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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 10, 1944
Page
7
A widow named Mrs. Mason buys the Ryersons cottage after exposing long hidden dry rot. While settling in with her three children she learns the couple hid three thousand dollars in the floorboards, uplifting her prospects as she seeks schooling and church.
The New York Herald Tribune notes glass substitutes rising from sand based on scarcity. Glass foam replaces cork as insulation and may outperform traditional materials. Glass sutures substitute for silk in some surgeries. Sawable and millable glass is being developed for post war homes.
This antiseptic oil marketed as Moone's Emerald Oil is promoted as a healing agent for eczema barber's itch la gripe rheum and other inflammatory skin eruptions. It is described as antiseptic penetrating and effective with stubborn cases yielding within days and sold by drugstores with satisfaction or money back.
A collage of old jokes and witty exchanges about marriage, punctuality, lies, law, and work life. The snippets feature a teacher discussing March, a trench joke, a police court remark, a wife’s retort, and a quip on marrying for money, all capturing playful social asides.
The flax area in Britain grows from a few hundred acres in 1939 to over 50 000 acres in 1943 and Northern Ireland rises from about 20 000 to 90 000 acres. The crop yields large quantities of high grade wing fabric for aircraft factories.
A St Thomas Times-Journal report notes deer study by Gordon J. Leversee at the New York Ranger School. It describes a buck testing an electrified fence by sniffing, dodging, and crawling under bottom strands, and triggering a ammonia spray before resuming grazing.
The Prices Board announces 1944 home canning sugar via 10 spare F coupons in ration book 3. Each person gets 10 pounds for canning, with extra sugar possible by exchanging preserves coupons for additional sugar. First canning coupons valid July 1, enabling up to 23 pounds per person if preserves coupons are all used.
A Cairo dispatch reports a U S troopship attacked twice by enemy aircraft was saved by the Royal Air Force. Soldiers donated 4000 dollars to dependents of RAF casualties, illustrating how acts of help can strengthen trust and friendship between nations more than words. The Ottawa Journal notes past U S soldiers aiding a crippled English boy and deems such deeds powerful in building mutual respect.
A Ottawa Journal writer notes Clement Attlee served an extensive apprenticeship to the premiership, deputizing for Churchill for much of last year. Attlee, though modest in style, is described as highly capable, hard working, and with a keen sense of humor. He recently turned 61 and spent four wartime birthdays in khaki with the gunners.
Captain F S Wilkins of the RCAF urges the public to report pilots who stunt or fly low over populated areas. He compares jay flighters to jay walkers and irresponsible motorists, noting occasional city stunts and the desire for flyers to save bravery for battles. Montreal Star urges safer behavior for the sake of loved ones.
The piece credits Group Captain Frank Whittle of the Royal Air Force with the invention of the propellerless rocket plane and notes Britain's leadership in aircraft design as a key factor in the RAF’s prominent position.
The Canadian Women's Army Corps issued khaki rayon stockings for walking out and National Defence Headquarters announced it. Fourteen of nineteen top moving pictures of 1943 are now available for viewing by Canadian Army troops. five remain unavailable to Army projector sizes. Since last September over 10 000 men and 350 officers have been discharged for health age or higher civilian value. Discharges after November 1 1943 qualify for a 65 clothing allowance. Army artists may win prizes and exhibit nationally in Ottawa in February. The Handshakes Christmas parcel drive delivered 30 400 parcels to armed forces. CWA C personnel at Aurora Ontario repair anti gas gear to save soldiers lives.
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