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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
3
A Q and A on conversation handling, napkin folding, tenth anniversary gifts, inviting to dances, charm of speech, and women proposing at weddings. Includes guidance: avoid talk by reading, napkins are obsolete, tenth anniversary is tin, a girl may invite a boy to a class dance, soft modulated voice is preferred, and women proposing at weddings is not recommended.
A collection of light, period humor featuring Scots dialogue about smoking costs a punch line from a practical joke firm poster, a quip about collisions vs explosions, a classroom mispronunciation on myths, a joke about an unmarried woman, and a whale bones plate response.
A baby girl named Patricia Kirby sits in Rommel's armchair each morning, drinking milk from an aluminum mug split from the desert mess kit. The chair traveled with troops from El Alamein to Benghazi to Sicily and back to England before ending in her father’s home, once a prize captured by a Durham Light Infantry unit. The chair’s owner later became a prisoner of war paroled at sixpence payments to Red Cross funds.
Readers weigh in on debt avoidance and financial restraint, arguing against unnecessary borrowing while urging prudent spending. Voices highlight personal responsibility and economic lessons for households and communities.
The dedication of the world’s largest single site grain alcohol plant in Omaha costs 5 million dollars and aims to produce 17.5 million gallons yearly. It will supply the Defence Supplies Corporation for synthetic rubber and munitions, using 20 000 bushels daily with 45 percent corn 45 percent wheat and 10 percent barley malt. By products include 18 pounds of stock feeds per bushel and 5 million pounds annually of corn oil, with an annex planned for 120 tons daily dry ice from fermenting grain.
A quip notes a mule cannot kick while pulling and cannot pull while kicking, a playful reminder that opposing actions block each other. The saying attributes practical wisdom to the stubborn animal, common in folk humor.
Report notes Britons suffer shelter legs after nighttime rest in deck chairs during air raids. Women and men endure fatigue as blackout alarms echo.
Bray-Hatchery at 430 John N Hamilton Ont advertises abundant chicks to meet domestic and overseas food needs. Buyers urged to place orders now to stock up for this year.
The Lancet medical journal warns that shelters may suffer from a swelling of the lower limbs called shelter legs. The condition is caused by pressure during relaxation of muscles, leading to chronic lymphatic obstruction and stiff ankle joints with hard swelling below the knees.
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