30 Apr 1942
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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Apr 30, 1942
Page
1
Durham County ballots show 8 916 total with 8 104 Yes and 812 No, a 7 386 majority in favor of releasing government. Voters praise their local MP W F Rickard and note war consciousness grows after Pearl Harbor while praising air sea and land coordination in Allied operations.
A torn slip from May 17 1902 lists a football and baseball lineup including Fred Winters p Fred Dobson c MccElroy 1b Fred Long 2b Percy Long 3b J E Richards ss C Vin son Ir Ed Long Jr and spares Frank Moment Dell Harris Deb Gibson A Doncaster and Bill Harris The owner said the set seems a pickup team and some listed players were not strong.
On Monday afternoon a trailer detached from Ken Neal's car while southbound on Main Street. Neal jumped after it but was knocked down. His car rolled into a parked vehicle owned by Taylor near Dean's Bakery, bending fenders and bumper. No serious injuries reported.
Weekly home front report outlining Commons reconvening after Easter, a veterans land settlement bill with an $80 million cost including $34 million in grants, an Ottawa air conference with UN reps in May, Army Training Manual revisions to speed mobilization, Wartime Prices subsidies for 40 plus groceries, overall subsidies between 1.5 and 2 million, ban on domestic metal clad refrigerators after April 30, revised milk and dairy price controls, and a new cheese delivery agreement with the British Food Ministry for 125 million pounds at 20 cents per pound in the current fiscal year.
Elliott M. Little, director of national selective service, says permits will be issued to students for school holidays. If munitions work is needed, they shift to that work. farmers’ sons may be barred unless refusal blocks employment. Under 21 casual after school or holiday work during sessions needs no permit if they attend day school. No permit needed for part time work subsidiary to normal jobs. Labor market conditions determine permit eligibility.
Growers graft seedlings onto established trees to hasten bloom and fruit production. The technique leverages mature root systems to support young shoots, accelerating yield and improving orchard performance.
Hollywood stars Barbara Stanwyck Walter Pidgeon and Claudette Colbert join the Canadian Red Cross Society in a radio series aired nationwide by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Stanwyck in Bomb Victims May 3 at 10 pm EDT Pidgeon in Commandos in Action May 6 and Colbert as narrator Humanity and War May 10.
The National Red Cross campaign aims for 9,000,000 starting May 11. Orono and District Branch sets a 1000 objective to fund local knitting and sewing comforts and national medical supplies. Funds support overseas hospitals huts blood donor clinics and wartime food boxes for prisoners of war.
Durham County voters overwhelmingly backed the plebiscite with a decisive yes. MP W F Rickard commends the turnout and pledges to champion the public's opinion in any forthcoming discussion and to pursue a complete war effort.
President A R Wingin announces the Durham County Music Festival for May 12 to 14 in Bowmanville has been cancelled due to small entry lists and transportation difficulties from gas rationing. Fees paid by contestants will be refunded.
A Tuesday night blaze in Kinmount razed 20 buildings as 400 residents battled to save homes. The fire, starting at John Austin's sawmill, spread via a strong wind. Fenelon Falls helped but their engine was destroyed. Loss pegged at 8000 dollars with total damage near 200000 dollars.
Tear down of W. J. Riddell's store uncovers a complete May 17 1902 roster of Orono business men written by J. E. Richards. Names include Richards Gilfillan Linton Foster Rowe Greenwood Morris Knox Knoy Hall Henry Henry Pinder Jackson Moon Staples Vinson Doncaster O'dell Travelle Rutherford Colville Tucker Leggett Cragg McKeen and others.
Captain David M. Legate of the Canadian Red Cross Overseas outlines wartime logistics in Britain. He notes fewer than three per cent of overseas goods were lost to enemy action, and details multi department readiness and rapid supply distribution across eleven warehouses.
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