Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Orono Weekly Times in Orono, Ontario

We have pages in Ontario

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Oct 12, 1944

Page

6

How Can I Cleanse Skin Without Soap and Water

A reader asks about skin cleansing without soap. Use cold water on cotton, moisten with witch hazel and toilet water tonic, rub with cold cream, and use fresh cotton as it soils.

No Potato Shortage In Great Britain

Britain declares no potato shortage since the war began and claims self support in this staple. Captain J Mollett of the Food Ministry's Potato Supply Division notes the crop could reach about 7 000 000 tons with 950 000 acres under cultivation.

Britain J. Mollett Food Ministry

Wounded Flown To Britain From France Since D Day

The R A F Transport Command announced its planes have carried nearly 29 000 wounded soldiers from France and the Low Countries to Britain since the Normandy invasion. No planes were lost in these missions. Nearly a third of recent casualties to British hospitals were American soldiers.

R.A.F. Transport Command France Low Countries Britain

Modern Etiquette Questions From a Past Era

A reader asks etiquette rules for carriage seating, visiting a leaving fiancé, cooling hot food, fork hand use, engagement gifts, and acknowledging formal acquaintances. Answers state the woman sits on the right in a carriage if possible, with consent for a closer acquaintance to swap seats. a fiancée may visit but not for slight acquaintances. sip water to cool hot food. right-handed use fork, left if preferred. yes to engagement gifts within budget. greeting strangers on the street is optional.

Holland Ranks Fifth in World Trade in 1939

The 1939 report shows Holland and its overseas territories holding the fifth place among global trading powers, reflecting its strong maritime and commerce stature before the war.

Holland

All metal life rafts built for US merchant marine

Los Angeles factories mass produce self righting all metal life rafts for the American merchant marine. Each raft carries 20 men with extensive gear and supplies and can withstand a 45 foot drop into water.

Los Angeles Calif Kimmis Hendrick Christian Science Monitor

War era quips and captions from a 1940s humor page

A collage of wartime humor features a dusky soldier explaining artillery to civilians with a punchy line about a big gun. It also includes quick jokes about cleaning windows and a ball game dispute with a proud war worker, plus brief exchanges about mistaken identities.

Memories of Sad Song Of Coupons In Wartime Britain

Time notes a wartime refrain on coupons as British women recall a sad tune of rationed goods. By year end the average purchases include one dress two gloves four ounces of knitting wool two yards fabric one pair of knickers and smaller shares of undergarments with limited vests and nightdress.

Gandhi Britain British Board of Trade

Conscription to Persist in Britain During Occupation

Britain will continue conscription with 18 year olds being called up as European fighting ends. Recruits will train and join the Army of Occupation, relieving long service men. More relaxations for education and apprenticeship completion are expected.

Britain Army of Occupation

Canada’s Prosperity Is Not An Accident

The Kitchener Record argues Canada’s prosperity stems from private capitalism under democratic rule. It acknowledges faults but says the system is strong and popular. It urges a sound plan to return to peacetime with fewer abuses and a cooperative public to make it work.

Canada Kitchener

Fatherly Advice From Navajo Judge to Son in War

A Navajo judge wrote to a son wounded in action advising a practical soldierly ethic. If leg wounded and cannot march you should notify the army and return home. If not wounded you should rise quickly and keep fighting the Japanese.

Air war quip survived as grim postwar tale from Berlin

A traveler from Berlin recalls a grim wartime joke: after Germany's defeat, Hitler and Goering were said to hang side by side as wet criminals. Goering allegedly quips that the war was decided in the air, a dark reminder of aerial battles.

Berlin Hitler Goering Adolf

Crop Failures Spark 1943 Broom Straw Shortage

In 1943 crop failures across the United States caused a severe broom straw shortage, disrupting domestic broom production and related agricultural supply chains during wartime.

United States

Also Mentioned on This Page

Anne Ashley Great Britain By Roberta Lee Mrs. McGlub Mrs. McBloop Mr. Butler Phew Peleliu Island Palau Surrey China Red Cross Accountants & Auditors Brett & Company Wellington East Toronto BABY Tweddle Chick Hatcheries’ Limited Fergus, Ont Bray Hatch John St. North Hamilton Guelph Ont Adelaide W Parker’s Dye Works Limited Yonge Street Peter J. Seip Gads Hill Electric Allen Electric Company Ltd Dufferin St Manitoba Brandon Nitoba J. R. Bell Legislative Winnipeg Fremlin’s . Hounds D. W. Fremilin Bar River Ruskin & Co Peterborough Oxford Down Rams Ram Lambs Carl Gillanders Harrow John Burr Madison N.F.N.S E.S.P F. C. Martin Stafford St Slipit Lloyds “Laboratories Wilbert McKeraie Rockwood Ontario Downs Washington George E. Preddy USAAF Greensboro N.C Lawland & Klat Inc Mount Royal E Dept Montreal Chestnut Hills Islington Col. Streight Canadian Legion Memorial Halls M. Evans Mr. Read Coleman P.O Domino Panama Woodford Breeding Mrs. Murley & Son Kerwood, Ont King Street Gananoque P.O Gerrard Street Bert Weir & Son, Realtors London Write T. E. Murphy Chaplin Sask McKenzie Princeton Windsor Lake Erie W. V. Galbraith Grayton Rd Detroit Michigan Kitchener- Stratford Highway Charles W. Moser R.R Bloor Street Rideau Street Ottawa Robertson Robertson’s Avenue Road Fordson Tractor Mulveney Baumeeka Denman Drug Store Staco Samuel Trees Co., Ltd Wellington St. E Nature's Dixon Muns Ro Elgin Townsend Dr.McLeod's Stomachie Co Huron St Munro’s Drug Store High Fred” A. Boddington Church Imperial Photo STAR Postal Curtomer Madam Unoah Fetherstonhaugh & Company Patent Solicitors King West B.N.A Begin Station B Quebec Hugh M. Scott & Co McGh— St
Search Courier

Search the Orono Weekly Times Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Orono Weekly Times?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication