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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1941
Page
4
This wartime message honors soldiers sailors airmen merchant seamen and civilians in Britain for their sacrifices to secure freedom and security. It emphasizes collective duty and gratitude to those fighting Nazi oppression and to build a better world with justice and liberty for all.
Occupied buildings in Holborn were consumed as Thomas Wallis big store burned amid Nazi incendiaries. Jobe workers and shopgirls watched clouds of black smoke rise from the blaze, leaving only walls standing after a long night of fire. The Wallis enterprise began with Charles Meeking, a farmer, who started a linen shop in Holbornhill.
Soviet archaeologists opened the musty crypt of Tamerlane in Samarkand and reported bones matching the conqueror a broad-shouldered man with a shorter right leg. They also found the skeletons of two sons and Ulug Beg the 15th century astronomer. Tamerlane died of fever February 17, 1405.
The Canadian Government Travel Bureau provides free travel information on Canada with cooperation from federal, provincial, and local agencies. Inquiries should specify needs and region, sent to Ottawa. A motion picture intermission remark notes theater refreshment breaks. In Greenland the plant growing season lasts only about two months annually.
The Green Hill Look-Off near Pictou offers vast views and the Pioneers Museum displays early farming tools and a King Edward VII stage coach. Edmonton plans a first in Canada tram library operating across districts with six hour stops. Parliament may repurpose dormant bank balances to support a Victory Loan with depositors reclaiming funds later.
Pretty Well Crowded Modern Martinque ranks as one of the planet’s most densely populated areas. With 385 square miles it houses over 250,000 people, about 650 per square mile, under a small white ruling class and a mixed racial population. Its economy centers on sugar with cocoa bananas pineapples and tobacco as auxiliary exports.
Elizabeth Senior an assistant keeper of prints at the British Museum, possibly the first woman in the role, died in a bomb strike at her flat. She was 30, described as youthful, lively, and gallant, shielding her sister Peggy as the wardens urged shelter.
Dame Margaret Lloyd George left an estate of £32632 with £1000, three cottages, and her Criccieth house and furniture to daughter Megan. Other property and money went to her sons and grandchildren.
An RAF ace who shot down a Heinkel over Buckingham Palace last year parachuted from his damaged plane at 17,000 feet during a dive to experience the ride. He recalls spinning, pulling the ripcord at 5,000 feet, and landing uninjured. The sergeant pilot holds 33 victories and a D.F.M. award.
Prime Minister Menzies declares that enduring hardship now matters less than ensuring Australia keeps its own gravel in the long struggle, signaling resolve amid wartime tensions.
The piece notes that most human food derives from grass family crops like wheat corn and oats and that grass forms the bulk of slaughtered animals. It contrasts Nebuchadnezzar eating without seasoning with modern processing and publicity. A brief exchange about grooming and a sun weight joke are included as side items.
Premier Godbout told delegates in Oka Quebec that French Canadians are better off under the British crown and ready to sacrifice for the war. Capt Dickinson of Winnipeg praised Quebec loyalty, saying he fought with French Canadians. Ernest Eaton of Upper Canard urged national unity.
Red Bird 71, chief of the Cheyenne, led a Watonga Oklahoma protest against a University of Oklahoma mural showing Roman Nose Canyon Cheyennes at the time of settlers. He criticized accuracy noting Chief Roman Nose and regalia, ponies, and clothing misrepresented in the mural.
Ernest Bevin, labor minister, urged former miners to volunteer for pit work to shore up dwindling coal stocks. He cited 690000 currently employed and a need for 50000 more, stressing the army must not be stretched by releasing ex miners. The nation must maintain trained forces to defend the realm.
Trans-Canada Air Lines Winnipeg trains four young women as passenger agents to handle passengers at airport offices. The move is experimental due to wartime conditions as many agents are in military service. Requirements include common sense good appearance public contact and height five feet seven inches or taller.
The report notes Canada’s most densely populated district lies in Quebec, alongside areas rarely visited by white settlers. It highlights regional disparities and the reach of colonial settlement into frontier zones.
Thomas B. Morgan portrays a chilling distance between Hitler and Mussolini despite alliance. He argues Mussolini’s control of a disciplined people and industrial power outshine Hitler’s diplomacy, while Fascist Italy’s wars reveal a betrayed nation and the misuse of public trust.
The Crete News, a brief one page NZ troop paper on Crete, launched two days before the German invasion. Initially 3,000 copies, later 2,000 as bombing disrupted operations. After a night raid left a blazing street, three men recovered and delivered 600 copies, while rescuing civilians.
The Christian Science Monitor notes Britons discover courage under fire and music lifts morale. The London Philharmonic tours the provinces. Britons realize they are high brow and fearless, even joking through air raids as Britain faces the war.
Russia ranks as the world’s second largest crude oil producer, trailing only a leading global supplier in annual output. The figure highlights Russia’s significant role in global energy markets and its impact on international oil dynamics.
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