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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1945
Page
5
RAF Fighter Group No 11 led 18 squadrons with 2375 German aircraft destroyed or damaged during the July to August 1940 Luftwaffe onslaught over southern England. The RAF suffered 375 pilots killed and 354 wounded while defending against mass raids ending August 15.
The National Film Board offers agricultural film showings at county fairs to aid rural districts. Topics include livestock care, grain and vegetable production, weed and pest control, often with Dominion Department of Agriculture help. Field reps handle July August requests and cooperate with groups like Better Seed Grain Clubs and Juiger Calf Clubs.
A government report notes that among 2,450,000 taxpayers for 1944, those earning 2000 to 3000 dollars annually are the largest contributors to income tax, paying 138.4 million dollars of the 692 million expected from refundable taxes, while 1,290,000 in the 1000 to 2000 bracket pay 146.3 thousand dollars. At the top end, 150 taxpayers earning over 100,000 dollars will pay total taxes of 18.365 million.
Pleasure steamers are being built again in British shipyards and will enter service early next year as wide coastal areas are expected to be free of mines and navigation hazards.
A display at the Royal Ontario Museum shows heavy fourth century B C and A D coins to illustrate ancient inflation. Copper As weighed a pound yet bought little, pork rose from Caesar’s era wages to many times, and by Constantine’s reign coinage declined to base metal. A hoard of 6700 coins illustrates vast devaluation.
The Huron Expositor reports farms in Seaforth Ontario are rapidly adopting machinery. Wheels replace wagons, combines thresh, hay balers harvest, and many self propelled machines replace work once done by labor. Barns shrink as storage and labor efficiency rise. One man with machines may manage a hundred acres soon.
The article explains ergot in grain fields originates from infected grasses along headlands and roadsides. To prevent spread by insects, cut grasses early. Control methods include deep plowing after diseased crops and rotating crops. Rye wheat and barley are susceptible. oats show resistance. flax and corn are not affected.
The Division of Flus tration Stations reports a practical warble fly control effort in British Columbia. Dominion Experimental Farms Service along with Mr. Pryce and five other farmers bought a power sprayer and treated all their cattle for this year 1945. They also covered cattle on nearby farms except for two who declined. Complete area control depends on universal participation.
Commanding Officer Captain Hor atio Nelson Lay refused to surrender his ship. With superb skill and a courageous crew they brought the vessel safely into port.
Lieutenant John Bridge, R.N. V.R., once a reluctant bomb disposal volunteer, has become a war hero through his passive role. The Plymouth blitz experience shaped his views on killing, earning him the George Cross and George Medal and Bar. He urges support for War Savings Stamps.
Lord Vansittart urged a committee of Allied scientists to control or prohibit dangerous German discoveries. He warned V1 V2 V3 could have ended Britain or civilization if used earlier. Lord Cherwell countered that Allied science now leads and noted Germany fell behind after expelling the Jews and radar advance.
An RAF officer suggested peacetime cooperation between British and American air forces to demonstrate combined strength. The proposal envisions a joint parade of power and progress to deter nations contemplating war.
At a national observance Minister Vaclav Nosek pledged rebuilding Lezaky the Moravian Mills hamlet near Pardubice after the Gestapo massacre three years earlier. Sixteen men and 17 women were killed and 16 children disappeared following the destruction of nine houses and four mills tied to a radio transmitter claim.
The St Thomas Times Journal reports a British comb shortage with some stores out for months. A merchant faced a $750 fine for selling a comb above the ceiling price. Families share combs and even use cat and dog combs due to import cuts and wartime material usage.
Crown guests King and Queen attend Tynwald Day on the Isle of Man as the Parliament proclaims a holiday. The Manx legislature passes 15 laws and bestows honors on 43 men at its first investiture on the island.
A Winnipeg Tribune quip notes residents of Squamish B C have developed stingless bees. The tongue in cheek piece suggests bees cannot defend honey on the porch, while the piece imagines stingless mosquitoes would be even more valuable.
The Moscow radio reported Premier Stalin proposed a toast to the "little people" of Russia at a victory banquet. He praised the vast numbers who support the state machine, calling them modest, rankless cogs essential to science, economy and military, and proposed drinking to their health.
The Free Norwegian Parliament, meeting the first time since the Nazi invasion, formally declares war on Japan retroactive to December 1941, quoting humorous notes from the Minneapolis Star Journal and noting that war has not dulled Norway’s resolve.
Beil attempted to persuade Mark Twain to invest 3500 in a telephone invention but Twain instead lent 509 to a friend who went bankrupt three days later.
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