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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 05, 1945
Page
2
The piece argues that disease causes more civilian deaths than battle casualties annually and calls for public health education medical research expanded medical services and better nutrition. It notes such measures require large public funds and broad citizen support to reduce civilian mortality.
The text notes Canada’s average life span rose from 45 to 67 years over fifty years and infant mortality fell. Health officials estimate annual illness costs reach about one billion dollars, with experts believing half of sickness could now be prevented, improving survival and reducing suffering as disease combat advances continue.
The article notes uneven progress across Canada in eradicating diseases through immunization and pasteurization. Diphtheria disappearance in areas with high immunization and reduced typhoid deaths from 1,112 in 1927 to 108 in 1942 are cited as signs of improving public health.
Commodore Sir James Bisset, aboard the Queen Mary in New York on her first postwar visit, says Britain's entry for the blue riband may be a third Queen class liner. He disputes air travel dominance and asserts most travelers will still choose sea travel.
Swiss authorities disclosed that police uncovered a vast underground fortress beneath the closed German legation in Bern. The complex features huge subterranean rooms with luxurious fittings and a main chamber built like a bank stronghold housing modern radio equipment for direct communication with Berlin and capable of withstanding siege or air attack.
A compiled passage of notable quotes from St Paul Wendell Phillips John Stuart Mill Mary Baker Eddy and Channing on virtue state worth and truth. The excerpts emphasize individual character societal worth and steadfast pursuit of truth across history.
Sgt Hector Felipe Jiminez Rubio of the Mexican Army attached to Lowry Field wins the title of typewriter tornado by typing 120 words per minute in English a language he cannot read, showcasing unlikely speed and skill.
Smith of Toronto, discharged from the RCAF after four years overseas service, says a Toronto stock promoter took 1000 shares of a gold mining stock bought in August 1944 while he was a civilian construction hand at Goose Bay Labrador. He received a receipt but no certificates, could not sell as the shares rose, then lost money when certificates arrived after the price fell.
The article describes a unique labor company of over 200 elephants and handlers in Burma led by Lt Col J H Williams known as Elephant Bill. They built log bridges, carved roads, evacuated the sick, and carried three men 12 miles daily. After 1942 British officers rallied 60 elephants from Japanese lines, forming the embryo of this force where mahouts included women and children.
Public guidance answers questions about honey coupon limits sugar for bees and registering as a primary producer. It notes two pounds of honey per coupon may be expected, loss procedures for ration books, and that armed forces coupons do not expire. It urges contacting Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices for the pamphlet Consumers News or the Blue Book.
A London evacuee boy watches a vicar at work and quips about hearing a parson. A crust joke wins a father's crusts. A tough prisoner claims to write but not read and misinterprets his scrawl. A husband jokes about a second wife after a doctor claims the wife’s appendix was removed years ago.
Three CWACs and a YWCA supervisor from Dundurn Camp stopped in Regina before flying to Hollywood for a studio club invitation. The party, including Cpl. C I M Roberge Edmonton Cpl. R R Alexander Paynton Pte A G Fleming Maple Creek and Mrs E M Haun Calgary, plans pool time in Beverley Hills and studio tours.
New rapid freezing method makes milk taste fresh when thawed. About 30 900 pints monthly shipped to hospital ships and overseas hospitals, with 400 000 pints monthly for general U S troops in Alaska. Peacetime civilian use suggested. Milk previously relied on powder milk and tasted inferior. Freeze at 20 degrees below zero to form tiny ice crystals, preserving original texture.
The piece recalls A. V. Alexander's praise of the Royal Navy and warns against prewar neglect of sea defences. It notes Germany's weaknesses at sea and in the air, suggesting Britain escaped invasion in 1940 due to misreadings of will to war and Hitler's unpreparedness.
A well meaning stranger on a Parry Sound to Toronto train offered peanuts to six year old Donald Barager of Parry Sound who was being taken to The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto to remove a throat obstruction. The obstruction was a peanut.
A London white paper discloses that the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth transported 1,243,538 persons from war start to German capitulation. American and Canadian troops formed most of the 869,694 moved east across the Atlantic, with ships carrying a division at a time.
The article argues that marine engines, vastly larger than watches, require the same meticulous accuracy in construction and quality control to ensure reliability at sea. It draws parallels between micro precision and large scale engineering, highlighting safety and performance implications.
Selected recipe details a method called oven frying for fish using salted milk and oven popped rice cereal crumbs. It provides quantities for fish servings, preparation steps, and baking at 500 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes with notes on substitutions and richer coatings. The article briefly mentions petroleum energy origin.
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