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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 14, 1941
Page
7
A collection of humorous vignettes and quips from a Scottish town and other settings. A pastor seeks bell funds, a Scotsman offers a whistle idea for a steam church, and items include a library joke and a singer’s price quote. Beecher quips close the page with a wry church anecdote.
Officials of the office of production management forecast a U S paper shortage for books and magazines, with readers seeing yellowish hues due to reduced chlorine bleaching. Newspapers largely safe, Canadian newsprint capacity underused, and imports from Norway cut as demand soars to 48.5 million tons in 1941 from 16.3 million in 1940.
Meteorological records from Central Experimental Farm Ottawa show the spring of 1941 was the driest since records began 51 years earlier. Field Husbandry Division notes the extreme dryness.
The YWCA reports active service worldwide despite conflict. Staff in Beirut stay as long as possible while Istanbul centre operates at capacity and Geneva staff cycle to work. Nurses in Palestine and Shanghai, a Nile houseboat gift to British YWCA, and desert recreation huts funded by the Maharajah of Darbhanga are noted.
Pioneer method known as old time bees brings farmers together after gypsum plant shifts. Men work two hours daily at another farm while wives provide community suppers. The plan aims to harvest crops on time amid labor shortages and may inspire similar efforts elsewhere.
The association runs huts, clubs, and canteens for W A N S and A T S and for military nurses in 144 locations, supporting women’s service under His Majesty's forces.
The B F Goodrich Company reports a new self sealing airplane fuel hose to connect fuel tank cells and engine supercharger systems. It uses a synthetic rubber resistant to oil and gasoline, building on earlier self sealing tank tech.
The curing of concrete happens rapidly in the first week or ten days and needs moisture. Keep every new concrete surface covered from sun and wind and wet down twice daily for at least a week to avoid cracks. If freezing is possible, heat sand gravel and water before mixing and protect the work from cold until it is thoroughly set.
The final of 14 inmates who escaped from the Ohio State Reformatory was captured in Freedom Pennsylvania, ending a large breakout that stretched over several days.
Answers cover who pays bridesmaids gowns with exceptions for wealth, hostess dining pace, tipping a check room attendant ten cents, removing potato centers by hand not knife, host obligations for golf party including balls caddies and refreshments, and both spouses not required to write together delivery of thanks including the host.
War Services Minister Thorson says about 70 000 British and Commonwealth prisoners of war. Canadian Red Cross packing increases due to more prisoners and packing difficulties in the United Kingdom. Boxes packed in Toronto hold 16 food items totaling 2 070 calories and weighing 1 ¾ pounds each, costing about $2 50.
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