Thieves Loot Orono Store For Over Two Thousand In Merchandise
The C. G. Armstrong store in Orono was robbed late Friday night or early Saturday morning. Thieves broke in through a rear window, loaded a car with men’s suits overcoats dresses silk stockings cigarettes meat and meat products, then fled before dawn. Police were notified at eight in the morning and suspect items were hidden or disposed of. The total loss amounts to over $2,000 with most stock newly arrived the day before.
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C. G. Armstrong
Orono
W. H. Armstrong
John Grady
Bowmanville
Abe Wests
Armstrong
Wartime license drive targets Canadian merchants
Ottawa reports Wartime Prices and Trade Board requires licenses by December 1 for all firms dealing in food livestock yarn clothing and related goods. Over 200000 businesses affected with 9 regional directors to streamline licensing and window certificates. License cards expire March 31 1942 and renewals occur every six months.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prices and Trade Board
Clarke
Murphy
Butter Production Up For September in Ontario
Ontario butter output rose in September compared with a year earlier. Creamery butter manufacturing reached 8,740,162 pounds, up 7.1 percent from 8,204,842 pounds in September 1940. Durham county produced 779,745 pounds in the nine months to September 1941, up from 776,042 pounds. September 1941 county total was 106,382 pounds versus 98,831 a year earlier. Creamery butter stocks on October 1 stood at 6,928,860 pounds against 6,536,949 the prior month. dairy factories statewide held 5,850,530 pounds versus 5,968,306.
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Ontario
Durham
Marvelous Exhibit At Orono Fall Fair Draws Crowds
Newcastle resident Mrs Walter Farrow showcased a 161 exhibit collection at the Durham Central Fall Fair in Orono. All items were grown on her farm, ranging from vegetables like beans peppers and squash to fruits such as apples and grapes, plus eggs, dairy, grains, seeds, and ornamental gladiolus.
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Walter Farrow
Newcastle
Durham
Orono
Canada War Effort This Week October 2 to 9 1941
Weekly home front survey lists tenders for Shelburne naval base builds and wartime licenses for food and goods. Notes RC A F training updates, Women's Auxiliary Air Force pay, price index rise, Soviet tank shipments, Canada’s rising income, and munitions output. Details on contracts, orders, and the National War Finance Committee launch.
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Shelburne
Nova Scotia
Dominion
R.C.A.F
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
First Day Draws 100+ Entries At Plowing Match Peterboro
The International Plowing Match near Peterboro opened with over a hundred entries on Tuesday as rain prior improved soil. Youths Frances McMillan and Doreen Seeney won titles in the 18 and under divisions, with many classes listed for stubble and sod tractors across multiple districts.
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Peterboro
Frances McMillan
Beaverton
Doreen Seeney
Ida
W. R. Hunter
Cavan
Alex
Carlow
Indian River
Alex. Noble
Uxbridge
Cecil Neals
Jack Beaton
Blackwaitter
M. Gibson
Blackwater
Richard Thompsion
Bobcaygeon
Murray Bickle
Cobourg
Russel Morrison
Ken McManus
Reaboro
Ron Marquis
Sunderland
Harold Hooten
Oscar Welsh
Sandford
F. Costello
Downeyville
William ‘Robson
G. Robertson
Dunsford
Fred Webster
Woodville
Glen Suggitt
Paul Maguire
Omemee
Walter Thorne
Howard Henry
Costs of Mechanizing War Show Big Budget Shifts
Broadcast by Victor Sifton outlines how modern divisions rely on motors over horses. He cites 1914-18 costs and compares today's infantry and armored divisions, noting speeds, vehicle counts, and yearly expenses. The figures show a shift from horse power to motorized units with vastly higher upkeep and total costs.
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Canada
Victor Sifton
Ordnance
C.B.C
Silver collection aids Oddfellows Relief Fund at town hall
Over $20 was taken in a silver collection during the 1.0.C.F. installation at the town hall on Wednesday evening. The funds will support the Odd Fellows Relief Fund.
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C.F
Oddfellows Relief Fund
Canada seeks women cooks for war effort
The Department of National War Services calls for 300 volunteers to join the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force or Canadian Women's Army Corps as home cooked food specialists. Applicants need basic cooking knowledge, will receive a uniform and pay of ninety cents daily, and may train at Havergal College and Guelph before posting to RCAF stations.
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Hitler
Department of National War Services
Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
R.C.A.F
National War Services
Canada
Canadian ‘Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Havergal ‘College
Guelph
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Britain
Royal Air Force
Atlantic
Orono Fall Fair
Ing
Russia
Department of Munitions and Supply
Canadian Car and Foundry Ltd
Montreal
G. W. Spinney
Bank of Montreal
National War Finance Committee
Ross Miller
Roy Bickle
Grant McMillan
R. H. McArthur
Harvey McIntyre
Keene
William Holden
Manilla
K. Cornelius
Roy ‘Miller
Harry McManus
Dave Sharpe
Len Shortt
Robert Leahy
Lakefield
Stewart Ball
Thomas Moore
Petersboro
France
Toronto
Der
Ned Ballentyne
John Hooden
Tom McManus
Allan Dawson
Bailieboro
Gus Anstey
Norman &Marsden
Rosenearth
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