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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 19, 1940
Page
7
Jim Carlton hides as Harlow and a financier approach the roof in the rain and wind. A drawn-out creak and a crash hint at a hidden ladder and a possible escape as Jim weighs slipping past the open doorway.
Jim Carlton and Elk recover a key, sneak into a house, and confront Harlow with a search warrant at two in the morning. Mrs Edwins appears, demanding murder questions, while Harlow feigns calm and resists, promising a possible autobiography.
Major F. A. de Vere Robertson, an aeronautics authority, outlines two Nazi miscalculation errors that gave Britain air ascendancy. He notes British eight-gun fighters and turreted bombers outperform German designs, while German bets on speed without effective guns proved flawed. He also hints new British fighters and bombers will surpass the Hurricane and Spitfire, with details not released in advance.
Carlton, shocked and paralyzed, escapes a lethal door mechanism at Harlow's house. Elk informs the police while the missing Miss Rivers is last seen leaving at six to deliver two letters, prompting Scotland Yard involvement. Brown reports concern as Stebbings confirms the six o'clock departure.
The drive to make Manitoba self sufficient in food production targets next year with a sugar beet harvest to meet population demand. This year 17 000 acres yielded about 300 million pounds of refined sugar while provincial consumption runs 400 to 500 million pounds annually. Farmers plan 25 000 beet acres next year with yields rising from 74 tons per acre to 12 to 14 tons. The 120 000 ton crop this year prompts a rotation plan involving wheat and potatoes in off years and government aid against pests. G H Aikins is a leading campaign figure.
A Canadian woman in Cornwall, England, asked for surplus blankets and clothing for evacuees and war victims, and within the same day Canadian Red Cross HQ instructed help from London. Two tons of supplies were later sent, with gratitude from Mrs. Neynor Williams, who coordinates evacuation efforts and hosts a convalescent home for Canadian troops.
Fisheries experts say Canada will ship large caviar quantities to the United States to aid the war effort. Ontario and Manitoba production rise, with Manitoba projecting over 2,400 pounds for export, boosting wartime revenue. Ontario ships about 4,870 pounds, while Manitoba expects growth over last year’s 1,512 pounds.
Night air raids in London drew pedestrians and hitch hikers seeking rides while motorists faced injuries to passengers not covered by insurance. A transport minister suggested drivers display a notice declaring “Free lifts at your own risk” to absolve liability.
A timber federation gift to British troops in England costs nearly 50000 dollars and uses many woods, touted as good for a hundred years. Churchill may smoke a large cigar while dictating terms to Hitler in Berlin. Britain hides treaties Germany signed and broke. many fear new ideas more than lions.
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