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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
4
The Aero Medical Association reports carbon monoxide from smoking dulls night sight, a risk to fliers at low light. Three cigarettes can equal vision loss at about 8,000 feet, while pure oxygen on ascent and a high sugar diet may mitigate effects.
Ed Sullivan writes on The New York News about Canadian Women’s Army Corps Wrens and Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He notes their poise, loyalty, and intelligence amid war losses and postwar hopes, including wives and sisters touched by Dieppe and Japanese camps.
An American soldier crouched beside a foxhole when a Japanese machine gun fired. He dived in just as bullets sprayed. One round knocked a coconut from a palm into the hole, breaking the soldier's leg.
A set of etiquette Q and A items covers tipping hotel chambermaids, introducing names, serving butter at formal meals, hat etiquette, introducing husbands, finger bowls, and names for spouses. The piece cites Thomas Jefferson as introducing finger bowls and other European customs.
UNRRA is an international relief body aiding liberated nations with food clothing shelter and disease prevention. It funds operations via member contributions and runs field missions under a council of 44 nations with work carried out by permanent officials and military-aligned requests from liberated governments.
The Brant ford Expositor notes that hidden relics of London’s past are surfacing as German bombs crater the city. Two bastions, part of a Roman wall, and masonry from Alfred the Great are exposed, along with foundations of buildings lost in the Great Fire of 1666, showing history beneath London’s pavements.
The proclamation designates October 8 to 14 as National Fire Prevention Week and urges inspections of farm buildings and surroundings. Check chimneys for loose bricks and inspect house and barn electrical wiring and stove surrounds for potential fire hazards.
Sweden produced about 3.1 million tons of peat last year, reflecting sustained output levels. The figure highlights continued use of peat as a fuel and industrial resource amid ongoing energy considerations.
An information clerk at Winnipeg CN Railways learns Uno is not a mystery station but a real stop between Rivers Manitoba and Melville Saskatchewan. The caller pressed for a schedule, and the clerk deduced Uno’s location after consulting the timetable.
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