Roblin District Sets $21000 Victory Loan Quota
The Roblin district launches the Second Victory Loan Drive starting February 16 with a $21000 quota covering Shell River Hillsburg and Roblin municipalities. Regional allocations place Boulton and Shellmouth with Russell, and organizers emphasize the motto Over the top and the value of investing in Canada.
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Roblin
Shell River
Hillsburg
Boulton
Shellmouth
Russell
Canada
RCAF Enlistments From Roblin and Area Highlight War Effort
Local youths and a Roblin cohort join the air force and CWAAF for frontline training in Toronto. Tan Everett Abercrombie, Demetro Menzul, Jean Elizabeth Kines, Joan Belcher, and John Arthur Ward enlist as Wireless Operators and trades staff. Canada’s 1941 external trade hits a record high of 38.09 million dollars, up 35.7 percent from 1940 with major increases in non gold commerce.
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Tan Everett H. Abercrombie
J. H. Abercrombie
Togo
Sask
RCAF
No. 1 Manning Depot
Toronto
Jean Elizabeth Kines
J. M. Kines
Roblin
CWAAF
Joan Belcher
Canada
Dominion
Gems of Thought on Honor and Character
Collection of aphorisms emphasizing inner power over appearance. Quotes from Socrates Goethe Schiller Mary Baker Eddy and anonymous sources urge integrity, noble-minded action, faithful merit, and self-consistency as the true basis of honor.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Women of Canada Rally Behind Victory Bonds
The piece praises pioneer women for courage and duty in wartime. It notes mothers blessing fighting sons and women revising family budgets to buy Victory Bonds, believing every dollar funds tanks, guns, planes, ships, and victory against Hitler.
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Canada
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T. D. McMurray
Winnipeg
Geo. Kelso
I. L. Mitchell
J. M. Thom
F. Y. Newton
H. C. Cranwell
A. T. Kines
J. B. Day
J. Adam
J. B.day
A. J. Edwards
T .H. Taylor
E.G. Greenaway
A. G. .Gleiser
W. J. Westwood
Robt McBride
T. Cameron
J. Choma N. Rosen
C. Rogers
F. F.lee
T. Roberts
S. Argent
J. Grieve G. Cooper
S. Townsin
L. W. Waters
D. F. McWhirter
W .J. Westavond
T. H Taylor
J Thoma R Harte
H. Stefansson
D. Conly
Rev. Markel
Cp. Gill
Citizens Committee
C. H. Sorbo
Irwin L. Mitchell
H. Cranwell
E. G. Greenaway
A. G. Gleiser
F. Lawrence
Cp Gill
J. Kerchmer
R. Rae
J. B Day
G. L. Speers
Thos. Yeo
Phos. Kelso
Thos. Roberts
A. T.kines
T. H. Taylor
S. E. Rogers
M.L.A
Geo. Laird
Jn. Thos. Dillin
Dr. Hicks John Ar Jr
J. Hawryluk
A. Diamond
F.bomak
H. Belcher
H. Chick
Alex Schick
D. W. Law
S. H Cross
J. Fowlie
Conly
Horbay
Markel
Meichsner
Nash
Korba
Z. I. Day
R.C.A.F
Demetro Menzul
T. Menzul
R.C.A. F
No. 1
Manning
John Arthur Ward
G. R. Ward
Deepdale
Rc.a.f
Sarnia, Ont
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