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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
2
Behind scenes in China the unassuming Australian W H Donald is credited with much of the resistance to Japan. Donald, long resident in China and unofficial adviser to Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek, says he has no influence yet Chiang Kai Shek often acts with him nearby.
The Dominion Government Indian Affairs Branch employs about five hundred doctors and dentists and runs several hospitals and a field nursing service. It serves roughly 118000 Indians across eight hundred communities in Canada with medicine from central purchase and local prescription. The Fisher River Indian Hospital will serve about 1500 Indians who once sent patients to Winnipeg. A new hospital at Dynevor, Manitoba, will provide needed care for sick Indians at costs lower than public institutions.
British readers react to interviews with Canadian Active Service Force members noting the humor of Canadian slang. A Press Association report shows Canucks impressed by Londoners manners more than parliaments, with remarks like Gee and guess reflecting cross Atlantic banter.
Canadian soldiers in actual war theatres may send mail free of postage. The policy extends to British, Dominion, Colonial and Allied forces in war zones and to officers and men on His Majesty's ships at sea. Those not in a theatre of war with full mailing facilities do not qualify, at least for now.
Agreement reached to shift XERA at Villa Acuna to a new channel, allowing CBS Toronto signals to reach Ontario without interference. The 250000 watt Mexican station had disrupted Canadian reception for years. The report also notes radio personality shifts including Rudy Vallee on NBC and Chase and Sanborn Hour moving to New York. Captain J J Gagnier joins coast to coast CBC CBC sector as Quebec music director and On Parade conductor.
The page lists a sequence of radio and CBS NBC CBC CBS programs from January 27 to February 1 including opera Met broadcasts, The Chase and Sanborn Hour, troop broadcasts from England, Information Please, Reginald Stewart, Les Concerts Symphoniques, Strike Up the Band, and Bing Crosby among others with times in the evening and afternoon.
The lesson outlines Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey as a humble king and presenting his kingship with meekness. It notes the palm branch welcome, the city’s stir, and the temple cleansing where Jesus overturns money tables. It highlights healings of the blind and lame and the rising indignant priests.
Puzzle clues list across and down terms for a word fill in a newspaper style explorer themed grid. It references Lincoln as a pictured figure and includes many definitions such as bone venomous snake and sea eagle across a long list of numbered entries.
Canadian Broadcasting officials announced a regional agreement that reallocates 105 broadcast bands to stations across Canada the United States Cuba Mexico Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The change will take about six months to become effective and affects hundreds of stations including CBS Ontario key station in Toronto and CBC French and English key stations in Montreal CB M C B F.
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