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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1942
Page
7
A 1942 retrospective lauds Canada’s contributions in Dieppe and global combat. It notes Canadian forces and sailors aiding Allied offensives, and Canadian industry ramping production to triple levels, making Canada the third largest arsenal among the United Nations with over half its machinery devoted to war materials.
The speaker reflects on 1942 as a turning point in the war, noting Canada’s sound financial position, reliance on war savings, and the need to sustain contributions. Allied production, air power, and sea supply routes strengthened, with Rommel defeated in parts of Africa and Allied victories widening.
A Nebraska cattleman was denied permission to use the cattle brand pwastika bar C by Secretary of State Frank Marsh. Marsh, who regulates Nebraska cattle brands, designated R P H for remember Pearl Harbor instead.
Lucien Roy a 38 year old Canadian motion picture cameraman died in a West Coast air crash while on a news assignment for Associated Screen News Limited Montreal. He had 20 years with the firm and covered events nationwide earning wide respect from prime ministers to porters.
An item from a German rubber dinghy rescue notes a cigarette pack with coupons and a promotion for a book titled England The Robber Pirate. The text portrays England as a world power and cheekily offers alternatives including an art album or a pamphlet on the Führer, reflecting wartime propaganda.
The Earl of Athlone designated the week of February twenty first to twenty seventh, 193 as Boy Scout Week in Canada. Francis H. Gisborne resigns as honorary counsel after twenty years. Mr Justice W H Harrison to succeed him. Sydney B McMichael resigns as dominion training commissioner with no successor named. Scouts donate 30000 to aid stricken Britain via Chins Up fund, part invested in government bonds for postwar rehabilitation in Europe. Constitution Square in Athens becomes a cemetery. 88
W Spinney, general manager, reviews the bank’s 125th year and war finance policy. He notes government financing, kept within reasonable proportions by chartered banks, to avoid inflation while supporting postwar private enterprise. He cites assets near 1.18 billion, deposits about 1.06 billion, higher taxes, and planned branch closures with continued service.
Norwegians in Halifax convert a famed local home into a church as they establish a dedicated worship space. In a separate note, a naval rating survives after an improvised iron lung built from wood canvas and spare metal by shipwrights kept him alive through two days of manual pumping aboard a ship in a foreign port.
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