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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 03, 1941
Page
2
The Russell Banner announces its weekly publication from Russell Manitoba under editor and publisher Cecil Sanderson with subscription at $1.50 per year in advance.
Residents pushed for establishing an airfield near Russell to keep pace with post war air transport. They cited nearby towns Rivers Dauphin Yorkton and Virden within ninety miles and urged Department of Transport awareness and citizen support.
A week of debate shows the C C F blaming the Russell Liberal-Progressive Association for missing the Non-Partisan Political convention called by the Russell Conservative Association on March 18. C C F delayed approval until March 25 then sought postponement at March 28, while Conservatives and Liberal-Progressives opposed.
A Brampton Ontario newspaper launches a nine week editorial series by B H Mortlock explaining the press roles in a democratic community. It covers The Freedom of the Press The Press and Governments The Press and the Churches The Press and the Advertiser The Press and Propaganda The Functions of an Editor The Functions of a Reporter The Press and Local History and The Guarantee of Freedom.
Professors F J Westcott and W L Morton of Brandon College appeal to readers of The Banner for help in compiling a history of settlement in western Manitoba. They request letters diaries business records and pamphlets and offer to copy or receive materials while preserving ownership rights. They emphasize the public value and invite readers to contact Brandon College Brandon Man March 28 1941.
Mrs. F. G. Clarke transcribes an Oxford tea meeting report where Lady Tweedsmuir spoke at the Overseas League event in Town and Gown Restaurant Oxford. She presented a map of Canada and described cities, the Rockies, and vast resources including oilfields minerals and land.
Milton Howard Chartered Accountant audited the Russell War Charities Fund covering from inception to 18 June 1941. He found the Receipts and Disbursements statement correctly presents the fund’s financial transactions and provided explanations received to support the summary.
The speaker expressed deep affection for Northern Canada calling it the Christmas tree country and praised prairie dwellers for enduring drought and over-cropping. She lauded Canada's wartime contribution and noted gifts sent to British causes from even poor children.
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