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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
7
Captain Kerker recounts visiting a silversmith in North Africa and buying simple silver earrings for his wife. At a feast, the Arab chief misread the gesture as a gift to him and accepted, joking that four pairs would have pleased him more.
An ad explains that waking often at night signals tired kidneys and bladder trouble and suggests Cystex as a remedy. It claims improved health for many, offers a money back guarantee on return of the empty package, and notes low cost at druggists.
The Prices Board issued an order setting uniform delivered prices for horsemeat and horse livers used by fur farmers. The rule takes effect December 20 and covers Ontario, Quebec, the Maritimes, and the Western Provinces, establishing area specific delivery prices.
The article notes that a refrigerator railway car used for transporting perishable vegetables was devised in 1857, marking an early innovation in food preservation and logistics.
A battered man named Jerry works the blizzard streets begging for coins to fuel his life of crime and deception. He pockets strangers’ money while his girlfriend Ellen clings to hope for his comeback as she toils in a garment factory. He hides the truth of his ruin, dreaming of a future as Ellen’s artist husband.
A struggling commercial artist receives help from a blind passerby who lends him a small sum and inspires a new act for Boswell and Bonzo. The encounter ends with renewed hope as the man and his dog plan a future booking. The passage then shifts to note moisture limits in prairie crop production.
William F. McDermott notes in the Cleveland Plain Dealer that Britain’s strict weekly quotas limit meat to 1 shilling 2 pence per person, about 24 cents, with eggs, sugar, butter, milk and many other goods likewise rationed. He describes scarce butter on hotel toast and the tough choice between toilet, laundry, and kitchen soap as households manage limited coupons.
An overview notes Kentucky blue grass as a native of many regions outside the tropics and highlights a postwar vision where trained women mechanics ease burdens on husbands by fixing household hardware.
A list includes DOBSON General Manager and BALLANTYNE C A of Deets Marwick Mitchell Co and HASKELL C A of Haskell Elderkin Co Montreal on December 24 1943. The document records several financial figures including 3 426 289 54 525 000 00 25 000 00 2 100 000 00 370 000 00 400 000 00 3 815 487 77 6 685 487 77.
A San Francisco Argo- naut column argues Japan is a perennial menace to China and the United States. It condemns Japanese wisdom as lacking and endorses decisive postwar action, echoing Admiral Gatch on dismantling Tokyo’s main street after victory.
The National Safety Council selects unusual incidents. a soldier was welded into his sleeping bag by lightning striking his zipper, and another had a left leg broken by a falling coconut after a stray bullet loosened it, per the New York Times.
E L Leaming, surveyor for Urmston Lancashire council, urged Britain to build satellite towns in the empire to aid postwar reconstruction. He warned such towns could harm countryside beauty and farms, while noting dominions needed population. He suggested towns in Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa with similar costs to British examples.
A transport plane carries enough dehydrated vegetables to feed a battalion for a week, providing essential rations in field operations.
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