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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1940
Page
2
Smithsonian bulletin notes the whippoorwill’s near invisibility due to camouflage. It nests on the ground without a true nest, its young blending with dead leaves. The bird sings from dusk to dawn in a haunting refrain observed by naturalists.
War era report on escapes to Switzerland from camps and prisons. Britons face easy repatriation while escaped subjects from occupied countries depend on case by case aid, visas, or temporary liberty. Disguises and long journeys mark the routes, with mixed fates including capture or death.
The Book Shelf reviews Escape by Ethel Vance a tale of loyal Germans thwarting Nazi brutality and a woman betraying the man she loves. The reprint is offered at a much lower price, originally two dollars and fifty cents, from Little, Brown and Company Toronto.
G C Toner reviews Ontario’s largest freshwater game fish the maskinonge or muskie detailing its size records in the province its pike family distinctions head and cheek scales spawning behavior and range across Great Lakes waters the St Lawrence and other rivers and lakes.
Twenty Devil's Island inmates landed on Vieques near Porto Rico last week. Escapes rise this year are blamed on war related disarray in the French penal system and guards relaxing vigilance. Germany reports an 80,000 increase in annual deaths under the Hitler regime amid rising personal crisis reports across Europe. A South-West China tribe holds that crops require a ritual number of human heads buried in fields.
Ottawa reports highlight emergency in Newfoundland with troops on alert. Canada ponders grain crop storage in schools, daylight saving for cities, and rural shifts to fast time. International notes cover Finland German troop landings, Japan and China tensions, British evacuations, and Balkan diplomacy.
Cobalt Scouts give Red Cross twenty dollars from waste paper sales. Rover Scouts of the 3rd Hamilton Crew seek Old Country boy war guests to connect with Wolf Cub Packs to ease homesickness. Vermilion Scouts gift a radio to the Vermilion Hospital. Scouts aid a girl with a broken leg at Port Hope. Bombay Boy Scouts visit orphanages and host Children’s Day. Scouts of India push sanitation and accident prevention. Kolhapur Scouts run Road Courtesy Week with traffic point oversight.
A war week overview notes Axis plans expanding in Africa and the Middle East, with Spain and the Balkans tied to Greece and Turkey. U.S. aid to Britain grows, while talks with Japan signal tough, possible conflict. Canada moves toward mutual defense and St Lawrence seaway pact talks.
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