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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 1941
Page
4
United States Extends Humanitarian Help to Great Britain
The United States sends doctors nurses and social workers to England and plans American hospitals to meet civilian military and air crew needs. The Allied Relief Fund led by Winthrop Aldrich and the American Red Cross mobilize funds ambulances and hospital support for relief efforts across the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Great Britain
England
Britain
Allied Relief Fund of America
Winthrop Aldrich
Chase National Bank
American Red Cross
America
Bevin Faces Communist Pressure and Soviet Interference
Ernest Bevin, a leading figure in Britain's Labour Party, contends Communists disrupt meetings and push a Hitler peace line while the Soviet Union meddles in domestic affairs. He warns Britain must confront Russia's foreign policy methods as a war strategy and suggests truth may emerge if he speaks openly. The piece notes past Labour criticisms of Bolshevik influence and hints Bevin may reveal hard truths about Russia and Communists.
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Ernest Bevin
Labor Party
Great Britain
Russia
Bevin
Britain
Appetite Tales From A Life Of Big Meals And Bigger Laughs
The narrator recalls meals and larger than life appetites in travels with Dr. Wynn Andrus and friends. Anecdotes span Bowmanville breakfast, a Ten Pound Turkey, a Chicago lunch with a sheriff, and oysters on the half shell with humorous misadventures. The recollections mix travel, characters, and hardy appetites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wynn Andrus
Orono
Toronto
Bowman ‘House
Bowmanville
Wynne
Billings
Montana
Chicago
Rector’s
John
Port Hope District Hockey Faces Gap and Uncertain Year
Port Hope reports no intermediate or junior D H A hockey entries for the season, a rare gap. A training plane landed safely west of Port Hope on Friday with two occupants. Osborne Lecraw rescued a man who fell from Norland dam, suffering facial cuts. In 1940 Port Perry relief payments totaled 90 dollars, versus 300 planned. A Christmas wedding anniversary celebrated at John and Lind say Reynolds home marking 68 years of marriage. Reynolds, a former Manvers farmer, long served as Lind say iceman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Hope
Osborne Lecraw
Port Perry
John Reynolds
Reynolds
Manvers
Durham County
Lindsay
Clarke Township Council Re-Elected By Acclamation For Two Years
The Clarke Township council was returned by acclamation for a two year term. Speakers discussed road work, school funding, auditing, and fiscal health, noting gravel costs, snow fence projects, and reforestation efforts while praising the clerk, road superintendent, and tax collector for financial stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Council
Clarke Township
County Council
Counties
Clarke
Iartwell Lowery
Leskard
William Laing
Midland Regiment Mobilization Planned at Cobourg
The Midland Regiment of the Active Service Forces expects to concentrate at Cobourg for the winter by mid January. Lieut Col J C Gamey awaits word from Ottawa. Earlier plans to concentrate at Bowmanville and billeted in the Piano and Organ factory have fallen through.
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Midland
Cobourg
J. C. Gamey
Ottawa
Bowmanville
Victoria’s English Yuletide at Empress Hotel
Victoria British Columbia hosts an Emerson era Christmas at the Empress Hotel with a court of Elizabethan costumed figures singing carols and a Yule Log ritual. The mayor ignites the log with wine, followed by a Boar’s Hede procession at dinner and wassail bowl traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B.C
Canada
Vancouver T Island
United States
Bess
Spain
Turkey
Canada’s War Effort and Industrial Support Measures
Canada forms a wartime corps with two overseas divisions and non-divisional units in the United Kingdom while including British army divisions under Canadian command. In 1939 mineral production peaked at 473.1 million dollars. The Wartime Prices and Trade Board moves to curb price hikes from new taxes and import limits. Department of Munitions and Supply contracts totaling 7.54 million are recorded for a week ending December 13. A second ski training course for regimental instructors runs January 4–31 at Lansdowne Park. Aluminium Company of Canada donates 10 thousand dollars to back a film on Canada’s war production fronts.
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United Kingdom
Department of Munitions and Supply
Lansdowne Park
Ottawa
Aluminium Company of Canada
Canada
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