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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1940
Page
4
The Toronto Telegram notes Collier’s aviation editor W. B. Courtney cites a German officer who claims German planes are expendable and stripped to minimal essentials. The piece argues personnel losses reveal a flaw in the Reichs aviation theory and questions the blitzkrieg aerial strategy.
The Toronto Telegram argues Ireland will gain freedom only while Britain survives. It says Ireland depends on Britain for security and for a market for farm produce, noting its past scorn of Britain and warning that Ireland’s welfare hinges on others’ sacrifices in the war.
Partners of Jefferson Woodmearking Co. questioned why Black workers whitewashed company property in Louisville. One Black worker recalled the president paid him $5 in advance seven years ago, same day he faced a serious incident and has been in jail since.
Writer W H Hogg recalls how Canadian papers framed the last war and the current struggle. The piece contrasts August 1915 headlines of air raids and casualties with modern recruiting efficiency, wartime cartoons, and reflections on leaders like J L Ralston and icons such as Mussolini and Hitler as depicted by cartoonists.
After 693 experiments British chemists announce a sulphonamide drug to combat streptococcal diseases in cattle. The drug, named M and B 685, stems from coal tar dye research and shows promise against bovine mastitis equine pneumonia and contagious abortion.
Workers in many factories enjoy concerts in canteens during lunch and sometimes midnight. Rachmaninoff and Chopin recitals accompany work, with output reportedly rising 6 to 12 percent. A British study notes music can reduce fatigue and combat boredom, though rhythm must suit the task.
A neutral traveler in Lisbon recounts that P. G. Wodehouse and his wife are prisoners in their Le Touquet villa. Germans forbid Wodehouse from leaving. Mrs Wodehouse may shop but not travel beyond the market. planes bomb the nearby airfield at night. a neighboring Irishwoman, Mrs Lemberg, likewise enjoys neutrality but cannot speak to men.
The Admiralty reports German airmen thwarted a Royal Navy rescue of four German airmen who baled out of a bomber. Three drifters and a motor torpedo boat were attacked by German aircraft, with no drifter casualties and four torpedo boat crew lightly wounded.
A new device counts stars on photographic plates unlocking long laborious work and promising insights into star distribution and the universe's structure. Paraguay reports a record sugar crop of 10,000 metric tons last year.
The ancient Chinese punished exporting silkworms and related materials, while Eskimo dinner etiquette requires guests to take leftovers to show appreciation. A Dutch motorist in Singapore before the war claimed 300000 miles seeking happiness without success.
Nearly 400 highly skilled technicians refugees from Europe offer services to the Australian Commonwealth Government to support the Empire war against Nazism. Among them are 20 aircraft technicians 50 engineers and 250 electrical engineers. On better roads faster travel raises higher accident rates.
Scotland Yard opens a new 10 story extension at the Embankment site creating 50 000 square feet of space over three years of construction. The criminal record office will be the first to move in with 60 staff and a vast file archive of every major English criminal dating back seven decades. The war delayed completion and occupancy to a later date.
The Technology Review cites diet as a major influence on workers' health and performance. Case studies show balanced meals improve fitness and disease resistance, while adequate salt intake from pretzels helps heat tolerance. Five meals daily increased output by about 10 percent versus three meals.
In a critique reported by the New York Times, Nazi officials including Herr Funk and Colonel Lindbergh are cited asserting that the rich grow richer as the poor grow poorer. The piece disputes the logic, arguing Germany’s boast of economic equality is hollow and notes Germany’s aggressive expansion alongside other powers.
The London Spectator notes Canada enriches English with a new term embus meaning to embark by bus. A Canadian soldiers photo shows troops in the act of embussing and later debussing, likening it to boarding ships and debarking. The piece playfully links embus with related verbs bunk, debunk.
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