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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1943
Page
6
Britain’s shipping authorities test freeresisting wooden lifeboats for merchant ships. Six Northern Rhodesian chiefs tried lying and expressed a wish to learn to drive those birds of war.
A home party guide promotes games for servicemen with a mixed music game demonstration. The leader mimics instruments while players imitate, and for any failure a forfeit is paid. The 32 page booklet offers brain and action games for all occasions and costs 15 cents plus mail for Winnipeg News Paper Union.
The Detroit Free Press lauds the Allied effort, citing the British Commonwealth of Nations as a living witness to valor. It notes only the Soviet Union and China have shown greater sacrifice to the common cause amid Axis invasion.
A Betty-Grebbish young spectator swoons as a rifle volley sounds. She bursts into tears, then seeks forgiveness from a soldier who consoles her. They move to watch the artillery.
An article lauds Edith M. Stern and her book Mental Illness: A Guide for the Family as a rational resource for families and health professionals. It notes stigma hampers care and urges wider distribution to nurses and physicians, with lists of U.S. hospitals and mental hygiene societies.
A 14 inch gun with 45 caliber indicates a bore diameter of 14 inches and a barrel length equal to 45 times that bore. This describes how naval artillery specifies size and barrel stretch in измерение.
Six years after a Canadian railway build, box cars 471901 and 471902 appeared together at a Winnipeg war plant loading platform. Experts say such a coincidence is unlikely to recur.
A Sunday School lesson stresses honoring parents as a core virtue for national stability. It cites Exodus 20 12 and Luke 2 48 51, noting the long life promise favors the community, not just individuals, and praises Jesus for honoring his earthly parents in the temple at age twelve.
The chuckwalla lizard whenever alarmed hides in a rock crevice and inflates its body to resist removal. The note urges readers to buy War Savings Stamps regularly as a public service reminder.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports Canadian high quality flax, noting iodine content. Across four varieties grown at 34 stations from Alaska to Mexico, Canada led or equaled other regions, surpassing most U.S. Great Plains and Northern Prairie flax. Argentine flax iodine also trails Canadian levels.
The Manchester Guardian notes Malta’s bells have resumed ringing loudly from twin steeples as explosions from maroons and crackers accompany the noise on many Sesta days. Uncontrolled bell ringers and youths cause the clashes, a scene described as unforgettable and barbaric.
Puzzle clues outline across and down entries with numerous short definitions and some obscured text. Readers are invited to fill in standard crossword answers including common nouns and names across themes, noting partial and damaged lines within the printed page format.
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