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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1944
Page
2
Canadian women have joined the women’s divisions of the armed forces and filled roles in industry and business. Thousands volunteer, facing hardship and danger, proving their capability and eagerness to share in winning the war alongside Allied nations.
The part of women in the war has been significant. Reports from Russia speak of heroic women who fought and showed valour. Underground movements in occupied areas relied on women for resistance and military actions, with many captured yet continuing to resist.
The piece highlights how British and Canadian women in uniform contribute to the war, shifting from domestic duties to front line support. It notes their crucial roles in preparing for Allied landings and asserts victory will owe as much to these women as to combat troops.
The text notes encephalomyelitis in horses as an emerging threat and urges early vaccination by a qualified veterinarian as best prevention. It also advises protecting horses from biting insects and warns farmers to be ready to vaccinate in districts where it appeared, especially for valuable purebred stock.
Firemen digging for bombing victims in southern England hear a hoarse voice from rubble. After half an hour they uncover a parrot in a cavity, still squawking Blimey what a blooming war. The bird is removed as the scene ends.
A Danish saboteur, disguised as a dockyard worker, blew up three German ships in Svendborg ship yards and badly damaged a fourth by placing explosives aboard the vessels, according to the Sendish radio.
A compact selection of quotes on humility from Troyon Edwards, Joseph Roux, Flavel, Mary Baker Eddy, Boileau, and Oliver Wendell Holmes. The passages contrast true humility with pride and emphasize self knowledge, divine strength, and devotion.
Fruit growers in Britain use an electric scarecrow powered by a six volt battery. Wires sweep among trees to deliver a mild shock to perching birds, deterring them from the crops.
Questions about ration books and coupons answered by Wartime Prices and Trade Board guidance. Topics include obtaining a baby's ration book with canning sugar coupons, handling expired coupons, exchanging F coupons for preserves, surrendering coupons for canned grapefruit, No 4 ration books for discharged servicemen, and how to request pamphlets Consumers' News or the Blue Book from local boards.
Walter Callow of Parrisboro Nova Scotia a blind paralyzed veteran of the First Great War proposed a overseas cigarette depot two years ago. The plan air mails cards to soldiers who then draw from a tobacco bank enabling three months earlier access. Defence Minister Ralston supported the idea during his Italian battlefield visit and the plan is now in effect.
The amor phallus produces blooms eight to 10 feet across, the duck weed forms flowers invisible to the naked eye. Box turtles do not eat for six months after hatching.
The article notes over 100 000 CN employees and 2 400 000 pay cheques annually. It details surname origins from occupations, locales, nicknames and descent, with examples like Smith and Johnson. It catalogs common surnames, religious and professional groupings, and even job-title name coincidences such as a Baker who is a cook and a Porter who is a porter.
A large number of British housewives aided the invasion by packing and labeling spare parts for Allied armies. Grandmothers to young girls worked for weeks in barns, fire halls, and schools, coating each item with preservative and preparing over 375000000 articles for shipment to wherever a unit needed them.
Under guidance of art adviser Clive Gardiner about 150 of Britain’s 3,000 Ministry of Food eateries now feature mural paintings in bright colors. Bradford’s restaurant shows J. B. Priestley’s The Good Companions with Priestly and Jess Oakroyd as Yorkshire figures. Beckenham’s displays Wind in the Willows and Cinderella. The scheme has spread to factory canteens.
Western Canada faces a growing horse surplus with estimates of 500000 excess animals. Saskatchewan leads a push to organize Southern Alberta farmers and government support to curb the excess. Many horses roam range lands, reducing forage for cattle and sheep as labor shortages persist. Edmonton Journal.
The term robot, from Czech robota meaning forced labor and robotnik meaning serf, was coined by Karel Capek in 1920 in his play R. U. R. and popularized in English by a 1923 translation. The word’s pronunciation and spelling are often misinterpreted as French.
Indicators point to abundant gold in the Altai range within Sinkiang province China. Prospectors report multiple rich deposits across the region, suggesting potential major mining interest and development.
The item notes that each piano contains roughly 300 pounds of metal, highlighting the substantial weight and material content.
Wartime gardeners wasted potential crops last year due to rushing into gear without knowledge. Experts urge careful planning, discussion and study to avoid repeat mistakes. This year Mr and Mrs Wartime Gardener aim to produce food or know why they failed.
A Washington standards bureau employee has weighed measured and tested 70 grams of radium over 12 years. The material is valued at about 5 million dollars and used in high risk experiments.
The aircraft uses 250 gallons of gasoline per hour at cruising speed and about twice that rate at full throttle.
In the dry season Lake Chad in Africa frequently shrinks to half its normal size, reducing water coverage and affecting local communities and ecosystems.
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