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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
3
Lord Woolton announces more chocolate and candies for the public while reducing domestic marmalade sugar. No special sugar for home marmalade. milk and bread supplies remain steady despite bombings. He warns rats destroy up to 40 million pounds of food yearly and launches a nationwide rat-killing campaign to compel public action.
British travelers arriving in an east coast Canadian port report eggs as gold and scarce on British tables. They note Canada shipped over 10,000,600 dozen eggs to the United Kingdom this year versus a normal 1,000,000 dozen, guessing eggs are in storage.
R. E. Cuhney, previously Assistant Manager and Credit Manager at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, is appointed Manager of the Canadian National Railways Jasper Park Lodge in the Rockies, announced by J. Van Wyck, General Manager of Hotels for the National System.
Railroad Magazine reports Canada and the United States see faster passenger service with 997 to 1,226 miles per hour mile-a-minute runs daily, a 23 percent rise. The expansion stems mainly from overall inter-city service improvements rather than a single system's speed boost.
Quick tips include tightening a loose chair rung by splitting ends and driving in small wooden wedges. For steel nickel polish mix turpentine sweet oil and emery powder, apply and buff. To water hanging plants without dripping use a porous cup from a used battery cell. Bend a dustpan handle and insert a broom handle to reduce stopping. To stiffen a wrinkling rug dissolve glue in warm water and paint the back, drying outdoors.
A series of etiquette questions answered by Roberta Lee. It covers carrying a partner’s packages, cutting in during a dance, hosting table carving, introducing a lady to a president or ruler, diagnosing excessive criticism of family, and glass filling norms. Answers indicate practical social guidelines and standards of politeness.
The page blends humorous courtroom quips with a light health note. A Canton deputy clerk mistakes a consent mark, a magistrate jokes about Pat, and a doctor discusses vitamin enriched bread while acknowledging public taste.
A touring car slows to pass an ox wagon driven by an old man. A quick witted rider jokes about Rip Van Winkle and a five wheeled automobile. The elder retorts that the fifth wheel is for steering as the party heckles playfully.
Dr. Frederick T. Tisdall told the Health League of Canada that adding vitamin B1 to bread could boost health and vigor in wartime. He noted Canada and Britain have or will supplement bread, while the U S and Ottawa work on similar steps. He warned that lowering vitamin B1 below 500 international units increases nervousness and fretfulness. The discussion argues the refining of white flour loses most grain vitamins.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, predicts Arctic air lines will connect Europe, America and Asia. He flew Edmonton to Montreal via Trans-Canada Air Lines after a month in Alaska and cites better average Arctic flying conditions than the North Atlantic.
Hard maple yellow birch beech oak and hickory rank among the best Canadian woods for fuel with a cord and one quarter of any of them near the heating value of a ton of anthracite coal. Dry wood heats better and prevents pipe fouling. seasoned wood under one year should not be used and wood should be cut to suitable lengths to aid seasoning.
War conditions cut Russia Scandinavia and Baltic imports so Ontario peat moss finds a new US market. Florists gardeners and horticulturists use peat to improve soil and pack roses and hot house plants. Canada has 37 000 square miles of peat bogs with Welland Muskoka regions highlighted as growth sites. Frelan Wilford joins Alberta Swine Breeders board after a Calgary show with top bacon hog prizes.
Scientists widen the view of the universe noting new telescope aids bring distant objects within range. Several stars near the sun have been added to the list of its neighbors, two emitting less than one ten thousandth of the sun’s light. Vitamin C may be produced by sunlight, as tomato plants show a drop in vitamin C without light and a rebound once light returns.
Dr. Cecil T. Lane of Yale University and McGill staff has built a machine said to cut both time and cost to produce liquid helium. McGill physicists note helium liquefies near absolute zero, making the process historically difficult.
The all inclusive Canadian National Railways System reported gross revenues for the week ending December 14, 1940 at 4,949,721, up from 4,290,358 in the same period of 1939 a gain of 659,363 or about 15.4 percent.
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