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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1940
Page
6
Canada holds large pork stocks as the Bacon Board markets 5.6 million pounds weekly to Great Britain. With wartime shipping disruptions easing, domestic stocks may clear by August, preserving farmer prices around eight and a half cents. If hog marketing stays slow, the board remains ready for fall demand.
H H Hannam of the United Farmers of Ontario told 70 delegates at a Newmarket meeting that farmers must organize as a York County branch of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture forms. He warned government boards would burden farmers with bureaucracy and cited farm income dropping from 1000 to 400 dollars between 1926 and 1939 as evidence of looming disaster. The federation now has 300 000 members nationwide.
A stone was dropped into a surface in an unspecified location and context. No further details on the actor, motive, or consequences are provided in the readable text.
Canada’s director of information launches a new Sunday night radio series Lets Face The Facts featuring Dorothy Thompson and Fred Birchall discussing world freedom and justice. Listeners can tune in across Ontario on CBS CKOC CBC CFRB CKLW CKSO CJIC for broadcasts at 7 30 p m Mondays, with entertainment and drama listings for the week.
On August 3, Reverend G W Tebbs known as Old Man Sunshine marks his three thousandth CKOC broadcast from Hamilton. Ruby Ramsay Rouse at CFRB shines with Lenore a hit from T Reginald Sloan who wrote All Pass Together Roll Up Your Old Umbrella and God Bless the Shores of England. The Bumstead family from the Columbia comic strip is noted in passing.
A lone white settlement in Peru’s jungle fastness seeks to remain while maintaining contact with the outside world after more than twenty-five years. Local authorities weigh its future as lines of communication and aid form.
Two Peruvian army flyers accompanying a Swedish American expedition report a settlement of Peruvians at the mouth of the Pinquen River, a Colorado tributary. The colonists, descendants of rubber workers, welcomed the visitors and asked many questions about events of the last 25 years, including the wars.
A tourist in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan leaves a letter on a red mailbox then on a fire alarm box after fumbling with the handles. Firemen respond to a false alarm but report the homeward communication will show a tourist enjoying a wonderful time.
A Sunday school lesson outlines the blessed life for the godly man in Psalm 1 and contrasts it with the wicked. It cites Matthew 7 24 27 and emphasizes meditating on Jehovah’s law day and night as the path to prosperity and full life. It includes a glossary like horizontal clues and snippets from scripture in a church setting.
A compact list of crossword style clues labeled by number with definitions or hints for South America toward stratums and other terms. The vertical set includes language cast, falsehood, pronouns, and grid related hints.
The text contrasts the godly with the wicked, likening the righteous to a tree planted by streams and the wicked to chaff driven by the wind. It then cites Matthew 7’s rock and sand parables, urging build on Christ’s sayings for enduring foundation and safety in judgment.
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