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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 12, 1942
Page
4
As record yields require larger farm grain stores, farmers should inspect stored grain for mites and other pests at intervals. Use 30 touch sieve sampling, spread dust on dark paper to spot white mites, and forward uncertain samples to the Dominion Entomologist in Ottawa for identification and guidance.
A flat plain near an unidentified location hosts a US Army Engineers depot converting a field into a repair and supply center for bombers fighters and ferry planes for China supply runs. Lt Col John L of Des Islets leads a Texas-strong air service command quietly expanding operations while moving 13 mud villages to create a lake and building a long stone runway for large aircraft.
Engineers adapt the town’s air raid warning to use a two tone cuckoo pattern. One note signals an alert, the other signals raiders passed. The modified siren creates a distinctive chime signaling warning and clearance.
The passage notes bananas as one of the world's oldest cultivated crops referenced in Chinese writings more than two thousand years ago, highlighting long historical cultivation and cultural significance.
The Owen Sound Sun Times notes Italy is short of coal and cannot keep schools warm, forcing closures this winter. Germany’s coal shortages limit Italian shipments, with Rome pressured by Goering and Mussolini’s regime as the Fascist government loses prestige.
A Chicago woman at a friend’s fashionable summer home in a resort town discusses adapting to hardship. The hostess boasts of grace under change, while a guest notes the lifestyle remains elegant. The woman reveals she has no cook or second footman as services are cut back.
Two British soldiers reported missing after Dunkirk in 1940 have appeared in Russia. They reportedly walked about 1,600 miles through Belgium Holland Germany and Poland before arrival, with word reaching London via war savings certificates.
Marshal Timoshenko took command of the Russian army and ordered strict saluting to end laxity. He believed salutes signify discipline and leadership, shaping a well-trained unit. His insistence has been praised as improving the fighting quality of Russian troops.
Peter Mackinnon of Portobello, Scotland says he has not slept for 26 years since May 14, 1916. He slept that night but has remained awake, resisting doctors efforts with drugs injections and even chloroform during eight years of hospital supervision.
The article notes limited TV broadcasts in major cities amid war demands and parts shortages. It warns delays could hinder equipment replacement and even temporary stoppages, while highlighting postwar optimism for the medium and a CBS color broadcast as a recent development. An aside mentions the African elephant as the only domesticated wild animal in modern times.
A former broker now with a government dept notes the word trillion appears in a Dow Jones release about War Appropriations Nearing Quarter Trillion Dollar Mark. He explains a trillion equals 1,000,000,000,000 and sees this as a turning point in federal arithmetic.
A couple just married. the clergyman shakes the bride's hand then offers the groom his hand. The groom ignores the gesture, pulling his money from his pocket and snapping that he is extracting payment, while the clergyman persists.
The quote questions whether persistent striving toward a noble object yields reward and argues that continued effort elevates a person. It contrasts heroism and truth with outcomes, ending with a Thoreau maxim about tying a knot and hanging on when at the end of one’s rope.
The Ottawa Journal reports a wartime stock take showing Allied strength rising while Axis gains are checked. It notes Britain’s growing air and naval power, the Allied alliance with Russia, and Japan’s Far East expansion as a concern, then argues for perseverance toward Allied victory at the earliest date.
The story that Marshal Semion Timoshenko is descended from a Welshman named Jenkins is said to be a romance. Officials state Timoshenko is the son of a Russian peasant Konstantin Timoshenko born at Yozovka now Stalino.
The famed flyer Bleriot drew astonished spectators in France at the world first aviation exposition circling a racing course in his plane at 47 miles per hour. Foremost in peace the plough stands as one of Canada’s most effective weapons of war.
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