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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 18, 1941
Page
4
Ludwig Lore reports from a teacher returning from Germany about German attitudes and rumors. He notes farmers hire Polish workers via authorities, brutalization at the stations, scarce information, and tales of heavy Allied losses and failed invasions, fueling growing disillusionment despite risk of punishment.
The Current Review of Agricultural Conditions notes improved market prospects for mutton lamb and wool in Canada. It states likely further expansion of sheep raising during 1941 as wool prices in Montreal show little fluctuation and are expected to hold through the year.
Elephant tusks are elongated upper incisor teeth that grow downward from a point in front of the eye sockets.
Firewood is slated for disposal from de position sites and dumps in London. The notice outlines guidelines for removal and handling at city waste facilities.
Eve Curie recounted how villagers in Brittany sacrificed rationed gasoline to help a French aviator flee to England. The pilot waited for a storm, then crossed the Channel toward a golf course and a crowded playing field before finding a safe landing after exhausting fuel. Workers in England praised the daring Frenchman.
A London suburb bombing incident left a gas main leaking. A Boy Scout, sensing danger, dived into the crater and used clay to plug the hole. Gas company officials praised his calm, practical action, exemplifying Scout training to do the sensible thing in emergencies.
Valuable A V Alexander told the House that many corvettes built in Canada have shown ability and meet urgent needs. The small craft are carrying out anti submarine and convoy service. The Howard DGA 125 trainer cruises at 108 miles an hour with a 125 horsepower engine.
Benjamin Franklin attended school for only two years in his youth, from age eight to ten, reflecting a limited formal education in his early life.
Soldiers in active service are fed on orange juice and rusks as part of Natal province's war industry. Army biscuits, rusks, orange juice concentrates, milk powder, condensed milk and pork sausages are manufactured locally. The biscuits resemble an earlier war product, made from wheat meal, milk powder, sugar and leavening. Orange juice concentrates boost vitamin C in arid territories to combat scurvy.
A Florida resort season feud features California and Cuba Florida axis in brisk competition. An anecdote recalls a California visitor in Miami asking about oversized produce and a grocer retorts with a sharp remark about alligator pears.
Stanley Martin known as Trigger from Downham Kent has been awarded the Military Medal. While on spotting duty a Dornier bomber flew low over his post and began machine gunning the area. He requested a Lewis gun, fired, and hit the enemy aircraft, which crashed on a river bank two miles away. The undercarriage was presented to the air defence mess.
Washington reports indicate Germany employs about 2,000,000 foreign workers and war prisoners in industry while a Berlin dispatch cites 3,400,000 foreigners, including prisoners, at work. About half of 1,390,000 prisoners plus 1,400,000 civilians are in agriculture, with 670,000 in factories. Foreigner workers include Poles French Danes Italians and Slovaks. The department notes a shift from munitions to aircraft and shipbuilding.
Private Clyde Ross of Camp Shelby Mississippi fled into the woods when an army convoy sped up and the commander cried bear to the right. He later explained I’m scared of bears.
The article notes coastlines in New England and New Jersey are gradually subsiding with the New Jersey coast dipping about two feet per hundred years.
An Irish physician warned that the patient may pull through if he lives till morning, but if he dies there would be no further hope. The remark reflects the grave prognosis and urgent care context surrounding the case.
The claim that a burglar cannot buy a jimmy in a hardware store rests on its use rather than its form. A tool may be lawful to possess but become a criminal item when employed to break in or steal.
Report notes cosmic rays can be detected a mile below the ocean surface. In parts of northern Africa date seeds or stones are roasted as a coffee substitute. About half of the 92 known elements are used in automobiles.
Berlin reports the Maginot Line being dismantled with heavy guns moved to the English Channel and eight thousand coal stoves heating air raid shelters. Supplies of food and ammunition remain, tinned goods and copper cables repurposed. Once removing tank traps the area may become farms while the labyrinthine corridors stand as relics.
H E Beresford, Manitoba director of surveys, recalls a survey party’s role in the start of the Riel rebellion during the Canadian Institute of Surveying meeting in Ottawa. He notes Manitoba’s 1870 province status and Dennis’ township system as the seed of the dominion land surveying system, with Major Webb halted by Louis Riel in 1870.
Spitfire Fund organizers in the Northern region plan to gather muskrat pelts from trappers across northern Manitoba and forward them to the War Savings Committee in The Pas. Pelts will fund a Spitfire fund with proceeds distributed through fur channels. About 400 trappers at Summerberry will contribute pelts to a collective kitty as the spring trapping season opens.
Home Secretary Herbert Morrison announced in the House of Commons that the Grand National at Aintree will not be run this year. He opposed a substitute race at Cheltenham, noting the event’s four mile plus course as the world’s greatest stamina test. A substitute at Gatwick occurred during the First World War.
Jones is unusually happy at work all day as Brown asks why. He reveals he found his wife’s lost diamond engagement ring in his trousers pocket, explaining his cheerful mood since awaiting her reaction.
Alberta reported a crude petroleum production record exceeding five million barrels for the previous year, contrasting with about seven million six hundred thousand barrels in 1939.
The Douglas 8A-5 achieves 265 miles per hour top speed, carries seven guns, and dispenses a large bomb load.
The report states Germany's minister of justice has died amid postwar instability in the country. Details remain scarce as authorities confirm the death while political figures react to the loss during a period of reconstruction and uncertainty.
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