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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 01, 1945
Page
4
In a speech at the University of Toronto, a Doctor of Laws urges education to lead postwar reconstruction. He argues universities civilize youth, shape enduring values, and counter totalitarian influence, emphasizing adult education and the transforming power of intellectual culture.
Post office officials urge strong kraft paper wrapping for small packages to uniform overseas addresses. Packages should be sealed at closure points and securely tied to prevent coming apart in transit. Examples include cigarette holders lighters watches and rings which have been tied with string and lost contents.
In Oxford Connecticut a fisherman and friend planned an ice fishing trip. They dumped live minnows in a bathtub and ran a slow hot water flow. Returning they found the minnows dead as the water had cooked them.
The Sault Daily Star reports Hungary must pay 200 million dollars to Russia over six years under the Soviet armistice terms and 100 million to Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. Hungary will also lose Transylvania. Ivory sources include elephants, walruses, hippos, and narwhals.
Canadian Pacific Railway announces retirement of E P Flintoft after 36 years in Montreal. George A Walker becomes vice president and general counsel, F C Evans named general solicitor, while D I McNeill moves to Montreal as assistant general counsel. Additional notes cover career paths of Walker and Evans and Flintoft’s long service.
Ken Riddell argues Canadian entry of Czechoslovakian and Sudeten refugee families was worthwhile. At St Walburg 147 families and 34 single men settled, five years later 97 families still farm, six sold land, rest rented or worked in war plants, while 20 single men enlisted. About 150 more families near Tupper Creek affirm their success and citizenship status.
Lord Woolton former Minister of Food says science averted famine after Britain faced a 50 percent drop in food imports in 1940. He discusses wartime measures and the role of scientific innovation in maintaining supply.
Scientists report penguins cover about a hundred miles daily in the wild with no obvious signs of fatigue. Research notes efficient foraging routes and steady energy use across colonies.
Air Commodore Cecil Arthur Roy Bouchier masterminded the D Day aerial plan written longhand to keep the operation secret. He and a single clerk produced a 200 page bible guiding thousands of sorties with counter measures and all crews received copies. Bouchier, a decorated RAF officer, began as an artillery gunner in World War I. In Russgnadi Italy the population shares the town name and many are named Felice or Felicita.
In the House of Commons the Prime Minister argued for unconditional surrender, rejecting negotiated peace while stressing Allies' duties to humanity. He cited U S policy, warned against concessions, and warned that peace based on surrender would still require a just, lasting world order.
The St Thomas Times Journal notes Britain’s move to relax limits on machine tools, shaping a postwar industrial surge. It highlights historic roles of British tools in railways, shipbuilding, and aviation, and reports a government pool valued at over 13 million dollars with wartime lend-lease support totaling 40 million dollars.
Petal stitched square crochet pattern 7417 offered by Household Arts Department. The large 51 inch scarf uses No 3 cotton and petal stitches. Send 20 cents in coins to Winnipeg Newspaper Union, 175 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg Man, with name address and pattern number.
The 1941 census indicates Canadian girls aged one can expect to live about 3.09 years longer than those the same age in 1931. How many of them will reach those three extra years remains a question.
The 1944 Canada evaporated milk output nears 175 million pounds with stock at the start of 1945 below prior years. A market is expected for all evaporated milk that can be produced in 19 states, per the current Review of Agricultural Conditions in Canada.
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