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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 11, 1944
Page
2
Allied war correspondents report Italy begins reorganizing its educational system to remove Fascist propaganda. For over twenty years Italian history and other subjects were distorted to serve Mussolini. Textbooks are being rewritten and the deeper task of reshaping students’ minds is seen as more challenging than revising texts.
The article notes Germany uses schools to entrench Nazi rule across occupied Europe. Textbooks favourable to democracy are seized or destroyed and non aligned teachers removed. In some places German is enforced in schools, suppressing local language. A 1942 ministers’ conference in Britain discussed plans for postwar education reform.
Countries at the conference included Belgium Czechoslovakia Greece Holland Luxembourg Norway Poland Yugoslavia and the French National Committee. Mr R A Butler chaired with observers from British Dominions India the United States Russia and China. Committees progress covers books libraries postwar education and a History of European Civilization for 16 to 18 year olds and a teacher handbook. The Allied Ministers of Education seek to reestablish systems and foster inter Allied cooperation in postwar education.
British flour magnate Joseph Rank, who started from a windmill at 21, died at 89 leaving $315 000. He advocated get all you can save all you can give away all you can and gave about $9 million to the Methodist Church. Estonia’s history sees fights among Germans Swedes and Russians since medieval times.
A Leeds Yorkshire Post analysis outlines the immense admin task of an invasion, noting each division requires 80 000 tons of shipping and 350 tons of daily supplies. The piece highlights depots on the far shore and the need to keep home dumps stocked, estimating 10 000 tons daily to be moved if 50 divisions were involved.
The Ottawa Citizen cites the U S Bureau of Standards estimating the world’s weight at six followed by 21 digits, or 6 000 000 000 000 000 000 000,000, arguing it unlikely to be lightweight. It adds that cotton is used in self sealing gasoline tanks for airplanes.
United States War Shipping Administration commends Royal Canadian Navy salvage men after a Liberty ship exploded in flames following a collision with a tanker. The ship was towed to an eastern Canadian port, beached, and salvaged, highlighting the value of salvage work and the ongoing need for waste paper, rags, fats, and bones in Canada for pulp, munitions, and medical supplies.
A collection of witty vignettes and conversations from a society column. Jests on efficiency, aging, deafness, deception, vanity, marriage, and domestic life animate exchanges among couples and guests with light, dated humor. The snippets link everyday social quirks to sharp one liners.
Consumers learn meat price ceilings remain with posted charts in retail butchers. Garden plants are exempt from maximum price rules. A ration book for a new baby can be obtained via the local wartime board, with baby certificates or an affidavit if unavailable. Re prints of the Remake Booklet and Consumers News are still available from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices by writing from the province’s office.
Make up your mind today to give your skin a real chance to get well. Go to a drugstore and buy Moone's Emerald Oil. The first application stops itching, eruptions dry up, and scales shed in days. Also effective for itching toes and Barber's Itch. Clean antiseptic oil, does not stain or leave grease. Complete satisfaction or money back.
A collection of quotations linking beauty to virtue honesty and moral truth. Includes remarks from St Pierre Shaftesbury Overstreet Bovee Mary Baker Eddy and Robert Nathan. The passages emphasize inner harmony spiritual calm and the connection between beauty and goodness.
A reader notes harsh laxatives failed for constipation caused by low bulk. She recommends Kellogg’s All-Bran, advising to eat the cereal and drink plenty of water to build bulk and ease elimination. The ad emphasizes All-Bran as the solution.
War Services Minister LaFleche told the Commons that comforts for Canadian troops in Sicily and Italy were sent in the same boats as soldiers and packed in tanks. The tanks, loaded with cigarettes and other comforts, were emptied of the items before ashore, with the comforts carried ashore separately.
Garden experts urge regular cultivation to keep plants healthy and resist pests. Dusting or spraying may be needed, but the main rule is timely cultivation, especially after heavy rains. For small plots focus on high yield crops like onions carrots beets lettuce radish spinach beans and compact tomatoes with staking and pruning for early fruit.
London surgeons plan more operations during the nights when the moon is up and raids are less likely. They cite nervous patients relaxing with reduced raid fear and doctors noting the danger of lights failing or building collapse during bomb conditions.
Jean de Vaudreuill, aged 78, arrived in Prince George British Columbia on his second global walking tour begun 24 years ago. He has walked 80 042 miles and now aims for the Alaska highway.
Ex servicemen will find work in a new industry after the war television in Britain is seen as sweeping the nation. J L Baird and British experts report successful color and stereoscopic demonstrations with three sets produced including a cheap televisor for home use and an automatic gramophone radio luxury model.
A South American headzin hatchling uses winged toes to dive from the nest into water to escape danger. It then climbs back to the nest with the extra feet once the threat passes.
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