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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 25, 1941
Page
5
An air officer foresees dog fights at 20 000 feet and high flying bombers on both sides. Britain’s Hurricanes and German bombers already operate at extreme altitudes. Stratosphere flying promises vast strategic gains with stratobombers and stealthy approaches enabling longer ranges, surprise routes, and fuel-efficient gliding into targets.
The letter argues that England will endure World War II hardship not by surrendering to failure but by accepting responsibility with courage. It praises the English resolve to resist Hitler and predicts a stronger, nobler England emerging from the current trials, despite fears.
Central Experimental Farm Ottawa reports a new apple cider vinegar from Canada will replace imported molasses vinegar, expanding the market for cull apples and cutting foreign exchange costs. A water clear cider vinegar is being produced at distilleries in Ontario and Nova Scotia. A Vancouver machine now grades bags and seals potatoes for retail packaging to save retailer labor.
A study notes that rays of the sun frequently run hotter in winter than in summer. Research on solar intensity and atmospheric conditions suggests seasonal variation in surface heating.
John Bull of Kent writes to his Brantford police chief brother in law asking for seeds of Canadian pumpkin squash and lettuce. He notes bombing and destruction yet trusts England will have a harvest when summer comes and promises to plant, grow, and harvest despite the Nazis.
The Toronto Telegram urges Britain’s people to apply wartime hard lessons of 1940 to 1941 with voluntary sacrifice. It says munition workers must avoid strikes and keep plants running at capacity, equating work stoppages to desertion. Complacency must be discarded.
The article notes that ordinary window glass blocks UV rays and emphasizes giving chickens direct sunlight to provide vitamin D if cod liver oil or other fish oils are absent from the poultry ration.
The war effort increases demand for lantern slide service by the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The free service provides slide lanterns and manuscript lectures to agricultural societies churches schools and colleges. A catalogue is available by writing to Publicity and Extension Division Ottawa.
The Calgary Albertan reflects on the prolonged occupations of Poland and Czechoslovakia where little news or word is heard. The piece suggests the silence may reveal a grim narrative about the supposed better order under new rulers and invites cautious conjecture about the underlying harm.
Citizens urged to begin buying War Savings Stamps to support the war effort. Officials emphasize savings as a simple path to aid national defense.
Pattern 6884 outlines a lace chair set in crisp cotton with a scarf end piece. It includes instructions illustration stitches and required materials. Send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 Mc Dermot Ave Winnipeg. No pattern deck by Alice Brooks exists.
A motorized unit of desert explorers led by three Britons conducted guerilla raids in interior Libyan Italian posts last summer and fall. They travelled vast distances, seized Italian prisoners, and disrupted caravan routes during the North African campaign.
Article describes 1941 British Army food service with model kitchens and labor saving devices. It outlines daily menus including bacon and chips for breakfast and roast mutton for dinner, notes a large cooking staff, Army Schools of Cookery, emergency training centers, and 700 cooks produced weekly. It also mentions recruits from the Auxiliary Territorial Service and dismisses old slang about bully beef.
Burma, once part of the Indian Empire, has operated as a separate entity for over three years. Its land forces have expanded, it contributes naval patrol craft, and begins an auxiliary air unit. Rich in oil, minerals, timber, and food, Burma also backs the common cause with War Fund contributions totaling over $1,050,000, funding a Royal Air Force fighter squadron.
A Central news report from Hong Kong recounts 200 Japanese cavalrymen dining in a southern Honan village before villagers killed them as they feigned welcome. The village had housed villagers who fled, while able bodied men hid, leaving a deadly trap for the Japanese riders.
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