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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1940
Page
1
A wartime New Year message expresses hope for better conditions in farming and living standards, urging sacrifice for peace and the defeat of dictators. It emphasizes duty to community, Christian values, and collective effort, invoking King George VI’s blessing and a call to unity in the face of uncertain times.
Miss G Clements visited Winnipeg over the weekend. Miniota reports a 1940 population of 234, down from 245 in 1939. Miss E Kelly and E Lynch with Mr and Mrs L Wardell visited Wellwood briefly. Wm Carnegie travels to Winnipeg to take a dairying course for creameries work. Stock Farm sold five pure bred Aberdeen Angus bulls to buyers in the Bismarck North Dakota area. cattle shipped by truck to purchasers.
Ladies overshoes reduced for quick clearance in black or brown 3 to 9 inclusive at 98c per pair with cloth tops and dome fasteners plus fur trimmed valvet overshoes at 1.98. Misses J Bonner and M Taylor are in Miniota for practical training before resuming studies at Brandon Normal School. Curling and skating rink prep improves as cold weather continues. J Spalding visited Winnipeg regarding Beulah Hallboro railway abandonment filing.
The Friday hall event hosted by the Miniota open-air rink featured novelty dances and music by A. R. O. drawing a bumper crowd. The event ended with a credit balance of 29 dollars 55 cents.
The sinking of the Graf Spee by three light British cruisers changes the war’s dynamics and eases convoy threats to wheat shipments. With less danger from pocket battleships Deutchland and Admiral Scheer, convoys will be safer, more wheat will leave Canada, and the war may near an earlier peace.
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