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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
6
A comic strip villain named Curly Crisp tries to steal a large Grape-Nuts Flakes package. The hero notes the cereal’s nutrition from two grains and its crisp, toasted texture. The exchange ends with the thief warned to surrender the package.
Queensland State customs officers report seizing drugs worth enough to affect Brisbane's 350,000 residents this year. Nar cotics were found concealed in cameras tanks logs clothing personal effects and even false teeth.
A report notes wheat has become more popular than rice in north China, reflecting dietary shifts and regional preferences. The change highlights evolving agriculture and consumer habits in the region.
Knud Kristensen, former prime minister of Denmark, is seen carrying his lunch in a parcel at a government building, a habit common in Copenhagen. The piece notes Denmark’s rationing system for butter sugar coffee tea and bread, contrasts with government meals, and describes meat and vegetable availability and shorter queues compared with Britain.
The article notes quills as writing tools appearing by the seventh century. It mentions historical context and the enduring role of quills in writing practices across early periods.
A scrambled crossword style puzzle list includes horizontal and vertical clues with mixed language hints and partial phrases. The read items cover animals plants metals places and common words, resembling a puzzle column with scattered answers and incomplete entries.
German prisoners aided in removing a 2400 pound German bomb found in Southampton in 1942. The March of Dimes reported 1946 donations of 15982150 dollars. Lincolnshire sheep breeding suffers as weekends deter shepherds. Sydney spends about 1600000 to demolish wartime air raid shelters. Russia postpones end of bread rationing to next year. Ronald Carrol of Liverpool earned praise for a 60 foot rescue dive aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Toronto veterans return armed from overseas duty as firearms totals are tallied. M Ernest Bone, Toronto native and first Canadian auto driver, dies. Traffic safety in 1945 cited 121 deaths and 470 injuries at crossings.
The Daily Express reports Britain will spend 20 million pounds or 80 million dollars to build rocket research stations over the next three years with annual running costs around 10 million pounds. Research aims include guided anti air craft missiles and long range defensive rockets, plus funds for trans Atlantic passenger rockets and potential inter planetary ships. Volcanic dust is used for insulation.
In the Khyber Pass near Peshawar the British Indian army keeps constant alert with hidden gun positions forts and barbed wire to deter invasions from Afghanistan. Officials say the frontier fortress is a bulwark though the area is usually quiet and historically violent.
Princeton astronomer Dr John Q Stewart warns sun spots will disrupt radio and telegraph across the globe for at least another year. He notes cycles span about 11 years and these solar storms may cause widespread electronic havoc and even Arctic conditions if the sun becomes a single giant spot.
A friend teased Churchill for his habit of barely catching trains. Mrs. Churchill quips that he is “such a sports man” who always gives the train a chance to get away.
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