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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1945
Page
2
A reflection on lessons from wars and uneasy peace over thirty years. Advocates urge vigorous public effort and permanent educational structures to foster democracy and avert a resurgence of war. Emphasizes caution against complacency and the need for global cooperation in trade, borders, and youth education.
Educational leaders in Canada join Great Britain and the U S in stressing education as a safeguard for peace. Dr EF Willoughby of Winnipeg says Canada must build intelligent, loyal citizenship or risk losing the war. He urges schools to teach in and for democracy to help preserve our way of life and build lasting peace.
A collection of brief maxims on patience and restraint from various authors. It highlights the value of waiting, contemplation, and purposeful action, contrasting calm activity with impulsive haste and praising quiet deeds and self forgetfulness.
The article notes that the average human body is covered with about 20 square feet of skin.
To plant potatoes choose blocky seed pieces weighing 1.5 to 2 ounces with two eyes each. Split the seed end which has the most eyes. A six to eight ounce potato yields four seed pieces. a five ounce tuber yields three pieces, two from the seed end and one from the stem end.
The switchboard operator at Prince Rupert Drydock relays a captain's message stating he cannot float today. Halcrow explains the ship is on a grid and cannot be floated until the next high tide, hence the captain's remark I can't float.
A warning stresses that infection can arise from clean or rusty nails alike as germ exposure, emphasizing proper hygiene and wound care. The message notes that even seemingly sterile items can transmit germs if contaminated.
The piece extols libraries as among the finest institutions serving all classes. It notes growing reading volume, urges libraries to guide youth with healthy true literature, acknowledges both rubbish and quality reading in circulation.
A Canada wide home remedy advertisement offers Hem-Roid for sore itchy piles. It claims internal treatment with quick relief from itching and soreness and promises a refund if not satisfied. The sponsor cites over 20 years in business and suggests buying from druggists.
The Halifax Herald notes German gold stored in a salt mine is useless for military needs. It argues gold cannot feed troops or supply munitions, calling it a non strategic resource in wartime.
A 1944 report by a Combined Food Board committee estimates per capita sugar and syrup use. The United States leads with about 94.9 lb, Canada 89.6 lb, Britain 75.6 lb, versus prewar levels of 106.7, 103.3, and 199.7 lb respectively. Wartime reductions noted for all three nations reflect reliance on offshore sugar supplies.
British Information Services reports Britain's Protestant churches plan to raise about £1,000,000 to rehabilitate churches and ministries in liberated Europe. The plan was announced in a statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury and supported by leaders of all Protestant denominations in Britain. The Andes in South America form the world’s longest mountain chain.
Lancet reports bacteriologists Frank Alexander Knott and W H Clark of Guys hospital London tested inhaled penicillin in a small closed room. Volunteers inhaled a half teaspoon aerosol for 15 minutes and showed penicillin levels in blood capable of stopping bacteria causing septicemia.
A collage of late night bar conversations and street wit gathers as jokes about soldiers, mothers and children, philosophers, dogs, and a cloakroom attendant. The humor relies on misheard lines and punchy one liners.
Answers cover infant food coupons and rationed items. Infant canned vegetables are unrationed while canned fruit and fruit mixed with rice are rationed at 20 fluid ounces per preserves coupon. Five ounce tins use coupon P. Demobilized servicemen receive a certificate to buy a suit, optional but not required. All book five coupons remain valid. Request pamphlets or Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
The UNRRA health report warns Nazi warfare spread diphtheria across Europe and urges vaccination as troops return to Canada. The Toronto Globe and Mail notes toxoid’s value during Toronto’s 15th Toxoid Week sponsored by the Health League of Canada and the city health department. Dr. Gordon Jackson stresses toxoid as the sole proven protection against diphtheria.
Historical note describes 1620 era traps using baskets of food and abandoned peddler carts to lure and explode when troops approached, illustrating early warfare deception and improvised explosive devices.
Leventhal & Co machinery agents advertise 10 diesel tractors TD-40 with 47.5 horsepower for industrial or farm use. Other equipment available. Write, wire, or phone McIntyre Block, Winnipeg.
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