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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 20, 1944
Page
7
War correspondent David Prescott returns home for a wedding as his reporter's duties clash with romance. Karen, Lyle the groom, and Emily haunt a moonlit garden where vows, a torn license, and a minister loom. Prescott wrestles between duty and desire amid the midnights’ ironies.
A wartime memorandum urges captains to discourage beards on seagoing crews after a post mortem on HMCS Valleyfield sinking indicated at least two victims might have survived without beards. Oil and salt water in whiskers hindered breathing and a future gas threat could make respirators less effective.
By March 1945 London County Council will provide 160000 daily meals in schools, up from 80000, ensuring meals for about 75 percent of enrolled children.
Capt. Dave Brennan of Ottawa RCASC headquarters in France sticks to his jeep for transport but recalls using a German officer's horse on D Day. The horse leaped a fence into a minefield. Brennan dismounted after guiding the animal away and continued on foot. He notes a jeep's advantage is it won't jump fences.
Ottawa received the design advice from Standard Design Advice that the fourth Canadian National hospital car, now in service, will be the standard for all future CN hospital cars. Two more air conditioned hospital cars of the standard type will be built in Montreal shops. The interior layout was designed by Col. E. L. Stone in cooperation with CN medical experts. The final sentence notes Manipur residents do not eat meat.
Dominion and allied researchers tested numerous repellents with Rutgers 612, dimethyl phthalate, and Indalone showing strong military efficacy but limited civilian availability. Pyrethrum supply is prioritized for war use, prompting civilians to rely on pre war mixtures such as citronella oil camphor and tara oil blends while ensuring full coverage of exposed skin.
Gurkhas accompanying the British airborne invasion of Burma were wary of gliders lacking motors. Col John Alison recounts rehearsals and a Gurkha remark that the glider seemed motorless, while the American Air Force helped the operation. Scientists estimate the sun’s core temperature at 25.7 million degrees centigrade.
In summer 1943 a black bear with four cubs attracted crowds in Jasper Alberta. Visitors fed the cubs leading to habituation and mischief. park officials warn that continued feeding could force the warden to shoot the bears to protect people and the animals.
Mr. Gundry, former YMCA controller, discusses Overseas League Tobacco Fund at a Winnipeg meeting. Cigarettes are shipped in 10 000‑item lots with careful distribution from London depots to avoid duty and prevent waste. 75 percent of supplies come from the fund as front-line needs grow.
Hull based firm Factory Made Homes shows two new prefabricated dwellings built during wartime. A three bedroom two story wooden framed house was assembled on site in four days, and a compact cottage in six hours watched by the public. Built by eight men and four girls, walls and roof placed in one hour. Timber is kiln dried and insulation matches an eleven inch cavity wall. The two story home includes a utility room with a washing boiler and space for pram and bicycle, with a construction cost of 3000 dollars.
In London the bowler or derby, once out of fashion before the war, is seeing renewed use by civilians not in uniform. Origin myths note Powler as creator, but William Coke of Norfolk popularized the hat globally. A separate tale recalls the Egyptian singing statue Memnon, which ceased singing after being toppled.
The Chatham News condemns residents who harm growth by opposing improvements. It criticizes locals who run down outsiders distrust public-spirited people and resist enterprises not aimed at their own gain. It notes some men try to grease the axle of the world, yet towns rise again when they depart.
Pattern 4805 converts a playsuit into a dress with a skirt option for street or stage wear. Available in sizes 12 through 42, size 16 skirt requires 2 yards 35 inch fabric, shorts 11 yards. Send 20 cents to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union with name address size and style number. Mail delays may extend delivery.
A historic note states ten percent of radium usage in making luminous coatings for clock handles gun sights and military instruments highlighting early applications in visibility and equipment marking.
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