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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1946
Page
7
Pat, a starving boy, steals a cheap overcoat from a store dummy and is pursued by police. After a raid at a pawn shop, he narrowly escapes with the coat, returns to the dummy, and finds relief when a passerby helps him. He exchanges the coat for a quarter and treats himself to a hot dog.
A 29 year old London man appeared at Old Bailey on driving an auto while disqualified and using a permit not his own. He received two concurrent sentences totaling 18 months and a $800 fine. His license was suspended for life. His father, who lent the permit, was fined $1,200.
A party of 24 Japanese soldiers surrender to Filipino military police on Pandanan island in the southwestern Philippines after two officers from a Manila POW camp used a loud speaker to urge surrender. The group retained mortars, automatic rifles, small arms, bayonets, and ammunition.
An abridged edition of the immense Chinese imperial cookbook runs to 18 volumes while the full work comprises 96 volumes and is described as the largest cook book in the world. The sheer bulk emphasizes the scope of historic culinary writing.
London report quotes Prime Minister Attlee warning Britain must retain enough trained servicemen to handle heavy tasks worldwide. He says Britain cannot reduce forces too low or risk peace and security and support for the United Nations.
Pattern 4586 offers a slim waist apron with nonslip shoulders suitable for feed bag use. Includes illustrated instructions and fits sizes small to large with 144 yards 35 inch medium option. Send 20 cents in coins to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave Winnipeg Man.
The piece notes indoor workers suffer fatigue headaches irritability and sleep loss from monotony. It recommends Dr Chase's Nerve Food a mineral and Vitamin B1 tonic to build nervous energy and relieve the condition.
The Ramsay Company in Ottawa offers every inventor a full list of inventions and complete information at no cost. Patent attorneys at 273 Bank Street provide the service.
Selected recipes describe making a butter and marshmallow base with rice cereal then shaping into squares. Also instructions for chocolate cereal clusters melt chocolate with all wheat flakes and form into patties or squares. Yield shows 24 to 10 pieces depending on recipe.
Ottawa reports on Canada’s patent system inviting new ideas with a 25 dollar fee for a 17 year monopoly. It notes the requirement of novelty and an inventor’s sworn claim, tracking examples from Noah Cushing’s 1824 patent to modern complex composites, with emphasis on scientific innovations over simple gadgets.
A string of brief comedic vignettes from a 1920s British audience view. A motorist scolds a young driver while she jokes she learned yesterday. A husband ignores gossip while reading the sports page. Two cyclists stay overnight at a hotel and joke over feather beds. A thug robs a man for 30 cents, prompting a quip about dollars. A cinema finds a ten shilling note and posts a notice. An aggressive wife chairs her meek husband as friends watch.
Montreal reports the Bank of Montreal’s 129th annual meeting featured a cautious yet hopeful view of Canada’s future. President Spinney stressed working effort and fair dealing, while General Manager Gardner noted 100k new savings accounts and a year-end deposit total of 1.736 billion dollars, plus staff expansions and reconversion progress.
A humorous dialogue reflects a domestic quarrel and a wry twist on a child’s remark about being last in class. The exchange ends with the father noting a larger class would have been worse, adding irony to the family moment.
A business man guides his son toward success stating honesty means keeping one’s word no matter what, while sagacity remains withheld. The tale prefaces a warning that many home fires start from carelessly dumped ash in waste paper baskets.
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