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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 16, 1944
Page
2
The article notes that health is wealth and public health gains have grown since wartime awareness. It highlights the Western Prairies leading in tuberculosis control and overall improvements in health and nutrition across Canada with ongoing advancement expected.
The article notes extensive public health and education systems across municipalities provinces and national departments. It highlights trained staff and welfare contributions while urging further improvement to reach a high national health standard. A Canada Newfoundland Education Association survey recommends schools expand their role in maintaining and advancing public health.
The report notes that most schools have health education and time for it, but practice and supervision are lacking. Poor ventilation and old buildings harm pupil health, while nutrition and dental care are often insufficient. Schools could improve outcomes with better programs and school lunches.
An unconfirmed report says mayors led by Edinburgh's Lord Provost urged awarding the George Cross to the City of London for its wartime gallantry. The Montreal Star praises London's resilience from 1940 to the present, noting its influence on the empire and Commonwealth.
The Saint John Telegraph Journal urges welcoming British born wives of Canadian soldiers as new Canadians. It notes they are already legally Canadians and should be accepted gradually, despite expected difficulties. Tactful aid and sympathy can ease homesickness and help their integration into Canadian life.
One of the most notable moments during the General's stay was a tour of the Washington Museum where he viewed the original Bastille key sent to America by Paris in the early 1800s. He laid a wreath on the Unknown Soldier tomb at Arlington and paid respects at Lafayette's grave, then met General Pershing.
Wartime guidance explains fruit rationing not required for frozen fruit and describes methods to check beef ceiling prices. It notes stores must display price charts for beef lamb and veal and suggests asking the butcher to annotate cuts and prices if in doubt. It advises contacting the Wartime Prices and Trade Board for price setting and to request pamphlets Remake Wrinkles Consumers News and the Blue Book.
Boeing engineers subject 1 100 000 rivets to extreme conditioning from hot salt baths to icy water and alcohol methanol so they can withstand heat and cold. Rivets are heated, cooled, and chilled in central banks and refrigerated sub stations before use in the Seattle plants and across Washington.
The extension covers most of France for letters not exceeding one ounce. Business letters must convey facts of information exchange. Registration air mail and parcel post are unavailable and no trading is permitted.
Hawaii national park staff report volcanic rocks that naturally float on water creating a curious buoyant effect. Researchers note that porous lava forms pumice, enabling it to rise and drift while preserving rock structure.
Frank J Wilson, chief of the U S secret service, told the International Association of Chiefs of Police that new postwar crime challenges will appear with criminals using fresh tricks. Television will help locate missing persons, reveal criminals, and educate the public to prevent robberies and juvenile delinquency.
Canada plans a new air force assignment in India creating two transport squadrons from Canadians serving with the RAF. The move acknowledges Canadian service in the Far East while the RC A F’s exact Far East status remains secret, with RC A F pilots already flying with RAF across the India Burma theatre.
Saskatchewan farmers dependent on feed grains are urged by Agriculture Minister L. F. McIntosh to secure supplies quickly and ensure ample feed grain stocks until the next harvest. Wheat and flax shipments are prioritized, and current prices discourage hoarding of coarse grains at the lake head.
Lt.-Col. Ralph W. Olmsted, deputy war food administrator, told reporters in Washington that Russia will require U S food for about three years after the European conflict ends and Great Britain will also need continued U S food imports once the war is over.
Mrs. Lillian Cameron, chairman of the play writing contest, announced a prize of 100 dollars for the best Canadian one act play entered in the Work shop's annual playwriting competition.
The women of southern England undertake another war task by learning bomb repair skills. London and southern England housewives attend classes run by the Women's Voluntary Services to fix their own robot bombed residences.
The Minneapolis Star Journal reports a pre-Columbian practice in Honduras where a youth sends a matron with cocoa for a feast to ask for marriage. If accepted, the girl returns cocoa for two parties, signaling a forthcoming wedding and prompting the couple to ask when chocolate will be served.
A collage of vintage lines and jokes features a parade scene, shop banter on overdue accounts, marriage quips, a milkman in army life, and family zingers about engagement anniversaries and self made men. The collection blends light social humor with playful wordplay.
A London Evening Standard piece chronicles the city’s terrible toll in a fierce defense. It cites 60,600 killed and over 100,000 wounded, with hundreds of thousands of homes destroyed and monuments ruined as London endures bombardment before liberation.
The article notes Buenos Aires and its suburbs form a vast urban area home to about four million people, roughly one third of Argentina's population. It also mentions air as a mixture of gases, not a chemical compound.
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