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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1943
Page
4
The Department of National Defence announced higher pay for privates, a cost of living bonus, and the world's highest dependents allowances. Increases take effect January 1 with pay raises February 1, 1943. Five Dieppe medals were awarded and several officer promotions announced.
British aviation expert G Grey reports rockets used to boost takeoffs of Junkers 8 medium bombers and notes Russian and German experiments. He cites Stermovik ground attack rocket bombs and Focke Wulf Karrieres operating from Bordeaux with long runways. Grey details British ship catapult launches of Hurricanes and their risky but effective defense.
A Mayfair bomb struck a mews demolishing garages and small flats above. One small bedroom survived while wardens and police arrived and found a single figure moving in the last room. The man replied he was alright but unable to free his collar and tie.
The army and navy announce official adoption of popular names for U S combat aircraft to aid public understanding. Britain has long used such names and may adopt some for British air forces. Examples include Liberator and Flying Fortress, with Harv ard becoming Texan and P 40 named Warhawk after earlier monikers.
The piece notes a 72 hour pre strike period and a deliverymen strike testing newspaper advertising’s effect on retail. It cites historic tests in 1598 and 1898 and contrasts with radio prosperity wartime and famed stores, concluding Christmas outcomes worsened in New York and Chicago.
Elizabeth Cameron explains that manufactured ice uses brine and ammonia refrigeration to freeze water into 400 pound blocks. The article notes chemistry drives ice production, its role in food transport to battle fronts, and increased domestic use due to refrigerator restrictions.
An all white system of camouflage used by the RAF coastal command in Arctic convoy protection and anti-submarine patrols has proven highly satisfactory. The scheme renders flying boats nearly invisible against cloud and snow backgrounds, giving a surprise element in encounters with U boats.
Billy Beaver serves in the army guarding Canada with meals planned to Canadian nutrition standards. The civilian population is urged to follow Canada Official Food Rules to stay as fit as Canadian fighting men.
James W. Gerard former U S ambassador to Germany urged that the Hitler Youth be kept down by an army of the United Nations and watched as convicts. He warned the German people should shudder at the horror they caused and said the youth can never become decent citizens of a peaceful Europe.
Graphite derives its name from a Greek word meaning to write. It enables self lubricating bearings in processed forms. Madagascar yields the finest flaky graphite used in war industries. Global annual graphite production reaches about 200000 tons.
Tulane University surgeons develop a living skin grafted celluloid facial repair technique. Dr. Neal Owens leads the method used for two years to restore facial depressions after injuries. The process molds celluloid to shape and fixes it to tissues, then grafts skin to seal and blend the implant.
W R Beek deputy minister of agriculture told about 300 delegates at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture convention that hundreds of low producing farms should be abandoned for the war and farmers moved to more productive properties to ease farm labor and improve living.
The British chief medical officer reports health remains good and may have improved during war. June quarter mortality hits new lows, infant deaths near 1940 levels, and typhoid cases peak then decline. Diphtheria immunization reaches 3 million for under fourteen, Glasgow smallpox outbreak subdued by rapid vaccination.
Sergeant Robert Livingston of Rosebank Manitoba a member of a French Canadian bomber squadron recounted a near miss over the French coast. A incendiary bullet tore his radio set but he extinguished the fire with his foot while the plane returned safely under pilot S L Murrell of Gainsville Texas. Livingston joined the RCAF in 1941 and has been overseas since April.
Britain now offers 1,500 driver cafes tied to workers ration schemes and about 250 staffed cafes with sleeping quarters for 10,000 men. The sites were chosen by drivers with the ministries of labor war transport and food coordinating the effort.
Annamese officials use a titled figure called Master of Sorrows to utter curses in houses of the deceased and at weddings, aiming to drive away or frighten away spirits. The practice reflects local beliefs about ancestry, spirits, and social rites.
Haitian history notes that bananas were introduced by Spanish friar Tomas de Berianza from the Canary Islands in 1515, marking a probable first production in the region.
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