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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1942
Page
4
A reporter tours a hidden British coastal battery nicknamed Winnie near the Channel front. Marines load a nearly ton shell, the barrel elevates high, and a thunderous report follows as the gun commander signals ready to fire.
The Plant Products Division of the Dominion Department of Agriculture in Ottawa seeks information from growers with soybean seed suitable for planting the 1942 crop. With acreage likely to rise, seed availability is uncertain, especially for early varieties. Growers with quantity and price per bushel should write the division detailing variety, quantity, and price to assist buyers.
The Hamilton Spectator notes few civilian dentists remain in Germany and that toothache has become a common torture, reflecting the broader hardships caused by the conflict as Hither has led his people into ongoing pain.
Sir William Jameson warns nutrition can decide the war as the Inter Allied Information committee reports famine in occupied Europe. Nazi pillage fuels German hunger while Greece sees about 900 starvation deaths daily. trains carry food to Germany while France remains hungry. Czechoslovakia enjoys rationing for war industry needs. Poland reports dire conditions with dog meat valued at 1.78 and 4.45 per unit amid disease and death.
A Canadian-printed Australian tale exposes the bunyip goanna and drongo as myths. The piece mocks sensational front page yarns about mythical fauna and odd behaviors, contrasting them with improbable Canadian equivalents and tongue in cheek lore.
A self appointed court condemned two men to death by hanging at a river trestle. The first execution failed when the knot broke and the prisoner escaped by swimming to shore. The second inmate taunted the executioners to secure the knot properly since he cannot swim.
Trade Minister MacKinnon announced from London that gifts to Canadian soldiers in United Kingdom units will be admitted free of customs duty if addressed to the individual at the Chelsea address. The London customs house confirms exemptions from UK limits of May last, which had capped food parcels at five pounds total with two pounds per food item. Gifts to Canadians in UK units may be sent directly to the recipient in care of his unit.
Seeds Administrator assures adequate overall seed stock for normal needs but warns shortages for beans beets cabbage cauliflower cucumbers lettuce onions tomatoes swedes and mangels this year. Seeds Supply Committee under the Agricultural Supplies Board plans to boost vegetable and field root seed production under a Dominion Provincial program. The Harvard library has doubled in size every 20 years for a century. The first electrically cooked meal was prepared in England in 1895.
The London's Ottawa Journal correspondent notes Hitler prioritized roads and road transport before the war, creating a world class system but neglecting railways. Two years into war the rail network deteriorates beyond quick repair, worsened by RAF strikes and Hitler's Russian campaign increasing rail demand. Wood fuel schemes prove inadequate to meet needs.
Tests reveal transparent plastic wing tip sections with interior lighting as a potential replacement for standard running lights to provide greater range at higher speeds. The chief value of anti-aircraft guns lies in preventing bombers from aiming accurately rather to destroy them. A Canadian built infantry tank comprises over 40,000 parts excluding armament.
News reports detail British raid leaders Percy Pickard and F N Cook among others, while Canada’s industry moves toward a hundred per cent war basis. Officials say roughly 80 percent of workers are in war work, with 650000 of 3 million wage earners in direct war industry roles. Output expands from rifles to over 20 gun types, but material shortages and manpower shifts threaten civilian supplies as expansion accelerates.
The Earl of Athlone told the Canadian Authors' Association at Montreal's 21st anniversary dinner that Canada has contributed to literature in English and French. He urged books to ease wartime strain and noted a friend’s joke about gifts of literature versus butter for England. G H Lash called for internal Canadian unity among writers to set an example for partners.
In 1941 the skies hosted four eclipses, consisting of two solar and two lunar events. The year featured notable celestial activity with these four occurrences shaping observations and calendars alike.
Christian Science Monitor notes contrasts between French wartime conduct in 1940 and later actions by Russians, Dutch, and others. It discusses the term scorched earth, French factory destruction failures at Renault and Schneider- Creusot, and Daladier’s Riom trial remarks about slowing production.
A German boy playing in mud is asked by a Nazi officer what he is building. The boy says he is building the Reichstag with soldiers on guard and that he lacks enough mud to make the fuhrer.
At 23 feet below the surface water pressure on the body equals 35 pounds per square inch of air pressure at sea level.
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