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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1940
Page
7
Mr. Elsenbury prepares to move vast sums of money through London and Europe as he plans a secret transfer. He confronts the moral weight of his thefts, notes exchange rates, and contemplates evading customs while considering multiple routes for smuggling wealth to safety.
A man with a Bradshaw and a stack of bulging envelopes works by lamplight in a hotel office at Algeciras. He halts when two grave eyes peer through the green baize door, fear and curiosity mixing as the scene promises further danger.
Dr. George F. Stevens of Montreal, president of the Action Hospital Council, told a Regina session of the Saskatchewan Hospital Association that group hospitalisation benefits many beyond direct patients. He noted relief of financial stress and reduced charity burden. The association backed a pool for enlisted men's dependents funded by government deductions, with A. P. Donnelly of Saskatoon elected president for the next year.
General Charles de Gaulle’s government in exile gains most of the Normandie’s 130 maintenance crew as volunteers to fight Germany. Over 90 percent join the effort, with many risking reprisals on families back home and some sent to Canada.
The vast plains of Australia support 110 million sheep yielding about 1.01 billion pounds of wool annually valued around 200 million dollars. Despite under one sixth of world sheep, Australia supplies over a quarter of global wool and maintains an industry with a capital value near 3 billion dollars.
The Italian Count Ciano drew laughter by stating at a diplomatic address that the Axis powers have no intention of threatening anyone. Critics note his line clashes with reality as the trio pursues a new world order while clinging to old moral norms, a jab highlighted by the Buffalo Courier-Express.
A collection of sayings on friendship quotes from Crane Chesterfield Eddy Emerson Seneca and Proverbs 18 24. The passages emphasize authenticity growth trust judgment and loyalty as core elements of true friendship.
The British Government grants safe passage back to Italy for Admiral Giuseppe Cantu and ten staff members with their families, a courtesy to the United States as their visit to America followed an invitation from the U.S. government before Italy entered the war. The State Department aided the Italians, and future such requests will be viewed coldly. Readers also learn of an Italian climbing school requiring students to crawl up a simulated mountain wall during training.
In Germany Dr Ley the Nazi Labor Front chief touts schemes like a people’s car and Strength Through Joy while delaying promised reforms after the war. He has shown optimism amid wage and work-hour strains as RAF bombings andPolish and other worker mistreatment reveal gaps between promise and delivery. Sixteen British youths and one French national travel from Argentina to join Canada’s Royal Canadian Air Force, welcomed by Deputy Minister James S. Duncan. They come from farming families. most are British subjects. the French member will go to Quebec.
Inside Information reports a German airman who parachuted into England wearing a fur coat and carrying a suitcase. He claimed to be anti Nazi and said he had a death by own action mission. He described Luftwaffe morale issues and retaliation threats against relatives.
A lighthearted anecdote from the Shelburne Free Press notes friendship and aging with a quip about being glad to age as it means not being dead. It then adds a health fact stating about 99 percent of the body's calcium resides in bones and teeth.
General Charles de Gaulle’s second appeal to French colonies succeeds in the Cameroons where he is welcomed as a comrade by the governor-general. He cites Hitler’s Mein Kampf and declares France’s liberty as a rallying cry against Vichy and Nazi rule.
London business houses commit to night duty to guard against fires. A janitor startled a sleeping figure by tickling his feet and discovered he had woken a firm director. Halley’s Comet will be visible again in 1985 after its last sighting in 1910.
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