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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 03, 1945
Page
2
The article discusses how postwar world changes could reshape Britain's empire. It notes debates on universal freedom principles, Atlantic Charter alignments, and potential structural reforms as peace returns, with comments from Churchill and British officials.
Col Oliver Stanley British Colonial Secretary addresses common beliefs about colonial profits. He notes some large gains but highlights high risks and losses and argues investment in colonies aided progress where natural wealth and capital were scarce. He contends private enterprise delivered value alongside government securities.
The piece frames colonial development as central to Britain's policy with private investment aiding public utilities and social services. It notes the 1940 New Colonial Development and Welfare Bill allocating 480 million dollars over ten years and cites Col Stanley on investment prospects. It asserts development aims to prepare colonies for self-government, upholding British justice and free institutions.
If pile itching or rectal soreness appears seek immediate treatment. Hem Hem-Roid offers internal formula tablets available at druggists with a satisfaction guarantee. The ad promotes quick relief and healing at a low cost and promises refunds if results are unsatisfactory.
The New York Times notes A T C planes arrive or depart Europe from LaGuardia Field about once an hour. A military man travels regularly between New York and London via Scotland, leaving Mondays and returning weekends. Fog over the British Isles can slow the London leg more than the return leg to Scotland.
During the Crimean war the term ambulance shifted from a movable hospital to a vehicle for conveying the sick. This change marked a transition in medical logistics as field care expanded beyond tents and wards to mobile transport services.
Canadian Press reports Sam the gatekeeper at No. 10 Downing Street as London’s stoic yet humane sentinel. He guards Churchill’s privacy with 30 years of experience and laments limits on servicemen visiting the prime minister’s residence. He notes the lack of sun and winter heat, calling eight hours at the post exhausting, and recalls a quieter peacetime crowd outside. The article also mentions Blessing Texas, where settlers named the town after a remark that a railroad would be built there.
A historic ten-dalar coin weighing 45 pounds was once minted by the Swedish government. The unusual heavy denomination highlighted early Swedish monetary innovation and royal fiscal strategy.
Best Of Alli Joseph Driscoll writes from US 3rd Army in Germany to the New York Herald Tribune admitting no army faced a winter like the one just ended with such low battle casualty rates due to trench foot and pneumonia. He notes US uniforms are strong though less polished than British gear and points to leather tanning and wool differences as factors.
A collage of light lines shows soldiers and civilians trading quips about sopranos babies and electric charges. Jokes involve misheard professions, a sailor helping a naval officer, a pianist’s lid, and a boxer’s boast. A new electric heat lamp dries paint on military vehicles in three minutes.
Wartime inquiry column answers readers on price increases under new ownership and instructs to report to Wartime Prices and Trade Board. It notes tennis balls from reclaimed rubber, maple syrup coupon validity through May 31, and May 17 for eight preserves coupons worth half a pound sugar.
Cpl Muriel Shaw of Swan River Manitoba has just been promoted to sergeant in the CWAC. Enlisted February 1943 she previously worked in a munitions plant and now serves at Canadian Military Headquarters in London. Sgt Sadie M Murdoch of Saskatoon earns a rare silver service chevron for wartime AT S service and CWAC years abroad.
Buttercup warns that some returned men are wolves while Penelope insists one is trustworthy a 20th century fox. The exchange hints at wartime trust issues and humor in their dialogue.
The record shows fountain pens and mechanical pencils consuming 2,800 tons of steel in 1941. This steel could have produced about 430,000 shells for 75 mm field guns, illustrating wartime material demands.
A home style recipe for rhubarb pie using a bran pastry shell, scalded rhubarb, and a sugar egg filling. The crust is made from bran and flour with shortening and cold water, rolled and fitted into a pan with a lattice top. Bake first at a high heat then reduce and bake until done.
A compact collection of quotable lines from writers including Montaigne Blair Austen O Malley and Mary Baker Eddy. The remarks touch on learning literature and the pursuit of universal harmony through spiritual reign.
The article notes early booby traps from 1630 using decoy baskets of food and abandoned peddlers carts to lure enemies. Soldiers triggered blasts when touching the false goods, highlighting primitive ambush tactics.
A health ad claims disordered kidneys and inflamed bladder cause back pain restless nights leg cramps and rheumatic pains. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as the solution to relieve clogged kidneys and irritated bladder urging readers to ask their druggist for a 40c box.
About 70 million words from London war correspondents have been sent since D-Day. Australia received 10,235,980 words, the United States 8,626,480, and Canada 3,565,680. The moon appears bright only due to sunlight.
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