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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 22, 1945
Page
7
Mrs Irvin seeks tax relief and hires a Norwegian gardener Ericson to overhaul her estate. He displays a famed garden portfolio, recalls Narvik’s fall to Nazi invasion, and asserts 30 years as estate head gardener. She agrees to a salary and praises taxes as a bargain.
The London Daily Mail reports a new luxury airliner, a diplomats' special, to carry high British and American war effort emissaries on urgent Atlantic crossings. Built for Britain under lend lease, it features oak panelled walls and beige leather ceilings for executive travel.
Port Arthur meeting of Royal Canadian Flying Clubs aims to make Canada air conscious by expanding youth access to pilot training and wings. Clubs across the country back cadet squadrons and near cost instruction, with annual scholarships and affordable aircraft for instruction.
A reporter reveals a winning autograph method used at a farewell dinner for Captain Scott. A large book fronted by a photo of a smiling child carries the inscription seeking Scott's autograph for a daughter who will be 21. The device reportedly works reliably.
The Sumelas monastery sits in a 1,000-foot precipice, 4,000 feet above sea level near Trebizond on the Black Sea. Rebuilt in 1360, it is believed to be over 1,500 years old.
Ottawa Citizen notes renewed interest in developing the Hudson Bay sea route to Europe as a quick postwar link. Wheat and other prairie products could flow to Britain and Newfoundland, with fish and dairy imports also possible. The piece warns against special interests hampering the route and urges maintaining open shipping links for the wider common good.
The Canadian government announced an extensive rehabilitation program for war veterans described as the broadest among United Nations efforts. Veterans Affairs Minister Ian Mackenzie said the plan sets a new standard in care and pensions, aims to compensate for lost time in training years, and ensures every veteran has the chance for a normal life, rewarding work, home comforts, and freedom from want.
Anne Adams outlines pattern 4936 a jaunty dirndl for Junior Misses from sizes 10 through 18. The 13 size requires 2 1 2 yards of 35 inch fabric and orders cost 20 cents sent to the Winnipeg Pattern Dept at 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg Man. Shipping delays noted due to slow mass delivery.
The farming country around Lublin is among Poland's most productive gran aries, yielding wheat, barley, oats and rye. Firearms were introduced to Europe by the Mongols in the 13th century.
O. T. Larson leaves his post to rejoin United Air Lines in Chicago after serving TCA since 1937. Mr English, after a long Canadian National Railways career, joined TCA at its inception in 1937 and is named to the new executive position as assistant vice-president. Photograph: Trans-Canada Air Lines.
The Western Star survey of Corner Brook Newfoundland shows 49 percent want immediate return to responsible government, 26 percent favor joining the United States, 19 percent favor confederation with Canada, and 6 percent are satisfied with the present commission government.
Instructional excerpt urges saving fuel by cooking entire oven meals. Highlights include meat loaf or casseroles, steamed or baked vegetables, baked desserts, and a complete salisbury loaf with corn flake binding. Provides steps for parboiling potatoes and assembling a leaf-shaped meat loaf dish.
The article notes that potatoes yield about 6,000,000,000 bushels per year globally, highlighting the crop's enormous scale and importance to agriculture and food supply.
The Wartime Food Corporation and Prices and Trade Board in Ottawa said the January 31 order limits new imports while Canadian onion stocks are about double the normal level for the season. The 1944 crop was unusually large and high quality, and the move aims to minimize waste and use domestic supplies first.
The Department of Trade and Commerce says preliminary plans are under way to conduct the prairie census in 1946. The census is mandatory every five years by amendment to the British North America Act. The Census Branch of the Bureau of Statistics indicates Ottawa staff needs will be modest and new hires will not start until June or July 1946.
The air force alone could not reach Germany. the navy’s command of the sea was essential to invade Europe. The combined power of air and sea, backed by naval control, made the conquest of Germany possible. The Mississippi River’s annual flow moves about half a billion tons of solid matter to the sea.
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