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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
7
In a wartime hospital, a blue eyed GI woos nurse Miss Gordon while a visiting girlfriend Virginia arrives to face a harsh truth. The soldier reveals a doomed condition, but his true plan is to marry Miss Gordon, proclaiming love as he prepares to depart.
A four year old David Wegelin from Black Diamond Alberta assists his father in overhauling a tractor. The pair work together with a strong right arm to complete the repair.
Pattern 4932 offers a frothy dress bonnet slip and panties for toddlers ages 6 months to 5 years. Includes illustrated instructions and optional lace trim. Size 2 dress requires 11 3/4 yards of 35 inch fabric. Price 25 cents send name address and style number to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
New York City reports four infant abandonments in one week with notes pleading for care. Officials nationwide link the surge to the housing shortage and cite parents unable to secure shelter as the primary cause.
Fluffy a one year old cat owned by the Philip Petersen family in Chicago uses a single trick to enter the Petersen residence. She climbs the brick wall near the front door opens the mailbox lid with her nose and sits inside as if a parcel then jumps out onto the floor.
Historical note explains camel-hair brushes misnamed not due to camel fur but origin with a man named Camel. The 2728 reference marks entry or catalog page noting etymology.
New York plans reveal a 40 story rectangular skyscraper to house the United Nations secretariat as the world centre. Construction could start as early as December if approvals move swiftly, with detailed studies to follow and Assembly review in September. demolition on the site to begin around July 1.
Recipe for Picnic Chicken Salad combines mayonnaise lemon juice pimiento and seasonings with rice peas celery and chicken. Serve in lettuce cups with tomato wedges and chill before serving. Recipe notes include cooking rice by boiling and rinsing then mixing optional pimiento and salt and pepper. Makes 8 to 10 servings.
Recipe for a baked chocolate Grape-Nut pudding using butter sugar yolks whites and melted chocolate. Mixed with milk and flour then folded with egg whites and baked in a water bath. Serves six. Describes Suda Bay Crete as a large natural harbor.
In Frankfurt a wartime surgery joke circulates about British American and German doctors claiming feats from miracles and beheadings. The British claim a man with a new leg set a 100 meter dash record. The Americans boast a man with a new arm becoming a boxing champion. The Germans joke of wooden heads used as officials.
External Affairs officials warned Canadians planning to travel to Britain or Europe they risk being stranded without return transport and funds. Canada House in London and other authorities were overwhelmed with aid requests from travelers without passage home. Thousands more could face the same predicament with no return date possible. Admiral Byrd reported plant growth within 200 miles of the South Pole.
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