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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 17, 1940
Page
2
A wartime editorial extols the song There’ll Always Be An England as a unifying creed for Britain and Canada. It urges equal sacrifice, rapid victory, and collective effort to back ships, tanks, munitions, and food, linking Britain’s fight to Canada’s duty within the empire.
A nostalgic note extols making ice cream at home with Jell O Ice Cream powder. It claims simple steps using milk or cream, sugar, and window sill freezing, urging grocers to stock all five flavours for customers. The piece also notes a POW estimate and identifies Antigo Wisconsin as home to the world’s largest Swiss cheese factory.
A Parker Fountain Pen Company gift of a Spitfire fighter plane for Britain was accepted by Lord Beaverbrook, with company employees donating a day’s work each. The plan reflects growing corporate contributions to the war effort and eager support for the Old Country.
A squad of army and navy officers on leave formed an improvised air raid rescue party in London. They toiled through night raids, freeing people from basements and shelters, split between engineers, naval officers and volunteers including Canadians Australians New Zealanders and two Americans. They opened a blocked street after bombs hit a church. a verger and wife were found dead.
British housewives arriving in Canada report eggs worth their weight in gold and hard to find unless a farmer is known. Canada shipped over 10,000,000 dozen eggs to the United Kingdom this year, far above the normal 1,000,000 dozen, raising guesses the Ministry of Food holds stock. Canadian bacon remains popular with Britons, though one veteran recalls avoiding bacon after 1918.
Crumble wafers with salt and baking powder, mix dates and chopped nut meats. Beat eggs with brown sugar, blend with wafer mixture, turn into a buttered shallow pan and bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Cut into bars while warm, yielding about twelve to sixteen bars. Preparation twelve minutes.
A home style Chop Suey procedure uses bouillon stock made from cubes and soy sauce, browned pork, flour, mushrooms, onion, celery and Rice Krispies formed with melted butter. Serve hot over rice krispies yielding four servings. A New York physician notes child appetite drops as growth slows in year two and three.
A historical astronomy note observes Saturn and its nine moons orbit in the same directional path. The report highlights consistent orbital motion across the system, suggesting stable gravitational dynamics.
The London Evening News reports that British onion supplies are dwindling as key sources close. Egypt remains the sole major supplier, delivering about 60 000 tons annually, while transport delays push prices higher and threaten future availability. Only 10 percent of consumption is home grown, with 6 800 tons produced domestically.
Dr. George W. Teuscher of Northwestern University argues parents should seek a psychological approach to curb thumb-sucking, customizing methods to each child. He notes 173 cases show most sufferers have lip and jaw deformities, and that prevention or mechanical aids can help, with broader adoption reducing U.S. mouth deformities by about 18 percent.
A United States Navy report shows Germany, Italy, Canada, the Philippines, and Guam supplying most foreign-born enlisted men. The Philippines led with 1878, Canada 611, Guam 557, Germany 231, and Italy 218, with various year-to-year changes.
The Denver mint runs at full capacity with three shifts seven days a week but misses treasury orders for the first time since the First Great War. Officials cite Christmas shopping tax payments more coin machines and better business as reasons for the surge.
Bank of Montreal leaders report Canada at war economy crest with high employment and rising output. They warn of an wartime aftermath, price controls, and the need to avoid inflation in wages. Net profits slipped slightly to 3.436 million as taxes rise and credit demand grows.
A forecast claims automobiles will feature plastic bodies and fenders with color integral to the material. War torn Norway has received 400 prefabricated timber houses donated by a Swedish group and will receive 600 more. The Danube river is described as neither beautiful nor blue.
Britain allows couples getting married extra rations of tea sugar butter and meat for their wedding reception. A bed blanket convertible into a robe and hood for emergency wear has been invented in England. In Italy bagpipes are as common as in Scotland.
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