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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1941
Page
2
The piece explains how propaganda takes new forms in the war era, naming terms like fifth column and Molotov bread basket. It notes the BBC broadcasts in multiple European languages, undermining Nazi control, boosting occupied peoples, and inspiring hope for liberation from Nazi domination.
The article notes propaganda programs broadcast to all classes in Germany and cites Dr. Goebbels on air rebutting BBC statements. In France three governments Paris Vichy and the de facto authority are referenced. It claims final victory will reward those who sustained the effort with Nazi weapons used for freedom and democracy.
Richard Grady 73 of East St. Louis Illinois finally receives a 29.03 dollar paycheck from Illinois Central Railroad nearly 38 years late. He worked 15 days in 1903 but high water delayed return to the tracks and the paycar moved before he could collect. An attorney later prompted a books check and the missing payment was drawn up.
A 17th century English scene shows a servant delivering cutlery to the hostess before a dinner. Guests then found their places by locating their own forks, knives and spoons at the banqueting table.
Overseas Daily Mail columnist Noel Barber recalls a Savoy lunch for the new Bermuda governor Sir Courtauld Thomson and Viscount Knollys. The menu featured only three items macaroni chicken sweet, a stark contrast to a Duke of Orleans dinner with 18 courses and six wines from fifty years prior.
British commercial traveller Harry Osborne of Woolwich creates a wooden fire engine from bombed house timber. The craft uses two automobile wheels and an axle, carries two extension ladders, four sandbags, a water tank and various fire fighting devices.
In Norway a RAF pilot's funeral becomes a moment of anti-German sentiment as fishermen and farmers contribute to the funeral costs. Women weep and men sing national songs, reflecting wartime sentiment and solidarity.
Milwaukee Journal notes that Germany, through Walther Funk, loots France and Romania of cattle, wine, cheese, potatoes, wheat, and clothing. The piece questions Hoover’s proposed feeding program, arguing safeguards would be bypassed and food supplies would be diverted, including lootings in Ukraine.
A Glasgow Herald report notes buyers pay well for garments claimed to have been worn by Hitler. The trade fuels a broader passion for Napoleonic and dictator relics as European museums host surviving items, with buyers hoping to display such trophies before future events unfold.
The British ministry of food says it has contracts with Argentina, Uruguay, New Zealand and Australia totaling 1,000,000 tons of meat and expects a Brazil deal soon. A spokesman calls it the most effective reply to Goebbels propaganda asserting UK bankruptcy and inability to buy more South American meat.
The text notes the caterpillar leaves a silken trail to return to its nest and travels end to end in single file with others. It also mentions South African law protecting wild flowers and fines for selling them. A San Francisco court once reserved Chinese days three times weekly where all defendants were Chinese.
Air Commodore G E Brookes urges the first bomber pilots to hunt with courage at No 16 SFTS Hagersville. Station padre Flight Lieutenant Jennings leads a unique graduation prayer written for the class and to be used in future ceremonies.
This passage traces the origin of pies in England as hearty one-dish meals with meat vegetables and gravy. It notes modern meat or chicken pot pies as a newer adaptation and mentions the apple pie developing later with lemon chocolate and custard fillings refined over time.
Crush corn flakes into fine crumbs and mix with 14 cup sugar and cinnamon if noted. Melt 2 tablespoons butter then blend with crumbs to form a crust press into a 9 inch pie pan. Fill with sliced apples, dust with 4 cup sugar and cinnamon, dot with 2 tablespoons butter, top with remaining crumbs, bake at 350 F about 45 minutes then at 300 F for 60 minutes until tender. Yield one pie.
A woman passenger on the Chicago to New York Pennsylvania Railroad express demanded the right to finish her breakfast in the dining car. The train halted for 13 minutes while trainmen sought to move the diner to a siding in Harrisburg yards and add a new car. The passenger refused to budge until she finished her bacon and eggs, and the crew waited discreetly.
A region just north of Porto Rico is believed to be the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean. Researchers point to the area as exceptionally deep, inviting further sonar surveys and scientific study.
The Christian Science Monitor summarized an alleged Rosenberg plan to create a National Reichskirche to supplant existing churches. The scheme would form a military style church with Mein Kampf as creed, ban all other religious groups, deny church property, and permit only Nazi orators to speak, leaving churches as architecture.
The Great Western Railway employs 25 sheep dogs on Welsh pay-sheets to patrol fences where sheep breach barriers. The animals locate openings to shepherd flocks back, learn line sense by staying between trains, and bark to protect workers unless the line is clear.
The United States consumes about half of the globe's coffee output while not cultivating the crop domestically. This paradox highlights high import reliance and widespread consumption across major cities.
Report notes that half of the five fatal traffic accidents involved pedestrians as victims, highlighting the dangers faced by walkers. Police officials urge heightened awareness and safer crossing practices.
Grass in Green Park was left to grow nearly three feet tall and the hay taken away in heavy carts. Four South London cartage firms supplied up to 40 Shire horses to gather nearly 40 loads. One haymaker quipped that after cutting hay in the park it felt like running a lost property office.
The red flag of Russia flew over a British public building as Exeter mayor R Grave Sanders ordered the Soviet flag raised to mark the city assizes opening. The mayor said the gesture honored the gallantry of the Soviet people.
An annual total of seven thousand fatal accidents occur in English homes during peacetime, underscoring widespread domestic risks and the need for improved safety measures and awareness campaigns across households.
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