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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 13, 1944
Page
3
Polish women undertake dangerous missions in the underground, including train rides under Gestapo watch, hidden schooling, and paper circulation. They broke prewar doubts about women’s roles, excel in communications, and endure harsh conditions as couriers and scouts. London links sustain Warsaw resistance.
An Ottawa Journal dispatch notes conflicting reports on French attitudes after liberation. Some describe cheering, others sullen behavior amid widespread hardship. Many remain prisoners or forced workers, with towns now housing mainly the elderly and maimed under German pressure.
Dutch Foreign Minister Eelco Van Kleffens warns in Foreign Affairs that continued German defensive flooding could require Holland to receive an equivalent portion of German territory after the war to ensure survival. He notes 45 percent of the Netherlands is at flood risk, including major towns and fertile areas, though exact figures cannot be disclosed for security reasons.
The notice promotes a summer crochet pattern 7106 for a pineapple chair set. Beginners can win prizes. send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg for instructions and materials list. Note warns mail delays before pattern delivery.
A Dominion Department of Labor official said nurses are urgently required for general hospitals sanatoria and mental hospitals. The department is campaigning to enlist graduate nurses in Canada urging those not working to return to nursing and calling on Selective Service to assign nurses to essential duties.
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery credited the portable Bailey bridge with much of the Tunisian Sicilian and Italian campaign success. Invented by Donald Coleman Bailey the 10 foot sections and 17 parts assemble quickly to span gaps up to 240 feet. Engineers built a 300 foot Trigno river crossing in 36 hours after earlier designs failed under heavier tank loads.
Will take time to replace 200000 books lost in air raids with efforts focused on re furnishing. Half of titles are still needed as search spans second hand shops and post-war plans advance. Central lending library to be rebuilt after 150000 volumes were lost. Medical supplies for the American army in Britain rely heavily on British sources. Vinegar used to brighten windows.
The article urges quick shelter at the first sign of a storm, praises larger buildings over trees, and recommends staying in a car during lightning. It warns to avoid metal objects and wires, stay away from chimneys, attics, and windows, and to position oneself near the room’s center, noting modern buildings are less risky.
A veteran glass technician cites major war year breakthroughs in anti reflection techniques that improve visibility in shop windows lenses and cameras. He says postwar glass will reduce reflections enhance light transmission and enable sharper images across devices and vehicles. The report also notes astronomer William de Sitter and Bologna towers Garisenda and Asinelli.
Military experts credit Canadian forests with strengthening Allied war capacity. Vast shipments of lumber, pulp, and wood products fuel planes, ships, training buildings, and munitions. Canadian wood supplies underpin British, American, and other Allied needs for equipment, packaging, and essentials.
Cpl. E A Thomas of Collingwood Ontario stepped on a box mine in Italy and walked away unhurt because the detonator pegs failed to connect. A Military Medal and Bar winner, he served in Sicily and Italy with a Canadian infantry unit and now fears his Army days may be over. His next of kin is sister Mrs. Lucinda Parrish of Collingwood.
The Vancouver Sun notes many elderly natives in the Naas river valley and Skeena region, joking about inflated lifespans. It cites Lazarus Moody as possibly 165 and references locals claiming ages well into triple digits amid a humorous tone.
In Romania the law of inheritance divides farm tracts across generations, leaving many holdings reduced to sizes comparable to Canadian gardens. The trend reflects persistent fragmentation of agricultural land amid evolving property rules.
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