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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
4
Australian veterans describe the Japanese as a wily foe in Milne Bay's August action. They recall ear shattering noise tactics, fake surrender plays, and trojan tricks like playing dead to ambush advancing troops. The fighting left both sides taking prisoners with no quarter.
The British completed the missing Syrian link enabling a London to Cairo rail journey once peace returns. The line will serve military traffic during the war but be ready for general use in peacetime. The route connects Britain through France Switzerland Italy Yugoslavia Bulgaria Greece Turkey Syria Palestine to Egypt with cross Channel and Istanbul straits crossings.
A letter addressed to the smallest town in Nova Scotia was found at the Halifax dead letter office and quickly redirected to Hantsport, a town incorporated with a population of 895.
Anthony Di Giovanni of Bound Brook New Jersey donated his barber chair to a scrap salvage campaign as a salvage truck approached his shop and he received his 1-A classification. He told the crew to take the chair away.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board official warns that consumer waste harms the war effort. Each unnecessary purchase wastes materials, machines, and manpower vital to arming and feeding soldiers. Allies endure hunger while civilians idolize comforts. victory requires an all-out civilian effort in kitchens and factories.
Eye specialists warn that wearing sunglasses for long periods in low light can reduce light tolerance and cause discomfort in moderate illumination. They advise choosing quality absorptive lenses and trying pairs outside on the sidewalk to ensure suitability for beach, snow, and bright days. The piece also notes London's display of the world's smallest camera, using a watchmaker's jewel as a lens.
The New York Herald Tribune praises Stalingrad as the defining symbol of Russia’s resistance in World War II. It credits the city’s brutal, concentrated battle for embodying courage and endurance, noting how defenders’ resolve costs the invaders time and buys victory for the Allies.
Fishermen report unusually good coalfish catches in Norway this year though they can’t sail far out. They were compelled to deliver most of their catch to German agents under wartime restrictions.
Eleanor Katz, formerly a clothes designer, becomes a pioneering figure at a New York diamond tool research company. She starts by sorting and setting rough stones, then moves through casting and assorting to supervise three new workers, examining each gem under a high magnification to detect flaws before production peaks at Christmas.
Very Little To Ask Byrne Hope Sanders, head of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board consumer branch, asks Canadian women to forego serving tea coffee and sugar at afternoon and club events. She mails the appeal to presidents of national women’s groups urging support for reducing usage and finding substitutes as the new club season opens.
U S naval experts report Japan built 16 or 17 submarines capable of carrying seaplanes, with incendiary bombing potential on Oregon forests. Submarine hangars hinder performance and crash-diving speed, making such aircraft a limited threat. No German or British counterparts reported.
Dr. F W Fabian a research professor of bacteriology at Michigan State College studies American grown extracts for pickle making as substitutes for Far East spices. He experiments with peppermint wintergreen spearmint orange grape and apple extracts with some already in use by pickle manufacturers.
Philip T. Rogers of Vancouver, head of Canadian Sugar Factories, Ltd., announced at Lethbridge that for the first time in Alberta beet sugar history there will be no refined sugar carry-over at the factories this year. He added no Alberta sugar will be sent to Eastern Canada. The second note states that marble coloring comes from impurities, while pure marble is snow-white.
Gen Sir Walter Venning, resigning as Quartermaster General, details British Army supply feats. He cites daily spend of £3,000,000 for about 750,000 items and a jump in ammunition output from under 5,000 to over 50,000 tons weekly. He notes 8.5 million blankets and 20 million pairs of socks issued in the last year, 26 miles of rail laid in a week, and 576 locomotives plus 9,000 freight cars dispatched to the Middle East. The Dunkirk evacuation moved 350,000 men. in June 1940 over 2,000 special trains ferried more than 750,000 soldiers. Venning's successor is former deputy QMG now GOC in Southern India.
Harold Nicholson argues in The Spectator that Nazi policy starves Europe not from lack of food but by converting fats and crops into munitions. He contends Goering’s “guns and butter” policy uses wine and alcohol for war and that occupied Europe’s food is redirected to war production, not to feed civilians. The blockade aims to starve German war material rather than civilians.
A 19th century practice allows farm horses to perform more labor during peak season. Nighttime grazing affects stamina and workload capacity, enabling greater daytime productivity for teams of draft horses.
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