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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1941
Page
5
Macdonald Hastings profiles London’s Churchill gunsmiths in Orange Street. Five generations handcraft each gun with patient, room-by-room skill and custom fittings. Orders take up to a year. best guns cost about 1400 pounds per pair.
The Division of Biology and Agriculture at National Research Laboratories Ottawa reports that smoked bacon remains edible for about 70 days while unsmoked goes rancid after 42 days. Wiltshire bacon is cured two to three weeks before smoking for best flavor. Canada exports Wiltshire sides green to Britain. smoking during transit is being tested for preservation and longer transport.
Berlin screened a news reel outlining Moscow five point defences. It described a depth barrier of flame throwers tank traps barbed wire a moat additional traps and finally bunkers.
Britain dispatches an undisclosed number of Beaufighter squadrons to Australia to act as a first line of defence against potential air invasions. RAF pilots have arrived to train Australian crews, in response to the tense Far East situation. The exact squadron count remains undisclosed but is deemed sufficient to counter any airborne landings.
A new British film at Denham studios will recount Amy Johnsons life and death in the Thames Estuary. Anna Neagle is expected to portray Amy Johnson and David Niven his husband Jim Mollison, reflecting Johnson as a symbol of modern British adventurous women.
Mary Richstone in New York Sun notes that a wife provides continuous service from sewing buttons to watching drinks and finding activities while enabling you to avoid changing yourself. contrasts with wartime maintenance detail about First Great War planes requiring overhaul every fifty hours, now extending to six hundred hours.
The drug gramicidin, discovered at the Rockefeller Institute, shows 1000 to 100000 times the potency of sulfanilamide. Early tests by Boston University clinicians indicate cures for skin ulcers wounds and chest infections, with human trials underway at several institutions. The substance remains unavailable to physicians due to its unknown limitations and risks.
Hermann Goering claimed personal assurance of measures to shield the Ruhr from air attack. Hamm, Ruhr’s rail hub, had suffered 82 RAF bombings by January 1941 as British raids intensified in the Ruhr. From mid-1941, Allied air efforts dropped thousands of tons of bombs in the region. An acre of farm soil holds about 1.5 tons of weed seed. Bath springs yield 500000 gallons of medicated water daily.
Charles Riker urged more use of I in business letters and less we while reading thousands of Western Electric letters. He warned against unwarranted modesty and suggested a friendly diplomatic tone to avoid offense in correspondence.
An executive visits Washington to push priorities for a component used in motor manufacture. He tours offices seeking direction but finds none. In the OPM maze an official hands him a plan to write a letter from Florida and rely on the mail room messenger to route it.
A coroner questions an eye witness about a fatal shooting at close range. The witness confirms powder marks on the husband’s face and that the woman fired the pistol. The excerpt ends with a wry line about local news coverage.
Crochet patterns teach stylish warm slippers in Afghan yarn with simple stitches. Pattern 7114 provides sizing guides and illustrations. request by sending 20 cents to Household Arts Department Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Avenue E Winnipeg Man. No Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
A contractor turned chemist in Pasadena, California, has patented a method to convert garbage, waste lumber, and farm products into motor fuel. J. W. Jean reports a 98.7 octane synthetic fuel with 25 percent higher mileage than petroleum, derived from fermenting raw material into alcohol then hydrocarbons. By Louis F. Keemle. The Russian campaign drains Hitler’s oil supplies, raising questions on Caucasus fields and Romania as sources, with Germany’s refinery limits and transport hurdles outlined.
British scientists announce a luminous paint that glows softly for 20 hours after small roof areas are treated. It recharges after an hour of daylight, enabling shelters to be seen up to 100 feet. Government experts see uses on lampposts and street signs and note it is invisible to aircraft from dangerous distances.
London Daily Mirror reports Germany stole a 1 500 year old phial of the blood of St Januarius from Naples Cathedral. The relic, a yearly pilgrimage magnet, is now in a Berlin clinic where Nazis allegedly aim to research preservation and transfusion methods. They promised return in two weeks but sent an imitation.
Dr. James Endicott, former secretary to Madam Chiang Kai-shek, told Zonta Club members in Toronto that her leadership inspires Chinese women and earns vast respect. He recounted war orphans in China giving up dinners to aid Polish children after hearing her speak. He noted Japan's original religion as Shintoism.
A bride and her mother rush to finalize wedding preparations while the groom promises to be there and to handle every detail, insisting the big day will succeed with no missed item. The exchange underlines his commitment to attend and oversee even minor tasks.
A large gold sovereign dated 1590 from Queen Elizabeth's era sold at auction for 38 pounds, about 179 dollars, reflecting strong interest in early modern coinage.
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