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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 26, 1942
Page
2
Canadians over subscribed the Victory Loan raising more than two hundred million dollars above the 750 million dollar goal. The campaign drew many first time buyers and occurred as Allied offensives in Egypt and North Africa began, reaffirming faith in the United Nations war effort.
Officials credit widespread voluntary service across Canada for the success of the bond loan drive. Canadian entertainers and U S personalities joined efforts to keep the loan before the public. Churches press and many busy men and women canvassed homes and offices, contributing to Canada's war effort and the loan’s success.
A plea asks buyers of war savings bonds to treat them as a wartime trust and keep them unless extreme necessity requires cash. Paying heed supports the war effort and future economic stability. Canadians backed the drive by over subscribing the target with the slogan Nothing Matters Now But Victory.
A practical guide urges simple cooking to save vitamins in foods. It lists nine rules such as minimal water, covered pots, no baking soda, starting vegetables in hot water, and serving cooking liquids in soups. It also notes refrigerate produce and hoe to minimize vitamin loss. request a vitamin chart by mail.
A church bell from St. Mary's Roman Catholic parish in Phoenix was placed on a downtown sidewalk for a metal drive. A sign on the bell read I ve praised the Lord, now I go to make some ammunition.
Report from Nase Noviny in London cites a Czech escapee describing boys climbing public buildings to cut out swastikas and leave round holes. Guards patrol locations but no culprits have been identified.
The Canadian Women's Army Corps sends 109 personnel from Ste. Anne de Bellevue to an eastern port led by Capt Frances Riley and Lieut Gloria Queen-Hughes. Additional CWAC members move to Washington and the British Army staff. Parachute troops receive extra pay and officers and men volunteering for training gain the daily boost. Defense Minister Ralston names Cadieux Associate Director of Information French for the Army and promotes several officers. Electricity conservation drives nationwide actions at National Defence Headquarters.
The Canadian Army implements a comprehensive tire management program across camps, stations, and drill areas. Tire maintenance, recapping, and strict removal for wear extend tire life, with recapping used repeatedly while retreading is obsolete.
A compact collection of quotations on faith love and service from Christ Jesus General Sir Douglas Haig Benjamin Franklin Mary Baker Eddy T L Cuyler Washington Gladden and others. The notes urge belief action devotion demonstration and Christian character as pathways to peace and social hope.
A compact recipe card featuring two cookie varieties. First, fig drop cookies with dried figs corn flakes and vanilla. bake 400F for 10 to 12 minutes yields about 2 1/4 dozen cookies. Second, bran spice cookies use honey butter bran cinnamon cloves allspice bake 350F for about ten minutes yields five dozen cookies.
A mobile mess hall in Toronto’s mill 2 depot serves seven thousand men per minute with seating and feeding on a wheeled service. The unit, part of a vast new mess hall district, is described as the empire’s largest eating place with tables around the kitchen center and food delivered on wheeled wagons.
A lengthy roll of graduates from No 5 Air Observer School Winnipeg and No 3 Bombing and Gunnery School MacDonald includes dozens of names with home towns across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and Ontario. The list features observers gunners and LAC ranks with locations such as Dauphin Newdale Winnipe g Saskatoon Regina Medicine Hat and Calgary reflecting a broad Commonwealth training program during the war.
The article describes Christmas seals as a means to help many unfortunate people regain health and happiness, supporting medical aid and welfare during the season.
Scientists estimate the atmosphere extends at least 625 miles above the Earth, though precise altitude remains uncertain.
Neal O’Hara notes that Pope Innocent VIII reportedly received blood transfusions from three youthful volunteers in 1492. The effort failed, likely due to lack of blood typing and crude infusion methods, yet the idea echoes through medical history.
Home Service advert promotes a 32 page guide titled Making Plants and Flowers Grow Indoors. It lists easy care for Chinese evergreen philodendron dracaena sansevieria azalea cyclamen and more. Send 15c for a copy to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union.
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