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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1941
Page
6
The piece warns against false economy and urges sane frugality. It stresses sustaining workers and industry, conserving scarce supplies and food, and avoiding hoarding. It calls for courage and forward-looking, practical restraint to support national effort without stripping essentials.
The Saturday Review of Literature catalogs wartime slang from Mae West life belts to flying elephants. Terms like completely cheesed describe exasperation while a walkie talkie or gas house nickname reveal humor amid conflict. The piece notes language gains and urges mindful usage.
A lighthearted anecdote recalls a uniformed army officer asking for a tankful at a local garage. The attendant replies three gallons to conserve gas for the armed forces, prompting the officer to ask what he is. The attendant retorts by asking what the officer thinks his car is.
The piece analyzes Japan's shift under a militarist cabinet led by Tojo after Konoye's resignation. It ponders possible actions from Siberian strikes to Southeast Asian offensives, the impact on allied supply routes, and the risk of drawing the United States into a two-ocean war. It notes U Kearny attack and U S responses including arming merchant ships and expanding Atlantic patrols.
Wendell Willkie urged President Roosevelt to abandon hopes for peace with Berlin Rome and Tokyo warning their alliance aims at world domination. He urged action to stop the trio and oppose neutral ity laws as isolation ends and the United States enters the war. London factory workers produce artificial legs for British servicemen and civilians with 300 craftsmen at the workshops aiding the war effort.
The Royal Air Force airlift over Northern France dropped a new artificial leg for Wing Commander Bader DSO DFC, highlighting British craftsmen who provide new limbs to the maimed from war and other causes.
Colonel Llewellin states highway fatalities in Britain outpace enemy war deaths by two to one since the war began. Two years into the conflict fatalities reach 10,073 with 8,358 in 1939 40 and a prewar annual average of 6,500. Government launches a nationwide safety campaign as road deaths total 18,000 with pedestrians making up 10,000, including 1,000 children, plus 2,400 motorcyclists and 2,800 bicyclists.
In northwest England more than 300000 residents have enrolled in a voluntary movement offering to give up Sundays and travel to assist after an air raid. The effort mobilizes civilians to support relief and recovery with widespread participation.
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