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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1941
Page
2
London craftsman begin sending gossamer thin gold leaf 290000th of an inch thick. Seven years of research yield more even leaf. Eight pound hammer and marble bench used to beat leaf. ancient methods still used for sign and interior decorators.
A royal marine recounts 21 days as a prisoner with German guards in Calais and Belgian villages. He describes brutal treatment with tommy guns and whips, starvation, forced marches, executions of attempted food aid, and callous forcing civilians and colonial troops into chaos.
The Making Tour Of India Services train has begun a nationwide tour visiting all regions. Over 1000 feet long, it showcases air force army navy medical services and munitions industry with sections from multiple branches of the war effort. Demonstrators include armed forces officers and men. A pipe band and recruiting office accompany the train.
A wartime analysis argues that sudden inflation threatens the dollar and living standards. It notes rising living costs, the need for drastic price controls under the War Time Prices and Trade Board, and calls for bipartisan support to stabilize currency and ensure fair wages while sustaining war production.
J M Coyne of the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported preliminary estimates at a Canadian Association meeting. He said receipts from tourists may total 128 million dollars with expenditures around 43 million, yielding a favorable balance near 85 million.
Animated cartoons are being prepared to teach soldiers strategy tactics gunnery and other training subjects for military instruction.
Diana Berry 21 designed a plastic lighter now approved by Britain’s tobacco controller board of trade and the British Standards Institute. The device will cost about $1 with initial production of 4,000,000 units, using metal in the flint wheel. Plastics gain traction in aviation, radio gear, binoculars, spectacles, and even housing, coffins, and dinghies amid metal shortages. Rates of pay for farm labor in Canada rose to a 1920 high.
General Sir Alan Francis Brooke, 58, renowned for mechanized warfare, is named chief of the imperial general staff. He succeeds General Sir John Bill, who retires December 25 at 60 and will be made field marshal and governor of Bombay.
The piece argues that loudspeakers and amplifiers enhance public speaking for large audiences, noting older speakers may shy from the mic while modern tech helps reach back rows. It compares amplification to enduring innovations like cars and radio and urges adaptation for agricultural organizations.
At Camp Borden Ontario Canadian Army testers push the Ram 1, a 30-ton heavy tank, through demonstrations. It is larger and faster than current Valen tine mediums, steered by twin tillers, with a cast hull and radial engine. U S observers and Canada’s experimental wing watched the trial.
The piece notes Canadian women updating winter wardrobes with brighter colors and larger brims while English shelves remain stocked despite clothing rationing. It highlights government aims to curb consumption for fair distribution and mentions Princess Margaret to wear hand-me-downs from Princess Elizabeth as she grows.
Shortening and sugar are creamed, then eggs are added and mixing continues with All-Bran milk and flour. Prunes are folded in after soaking. batter fills muffin pans and bakes about 30 minutes at 400 degrees F. Adjust leavening when using sour milk.
An ambitious young man seeks a firm partner position, offered only if he can settle with the undertaker. The Royal Canadian Navy gains strength as the Venetia, a $1,000,000 yacht once credited with sinking German subs, is donated by Capt. Scott Misener of Port Colborne, Ontario. India raises one million volunteers for active service in the First Great War.
Tahiti aligns with Free France in the broader resistance effort. Local leaders pledge cooperation and mobilize resources to back Free French forces and movements abroad.
The article notes Canada forbids patenting the Victory sign by an Order in Council. The V for Victory remains freely used, even after Pratho P. Scott of Tulsa Oklahoma secured a US patent on the WV sign. Canada will keep the symbol free, including its use on cancelling stamps.
Some natives of the South Sea Islands paint their bodies four deep blue and add small touches of yellow and white.
Huntly R. Drummond addresses Bank of Montreal shareholders stressing duty to democracy and rapid removal of wartime controls. Jackson Dodds presents record assets near 1.05 billion, profits at 3.437 million, and warns against speculative monetary reform while urging faith in deposits and careful credit.
The article explains Japan reducing mulberry orchards used to feed silkworms and shifting to grain production. It notes raw silk underpinned foreign trade and import scarcity forces self sufficiency, while Acadia University began from proceeds donated by maritime provinces families.
The text claims the Indian rhinoceros is the best living example of prehistoric animals. It also states that in 17th century France peas cost $600 per pint.
The fierce carnivorous skua is the southernmost bird on earth. It roams up to 300 miles inland toward the South Pole and mostly stays along the edge of the polar continent. Its diet includes penguin eggs and chicks.
Peru is the world’s largest vanadium source and the only country where the metal is mined for its own use. Kuibyshev, once Samara, was named for the man who secured it for the Soviet. The saw toothed grain beetle can live entirely on a diet of red pepper.
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