Two Weeks to Good Friday and Local Updates
Good Friday arrives in two weeks and the first municipal tax instalment is due next Thursday. A wool movement circulates storage at the arena, processed by Wool Combing Corporation. An Aid to Russia clothing drive asks for used garments by April 30. RCAF enlistment and promotion notes include Mrs Joan Waldie joining the Women’s Division and Kenneth Buck promoted to Flight Sergeant. Scouts meeting in Gdonge town with Lions Club dinner, and County Chairman A Mason presiding at Victory Loan event in Milton with local attendees listed.
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Arena
The
Wool Combing Corporation
How Bumper Crop Potatoes Obtained
Seed potatoes defined as healthy vigorous plants yielding high quality seed under favorable climate. Certification programs exist in every province to inspect and certify seed meeting rigid standards. Certification is free to seed growers to promote reliable seed production and reduce disease carrying seed. Use certified seed identified by official tag and obtain lists of certified seed suppliers from the Plant Protection Division in Ottawa.
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John ‘Tucker
Special Products Board
Tucker
Plant Protection Division
Dominion Department
of_Agriculture
Ottawa
Junior Farmers Hold Hard Times Party Night
The Junior Farmers met on April 1 in a "Hard Times Party" format. Judges Mrs Fref Denny and Mrs Switzer awarded costumes to Molly Cutts and Margaret McPhail for the ladies and to Gordon Leslie and Howard Switzer for the men. The evening ended with games, lunch, and dancing.
Bambi Adaptation Opens At Gregory Theatre
Walt Disney brings Felix Salten novel Bambi to the screen in Multi-plane Technicolor. The feature, distributed by RKO, was five years in the making and preserves the novel's serious overtones amid romance and slapstick. It plays Friday and Saturday at the Gregory Theatre.
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Walt’ Disney
Felix Salten
Disney
RKO Eadie
Gregory Theatre
War Prisoners For Four Years A Tough Break
The International Brigade veterans, many wounded and malnourished, remain prisoners in France or Spain after the Spanish Civil War. About 1400 are funded by the International Brigade Association to stay imprisoned, with little help and delayed extraditions from several European nations. Aid comes from labor unions and scattered allies, while letters from Czech brigadiers plead for support and safer channels.
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London
International Brigade
France
Spain
Attit
International Brigade Association
Gestapo
Oxra
Association
Germany
Italy
Axia
Yugo-Slavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
United American-Spanish Aid Committee of
New York
Lisbon
Vichy
Red Cross
German Strategy Hinges on Ukraine's Grain and Resources
The article argues Hitler bets on Ukraine as Europe’s chief granary with coal and iron deposits to sustain a long war. It notes German troop concentrations in the grain belt, prospects of a summer offensive, and risks from Soviet counteroffensives and Allied air power. It cites Axis and Allied actions in Tunisia, Italy, and the Eastern Front, including Soviet losses and German air and ground operations.
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Germany
Ukraine
Hitler
Huzsla
Europe
White Rusia
Estonia
Lithuania
Latvia
Willet
Czecho- Slovakia
Austria
Poland
United Nation
Donets
Kharkov
Caucasus
Novordasisk
Black Sea
Turkey
Bulgaria
Rumania
Greece
United Nations
Hage Geran
Yn Oa
Russia
Red Army
Aled
Mediterranean
Luftwaffe
Tanlala
Sardinia
Sicily
Tunlein
British 8th Army breakthrough in Tunisia and Tripoli press shift
Allied forces pressed toward Tunisian targets with an attack on Rommel’s positions near Gabes after bombardment. Churchill announced 8th Army breach at Wadi ef Akarit and over 000 prisoners. Montgomery’s advance promised to link with American units from the west as Tripoli’s new English language paper appears amid Axis retreat.
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Tunksdle
Bernard N. Montgomery
Africa Korps
Kenneth Anderson
Tunis
Bizerte
1St
Sedjenane
Mateur
Bierte
Algiers
D. D. Eisenhower
Harold Alexander
Bernard Montgomery
United States
George Patton, Jr
Tunisia
Koeltz
Berlin
Forota
Gaben
Carlier
Ale Pewce
Sind
Italy
Naples
North Africa
Romimel
Germany
Europe
Esseco
Menault
Paris
IC. A.W
Kiel
Antwerp
8Th Army
Gabex
Churchill
Wadi Ef Akarit Wald
Mer
Montgomery
Wartime Prices Board Directors Named in Odd Directory
A humorous wartime note lists officers such as Short and Close in rationing, Gallup with farm machinery, Scythe in textiles Waste, Weaver with tailored hosiery, Shoemaker in leather, a Stoker in coal, Dr Flon in Fisheries, Olive in Food Administration, Planta urging victory gardens, plus an Abbey and a Deacon in the ecclesiastical section and Atkins among the ranks, as described by The Printed Word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prices and Trade Board
Mr. Short
Mr. Close
Gallup
Mrr
Scythe
Weaver
Shoemaker
Flon
Olive
Food Administration
Planta
War news urgency urged by Belgian ambassador in London
In London the Belgian ambassador Caron de Cartier de Marchienne urged quicker public dissemination of war news. He warned Britain had not informed the public about alleged German land army plots and sinister motives.
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London
Xaid Caron de Cartier de Marchienne
Britain
Helglum
Favors Women Rule London by One Vote
The Delisting Club at Boburn Bedfordshire votes by a margin of one to decide that the country could be ruled better by women.
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London
Boburn
Bedfordshire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Abdut
Acton
Armed Forces
Joan Waldie
RCAF
Mra. A
K. Mann
Kenneth Buck
Mire J. F. Wilda
Geo. Mason
Dave Dills
Jack Mainprize
Don Evans
Knight
Gdongetown
Lions Club
A. Mason
Victory Loan Executive
Milton
J. 31. McDonald
Messrs
H.R. Force
W. J. Beatty
E. S. Fores
WJ. ©. Oakes
G. A. Dills
Alieck
Far East
Kavieng
New Ireland
Rabaul
New Britain
Novorostsisk
Smolensk
Trupoly
Tripoli
Gordon Highlanders
Wast News
Saevion
Trdicaes
Susy” Io
Elliott Bros
Reserve Army
Canada
England
Home Guard
Lorne Scots
Lorne Scots Reserve
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