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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 05, 1942
Page
2
A column urges readers to join the Individual Citizen's Army by conserving fuel and energy. It links walking and careful food use to supporting soldiers, with examples from home life and household substitutions for sugar and fuel to aid Canada's war effort.
A discourse on collective security after the Versailles era argues for united democracies to prevent future wars. It endorses a Commonwealth of Nations, a guiding world opinion force, and the Atlantic Charter as steps toward removing trade barriers and extending social justice among nations.
The War Time Prices and Trade Board adopts a uniform cord measure of 128 cubic feet across Canada. A R Mackie notes the change, coal administrator J MeG Stewart confirms. Wood dealers must issue invoices by cord or fraction, and sawdust is excluded as fuel wood.
In Marketing J C K notes salvage and economy. A Great Western clerical suggestion cut painted letters on rolling stock to R removed. only G Ww remained, saving £7000 in the first year.
An officer, to stay clean if captured, bathes before a Boulogne coast raid and later appears below deck with burnt cork on his face and hands. The piece notes that Britain's commandos are not always as tough as portrayed.
A compiled list of graduates under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan includes personnel from No 7 Bombing and Gunnery School at Paulson Manitoba and Saskiatchewan, No 3 and No 11 Service Flying Training Schools at Yorkton and other sites across Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. The names cover Air Gunners Observers and Pilots with associated hometowns and training locations.
A British destroyer escorting a convoy 150 miles from home suffered engine trouble in a gale. With no headway and risk to escort duties, the captain rigged sails salvaged from a whaler and a merchant ship lifeboat on the fore stay and sailed the 150 miles home.
A brief reader collection of quotes on beauty goodness and holiness from Stowe Howard Ninon de L Enclos Mary Baker Eddy and Chalmers. It argues beauty as divine gift and moral force shaping views of existence toward loveliness and continuity.
The text notes that converting hydrogen in a teaspoon of water to helium would release about 100000 kilowatt hours of energy or $10000 worth of electricity. It also claims the moose is the largest deer in North America and lists measurements unrelated to the topic.
Valleyfield Quebec resident Mr C Boyer touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a delicious daily cereal that helps keep regular. It suggests using All-Bran with adequate water and patience, noting it is not a cathartic and is available in two sizes or as a single serving in restaurants. Made by Kellogg's in London Canada.
A collection of humorous quips and dialogue snippets touches on Solomon’s wives, cycling club captains, and a jab about a family tree. The snippets mix romantic, domestic, and social humor with quick wit and pointed lines.
In military planning a 10 ton pontoon bridge requires rubber to support 260 standard tires. The army faces a rubber shortage now and looks to scrap rubber to bridge the supply gap until synthetic production increases availability. Get in the scrap.
To save battery power, depress the clutch pedal before starting. This prevents the battery from turning the transmission gears, reducing load during engine cranking.
A curious measurement notes that fourteen thousand average-sized ants equal one pound in weight. The fact highlights a playful unit conversion and interest in tiny creature mass.
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