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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
7
Practical remedies for common chores and small problems. Ammonia in wash water freshens towels while harmless ant control advises corrosive sublimate and alum solutions. Tips cover perspirings hands with boracic acid lotion, drying brown sugar in a warm oven, and berry-stain removal with cornmeal and vinegar.
William Patrick Hitler twenty eight year old son of Adolf Hitler's half brother Alois is set to join the Royal Canadian Air Force. He came to the United States in March 1939 and was born in Liverpool. He trained in England as an accountant and lived in Germany until March 1938 before moving to this continent.
In a Hollywood wartime film, extras receive protection against playing German aviators until offered special pay for the “unpleasant” roles. The arrangement seeks to shield performers from discomfort while filming sensitive encounters related to the last war.
In a light nondescript scene a London employer tells staff wage cuts are coming and a junior clerk jokes his belt broke at the budget before last. Mrs Style seeks the latest hat while a shopman hints fashion is changing. Three boys boast of their fathers earnings from music authorship and sermons with a comic punchline.
British writer J B Priestley says women must assert themselves after the war. Fannie Hurst argues men bear a colossal failure and women have long fought for peace, though their efforts have yet to yield lasting peace.
A quip about car safety echoes a river rescue tale. A boy falls in while fishing and is saved by a kind old lady who stays with him until he is safe on the bank. The exchange underscores practical mishaps and quick help in the moment.
Three Canadian soldiers sleep in an English camp hear a terrific crash nearby. One asks if it is thunder or bombs. The reply is bombs, and the third jokes that they should be thankful for rain, recalling a Dunnville Chronicle cartoon caption about moths and moles.
Deputy minister D. J. Taylor recalls a warlike field mouse that attacked a young rabbit beside a bush near Toronto. The creature leaped onto the rabbit in its nest, biting deeply, with the rabbit sustaining severe injuries before the mouse vanished into a hole. The note also cites 1940 Britain marriage rate at 22.6 per 1000, above the prewar four year average of 17.4.
A new analyzing device displayed in Pittsburgh by its discoverer aims to aid hemisphere defence and fuel research. It could lead toward a perfect gasoline and reduce knock in heavier-grade fuels, helping high speed fighters and bombers and conserve fuel supplies. In a separate study, Dr Rei dar F Sognnaes reports that tooth decay can be produced in animals by a deficient diet but natural repair occurs with adequate nutrition, as shown in experiments with rats on coarse corn diet.
Two Swedish physicians reported last month that heparin prevented thrombosis in 325 patients after operations. They noted no cases of clotting or disability. In Troy, an biologist proved that larger goldfish eyes correlate with poorer vision, to his own satisfaction.
A brief Q A on manners covers bridge impatience, travel attire for women, business lunches with female staff, afternoon tea with dancing for a daughter, selecting ushers for weddings, and hotel stationery charges. Answers advise quiet focus at cards, city street wear, no lunch invites from bachelors, yes to a tea with dancing for new daughter in law, and proper wedding usher selection.
The rules allow selections from relatives or friends of either bride or groom. It also notes that since the hotel provides the paper as a courtesy, guests should not waste it or use it for correspondence after leaving the hotel.
The gross revenues for the nine day period ended June 30, 1941, were $7,843,112 up from $6,550,140 for the same period in 1940. This marks an increase of $1,292,972 or 19.7 percent.
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