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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
7
Ingle confronts Elk on a moving train about a burglary and a stolen safe. The pair clash as Ingle rages against the system, while Elk notes revolution talk and investigates Harlow and Dartmoor connections before meeting Aileen Rivers at the flat.
The British Film Institute proposes miniature colour films for sales travellers to carry. Representatives say reels can be shown in customers’ offices with a projector, offering a visual display of products and production stages. Films would cost about £200 or less depending on length and quality.
The Canadian section of the Empire Press Union passed a resolution expressing solidarity of the British Empire press. Lieut.-Col. J. H. Woods of Calgary presided and copies go to London. The postponement of the sixth Imperial Press Conference was noted with hope for the war’s end to allow the program later. W. Rupert Davies and Horace T. Hunter reported on London council proceedings.
The Peterborough Examiner notes General Maxime Weygand, aged 73 and veteran of World War I, has been called to lead the Allies on land. He joined the army in 1887 and played a key role on the Versailles war council in 1917 18.
University of Chicago announces a new blood vessel surgery technique using sugar rods as darning eggs to hold artery ends. Sidney Smith Jr. receives the Harry Ginsburg memorial prize for developing the method, which intertwines the ends on a sugar rod and dissolves in 10 to 15 seconds after blood flow resumes.
The Paris office of the Polish information service reports Germans are taking blood from children in occupied Poland for transfusion to German wounded soldiers. It says since early May the operation has been rapid and brutal and many under nourished children have not survived.
The piece compares waistline ease for modern men with belts and suit alterations to knights who struggled to keep armor fit. It notes a trick for loosening shells on hard boiled eggs by plunging them into cooled water.
Melbourne chemist Dr J R Atcherley claims a new incendiary powder cheaper and more destructive than a German equivalent. It ignites on air contact with a controllable delay from five seconds to five hours, can be dropped from planes or canvas satchels, can spread via clouds, burns underwater, and requires no fuse or detonator. The Royal Australian Air Force is testing it under service conditions.
A compact collection of inspirational quotes urging upward outlooks and striving for higher aims. Notable voices include Arnold Beaconsfield Eddy Lowell Parkhurst and the Book of Good Cheer, emphasizing aspiration, purpose, and resilience.
Dr. J. M. Swaine, Director of Science Service at the Dominion Department of Agriculture, invites Canadian botanists to explore native grasses small fruits medicinal plants and fibre plants. The effort aims to improve plant varieties and expand knowledge of Canadian flora through focused field work and study.
A practice in England had about 30 voices sing the vowel aw to the note G. The concentration of vibration shattered an electric bulb in the hall. A deer fights with its feet, not its antlers.
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