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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
6
The Kingston Whig Standard notes the backbone may be the weakest in some cases while the collar bone is deemed weakest otherwise, and the skull or head is described as the toughest, resisting many efforts to drive into it according to the Ottawa Citizen.
A farmer replies that he does not go to work but that work surrounds him on waking, illustrating being in the middle of a bad fix as quoted by the Kitchener Record.
In lively Detroit a war plant dance committee suggests that the girls come in girls attire for a masquerade event, promoting a festive evening amid the wartime effort.
A satirical quote notes that many gripe about a boss being dumb, but they would lose jobs if the boss were smarter. It attributes the line to Wrall Street Journal.
Ottawa reports Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures on farm households indicating long residency with 703,000 occupying homes more than 20 years and nearly 60 percent more than ten years. Ontario Quebec hold about half the farms. Maritimes and Western provinces share the remainder. Hemlock bark for tanning now capped at 14 dollars per cord including delivery. rail shipments may incur extra railway charges.
The article notes Admiral King declaring the German submarine fleet reduced from menace to problem, with Allied antisubmarine efforts including air patrols and carrier planes eroding wolf-pack success. It outlines Doenitz’s strategy, Allied countermeasures, and evolving balance as Germans race to build and crew submarines while losses mount.
A world sugar survey warns Western Hemisphere supply will shrink in 1945 due to lend lease exports and reduced production. Factory limits and manpower shortages cut U S beet output, Puerto Rico cane production drops, and Axis-contested areas have damaged cane and beet crops. Exports rose in wartime, but must surge again to sustain U S rations.
A Windsor Star note explains mail to the armed forces faces delays when addresses are not correct, highlighting the importance of proper addressing for troops.
A Brando Sun quotation notes that some people lack the nerve to lend an umbrella and instead save it for a rainy day, highlighting a cheeky take on generosity and prudence.
Water Buffaloes serve with the United Nations in the South Pacific as armored amphibious tanks. They carry a 37 millimeter cannon and machine guns, able to swim ashore and clear barriers while protecting infantry and delivering supplies. They are used as land tanks or bulldozer substitutes. Reports note rich gold deposits in the Altai mountains of Sinkiang, China.
The document lists labor at $3 a day and team at $2.60 daily. It details costs for equipment such as mower, rake, hay loader, wagon and man, and hay press. It also offers per acre and per ton rates, plus a reference to publication No. 750 from the Dominion Department of Agriculture for more cost data.
A playful forestry quiz lists tree puns and answers such as bass ewe palm fir lime box date pear locust chestnut elder Joshua ash. The text also notes that nearly a third of Australia’s 2 804 000 girls and women are in direct war production or auxiliary services.
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