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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 10, 1946
Page
6
A string of light theft and theater jokes unfold in quick sketches. A recruit defends a loaded gun toward an officer, a housewife remarks on dirty window, burglars note a price as robbery, and a play rehearsed kiss prompts a witty clash about propriety.
A boy testifies fluently in court admitting his father told him what to say. The judge questions the boy about guidance while the prosecutor objects, suspecting tampering. The boy explains the advice was to stick to the truth.
A student avoids a math problem by citing parental anti horse racing. A sailor visits his fiancee and jokes about U boats sunk with a phone call. A Chicago ex-gumerman becomes a billposter, still in the stick-up line.
A Canadian Thanksgiving feature highlights the bountiful harvest and offers a homeeconomist menu with recipes. It notes saving chicken fat for baking, provides a tomato eggplant broiled starter, a grape jelly dessert, and a jelly mold with grape pulp and green coloring for six servings.
In a Windsor Star report a Los Angeles man faced a court ultimatum between retaining his butler or his wife. His wife testified in the divorce proceedings about the relationship and the strain from the household aide.
Australia bought 150 Bren gun carriers for farm conversion and Canada could adapt the plan to help Canadian agriculturists improve farm work efficiency.
Ottawa Citizen reports that US imperialism becomes the focus as communist parties in Europe accuse America of seeking world domination, contrasting with Britain’s limited expansion. The piece frames the shift from British to American critique in the geopolitical discourse.
Ottawa Journal argues self government in India is imposed from above by British authority, reversing traditional revolutionary practice and challenging critics of British policy in India.
A London Free Press observation notes elections often reveal voters chose poorly only after long delays as insight grows that the public’s choice proved mistaken. The quote underscores the burden of hindsight in democratic decisions.
The Globe and Mail urges patriotic self restraint in buying scarce items. Panic over salt emptied a store's month supply in one day, and patience is needed for both shoppers and shopkeepers to ration remaining goods.
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