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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 07, 1946
Page
2
Ears note that past peace efforts failed and non aggression pacts did not stop wars. Leaders now insist lasting peace requires war readiness and swift action against lawlessness. They urge continued commitment to collective security and timely planning to avoid apathy.
Canada will be ready for any future conflict, learning from 1914 and 1939. Canadians recognize peace is valued, and the cost of unpreparedness would be higher than ever. The atomic bomb era looms, making time a crucial factor in potential warfare.
The Dominion National Defense announces a new Research and Development department to discover and develop advanced weapons for the armed forces. A crown company, Canadian Arsenals Limited, will convert industry to a wartime basis to deter aggression and preserve peace if another war arises.
The Brantford Expositor notes a Rural Windsorway farmer told a neighbor he sold a pig for eight dollars. He explains it cost three dollars to purchase and five more for feed, implying he didn’t earn much from the venture.
The document lists March meat sugar and butter coupon dates and values for M S and R tokens. It also answers questions on farm slaughter token return, hospital ration-book use, and token shortages blaming shoppers, with guidance to request Wartime Prices and Trade Board pamphlets.
Dr Dana Warren of Omaha University reports an average hockey puck speed of 88 mph from tests using photo electric cells and a scope. George Homenake of the Omaha Knights assisted by hanging away as others measured, with team spokesmen saying the top speed exceeds the average.
In military terms an asparagus bed is a fielded barrier of steel rails embedded in ground to stop advancing tanks, forming a makeshift waterlogged ditch formation. It acts as a physical obstacle slowing armor advancement and protecting infantry positions.
London correspondent notes Apsley House offered to government by the Duke of Wellington remains unclaimed. The site near Piccadilly, Green Park and Hyde Park is prized but Crown restrictions hinder new construction and modernization needs costly upgrading.
A rural Scotland church notice jokes about using own buttons for collection. Wedding presents include a $1,000 bride’s father gift check, the bank manager’s sly laugh provoked by the bridegroom. The clipping then shares a string of jokes about boxed chocolates, collars, bad manners, cataracts and trivial misunderstandings.
A dense crossword puzzle clue set with horizontal and vertical entries covering ocean to consume. Clues reference to coagulate disembodied spirit ancient lyre Malay gibbon and fortressed seaports, with a final answer likely completing a thematic grid.
A collection of aphorisms from Socrates Horace Epictetus Leighton Mary Baker Eddy Zimmermann and Horace on contentment wealth and virtue. The sayings urge frugality, inner contentment, and modesty as true riches.
Laveie, director of the horticulture division of the Provincial Department of Agriculture, warned at Quebec that misunderstood laws of nature and ongoing violations have turned more than half the world's fertile land into arid desert. He spoke during a service club address on soil conservation.
The frying pan fish, a catfish native to Argentina, gets its name from its rounded body and hand-like tail, resembling a cooking utensil.
London doctor Dr. Elizabeth Gourlay says British children suffer skin trouble from vitamin deficiencies. She warns of an 18th century plight due to lack of Vitamin C from fruit and Vitamin D from fats, noting dietary limits and moisture concerns amid wartime food shortages. Silos built cylindrical to minimize air spaces and spoilage of silage.
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