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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1940
Page
4
The captain sailed under sealed orders and the crew of 306 plus thousands of journalists knew or inferred the ship's unknown destination. Officials warned against disclosure to prevent German interception as the Queen Torabeth departed from Glasgow to New York.
Wintered horses on maintenance rations should be stabled and well fed for a month before spring work. A bran mash nightly with a touch of sulphur tones the system while avoiding wet cold. Increase oats gradually to about one pound per hundred pounds of body weight during work.
In the House of Commons Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes urged Admiralty to control the Royal Air Force coastal command, recalling Robert Blake’s 17th century sea power rise and contrasting with legends of Van Tromp. He linked naval independence to air arm strength. Matterhorn stands as a 14 782 foot Swiss peak.
Robert Stransz Hope argues in Current History that future German leaders will come from ordinary citizens who served the war effort, workers and soldiers, hidden behind the Third Reich. He foresees a new state built from national to European perspectives, bridging Germany after Poland with a European order.
Winston Churchill promotes plain English to simplify hard foreign names for Britons. He cites terms like Hitler Nazies Graf Spee and Monty Video while BBC announcers note the shift toward intelligible pronunciations without straying far from native sounds.
J. S. Roe, War time Examiner of Publications and Director of Publicity, Customs Division, Department of National Revenue, states that German goods entering Canada before the war often carried Nazi propaganda. Camouflaged leaflets praised the Nazi creed and Hitler Credo, and records of Fuehrer speeches were found in shipments. Customs Inspectors blocked a flood of propaganda at the border.
An issue of Der Allgemeine Weg, a popular family publication, calls on Germans to quit complaining about living conditions and forget the good old days. The editorial rebukes the habit of comparing present life with former times, saying such parallels do not stock larders or fill ward robes.
Miss Lee Ya Ching, a rare Chinese woman pilot, left New York aboard the Estrella China after an air tour of the United States. She intends a 25000 mile fundraising flight to aid China in its war against Japan, flying through South American countries.
From the Isles of Lewis in the Hebrides comes news that every tenth man has joined the war effort. The report notes a sustained conscription pattern as local men answer the call and leave families behind.
A wartime study notes odd airline cooperation in South America where French and German planes fly separately from Italian and British routes. Lufthansa operations fade as Italy blocks joint ventures, while German services face delays awaiting faster aircraft and weathered blockade effects. An Italian line now serves the South Atlantic via Cape Verde.
Royal Air Force officers in Ottawa express belief the Commonwealth Air Training Plan will raise British settlers to Canada after the war. They note Canadians’ kindness to students and expect many trainees to consider settling in Canada once hostilities end.
The Italian army is said to have pioneered aerial bombing during the Tripoli campaign of 1912. Pilots supposedly dropped crude bombs from aircraft on enemy troops as part of the offensive.
A capital of 30,000 pounds is invested in British greyhound racing, signaling significant financial backing for the sport and its tracks. The decision underscores growing professionalization and potential expansion of facilities and prize money.
New findings by the Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology at Winnipeg reveal at least five distinct bacterial diseases affecting cereals. These include bacterial blight of barley, halo and stripe blight of oats, and bacterial black chaff and basal glume rot of wheat. Losses range from one to four bushels per acre per ten percent disease level, with severe outbreaks causing notable declines. Research isolates the bacteria responsible and seeks control measures requiring further study before recommendations.
The Quebec Chronicle Telegraph notes Finland enjoyed a strong postwar boom before Stalin's actions. The Finnish Trade Review cites January to August 1939 export value at 5.759 trillion marks, surpassing 1938's 1.177 trillion for the same period. The surge contrasted with a likely war avoidance stance.
M Rea Paul addressed physicists and opticians in New York noting that among two million distinguishable colors only 7 044 have been tabulated.
Postmen in Salt Lake City fed grain to birds wintering in the streets during rounds, sharing nourishment with birds stuck in snow. The scene captures city workers extending care to wildlife amid heavy winter conditions.
The Christian Science Monitor praises British women for their wartime knitting. Circles like the London Transport relatives group boast 12 000 members while a public school notes 30 percent of 600 boys knit for the Forces. The piece jests at Jones and highlights women’s skill and resolve.
Under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan the only entry to the Special Reserve of the RCAF for elementary flying training is enlistment. No more commissions in this category. Air man pilot must be 18–26, air observer and air gunner 18–32. Education required is Junior Matriculation or equivalent. General list appointments remain open to experienced pilots with about 200 flight hours.
In 17th century England men reportedly lit tobacco in church, provoking clashes over reverence and social norms. Observers note churchyards and chapels as venues for public smoking, reflecting broader tensions between piety and personal habit.
In African forests elephants form clear routes that act as major corridors for movement. These natural paths facilitate dispersal, access to resources, and ecological connectivity across fragmented habitats.
A wartime memory resurfaces as Little Felix, now a grown soldier in France, is revealed to be Big Felix and father to Felix the Second. Edward Harold, once a sergeant in Lievers, recalls tucking him in and playing with him during 1914. Madame Cretel’s letter confirms the son's army service near the Moselle. Harold’s Vimy Pilgrimage traces the family’s ties to the village and the familiar barn where boys slept.
An essay highlights how newspapers accompany daily tasks from wrapping lunch to shielding floors. It notes the paper’s journey from press to sale and its role in households during picnics, repairs, and gifting, while humorously urging readers to see value beyond news.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson has been elected an honorary member alongside Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Gen David L. Brainard, the sole survivor of the Greeley Arctic expedition of 1881 to 1884.
In Pine Lawn a fire destroyed a residence after the volunteer fire department refused to respond because the owner had not paid $1.25 in dues. Neighborhoods in the St. Louis suburb emphasize money as a priority beyond public service.
According to official British statistics widowers who remarry prefer spinster partners while widows tend to pair with widowers.
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