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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 10, 1942
Page
4
A wartime editorial urges Canadians to back troops overseas by buying war bonds and certificates. It emphasizes leaders in uniform inspiring self denial at home, urging funding for equipment over comfort, citing Dieppe casualties as motive to finance the war effort.
An organization meeting for the Victory Loan was held in MacGregor on Tuesday night with Ned Brown of Portage reappointed supervisor for North Norfolk and North Cypress. Committees were named and another organizing meeting planned. Plans include Miss Canada Tag Days at MacGregor Austin and Sidney to sell War Savings Stamps and Certificates, with further announcements to follow.
The past week brought ideal conditions for harvest and threshing with substantial progress. An electric storm with heavy rain and hail swept over the district this morning, delaying field work again. Some yields were exceptionally good, including Albert Walker's sowing of Ajax oats yielding 93 bushels per acre.
Pilot Mound editor R. W. Tuckwell of the Sentinel was honored by the Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association at a banquet for winning two first prizes for best front page and best editorial page in the 500 circulation class and a second for best all-round newspaper. The award ceremony drew Manitoba press members, the Town Council, and other groups as guests, acknowledging the Sentinel’s sixty years of faithful service to Pilot Mound.
The publisher explains censorship rules restricting mention of troop embarkation and missing soldiers to avoid aiding enemy agents. Names of missing service members will not be published until it is safe to assume they are prisoners of war or deceased. Next of kin will still receive private notices.
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