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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1940
Page
6
The government weighs a mission to Great Britain to assess needs for Canadian farm products to support the war effort. It could steer Western agriculture toward diversification, possibly supplying butter or other goods at favorable prices, with benefits lasting beyond the conflict.
The order, published in Canada Gazette, grants the minister of National Defence power to establish training centres, staff them, and call up a set number of men for 30 days or other periods. It covers medical exams, bilingual camp placement, pay, clothing, transport, and potential transfers within militia or naval or air forces. Excess recruits go home unexamined. offenses during training are punishable under military law.
Article notes the cost of fighter aircraft like Spitfire and Hurricane at 26 700 and 20 025 dollars, Blenheim bomber 75 650, Wellington 111 250, Sunderland flying boat 222 500. It also mentions edible green soy beans, Merganser nesting in hollow trees, plum farming in England, a Nazi raid, and wool from Orkney and Shetland sheep feeding on seaweed.
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