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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1941
Page
7
Devona begins a determined job search after clipping help-wanted ads and mapping routes. She endures long interviews, dwindling funds, hunger, and rain while pressing on, pawned her gold wristwatch, and contemplates the end as a hotel stay and fate converge at a night club doorway.
Devona Raebourne seeks work in a hotel lobby, meeting manager Mr Macias who probes her past and motive. Friction grows as recruitment hints appear, then she staggers from exhaustion, threatening a fainting spell as danger and secrecy loom, in a scene set before a continuation.
David Stevenson, 15, son of W H Stevenson formerly editor of the London Daily Herald now with the British Ministry of Information, won German honors in an Oxford matriculation. He privately studied German, explains he expects to be with an occupation army in Germany by age 18.
Government figures show about one in four married women in Copenhagen are self supporting. The data highlights economic involvement among Copenhagen households and raises questions about labor market participation and social services.
The text warns the liver is vital for digestion and waste removal and claims liver trouble leads to constipation and fatigue. It promotes Frust-a-tives as a miracle cure, with misspelled branding and dubious promises to restore energy and wellbeing.
Janet Flanner reports in The New Yorker on French youth fleeing Occupied and Unoccupied France to join General de Gaulle. French consulates in Spain and Portugal are flooded as teens seek escape routes via Brest, Breton coast fishing craft, and a cross channel path through North Africa to England.
An eye witness report describes German raids to seize Polish men for forced labor in factories and farms. Panicked residents abandon streetcars, flee to friends or hide in apartments, rooftops, or cellars during these manhunts. Some Poles, recognizing Jews are spared, wear a white armband with a blue star to signal Jews are not drafted.
London shops chase pins as war curbs hit supplies. Saville Row tailors search between floorboard cracks for pins to fit suits on British forms. Pins are currently unobtainable in London.
Western hemlock, one of British Columbia's large trees, is becoming established in special fields of lumber usefulness. The note highlights its growing role in niche wood products and industrial uses within the province.
War Services Minister Thorson announced a plan to recruit several thousand women volunteers as full time auxiliaries in the army navy and air force. The Canadian Women's Army Corps will absorb 2000 to 3000 women in six months with pay lower than soldiers and the option for overseas voluntary service if needed. Enrolment will be gradual with camp accommodation and billets arranged and the corps will have its own officers.
A compact quotation collection discussing reform versus personal change. Notable lines cite Coleridge on reformations, Eddy on sin and growth, Lavater on self reform, Foster on guilt as a spur, and Carlyle on nonmoral reform being ineffective.
A corps of women carpenters in Croydon will repair bomb damaged houses. They earn 22 cents hourly now, 33 after six months, with extra soap and towels. Superintendent C H Walker forecasts expansion of women carpenters after the war and notes improved appearance standards on the job.
A Home Service advertisement touts chin and neck exercises to restore youthfulness and beauty with a daily routine. It offers a 32 page fitness booklet plus additional guides on vocabulary, dogs, curtains, swimming, golf, guitar, and more, all 15 cents each, sent to Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
Australia uses emergency powers to outlaw strikes and lockouts for the war effort. The Prime Minister threatens to send disloyalists to concentration camps and to seize noncompliant plants. The Labor party holds a strong majority, with 36 of 74 seats, yet strikes are banned to support national effort.
A Calgary Herald excerpt argues that postwar Canada should set a national housing standard aligned with health and education goals. It condemns 16 hours daily in slum living as wasted health and schooling, urging reforms for children’s welfare.
A quote presents Mussolini declaring no inferiority complex and jesting about boasting good judgment. The brief remark highlights self-assurance and a sharp guess as a sign of strength.
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