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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
7
The Minivers endure a fierce night of air raids with a dugout shelter full of makeshift comforts. After the blasts, damages to the home are severe but the family resolves to rebuild while Carol confesses love and fear of loss, urging lived moments over fear.
A collection of light verse and joke snippets features Pratt and a mule, a country bus chat, lovers, a stubborn expert, a dropped handkerchief, and family humor. A father jokes about his bald head while his daughter teases him for beach waves.
The excerpt presents Mrs Miniver consoling Carol as she declares devotion and fear of loss. Carol vows to cherish every moment with her beloved, while Mrs Miniver offers quiet support and a hopeful, but unresolved, emotional tone as the scene nears conclusion.
The Ottawa Journal notes the National War Labor Board’s demand for equal pay for equal work in war industries. It argues wage disparity rests on outdated views of women as weaker and breadwinners as men, but expects these beliefs to vanish by war’s end.
A 32 page Home Service booklet promises to boost speech and writing by listing common errors, providing correct forms, and explaining word meanings. Send coins for copy to Home Service Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man include name address and booklet title.
H G Foster of the Toronto Safety League told a Toronto service club that in 1941 Canada recorded 275 strikes causing 330000 man days lost, enough to build 60 medium bombers. He estimated Ontario home and farm accidents killed or injured 60304 people that year.
An order limits production of essential car parts in Canada to 70 percent of 1941 levels. Distributors may stock 60 days east 490 days west, and consumers must return replaced parts to scrap within 30 days. Mail orders require certificates of intent and scrap disposal.
HMS Calliope marks 35 years of service as a base ship and recruiting depot. The vessel gained fame at launch by outriding a Samoa hurricane, and during the war served as a recruiting post through which 18 000 men passed.
A dense list of crossword entries across many clues with words and hints. The page shows scattered definitions including animals languages metals and directions, with many numeric markers and misspelled items.
Glasgow professor William Kerr at the Glasgow Royal Technical College solved the singing bronze propeller problem in a single night. After redesigning the blades and reshaping the propeller on a 10,000-ton ship, tests on the Clyde showed no sound, ending the menace to ships and aiding anti submarine efforts.
Australian war losses total 28 251 with 7 667 captured in the Middle East mainly in Greece and Crete and 16 286 taken prisoner or lost in Malaya. The figures cover missing in action and enemy captures across multiple theaters.
The World Jewish Congress reports mass killings by Nazis estimating about 1,000,000 dead among six million Jews in Nazi occupied territories. The statement pledges rehabilitation and justice for victims, echoing a London Times report.
Sub-Lt. George E. Burrell 23 Calgary RCN VR promoted to command his ship. He is believed to be the first lower deck rating to rise to command a sea going fighting ship in the Canadian navy. A peacocks tail consists of 18 feathers.
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