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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1940
Page
7
Jim reports Sir Joseph’s recovery after a heady shock from a car collision or unknown events. The PM backs legal risk to uncover truth as Jim investigates at Downing Street and Scotland Yard about what Sir Joseph recalls and what was hidden.
Mr Ellenbury seeks cash from Lombard Bank as extensive remittances flow via cables from Johannesburg to New Orleans Chicago New York Toronto and Sydney amid war altered morals and banking rules. A Cuba crop and Indian mills report contrast with a peat bog burning near Yuentington and a Spanish rice purchase from Egypt.
In this chapter Jim and Inspector Wilton guard the unconscious Foreign Minister Sir Joseph through a tense night. Harlow’s shadowy motives loom as Jim ponders a possible double life while monitoring the minister’s fragile recovery and deciphering a mysterious card.
Four hundred fifteen cable grams were sent in one morning bearing identical terms demanding remittance through Lombard Bank Carr Street Branch with profits to a vague receipt. The Foreign Department manager, an old friend of Mir. Elienbury, is noted as connected to the incident.
In a Kirkland Lake Northern News excerpt readers glimpse a private soldier’s note to family. The letter ends with a simple blessing and a hopeful promise to return, illustrating the quiet dignity of ordinary servicemen abroad.
Montrealer Bob Carlew, a veteran hotel worker, says women give smaller tips than men in nine of ten cases. He notes debutantes are the tightest tippers while showgirls, though often short of cash, rarely expect freebies. He cites regulars as average tippers, usually small coins, with occasional smiles.
Virginio Gayda, the Fascist editorial spokesman, asserts that Hitler and Mussolini are so confident of victory that they can begin drafting the great constructive lines of their new European and African edifice.
The Canadian Red Cross, based in Toronto, announced sixty two thousand blankets have been dispatched to London to assist people made homeless by German air raids.
Freeze up marks season start and iodine deficiency risk. Feeding potassium iodide crystals during winter helps prevent health troubles in animals.
The article describes a public notice about war prisoner costumes featuring a blue or black outfit with a red circle on the back and a 4 inch stripe on the leg. It warns Canadians to report sightings to police and asks motorists to verify registration before giving rides after escapes are announced.
In a southeast English coast town where sirens sound daily a young couple swap jobs one day a week to share duties. The husband handles housekeeping cooking and child care while the wife helps with typing and his routine tasks. He would not want permanent swaps as it feels like more work.
In May 1939 a woman traveled to Vancouver to study Canada. She rode about 2500 miles with her horse Tim othy before leg problems forced a withdrawal. Jonty then replaced the horse and completed the journey to the destination.
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