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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
6
A fashion consultant advises practical late summer packing with interchangeable outfits. Emphasizes making a list to avoid clutter and selects wrinkle resistant garments like shirts, slacks, jackets, skirts, and dinner dresses in silk or rayon jersey to mix with scarfs and belts.
Pope Pius XII ordered a July start dig in St. Peter's crypts to locate the original tomb of St. Peter. Work is led by Herico Galleazzi and Bartolomeo Novi as excavations proceed amid finds of Constantine's church traces.
Readers learn about odd New Brunswick place names such as Burnt Church Chance Harbor Frosty Hollow Jemsec Barbitog Cocagne Nictau Upsalquitch and Quisbis as Canadian National Railways promotes nationwide travel. The note links local lore to Hawkshaw and mentions Earthworms reaching six feet underground.
The piece surveys Italy's Africa drive toward a Suez corridor and potential routes to India, with Germany and Turkey shaping eastern plans. It recalls Allied air raids on Nazi targets, Balkan territorial shifts, Molotov’s warning on a world war spread, and Japan's bid for a Greater East Asia order and rearmament.
Reports from Asia describe Japan expanding control in Indo China while Chinese forces move toward the front. In the United States, Pershing and Lindbergh present opposing views on aiding Britain versus pursuing peace with Germany. Canada sees Houde internment, wheat sales, and wartime budget items as Ottawa reshapes policy and training.
The Ottawa Journal reports four driving rules from the Industrial Accident Prevention Association. Maintain space in front behind and on both sides. Ignore rights of way and yield to others when needed. Adjust speed to road conditions visibility and traffic. Assume other drivers know little of laws and pedestrians may be deaf blind or unable. Safe driving leads to longer life and calmer mind. Light clothing reflects heat in hot weather.
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