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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
2
War shortages cripple Denmark’s home industry as Nazi occupation blocks cotton silk linen and wool. Danish women who knit sew and embroider lost access to materials and patterns, ending a traditional folk art practiced across towns with embroidery shops and training centers.
Sam McGee of Song fame died in Beiseker Alberta in early September at age 73. Born in Lindsay Ontario he spent years in Yukon copper mining and road building before moving to Great Falls Montana and finally Beiseker. He never cremated as in Services poem and was buried near Beiseker at Rosebud Church cemetery.
The Republic of Panama ordered all residents to stay home one day last week until census workers finished counting. Fines of five dollars applied for noncompliance. Transport halted and ships remained tied up to ensure every person was counted. The prior census listed 467,459 Panamanians.
A fossilized gopher turtle specimen found at Sebring Florida is estimated to be 30,000 years old. The arched shell weighs about half a ton and measures 4 feet high and 5 feet long, indicating a remarkable prehistoric giant.
The piece surveys Allied and Axis aviation strength and invasion prospects, noting forecasts from Louis P. Lochner and Red Fleet editors on air supremacy. It links Mussolini and Hitler's moves in the Mediterranean with Franco's Iberian diplomacy and assesses Japan’s Far East push and India's Gandhi stance amid wartime pressures.
Book review by Prof J B Hedges of Brown University Providence R I presents a complete account of the Canadian Pacific Railway role in settling the Canadian West. Based on original documents the work adds a pioneer history chapter detailing land subsidies locating lands and colonization policies with thirteen chapters. The Macmillan Company of Canada publishes in Toronto.
A summary lists 125 wartime good turns by the Scouts of Great Britain showing general ARP support, air raid shelter policing, sand bag filling, blackout guiding for vulnerable groups, telephone relief, stretcher bearing in the Thames service, hospital aid, splint making, moss collection, police traffic help, and evacuation escorts for children highlighting the Scouts’ tireless efforts.
Scouts of Britain carry out a wide range of wartime tasks from guarding empty houses for billets to air raid listening posts and balloon barrage units. They help on farms with harvests, hedges, cows, hops, and firewood, gather acorns for animals, and aid refugees from Holland Belgium and France at stations, providing food and directions to billets.
The Library of Congress in Washington D C is described as the largest library with 1 421 285 maps and pictures and 5 828 126 printed books and pamphlets. It is noted that the world population now exceeds double its 1800 level.
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