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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
5
Trade Minister Keane announced Australians will get one pound of sugar per week. A national scheme aims to boost vegetables as acres under cultivation rise to historic highs. Other notes include Dutch support for the RAF and new Canadian division for wartime priorities headquartered in Ottawa.
Flying doctors and medical officers trained as pilots will be introduced into the Royal Air Force to closely study flying strain and other diseases unique to airmen, enabling improved medical oversight during operations.
Jeanne Anderson of London Ontario found 51 four-leaf clovers in a back yard search and also collected three five-leaf and two six-leaf clovers as extra curiosities.
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia said old cannons guns and tanks in New York parks will be gathered and sold as scrap to support war production. He urged mayors nationwide to reclaim park mementos as part of a broader national appeal arranged with officials Patterson and Somervill.
Britain plans to build four million houses after the war as peacetime housing. The Ministry of Health will shape homes by the preferences of future residents. Officials say public ideas are being gathered to guide construction.
Anne Adams Pattern 4123 offers a three quarter shirt frock with a wide pointed collar and toned bodice. Available in misses and women sizes 14 through 42, pattern 4123 requires é yards for size 16 and costs 20 cents with orders sent to the Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg.
Soldiers at Camp Robinson Arkansas abandoned a barren grass project after months of effort. They unearthed the concrete floor of an old shower room beneath the surface, revealing the previous structure at the site.
A vintage muffin recipe in concise form lists Mazda or Mazola oil, spices, corn syrup, egg, milk, flour, baking soda and salt. The method heats the oil with spices and syrup, cools, then blends in egg and milk, adds sifted dry ingredients, fills oiled muffin tins and bakes at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes yielding 12 muffins.
Recipe lists ingredients and steps for Cream Scones using Crown Brand Corn Syrup. Directions cover mixing dry ingredients with shortening eggs cream and syrup, forming a dough, rolling to half inch, cutting diamonds, glazing with milk and sugar, baking at 450 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes, then splitting and serving with raspberry jam. Yield 24 scones.
The Farmers Advocate notes sugar rationing threatens Canada's national dish as Duchess apples, famed for sauce, struggle due to unsweetened options. Apple sauce and pies rely on sugar, risking overall apple consumption this season as market and marketing issues rise.
Sunday school lesson highlights Joseph’s dream symbolism and family jealousy. It traces Joseph’s journey from the pit to Egypt, from his brothers’ plot to sell him to Potiphar, and notes Reuben’s failed rescue and Judah’s merciful choice.
The report describes Allied aircraft bombing Nazi factories and airfields over Western France in a routine raid. The text notes the operation as part of a larger air war and references dynamic newspaper English usage.
A Health Magazine review praises the industrial slide film Take Care Of Yourself for its human centered approach. Doctor and nurse explain rest, food, recreation, exercise, cleanliness and mental attitude through a factory worker named Jim facing a morning after excess. Further details available from the Health League of Canada secretary.
The writer argues that Germans must learn, in their own land, the meaning of war as a bitter medicine for lasting peace. It asserts that no true peace exists until nations, especially Germany, accept the sword’s consequence. The note adds that the Chinese originated silk porcelain tea printing and gun powder.
A reader rants about a man who takes the city newspaper but does not bring his home town paper home, ranking him top on the peeve list. The letter reflects local paper loyalty and community humor.
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