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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 27, 1945
Page
7
A violent, darkly comic tale centers on Mulvaney and his one-eyed sea gull Gully. After years of tension the bird’s loyalty shifts at a Oak Park gambling joint when Gully recognizes Mulvaney and mauled gang member Acklin confesses.
Mulvaney explains a daylight robbery on State Street involved a gull with a previously broken wing. He suspects a clever crook used the scene to distract crowds while committing the crime. Ellen negotiates with Mike over keeping the gull and life with her, while a costly exotic fish purchase ends in comic chaos.
A jumble of small town notes recalls road delays from 13 tire blowouts near Whitehall Sask to a wasp sting on a Duncan B C reporter. Clippers of luck include a fox bounty near Woodstock Ontario and a 14 inch jack fish at Little Smoky Alberta. A Len Ritmiller near Estevan Sask suffers injuries after a near miss with a train. Historic cuff links vanish in a cucumber patch and reappear in a cake search. A Kamloops fire truck backfires igniting tar and a rescure device is praised by Port Alberni fire chiefs. A Kingston NS discussion urges home discipline over schools and church. Rural Canada pushes for small industry as MacEachern mill in Wetaskiwin marks 27 years of calls to work.
Smith Brothers and Wilson of Saskatoon win the contract to erect the first unit of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool project. The 21 acre industrial site will host a vegetable oil plant as the initial phase of a $2.5 million program that will later include a flour mill, glycol plant, starch and glucose facility, and a 500000 bushel grain elevator.
The London Daily Sketch cites a Kuala Lumpur dispatch reporting millions of dollars in rubber trees and processing machinery destroyed by the Japanese in Malaya. Tin and lumber also suffer serious impairment, with the report stressing wartime disruption to key resources. Sailors' neckerchiefs are noted as originally designed for slings or tourniquets.
A whale shark, the largest living fish, is described as harmless and nonconfrontational when captured by fishermen, according to local marine notes.
A. G. Sinclair district supervisor in the Canadian National Railways says alfalfa seed production is developing at Hudson Bay Junction. Three carloads shipped to Moscow returned local growers $66,000, indicating growing export activity and substantial local benefit.
The Special Products Board, created April 15 1941, regulates export of farm products excluding bacon and dairy. By March 31 1945 its shipments to Britain and allies included 28,883,706 lb dried egg powder and 21,933,030 dozen shell eggs, plus dressed poultry to the U S and large volumes of dehydrated vegetables flax fibre seeds and certified potatoes to multiple countries. Board members are officials from Agriculture and Trade and Commerce.
The Montreal Gazette discusses British children who were wartime guests in Canada and the United States. It argues their five year exchange shaped trans Atlantic relations while noting most will not seek immediate settlement in North America. It stresses their future role in interpreting each side to the other and guiding postwar ties.
Anne Adams patterns offer pattern 4586 for a misses apron suitable for everyday wear and even a grain or feed bag. Available in small medium and large with fabric yardages listed and price twenty cents per pattern. Orders to Anne Adams Pattern Dept Winnipeg Newspaper Union 175 McDermot Ave E Winnipeg Man Maes.
General George S Patton rode a white horse seized by German forces from a Vienna riding school. The horse, once meant as a gift to Hirohito, was confiscated by Germans, later liberated by American troops, and returned.
D M McRae administrator reports the first million dollars in loans has been issued by chartered banks to farmers under the Farm Improvement Loans Act. Uses include water supply dugouts in Alberta pre fabricated houses in Saskatchewan and tobacco kilns in Ontario. Most loans so far are for farm implements with building construction and repair expected to rise as materials and labor become available.
Cereal crumbs offer ready sources for fine and coarse crumbs for croquettes chops and fried seafood or pie shells. Coarse crumbs extend meat and patties while toppings for casseroles cakes and berry pies benefit from corn flakes. The piece gives yields from corn flakes and all wheat flakes plus a Honey Crumb Pie Shell recipe with corn flakes honey and butter baked at 325 degrees for ten minutes.
India and China establish a direct long-distance link with a pole line about 1 750 miles from Calcutta to Kunming, completing a telephone system extending from Karachi through Burma into China.
Kingston Whig-Standard argues Canada can keep the British bacon market by countering Danish shipments with truthful publicity. It notes wartime quality suffered due to rapid expansion and transport limits, Britain’s demand for food, and occasional gifts of Canadian bacon. Longer-term goals include improved quality and faster shipping to hold the market.
The University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture announces a two year practical agriculture course for young farmers. Admission requires 17 years of age, grade 8 education, and one year farming experience. Classes run Oct 31 1945 to Mar 23 1946 with scholarships available. Inquiries to The Dean. Saskatoon.
New Orleans based Southern regional research laboratory of the Department of Agriculture reports an acetylated cotton cloth that resists rot and mildew. Treated cloth and thread stayed strong after buried six months to a year, while ordinary cloth disintegrated in a week. Sandbags survived two years outdoors with the material showing no discoloration or odor and is non toxic.
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