camp, says about 60 percent of prisoners are confirmed Nazis and that without evangelizing them they may return to Germany with contempt for American ideals. He notes nightly lashings by traitors and urges Christian outreach to shape their views before release.
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