New Year's Reflections on Pacific War and World Policy
A New Year meditation links Janus to looking both ways, tracing the 1931 Japanese drive on Manchuria to appeasement in Britain and the League of Nations. It warns democracy must broaden minds to become citizens of the world, learning from past missteps to face a threatening future.
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Janus
Pacific
Japan
Manchuria
China
United States
Great Britain
My Turings
Britain
League of Nations
Europe
Tokyo
Robert Craigie
Sir Robert
Churciland
Rosevelt
Burma
Canada
Hong Kong
Maxim Litvinoff
Czecho
Slovakia
Ethiopia
Conscription Debate Urges Mobilisation Not Draft One Nation
A reader urges mobilisation for total war rather than conscription. He argues for universal service, prioritising manpower and resources, and cautions against harming production while stressing Britain and Canada need trained forces and national unity. He cites Churchill and calls for compulsory selective service.
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Canada
Churchill
Ottawa
Washington
United States
Britain
Kilowatt Hours Sold Rise Sharply In Manitoba In November
Manitoba power records show a 46.0 percent jump in kilowatt hours sold in November compared with November 1910. The surge tops prior records as load grows, with airfields a major factor and increases expected in 1942. A school class anecdote notes a student’s quirky response about writing from within.
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Manitoba Power Commission
We & Te
Obituary: Hugh Warnock 84 of Rossburn District
Hugh Warnock 84 longtime Rossburn resident died Tuesday morning December 31 after a short illness. Born in Dowick Ontario he moved to Rossburn in 1879 and lived there ever since. He joined the Pentecostal Assembly after church amalgamation and funeral services were held January 2 at the Pentecostal church conducted by Rev. B McCallum and Rev. W G Onions with a large congregation. Interment followed in Rossburn Cemetery. Survived by a son and daughter.
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Hugh Warnock
Rossburn
Mr. Warnock
Dowick
Huron County
Oat
Methodist Church
Pentecostal Assembly
Pentecostal
Rossburn Locals Roundup of Visits and News
Rossburn and district residents share holiday visits and travels with friends in Strathclair Oakburn Brandon and Winnipeg. Local deaths include Dr J W Evans of Lindsay Ontario. Families note Christmas reunions with relatives from Regina Morris Shoal Lake and Dawson Yukon.
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Wm. Mclntosh
Wesley
Winnipeg
W. Sherritt
Regina
Geo. Hardie
Morris
A. Wyness
Shoal Lake
H. Mclntosh
E. Melntosh
Rossburn
Arther
Red Cross Blanket Fund Donations and New Work Room Opening
The Canadian Red Cross announces blanket fund gifts from Mr and Mrs George Williamson and Rossburn Explorers, and notes the Womens War Work Committee opens a new work room in the old RC Barracks on Saturday Jan 3. New members are needed and wool sewing supplies are on hand while stove wood donations are welcomed. Mrs C R Dawson convenor.
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Womens
Canadian Red Cross
RC. M.P
C. R. Dawson
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Canadian Legion
W Churchill
Mrs. C. A. Mensies
Hamiota
Fred Mitchell
The
R.C.A
Mary Taylor
Strathclair
May Armstrong
Oakburn
Phyllis Black
Jean and
Chrissie Brown
Y.W.C.A. Brandon
Jack McLeod
C. Barlow
E. Mccintosh
Irene Scrong
Michael Urbanowski
R.C.A.F
C. E. Beirnes
Langenburg Sask
G. H. Beirnes
Blair Lindsay
Pte
Elmer T. Brown
Lake Superior
Mrs
T McDonald
Floyd McDonald
E. McKague
Harold Lindsay
Rc.a.f
Mrs Lindsay
J. W. Evans
Lindsay Ontario
Evans
RED Cross
George Williamson
Rossburn Explorers
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