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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1945
Page
6
British factories produce glass strong enough to be bullet proof and threads as thin as human hair for fabrics. Glass fiber insulation powers electrical machinery, reduces weight in meters, and may reinforce plastics. Experiments include aircraft built with glass and new composites.
The Dominion Forest Service urges planting trees on unfarmable patches across Canada. Use seedling stock from nurseries or government stock for shelter belts. plant in early spring before buds open, no later than May end. Fence plots from grazing stock and match species to soil, noting roots are delicate and must stay protected.
The Gurkha Rifleman Gurung is posthumously cited for conspicuous bravery during a patrol on an Indian mountain. He exposed himself repeatedly to enemy fire to enable his comrades to reach the summit, capturing a German position and inspiring withdrawal. The award brings the Empire total to 131 Victoria Crosses. several recipients are Canadians.
The British HMS Stornoway a minesweeper logged over 60000 miles swept and about 2000 mines. It patrolled from Dieppe in 1942 to Pantelleria Sicily and Salerno and aided landings with air attacks and shelling nearby. In 1943 it helped sail King George aboard HMS Aurora between Tripoli and Malta and in 1944 stormed Giannutri before Greek harbor salutes hailed its crew.
A compact collage of quotations from Holmes Shakespeare Schlegel Mary Baker Eddy Henry George and Horace Mann. The selections emphasize motion toward wiser aims faith in action social progress and the pursuit of truth as drivers of human improvement.
The St Thomas Times-Journal notes Sir Henry Burstall a Canadian and skilled commander who led the Canadian Second Division on the Somme Vimy Ridge Douai Hill 70 and Passchendaele. He also commanded a brigade reaching Mons on Armistice Day and earned knighthood in 1918. He served in the Boer War Yukon Northwest Mounted Police and South African Constabulary. Canada produced notable military leaders.
Chinese troops captured the Baldwin silver and lead mines 22 miles northwest of Lashio in Burma, depriving Japan of lead for its war effort. The mines were taken intact after brief resistance, and Chinese units advanced to Namtu near the Lashio rail line. The report also notes an unrelated claim about butter content linked to the buttercup, which grows on dry pastures.
During four years of German occupation Paris artists kept painting under harsh conditions. They hid to avoid forced labor, scraped together supplies, and shared heatless studios while clandestine markets sustained art. A new wave of younger painters emerged under French modernist sponsorship.
A Moscow radio analysis on the 27th anniversary of the Red Army claims German losses in Russia total about 10 million. It reports an average of 30 900 killed or captured daily during this year’s offensive versus about 7 000 daily in the first three years. Wounded figures are excluded.
The Indian affairs minister notes improved prosperity for Canada’s Indigenous communities from Micmouets to Salish. War demand boosts wages, with experts from Kahnawake employed in steel construction and shipyards. Fur pelts rise with beaver up from 18 to 40 dollars, muskrat from 0.85 to 2.30. construction in the north and northwest absorbs many workers. About 2,550 of the 120,600 Indigenous people work in services, mostly in the army.
The article urges farmers to save rather than spend spare cash to build reserves for postwar security. It notes past cycles where overspending during high demand led to debt in the 1930s, while current war-time income allows debt reduction and sizable savings. Wise savers should invest in safe securities like Victory bonds to secure better farms and living standards after the war.
Veterans who manned Dover guns walk through bomb craters to observe German positions near Calais. They find abandoned German shelters with a booby trapped watch, scattered steel helmets, and long cliff galleries where soldiers lived. Nearby burial fields and signs of settled life show the war’s lingering scars.
The British National Gallery’s priceless pictures were moved to five cavern hideouts 300 feet underground during the war. Two thousand works were stored in brick bungalows with air conditioned rooms, strong doors, and a watchful guard, kept at 63 degrees with controlled humidity.
New York Post correspondent Leland Stowe quotes Nazi inmates in Italy. One officer says we have lost and will fight again. a Pan-Tetuton proclaims master race status. another prisoner vows to fight to death. Hefty odds say younger Germans may rethink Hitler, but peace terms must curb future threats.
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