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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1940
Page
6
Canadian government letters from German internees praise humane treatment in Canada during the war. Prisoners at Petawawa and Kananaskis camps report kind staff, adequate food and clothing, and contrast with harsh treatment at home in Germany. Internees stress they are treated as people and not as automata or brutes.
Local notes report visitors in Winnipeg Mrs A K E McLennan and Gary, a tea room promotion at Fontaine's on April 20, Tony Yankoski’s Calgary winter, funeral attendance for Mrs M Barres in Yorkton, Eastern Star fraternal greetings, illness in Plumas prompting travel, a Russell dance with a chartered bus, Vancouver resident Mr E Bishop visiting, trips to the Pacific coast, Allis Chalmers showing at Frank Clement's Show Rooms on April 19, church sermon at Knox United, Ladies Auxiliary hosting a Variety Dance, Russell Welfare Committee meeting April 23, Clydesdale Club renewing use of Landmark Mac, notice May 1 closing time at Town Office, and a passage on prisoners reform ideals.
Gardens dug at reasonable prices and grounds kept in good shape through summer. Apply Bob Hart ley or leave name at The Banner office. Card of Thanks Mr and Mrs Elmer Shepherd thank friends and neighbors for kindness after recent bereavement and for floral tributes.
Prospects of a grasshopper outbreak in the district hinge on weather. Dry seasons threat a severe pest surge, while wet periods allow young plants to mature before eggs hatch. A map from the Department of Agriculture marks much of the area south of Shellmouth and west of Russell along the Assiniboine Valley as infected. Cuttingworms and wireworms remain a menace as 1940 crops emerge. Preventive measures by entomologists, including poison bait, soil tillage, and use of parasites, are advised along with breeding resistant crop varieties.
Canadian Active Service Force members in Canada may become commissioned officers if they meet Non Permanent Militia qualifications. Requirements include CO recommendation, local recruiting area residence, medical fitness, university or provincial exam passes, or national defence approved subjects, and age at least 18. Also notes Danish and Norwegian ships may be used by Allies, while 6,500 Canadian Great Lakes Seamen strike for higher wages and closed shop terms amid government dispute over legality of the strike.
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