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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
6
Mrs Cora Casselman M P for Edmonton East presided briefly as Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House in Ottawa. It was the first time a woman has presided over a sitting of either House in the Dominion Capital. The Windsor Star notes the progress as women are “persons.”
In Dunnville Chronicle notes on corset and girdle supply during wartime, citing steel and rubber rationing. Poetic reference to lines about women's curves and Britain’s needs as corset steel becomes scarce and fashion forced to adapt.
Ten coeds at the University of Chicago woefully deprived their meals and beverages of sugar for fourteen days, ending with a combined weight gain over twenty five pounds. The item notes the experiment as a possible lesson for people in the fatty forties and fifties.
A telegraph to Nairobi railway HQ from a line telegrapher reported a garbled message about “Three sions on platform” and “Station master in water tank.” The missives prompt questions over instructions and station status amid the East Africa rail network.
Brigadier O. M. Martin, named to command a brigade in the 7th Canadian Division, is identified as a full blooded Iroquois. Tecumseh would be proud given his overseas service in the Great War with the Canadian infantry and the Royal Flying Corps.
The Kansas City Star quotes a Wordsworth lament on plain living coupled with a push for higher thinking as oil supplies dwindle. Officials warn there may not be enough road oil to keep dust down, affecting motorists and road crews in light of scarce supplies.
Canadians dining out on June 30 can sample the same meals served to army troops. Col R H Webb announces the army week diet for June 29 to July 5 and asks restaurants and hotels to serve the June 30 menu including tomato juice oats eggs muffins jam and coffee or cocoa.
In Boston, The Christian Science Board urged Americans to work toward worldwide freedom from slavery as Britain and the United States are seen as key instruments. The piece highlights Eddy's 1898 poem urging unity and the broader wartime call to national service. It also notes wartime rationing and the Reserve Army as citizen defense efforts.
The piece argues for true national unity through self-imposed gas and resource rationing to support the war effort. It contrasts Maritime shortages with other provinces and lauds volunteer workers who regulate prices and supplies, urging Canadians to reduce consumption for the common good.
The British Women's Auxiliary Air Force aided the Royal Air Force in planning and executing the Cologne raid. W A A F personnel served as interpretation officers at bomber command, meteorological clerks forecasting raid timing, transport drivers, telegraph operators, cipher clerks, radio operators, and support staff. Their work extended after crews returned, coordinating missing plane notices and news.
Six months after Pearl Harbor the New York Times analyzes Japan’s moves from Malaya to the Indies and Burma, noting Midway and Dutch Harbor as pivotal battles. Japan’s raids inflicted heavy damage at sea, but American forces held Midway and thwarted a broader Pacific offensive, a strategic yet not terminal setback.
Dutch Harbor sits on Amaknak Island near Unalaska in the Aleutians. The text notes air distances to Tokyo and San Francisco and explains fortifications built since 1940. It mentions a Dutch naming origin tied to a Dutch ship and earlier Russian navigators knowing the area as Udakta, with its evolution as a waypoint to Yukon gold regions.
The London Free Press argues war shortages cancel large fairs like Western Fair and Toronto National Exhibition but fall fairs should continue. They see them as a pivotal educational movement teaching youths farming, raising farmer income, and serving as junior and parent education.
Britain saved nearly three quarters of food damaged by air raids by salvaging a large sugar stock. The sugar stored in sheds burned by enemy action turned to treacle when rains fell, yet workers continue refinery with minimal discard. A Ministry representative called it the stickiest job for men.
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