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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1943
Page
4
Seed handling advice for farmers on winter cleaning to save time and conserve grain. Discusses mouse-proof storage, farm fanning mills, gravity flow to overhead bins, and sieve sizing for different seed varieties with guidance to contact Dominion Experimental Stations or Agricultural Colleges for sieve material.
The St Thomas Times Journal notes HMS Victory, Nelsons flagship from Trafalgar, was damaged by a bomb in Portsmouth dockyard but the injury is not serious. The ship, in dry dock since 1922, remains a premier relic with Nelsons dining room, cockpit and surgeon’s office preserved as in his era.
The London Daily Sketch reports Warsaw streets renamed by Underground Directorates. Zieleniecka avenue became Winston Churchill street, Saska Topa square to President Roosevelt square, Jerusalem avenue to General Sikorski, and Bank square to Stefan Starzynski. Also in Monthly Science News, two simple chemical tests predict wound infection and its type before symptoms appear, aiding early treatment and reducing amputation risk. Tests were developed by D McLean H J Rogers and B W Williams. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
General Alexander telegraphed to Mr. Churchill that orders issued on August 15 1942 have been fulfilled. He stated His Majesty's enemies and their impedimenta have been eliminated from Egypt Cyrenaica Libya and Tripoli.
A statement from the National Blind Institute in London was cited regarding progress and plans over the past year. The remarks highlighted ongoing research, support programs, and collaborations with British partners.
Britain has sent over three million knitted garments to the Royal Navy's small coastal craft since the war began. Sir Basil Brook, treasurer to the Queen and chairman of the Royal Navy Knitted Garments depot, announced the figure to the press.
The earliest engagement rings, dating to ancient Rome, were crafted from iron. This iron ring symbolized commitment in Roman society, with later rings evolving to include more precious metals and stones.
Barnacles impede vessels by adding weight and rough hull surfaces that reduce speed. A 10,000-ton ship can carry up to 30 tons of barnacles. The creature begins with one eye, gains a second to find a spot to cling, then forgets its ambition, sheds the eyes, and develops a protective shell while feeding on drifting sea life.
A Camberwell Beauty butterfly, famed among collectors, will be offered in London from the collection of Sir Beck with Whitehouse. The species migrates from Norway to England in a few hours, underscoring its rarity and appeal to collectors.
A gorilla population survives in a tiny habitat band within three degrees of latitude around the equator. Researchers note the species faces high risk from habitat loss and climate impacts.
A Canadian Lancaster from the Bomber Group Thunderbird squadron limped home after seven enemy attacks en route to Leipzig. The battered aircraft carried over 100 holes and still returned to base as crew members including Flight Sergeant Andrew, Flying Officer Dumphy, and Flying Officer Dodge endured a perilous night raid while repairing damaged equipment and bomb bay mechanisms.
A 600 mile motor highway along East Persia Iran accelerates Indian exports to Russia as 2,000 trucks haul jute rubber copper tin and mercury toward the southern front. The 30,000 workers from 15 nationalities built the road in three months amid rough conditions and scarce machinery.
Twenty doctors examined a British soldier for defects but missed the rubber nose he wears after losing the original in Italy. He became the first patient at the University of Algiers laboratory run by Capt. Carl D. Clarke of Baltimore and four technicians making artificial noses ears jaws hands and arms for maimed soldiers. He now has three rubber noses in shades for seasonal skin changes.
The American Journal of Surgery reports chlorophyll speeds healing of wounds and burns. In tests by Doctors Lawrence W. Smith and Alfred E. Livingston of Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, dissolved chlorophyll used on surface dressings showed strong results and led to recommendations. War tests followed.
Nyasaland native H K Banda, once a houseboy in South Africa, earned his medical practitioner degree in Edinburgh Scotland. He now serves as an assistant medical officer in an English county borough after previously studying in the United States where he won degrees in philosophy and medicine.
A colonel spoke at a dinner in his honor before leaving for Africa. He thanked attendees for their goodwill and said he would think of them when among “ugly, grinning savages” abroad.
Francis Lowe of Liverpool unveils an unsinkable lifeboat with an extra buoyancy compartment and 4 kapok fenders. In its first test amid a torpedo incident the craft maintained stability at a 100 degree incline and rescued 80 men.
Washington reveals that U S Army transport planes can fly non stop between Australia and India covering about three to four thousand miles. The move follows Gen Somervell’s India flight and Mountbatten talks. Pre war schedules required multi day hops via Calcutta Singapore Port Darwin Brisbane or Sydney.
Miss Mabel Strickland, proprietor of the Times of Malta, after a UK tour, says shared wartime hardships have welded Britain and Malta into an unbroken union. She notes Britain controls the Mediterranean and Malta will be a great air base in peacetime, with links from wartime to promote peace and prosperity.
In Canada during the war women now perform 70 percent of machine gun manufacturing operations and make up over 80 percent of instrument factory workers. They comprise more than 27 percent of the 86,000 aircraft workers.
Shark catching grows as a major industry in South Africa focusing on liver oil with high vitamin content extracted from the liver. The practice expands rapidly, attracting investment and workers to coastal towns and processing centers.
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