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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1940
Page
5
Health minister Ian Mackenzie urges broader public health policies to support wartime needs. He cites nutrition, housewife education, and a potential national health insurance scheme, stressing cost of sickness and the need for joint federal provincial action to implement a lasting national program.
The Brantford Expositor reports on Francs and Swiss guarding a frozen lake boundary with skaters. French and Swiss officers marked the frontier with barrels after foot troops failed to separate drifted skaters. Two 20-member patrols will enforce the line day and night to prevent cross-border chatter.
Scheduling shows completion of the Bata plant in Frankford Ontario in spring 1940. The leased facility produces over 800 pairs of shoes daily with 200 workers, plus 250 workers on construction. Twenty homes finished and 30 more under construction. Management expects 1500 workers in the new plants. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has saved 60,000 lives since its 1824 founding.
A Readers' Digest article by a former Berlin medical authority claims six years of hardship and reduced calories have diminished German youth health. It notes rising diphtheria and tuberculosis and records high rates of fallen arches and flat feet among Hitler Youth, arguing Britain and France start with stronger stamina.
The Finnish government received four ambulances of a new military design donated by the Canadian Red Cross. The act underscores wartime aid and cooperation between Canada and Finland as hostilities continue.
Field peas serve as a high value protein supplement, worth more than barley or oats, and are valued for feeding pigs and dairy stock. They have long been a staple in soups for humans, with harvesting challenges historically limiting production. Mixing peas with oats and separating later helps, and peas enrich soil through nitrogen fixation.
The Vancouver Sun reports the National Geographic Society claims the Earl of Sandwich did not invent the sandwich. Romans ate meat between bread two thousand years ago, calling it offula a diminutive term for a morsel.
The passage highlights that groats or British four-penny pieces remain current in the West Indies while long out of use in Britain. It also notes reindeer milk as the richest among eleven listed milks with 22 percent butterfat in the U S 1939 Yearbook of Agriculture.
Canadian certified seed potatoes find a ready market in South America Cuba the West Indies and the United States Exports exceed 1 500 000 bushels up from 1 200 000 last year Argentina Brazil and United States buyers show strong interest Varieties such as Green Mountain Irish Cobbler Kathadin and Bliss Triumph arrive in good condition and orders for 1940 rise despite limited supplies Growers urged to order early before spring as stocks may be sold out
A London columnist recalls meeting two former non-smokers who now light cigarettes during air raids. The glowing tip serves as a tiny warning light in blackout conditions, aiding safe crossings. It also helps identify coins read bus tickets count change and write an address while keeping hands free.
Crochet instructions for a chair set and pillow, with chair back scarf ends. Pattern 6559 includes charts, stitches, and materials. send 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg for obtainment. No Alice Brooks pattern book published.
An American paper lauds King George VI as a symbol of unity and decency. It argues greatness lies in virtue and duty, not conquest, and emphasizes the king’s humble leadership, family manliness, and steadfast resolve amid tyranny.
The Fort Garry plant will start next year with 450 farmers supplying beets and up to 250 workers at peak. It will produce about 200000 pounds of sugar daily and meet around 70 percent of Manitoba's sugar needs. The project uses refugee capital from Europe and shifts machinery sourcing to Canada and the United States.
The Australian Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind has insured against rain on the opening day of its annual Melbourne fair for eight years, collecting £1606 in total from insurance companies.
Four scientists conclude lumberjacks are the most hardworking among men in manual labor. The saying implies workers who do only what they are paid for never earn more than they contribute, while harder workers gain value beyond pay.
A New York Times report discloses Die Freiheit, a German shortwave station defying Offen Hitler by operating without a fixed studio. The pamphlet Freedom Calling boasts thousands of volunteers and a tiny tech core, suggesting mobility as cars to Berlin and vans are halted, while radio boats are searched.
Demonstration at Dominion Forest Nursery Station Sutherland Saskatchewan shows a 1500 foot tree belt catching snow to fill a 17000 cubic foot dugout. Each linear foot yields eleven cubic feet of water. a belt of one to four rows and at least 15 feet high is advised.
In temperate climates the average day is colder at sunrise, revealing cooler morning conditions before temperatures rise.
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