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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
7
Several variations of Pattern 4629 offered as a suit dress with bodice top skirt. Later versions include a jumper or subdress with a contrasting jacket. Available in children's sizes 2 3 4 5 6 8 and 10 with fabric yardage and price details. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Manitoba.
Anne and Ben try to dispose of Mr. Gabriel the noisy Plymouth Rock rooster by sending him to Mammy Diley, then to the Porters, then to Aunt Lucy who returns to take the bird home with her, leaving the couple sleep-deprived yet hopeful.
Instructions for making Kellogg's All-Bran muffins with All-Bran, milk, flour, baking powder, and shortening. Bake in a moderately hot oven at 400 F for about 30 minutes yields eight large muffins. All-Bran is produced by Kellogg's in London, Canada and sold in two sizes.
Aunt Lucy greets Mr Gabriel the rooster with excitement and offers a twenty dollar bill sewn in her petticoat to persuade him to return. Anne and her husband protest while Aunt Lucy insists on bringing the bird inside. The scene unfolds as a suburban morning hinges on a chicken’s whereabouts.
Across Canada the War Savings Stamp drive aims to raise two million dollars this month. The article offers a recipe to cut costs and boost the effort, detailing a chuck roast dish with spices and a long simmer to tenderize. It notes using zinc jar rings as a makeshift rack.
Six Treasury Island natives serving in the Solomon Islands Defence Force went ashore with the first wave of New Zealanders during the October attack. They guided operations and maintained liaison between New Zealand forces and islanders, earning unique recognition when one was chosen to hoist the Union Jack over the first Solomons territory retaken by British forces. A swoose is a cross between a goose and a swan.
AC1 Radar the Great Dane mascot of the Royal Canadian Air Force Bombing and Gunnery School near Lethbridge, Alberta, is a beloved figure since September. Referred to as Rungmook Ru B'dar, he weighs almost 200 pounds, wags at parades, and leads a strenuous PT routine at the fire hall station. He has earned multiple awards and is on the path to Canadian champion status.
British researchers in a laboratory outside London report a method to double plant size and quality. By treating seeds with colchicine they induce an anaesthetic shock that doubles the number of chromosomes, producing larger, finer plants with greater disease resistance.
New Jersey highway commissioner Spencer Miller says Britain’s Ministry of Transport will recommend switching from left to right driving as a postwar project. Miller just returned from Britain where the drive toward a right-hand orientation is discussed.
A Chatham Daily News editorial endorses a natural alliance among family, school, and church to mold youth. It stresses atmosphere as key to character, warns against anti Christian Germany under Nazis, and argues unity is essential to peacetime and the suppression of war.
The Mailomat coin operated post office device undergoes an extended trial in Ottawa General Post Office lobby. Postmaster General William P. Mulock unveils the machine before senior Canadian Post Office officials including P. T. Coolican and H. Atwater as part of a potential revolution in prepaid mailing.
A humorous dialogue records two salesmen boasting of a marvelous day yet admitting no sales. The piece notes a historical aside about South Africa first planting wines for producing wine in 1658, framing a light vignette with archival flavor.
Britain has long produced top quality maps and applies its expertise to keeping the British and American forces supplied. Under Mutual Aid Lend Lease, Britain provides all maps used by U S Army and U S Air Force in Britain and many used in the Mediterranean theater. The Royal Engineers oversee map production with mobile presses printing 4 500 copies per hour. During the North African campaign, their presses ran 22 hours daily for six weeks without a breakdown.
An antiseptic oil claims to speed healing of open sores wounds boils ulcers and skin affections including eczema pimples barber's itch sal rheum itching toes and feet. It promises relief from itching and drying and offers money back satisfaction.
The crew of a sunk Norwegian merchant ship chose to stay together after rescue. They appealed to President Roosevelt, won his support, and now sail again as a unit on an American built vessel under their own flag.
The article describes British bombers now equipped with 16 cable cutting devices that sever heavy cables in a thousandth of a second. Each device weighs a few pounds and is brick sized, enabling rapid suppression of enemy barrage balloons before low level attacks. It lists water as the most precious liquid due to life's dependence on it.
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