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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
2
The article reviews ongoing medical debates on diet and nutrition. It traces shifts from calorie counting to vitamins, notes varied advice on fats and starches, and predicts a return to simple guidance like moderation and listening to one’s appetite. It highlights vitamin A to D and evolving theories, urging balanced intake alongside remaining calories.
A Canadian private sending birthday greetings to his mother from a Beaver Club soldier hostel notes training in diplomacy alongside combat. He asks for fifteen dollars via the cable office, reflecting wartime support and personal ties.
A historical note advises women to speak less during meals to keep their husbands healthy, with counsel that any behavior change should be gradual to avoid shock.
A concise meditation contrasts two life phases adverse and prosperous. It notes that self discontent and social offense arise in both states. When prosperous a man patronizes others. in trouble he complains and annoys. Friends wish him well when down but dread him when elevated.
Mrs. Vincent Massey wife of Canada’s High Commissioner supervised a women’s committee to select decorate and furnish the new Beaver Club in London for Canadian troops. She aimed for a cheerful home like atmosphere with gay color schemes and coordinated heating and furniture.
In Malaysia bees make honey but do not eat it as there is no winter. The warm climate means bees need not store up food, and honey production continues seasonally.
Excerpts recount Hitler speeches and Czech oppression under National Socialism. The text cites forced cultural suppression, closed Czech universities, bans on Czech professionals, and Prague torture claims with a note on mass transport of Czechs to the Reich for servile labor.
The Ott aw Journal argues Belgium and the Netherlands failed to pressure Allies despite warnings. It asserts German promises lack reliability and calls for Britain and France to bear the burden to halt Hitler or face world domination. It stresses the duty of leaders and civilians to resist conquest.
A London Daily Sketch writer who inquired at London Transport's lost property office learned he is among 1,200 weekly callers leaving gas masks in vehicles. Masks and flashlights remain the most popular items, boosting the office’s business by nearly 40 percent.
The Printed Word notes the Western farmer shifts from problem to powerful figure as spring 1940 arrives. His acres become a world stage with Britain Germany and other nations eyeing his crop. The piece hints at global anxieties and the farmers role amid wartime pressures.
Percy Grainger, the bushy haired Australian composer, recalls his Frankfort student days and a German feeling he says foreshadowed Nazism. He describes Germans despising small nations and England, driven by aggressive nationalism and interest in ships and guns.
Amid wartime dispatches a remark blames Hitler for various atrocities and adds a satirical jab about a so called German tea described by English tasters as too horrible for words.
Britain counts on Major John Blubb, aka Abou Heineik, to curb a German-backed revolt in Transjordan. Backed by Emir Abdullah, he coordinates Arab tribes to protect the Mediterranean lifeline from Iraq to Haifa as troops from multiple nations guard coastal Arabia. The Canadian Army ease widens officer entry rules to accept high school diplomas or university equivalency in place of matriculation.
In Sarajevo, coffee houses serve coffee in cups no larger than thimbles and the term cattle meaning property reflects the word chattel. The note highlights linguistic usage and small serving sizes in the city’s social hubs.
A ancient Egyptian architect Onidus built a Nile estuary lighthouse for a Pharaoh. The cement with Pharaoh's name wore away revealing Onidus’s own name beneath. The piece ends noting a muscle requires oxygen in preparation to contract.
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