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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 17, 1945
Page
2
The article explains how Allied nations face food production and distribution failures after the war. Britain and Europe suffer from shipping limits and blockades, with much farmland damaged by battles and sabotage. Recovery for meat and dairy will take years, while grain may return sooner. External aid will supply food and farm equipment to rebuild disrupted economies.
Facing shortages at the war’s start Britain reduced imports to free shipping for war needs. A nationwide mechanization program expanded arable land from 13 to 19 million acres, boosting output by about 70 percent. Electricity reached 97 percent of households enabling modern farming, with Britain producing many tractors and machines domestically. The aim is not self sufficiency but to export farm machinery while continuing to import some foods postwar.
C H Piercy reports remote north students need practical courses. Boys should study motor mechanics forest and animal conservation mink fur farming simple economics firearms map reading and nature science. Girls should learn cooking sewing home nursing preserving and simple economics. Government to fund two boarding schools for 250 scattered children and seven new rural schools. Navy bakers in Halifax find eight percent soy flour in bread preserves freshness at sea and enhances flavor. cake mix trials follow.
British wartime strategy considered relocating Parliament to Stratford on Avon. One option set members to convene at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre as a meeting place during Britain's darkest days of the war.
Eskimos use the wool of the woolly verine to trim the fronts of their hood covers to prevent frost from their breath, a practical adaptation noted in the cold climate.
A compilation of reflections from Emmons Addison Hannah Moore Mary Baker Eddy and Horace Mann on zeal moderation daily virtue and benevolent action. The quotes praise steady benevolent ardor while warning against boisterous selfish zeal and promote genuine moral progress through faithful conduct and service.
HB J Symington of Trans-Canada Air Lines argues that allocating air frequencies to international carriers fosters ruinous postwar competition. He warns chaos in the air could derail orderly expansion and says the International Air Transport Association will standardize procedures to unite people and nations.
A collection of light snippets and witticisms ranging from a sunlit joke about why the sun goes down to a quip about an airman Jones with a good voice. It includes a Birmingham mother’s excuse for a late login and a joke about a doctor’s remedy for rheumatism.
Q A discharged serviceman can obtain Form RB 64 D for a civilian food ration book from his discharge establishment. after completion, present to the Local Ration Board to receive a ration book. A Retailers face reduced wrapping paper quotas. customers should carry goods unwrapped and use shopping bags. returning paper bags helps. Q Keep clothing labels for protection and to report issues to Wartime Prices and Trade Board. include manufacturer size and price. date purchase on label. Q Decorator prices for papering walls are controlled, not to exceed basic period price. request pamphlet Consumers News or Blue Book from Wartime Prices and Trade Board office.
Six member committee chaired by Prof. H. Van Vliet will study rural and small urban electrification possibilities in Saskatchewan. Reconstruction Minister J. H. Sturdy announced the plan. The group will report to the government with special focus on individual power units for areas lacking major transmission lines.
Hon. Brooke Claxton and ministers from labor and munitions endorse a plan for health education and medical supervision in Canadian industries. The plan, developed with the Ontario Health Department, covers starting worker medical programs, improving eating habits, and running practical health campaigns.
Cleaning guidance for brushes based on finishes. Shellac or alcohol stains use alcohol. Lacquer use lacquer thinner. Water-thinned paints use water. Regular oil paints use turpentine.
The entry notes Adolf Hitler receives 31 lines including the Berlin telephone number 11 6191. Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin biographies occupy 33 68 and 45 lines respectively, reflecting their prominence in the compendium.
Nearly 10 million eggs bound for Britain on a single ship were misstated in earlier reports. Correct figures show 1,980,000 dozen eggs in 100 carloads of 66,000 cases, far above the prior 782,000 dozen. British trade members praise egg quality, while Canada warns against complacency and calls for better safeguards to reduce breakage and ensure uniform quality.
A long standing remedy claims to relieve congested kidneys and irritated bladder. The product is described as a diuretic kidney stimulant in tasteless capsules and advertised as the original Dutch Drops packed in Canada. Sold at druggists for 40 cents.
Domei reports a new Japanese fighter named Hayate or Whirlwind now rushing forward like a hurricane to bag US planes that cross its path. The radio Tokyo broadcast says the plane is a hybrid with a four plated propeller.
A Stockholm fisherman spotted a two foot long double edged sword in his nets at Lake Vattern. The well preserved relic is dated to the Bronze Age, highlighting an ancient artifact unearthed in Sweden.
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