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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1945
Page
2
The article argues that war driven medical progress will yield broad benefits after the conflict ends. It suggests science and technology from wartime research could raise national health standards, though opinions vary on how sweeping future changes will be.
The article argues that medicine and prevention must improve, citing Canadian health education efforts and public nutrition campaigns. It notes the 1944 army rejection statistics, with only 468,303 of 1,064,888 examined in the top A category and about 300,000 of the rest unfit for any service.
Dr. Morris Fishbein visiting Canada urged medical scientists to pursue a broader goal than mere disease avoidance. He spoke of a future where people live with vim vigor and vitality, boosting overall health beyond the current standards.
The War Assets Corporation reports a surplus of 19000 tin helmets and 47000 dummy wooden rifles, sold to volunteers at low prices after unused ideas failed. A Vancouver boy is celebrated for spotting helmets in a shop window, sparking rapid disposal to 18000 plus youths. The agency can source 50000 more if found.
A survey shows 654 women employed across CN roundhouses coach yards car repair tracks and shops. Occupations include boilermaker welders car oilers blacksmith helpers electric crane operators and machinist helpers with others as sheet metal workers carmen and labourers seamstresses and turntable operators.
A doctor offers comforting news on the common cold and its remedies. The piece also notes an ancient Egyptian lock recovered from Nineveh ruins, highlighting historical artifacts and trivial curiosities.
A juvenile court in Brimsby heard a boy who stole grapes from a truck say they were round black things he did not know. The report also notes a claim that humans cannot survive above 23,000 feet without artificial oxygen.
Citizens inquire about Emergency Shelter Areas in Victoria and other cities, ration book coupons for preserves and canning sugar, and the status of fur coats. Officials explain residence rules, coupon validity after discharge, and that fur prices are not controlled with price tickets required.
The article links Canada’s butter ration to Red Cross fund drives. It notes 140,000 weekly parcels to prisoners of war and liberated countries include butter milk powder and cheese. Annual butterfat from these parcels could supply a city of 400,000 or about Canada’s entire population for two weeks. An elephant’s heart fact is added.
TCA announces the appointment of Captains J. D. Storie and L L. Dunsmore as check pilots under B A Rawson. Based at Winnipeg, they will support an intensive training program for ex-service RCAF personnel ahead of 1945 growth.
The Port of London shipped 311000 British Liberation Army personnel 123400 vehicles and 666000 tons of general stores between June and August for the western invasion and post D-Day needs. Dockworkers and unions carried out vast dock operations under Thames tidal constraints while building five of eight and a quarter miles of Arromanches caissons in dry and wet docks and basins.
Frederic W. Goudy, eight years noted as a type designer, was toasted at a dinner in New York hosted by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, Typophiles, and the Distaff Side at the Hotel Ambassador. He said he is designing his first typeface and may hold a record for about a hundred designs. He declined an Ethiopian commission and recently finished Hebrew type for the University of Palestine.
L Cpl Lena Goulet and Pte Ruth Allen were promoted in the CWAC while serving 18 months overseas with No 1 Static Base Laundry Unit. Cpl Goulet later led CWAC barracks duties as corporal in charge. Capt Marial Mosher, Nova Scotia born, emerged as a noted CWAC officer with exchange duty in England and ambitions for a Canadian School of Ballet. Miss Helen Ruth Swift, Winnipeg, joined CWAC after nursing in Winnipeg. L Cpl Bernice Bergsteinsson of Weyburn is Saskatchewan’s only CWAC dark room assistant at MD No 12 Headquarters and joined in Regina January 1944.
A collage of jokes and short anecdotes spans dental mishaps on corn to钱 satire about taxes and hypocrites. It features banter about mountain air, a dentist's quip, a telephone call for dinner, and a misfired flirtation exaggerating social pretensions. The item also notes CWAC graduates in Kitchener Ontario and military hat lore with a light, era-typical tone.
Prime Minister Churchill has logged about 150000 miles guiding United Nations planning for war and peace. He has met Roosevelt nine times Stalin four, and conferred with de Gaulle Chiang Kai shek and other world leaders across Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.
Campers cook meals over a steaming crack in the ground and sleep in steam heated tents in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes located in southern Alaska.
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