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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1940
Page
5
Arthur Wauters argues that Britain will prevail despite German victories. He cites British resilience, aerial defenses, naval reach, and Allied unity, while debunking German propaganda. He invokes Belgium, Cardinal Mercier, Burgomaster Max, King Albert, and refugees as symbols of democratic endurance.
Percy Whitebread and his wife Evelyn, amateur wireless operators in Winnipeg, run a free night school from their two room flat for youths aiming to join the war services. Since last October they have graduated 45 students and new classes form every five weeks. Trainees range from elevator operators to future Royal Canadian Air Force wireless operators. Fuzzy Harrison travels 30 miles from Starbuck to attend, and all pupils are asked only to send photos when in uniform. Air mail service between Shanghai and Canton has been established by Japan.
Canada ships two cockerels and six pullets of the Record of Performance stock to South Africa at 25 and 15 dollars each. The deal follows other sales to British Guiana and Trinidad and underscores RO P breeding's export growth and high egg production despite tropical acclimatization.
Mrs Winston Churchill, touring damaged wards in her husband’s constituency, visited a school housing 150 homeless and learned the lunch choice was “bombed chicken” made from air raid casualties. The piece also mentions a Phoenix firm Aziz producing sun stoves.
The Red Cross drive in Saskatchewan reports larger and more numerous donations than last year with strong wheat contributions. Kincaid and Springwater each sent a carload, Sceptre raised 1284.65 from wheat, and donors from towns and city branches show growing support as Dr Routley praises national confidence in the Canadian Red Cross.
Reports say civilian aliens interned in Canada at Britain's request are being released in batches as their cases are reviewed by the British home office. Some may be returned to England while Canada merely holds them at Britain's request. No release figures are disclosed.
Pattern 6797 offers a sewing guide for a Sunbonnet Sue rag doll with clothes and material lists. Send 20 cents to the Household Arts Department in Winnipeg for the pattern and directions, noting no Alice Brooks pattern book exists.
The article honors British coastwise seamen who run small vessels between ports despite German air, submarine and mine threats. It notes their vital role in distributing coal and food, easing rail delays, and supporting Britain's war effort, while they resist glamour and publicity.
American inventor Harry N Atwood of Greenfield New Hampshire claims plastic planes can power Britain war effort using waste from British Columbia wood and plastic mills. He says one plane can be built daily, reaching 90 planes in 30 days, with cost about 6000 dollars per complete aircraft. He attaches to Alex Johnson of Vancouver Sales and Appraisals, noting a new all steel 1250 horsepower motor and a 1000 dollar plastic plane core. The process uses two layers of wood with a thermoplastic core, forming a strong surface resistant to hammer blows. Atwood has worked on this for 20 years since building his first plane in 1920.
Diego Rivera compares Mussolini Hitler and Stalin, citing figures for executions and imprisonments. He notes Stalin’s published totals exclude five million starving, and mentions Chile imports rising and a statement about potatoes forming a quarter of world food excluding the Orient. The text ends with a 1666 Canadian census reference.
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