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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
4
The article explains the silage process from respiration to acid formation by bacteria. Corn provides sugars for acids. legumes and young grass also can be silaged without preservatives. For wartime access, see Pamphlet No. 66 from the Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa.
The piece recalls the smallpox outbreak in Glasgow and the long resistance to vaccination that began with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu introducing variolation to England in 1721. It criticizes anti vaccination as coarse and illiberal, noting fiery physician Dr Mosley and the social harm caused by opposition.
The Montreal Star argues that travel restrictions will affect millions by curbing motor use and train trips, noting the public must relearn to walk or stay home as gas and war measures bite. The piece underlines that ordinary mobility will be curtailed beyond food rationing, urging acceptance.
Copies of a Soviet newspaper circulated in White Russia have been found drifting on the Dnieper and other rivers in sealed bottles. Each paper carries the warning Read this and pass it on death to the Germans.
The New York Times account from Otto D. Tolischus and Robert T. Bellaire describes Japanese wartime brutality from Shanghai to Lourenco Marques. Refugees report torture and massacres of American and British captives, while inflation and shortages worsen daily life. Doom grows as conquest stalls.
Loss of French textile trade hit Bank of England note production as high grade linen rags relied on white shirts discarded by French workers. With English demand shifting to colored shirts, banknote producers faced uncertainty with no more shirts arriving from the Channel.
The Saturday Evening Post recounts a man’s vivid impressions of tank life. He highlights the tank’s noise, saying the steel armor amplifies engine sounds to a remarkable level, likening it to a mouse inside a kettle drum while the orchestra plays Finlandia.
The 1620 battle signaled Austria's long period of control over Bohemia beginning after the decisive clash in Bohemia.
Two mobile kitchen canteens presented to No 1 Fire Force of the National Fire Service in Sunderland England went into action at Hendon Paper Works. They served hot meals soon after arrival as firemen endured a 24 hour shift. The gifts were handed over by the Canadian Government Trade Commissioner. One canteen came from the Order of the Eastern Star of Toronto. the other from the citizens of Guelph and Wellington County Ontario.
Aeronautical Products of Detroit reportedly placed a German inflation era milliard-mark note in each absentee’s wage packet with an explanation that extra pay was a reward for missing a day of work. The note implies the money funds enemies and praises discipline, reflecting aggressive anti absenteeism tactics.
The central span of the famous Quebec bridge is the longest and heaviest in the world. It measures 640 feet in length with a 1,800 foot distance between piers, marking a monumental achievement for engineering.
The mystic Mohandas K Gandhi resides in a luxurious Aga Khan palace but complains about mosquito nets and handwoven khadi napkins. Guards limit movement as he maintains a routine of early rising, two mile walks, prayers, and reading the Quran while Muslim and Hindu thought mix in his life.
Snails maintain constant pace regardless of surface type as they glide on a slime trail. The slime band laid down during movement serves as their only friction and propulsion aid, enabling uniform speed on glass wood gravel or other materials.
The London Daily Sketch reports Want Turkish Railways is offering the Turkish Government immunity from interference if they break treaties and permit railway use for Nazi food shipments to the Middle East via Egypt and the Caucasus. Turkish leaders hint they cannot abandon treaties, while Nazi transport potential grows if Axis advances succeed.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson explains that pennies are not used as money in many Alaska communities and orders maximum prices adjusted to the nearest nickel. The guidance aims to standardize pricing amid regional monetary practices.
The Ottawa Journal notes the War Prices Board tea and coffee ration as a sacrifice, while Jamaica and other West Indian islands fear starvation as bananas and sugar vanish. It highlights displaced workers and looming unrest among native and white populations affected by wartime shortages.
Canadian army officers on the west coast receive a Pacific command order directing officers awaiting potential Japanese aggression to observe table manners. Butter knives stay on butter plates, multiple courses at once are forbidden, and lining up at the serving table is unnecessary to maintain proper mess conduct.
A child and mother share a comic moment about a theater crowd. The child recalls seeing “the biggest woman in the world” at the movies, but cannot name her, while noting the woman sat in front of them throughout the show.
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