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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 30, 1944
Page
5
Frank R. Perry of Los Angeles unveils the Perrymobile a light four cylinder car using compressed air and vapor from a green liquid as motive power. He claims 60 miles per gallon equivalent and top speeds above 70 mph with blueprints available.
Canadian railway workers from the First Canadian Army Railway Operating Group bring heavy transport to Allied lines in France. They repair old equipment, maintain an efficient system with blockhouses and teletype communications, and oversee a line that moves four times the volume of prewar Canadian railways.
Forty Maltese residents vow to maintain the graves of 40 Canadians who died defending Malta. The effort links Maltese families with Canadian next of kin, via photo exchanges and ongoing flowers. Sponsored by the Maltese Society of Toronto, a Malta Association sub-committee will oversee the burial plot on the island fortress.
A Boston Post report describes a new chemical treatment for fibers used in war, claiming silk stockings will be run proof. The process relies on submicroscopic grains of silica to keep fibres in place, preventing slips and extending wear. Men’s suits would resist wrinkling and shine, retaining creases.
Don Bell of Toronto, observer with the Royal Air Force dam buster squadron, spent three years with the unit and stated in Toronto that the squadron knew the D‑Day date for five weeks and trained five weeks for it.
Allied air strikes crippled German synthetic oil plants cutting fuel for robot bombs and V-2 rockets. Recon photos show Ruhr factories destroyed or damaged as the Air Ministry notes high fuel use in vengeance weapons. A V-2 rocket reportedly consumes about 2 506 gallons per minute, totaling 12 500 gallons for a five minute flight delivering one to two tons of explosive.
The piece notes perspex developments for planes gun turrets and medical and dairy uses, including violins and clari nets from the by-product. It highlights a Welsh airwoman Mary Griffiths serving with Sir Sholto Douglas and a Canadian sergeant’s lighter found among German prisoners.
The sixteenth century Last Judgment known as the Doom Picture, hung in Gloucester Cathedral, was destroyed during the February little blitz in London. Painted about 1540, it was an early English wood panel work decorated with Bible quotation scrolls and measured 11 by 9 feet.
An international group led by V. Korenchevsky at Oxford University believes normal human life can exceed 100 years. Working on a three year, 12000 pound grant from Lord Nuffield, the team seeks biological causes of premature aging. They warn results may take decades but plan to share details on their approach to the aging problem.
A Kensington woman confronts a warden who claims an upper window shows light. She corrects him, calling the glow an incendiary bomb and warns that she and her sister will put it out if disturbed. The report cites a wartime Kensington precedent and notes a Kensington justice amid Hampstead boast.
A collection of brief aphorisms on love faith and selflessness from authors including Washington Irving Martin Luther Spencer Mary Baker Eddy Eleanor L Hervey and Leighton. The items praise love as charitable enduring and universal and urge belief and simple faithful conduct.
A young Windsor woman exploited previous loan thrift to add an extra $50 bond in the Seventh Victory Loan drive. She recalled she had not clipped coupons from earlier bonds, cashed $51 the next day, and reinvested in another $50 bond.
A note on how the number four carries bad luck in Japan due to its homophone for death. The superstition appears in cultural practices, building design, and event planning where the digit is avoided or replaced.
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