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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
13
Don Whitehead reports on the Merkeed fortifications where American troops found a vast underground fortress. The main tunnel runs 200 yards long, 25 feet high and wide with electric cranes lights and ventilation. The complex housed food ammo torpedoes clothing radios and personal belongings in crowded barracks.
A Polish serviceman describes his journey from being a war worker in Germany to serving on a Polish warship attached to a British base. He details roles as an E boat sailor and a paras in Rommel’s era, and recounts being bombed by the RAF, torpedoed by a British sub, and wounded by shell splinters before fighting with the British Felix Cieszyn ski in London Express.
An electric bulb in the hall between the stage and dressing rooms at the Palace theatre Fort Worth Texas has burned continuously day and night for twenty six years.
The North Atlantic wing of the Air Transport Command ferried about 3,000,900 pounds in passengers mail and cargo across the Atlantic and 4,000,000 pounds to other points. The report hints at a brilliant future for commercial aviation beyond the wing’s operations.
At Queen Victoria's funeral the Royal Artillery horses stampeded as the gun carriage ascended Windsor's hill. Sir Hedworth Lambton's guard of sailors steadied the procession, unhitched the animals, and drew the carriage to the grave. Since then the Navy has claimed the right to bear sovereigns to their final resting place.
The British Ministry of War Transport is urged to enforce a 20 miles per hour speed limit in built up areas and villages until children relearn road safety. Noel Baker told the House of Commons that a new generation has grown up during quieter times and lessons must be effectively impressed while traffic returns to normal.
The German envoy announces a two volume memoir project covering his London ambassadorship and early war period. He aims to portray German diplomacy as wholly innocent, with the first volume to appear during the war for home propaganda and likely to include forged documents.
Britain launches Seeds for Europe Fund to supply seeds and equipment to European nations after the war. Wartime crop destruction and disruption threaten over a million tons of seed needs including cereals potatoes pasture and garden seeds to restore agricultural productivity.
New York Sun columnist Dave Boone denounces Germany for using a terror weapon described as a hit-or-miss robot rocket. He notes its lack of military targets and its aim at homes shops streets hospitals and crowds, urging outrage.
Windsor Star quotes W L Clark noting Allied bombing harms monocle factories near Leipzig. The eyeglass symbol of the German General Staff and Prussian authority is disappearing, a blow to prestige and morale among senior officers.
Short of seamen the United States War Shipping Administration moves 300 merchant ships to Belgium Netherlands China Greece Poland Norway Russia and Great Britain for temporary operation. Vessels remain U S property under U S orders, registries, and flags. Britain receives 200 colliers and Russia 70 with others holding smaller counts.
A Scotsman strolling a quay loses his dog after a lobster snaps at its tail from a basket of live lobsters. The fishmonger addresses the customer with a Scots phrase, instructing to whistle to the dog and the lobster, turning a minor mishap into a humorous exchange.
Canadian pilot FO. H. Bowker tested a repaired Spitfire over the English Channel. He chased two FW-190s at wave-top level, scored hits on one, which veered and collided with the other before crashing into the sea. Bowker filed his report noting the air test was a complete success.
On the eve of her wedding Miss Betty Taylor of Barbara avenue Leicester learned her fiancé Flying Officer H B Bryans was posted missing. She kept the wedding dress for “when she would need it” and now the Air Ministry confirms he is a prisoner of war, 2576.
The day after word of the King’s honor arrived, Lord Halifax was named Earl at a dinner. The British Ambassador introduced Lady Halifax with a quip about changing her name four times yet keeping her husband. A call to buy War Savings Stamps accompanied the report.
The piece notes fewer barbed wires and more mobility as key, with modern air power obliterating towns, new explosive fragmentation, and wireless listening in forward areas. It contrasts older methods like pack animals with present needs and mentions journalists using radios for news and entertainment near fronts.
A Swiss journalist reports German youth remain deeply loyal to Nazism, with two thirds aged 10 to 20 described as fanatical. He notes youths worship military heroes, salute decorated soldiers, and would restart the war if it failed, indicating militarization and underground Nazi trends.
The Telegraph Journal notes a British MP revived the saluting controversy, citing Churchill praising Moscow's ceremonies as a morale booster. It argues that ceremonial acts build stronger armies, a view understood by experienced soldiers, though civilians may find it hard to grasp.
Publishers report demand outstrips supply with one third of orders filled. Over 20,000 Rupert Brooke poems sold in the last year. After Brooke, Tennyson, Shelley, Keats, Browning and modern poets lead, with French and Indian poetry also popular.
Lord Croft states British troops have fought on 22 fronts since the invasion of France and faced tremendous odds, causing well over a million enemy casualties.
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