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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1942
Page
4
The piece argues democracies must match revolutionary zeal with moral and spiritual armament to prevail. It urges awakening citizens to burn out complacency and ignite thought and imagination, claiming democracy faces a choice between extinction or a transformative revolution that renews the world.
The passage notes harvest time approaching as binders and combines move across fields. Mowers replace with binder sounds and wheat fields shift color signaling change. Birds quiet, young are raised for southern migration, marking nature at a cross roads in midsummer.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced tea and coffee will be coupon rationed starting Monday with limits of one ounce of tea or four ounces of coffee per person per week. The move follows sugar rationing and reflects wartime supply cuts from occupied regions. The board expects sacrifice but urges Canadians to endure as shipping problems persist. Fuller details appear in an ad by the War Time Prices and Trade Board.
Sealed tenders to convey Birmingham School children to MacGregor School at 80 per day. Car and roads at bidder's expense. Bid retained from first pay. good faith guarantee. Lowest bid not necessarily accepted. A Weber, Secretary Treasurer, Birmingham.
Readers are urged to read the War Savings advertisement in this issue. The piece promotes buying War Savings Certificates for immediate delivery to support Canada’s war effort. It emphasizes doubled savings to fund production of tanks ships and planes for soldiers in England and near-term fighting.
Manitoba's government ordered high schools to open Sept eb to boost harvest labor. Education Minister Ivan Schultz said extra teaching days will be added to recover lost time and fall teacher conventions will be canceled. Midsummer exams shift one week later, and a cabinet committee led by Agriculture Minister Douglas Campbell will study ways to widen harvest support.
Mr. Anairs J. G. Cowan and Grant of Winnipeg were guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Hay.
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