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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 23, 1944
Page
2
The article surveys widespread interest in postwar trade, the demand for Canadian farm and industrial products, and plans to rebuild normal trade links. It notes that other nations seek expanded fleets and new trade relations and warns a new approach is needed to avoid past mistakes.
Canada reports record export volumes with current trade higher than ever. War demand drives about eighty percent of exports, notably farm products like butter eggs cheese and bacon. Britain may shift purchases nearer home when normal conditions return and food shortages abroad may ease after the war.
It argues Canada must expand export markets by improving quality and finding new uses for farm products. A new Western Canada laboratory for wider utilization of farm products signals a shift toward research to boost postwar prosperity.
Laminated glass, formed by two plate glass sheets with a plastic interlayer, now used in aircraft windshields cabins enclosures gunners turrets and bombers noses. Modern methods provide flexibility and strength, making the glass nearly a transparent steel, according to scientists.
In New York last week military surgeons tried sixty survival dishes from the Army Air Force School of Applied Tactics. The menu included rattlesnake steak shark filet nettle roots cattail roots wild coffee and palm cabbage salad. All diners reportedly survived.
In 1913 the inventor of the Diesel engine, Rudolf Diesel, disappeared from a mail steamer crossing the English Channel. The fate of the renowned inventor remains unsolved to this day.
Astronomical lore places the famed Southern Cross near Jerusalem during the Crucifixion era. Due to equinoctal changes, the constellation is no longer visible from Europe today.
A historical population figure cites China at about 474,787,000. The estimate appears in a general demographic tally, reflecting a count used in period discussions of global and regional populations.
UNRRA warns disease spread during relief and repatriation poses major risk as millions move home. Malaria in Greece remains deadly with millions of cases yearly. typhus and typhoid linked to wartime actions in the Soviet Union and Norway cited. A special UNRRA health division is formed to combat outbreaks, with Canada to supply medical equipment and drugs.
Battlefront report claims a German general bitterly complained about surrendering to an Allied officer of lower rank. The remark sparked derision as the general faced an apparent power shift in the war’s closing stages.
J L Rumble manager of GM Canada Truck Division told Hamilton the 1870 proposal for a land route under the Bering Strait could be more feasible now that the Alaska highway is complete.
The frigate bird is a sea fowl that cannot swim and eats fish, yet it never touches the water beyond its bill tip.
Canadian Vocational Training has supported civil and military needs since inception. By May 30 this year enrolment reached 346,329 with 222,642 in industry, 114,786 as tradesmen in the forces, 3,528 in rehabilitation training and 5,373 as university students.
After fourteen years of research a British spun glass fabric is demonstrated in a London hotel lounge. John Boyd says postwar production of household fabrics is planned. The material resists dirt, is fireproof mildew proof rot proof and sunproof. It can be cut stitched and woven with existing equipment.
The Chicago Sun argues two key facts for postwar air travel. The United States must be a full partner in foreign routes with reciprocity, allowing equitable participation by others. Concrete trade and commerce issues should guide cooperation, as seen in Bretton Woods style monetary agreements, shaping both temporary route allocations and permanent international aviation machinery.
A Winterton committee report envisions a fresher brighter Commons in Whitehall after the war with a cost exceeding 780000 pounds. The replacement chamber will keep the same dimensions as the old one and improve acoustics seating and ventilation while maintaining intimate debate. It will feature a warm outdoor atmospheric heating system and retain the old chamber’s controversial form. The ancient Indian preference for popcorn is noted as a cultural aside with a shaped earthenware implement.
Question and official reply cover notice to vacate for farm housing used by workers, restrictions on rental under wartime regulations, and when to use new ration book five. Also clarifies Jersey milk fat content rules and how to obtain pamphlets from Wartime Prices and Trade Board offices.
A humorous scrapbook of household quips and lighthearted exchanges. The mini dialogue features Mrs Richards and friends debating a baby’s gift, a playful jab about a money box and an electric iron, plus quick anecdotes and humor from a social gathering.
Scientists and factory workers in the Dominion developed a portable still to extract fresh water from the sea for castaways. The device also includes a fish grill and a pressure cooker for dehydrated foods, uses a non explosive solid fuel that burns without liquefying to reduce fire risk.
Postmaster General W. P. Mulock says overseas Christmas mail from Canada will exceed last year’s total and fill a train over six miles long. He assures timely parcels for the soldiers. In other news, Brazilian natives reportedly drink 10 to 20 cups of coffee daily.
Statistics show Northern Ireland tillage area up 78 percent from 1939 to 1944. England and Wales rise 69 percent while Scotland grows 46 percent. Cattle numbers are at a record high but other livestock have fallen.
Active army soldiers will wear the general service badge on their great coat sleeves as well as tunics this winter, announced from headquarters of Military District No. 6. Previously the badge was worn only on tunics.
The text notes bees can distinguish brightness levels of colors but cannot see red, and mentions the Braille alphabet first published in 1829. This reflects early observations in color perception and tactile writing systems, with entities including bees and Braille.
Estimates show the 1944 sugar beet crop rising to 608000 tons nationwide, up 28 percent from 1943. Quebec adds 55000 tons from a new growing area. Southwestern Ontario reaches 125000 tons. Alberta up to 338000 tons, offsetting a Manitoba decrease from September floods. Ontario lifting begins early October with only Wallaceburg to operate.
Clement Attlee told the Commons that Great Britain will support The Netherlands in seeking compensation from Germany for Dutch wartime damage. He said The Netherlands reserves the right to claim a suitable part of adjoining Prussian territory to be ceded or brought within its economic orbit, on a provisional or permanent basis.
Sixty seven Japanese residents left British Columbia in October to seek permanent work east of the Rockies. The BC Security Commissions report shows departures by province totaling Alberta six Saskatchewan two Manitoba fifteen Ontario forty and Quebec four.
Archaeologists report the tower in the Chal dean city of Ur, located in lower Mesopotamia, has completely disappeared, leaving researchers to seek clues about its former height purpose and fate.
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