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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
5
Isolated RCAF air force lookouts on Pacific coast outposts watch seas and skies for signs of Japanese raiders. Daily life features storms, supply runs, meals, letters, hunting for venison and bears, and camaraderie among diverse men from fire-eyed to farmers ready to defend Canada’s western shores.
Consumer guidance from the Dominion Department of Agriculture stresses removing wrapping from meat promptly to avoid juice loss and spoilage. It advises keeping meat cold, uncooked meat lightly covered with waxed paper, cooked meat cooled and covered to prevent drying, and using ground meat promptly. Leftovers and stews with potatoes or flour should be used quickly. Wipe meat with a damp cloth. wash only organ meats and some smoked hams.
Canada’s 1942 cash income from farm product sales is estimated at 1.083 million dollars, the highest on record, more than double 1935 and 184 million above 1941. Dairy products at 224 million lead, hogs at 191 million, with meat and livestock sales driving the rise. Government payments are not counted in this total.
In England officers may retire gold braid as it wears out their cap peaks. The salute tradition traces to cap touches replacing raised caps. Some argue the salute may vanish entirely on streets off duty. British lifeboat service saved 5,100 people in 42 months. 177 lifeboatmen earned gallantry medals. Torpedo lengths grew from 10 to 24 feet in the First Great War.
A St. Thomas veteran describes restlessness after 18 months on a Canadian corvette in trans Atlantic convoys. He says he enjoys leave but cannot settle long in one place and fears re integrating to ordinary work, a sentiment echoed as postwar rehabilitation for many servicemen.
Maj Gen Lam Wai ching of the Chinese air force piloted a bomber that attacked the Comiso airfield in Sicily. A Chinese gunner who helped defend the craft from a raid by about 50 enemy fighters was also identified.
Wynford Vaughan Thomas visits the Home Fleet and witnesses the K G V battleship King George V firing its 14 inch guns. He describes the precautions, the director control tower, and the overwhelming power and noise of the salvo as crews man the ship and prepare for action.
UC experts conclude the Pacific front ration would satisfy a Japanese soldier but would drive an American soldier to starvation. The menu includes vitamins a one pound rice can a vegetable pressed with bean curd batter and a pineapple almond scented sugar ration.
Embroidered linens offered as affordable luxury with 16 transfer motifs in pattern 7501. Designs range 3x8% to 3x4 inches, suitable for towels bed linens and scarves. Send twenty cents to the Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union for pattern 7501 with name address and pattern number.
A 1918 report notes planes flew at 8000 feet beyond gun range while recent enemy fighter losses occurred at about 16000 feet. The item also promotes buying Yar Savings Stamps regularly as part of wartime finance efforts.
The No. 9 Service Flying Training School pipe band, origin from Burns Night, grows to 14 members. Led by Group Captain Fullerton, the group blends Highland dress with distinct RCAF colors azure, navy, and cardinal red. Members wear navy Glengarry caps, silver RCAF badges, and tunics designed for air force duties and sporrans.
Worcester man stopped by OPA inspectors for pleasure driving without registration plate license ration stamp or safety checks. He had gasoline but no licenses or official stamps. flowers he picked were legally protected. Ice crystals in Ural caves noted as world’s largest. Poison ivy generally harmless to animals. some species eat it.
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