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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
2
The Russell Banner is published every Thursday in Russell Manitoba as a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscriptions are available through E Cecil Sanderson.
The Russell district earns praise as a show place for flowers and vegetables after Brandon flower show displays from Russell and Angusville. Dropmore Hardy Plant Nursery gains appeal among horticulturists and visitors from Manitoba and the Northern States, boosting Banner County’s celebrated garden heritage.
Maclean's reports pre war Nazi and Fascist propaganda in Canadian schools. It details set up, teaching to serve Fatherland, and youths ready to sacrifice for Hitler and Mussolini. Canadian-born children educated by Nazi and Fascist teachers amid claims of native language teaching.
The article notes Western Canadian grain farmers face restricted marketing due to war related congestion. It urges unity, cites government efforts to meet democracy needs, warns against actions that could aid the enemy or create internal discord, labeling dissenters as fifth columnists.
A humorous verse in the St Rose School Magazine imagines Adolf Hitler awaiting entry to heaven and being refused by Peter at the gate. The devil warns that Hitler would corrupt morals if admitted, while the dictator pleads for a corner in hell, ending with a light, satirical punchline.
Ottawa reports that war emergency laws could enable prohibition during conflict. A National Advisory Committee on Refugees coordinates aid for British wartime refugees. Debate over a Canada United States defense treaty continues, with past exchanges of information but no formal commitment. Personal talks between Mackenzie King and Roosevelt feature in coverage of defense planning.
Manitoba advisory board of education approves mandatory daily patriotic exercises for all public schools. No exemptions after Aug 20. religious objections previously allowed are phased out. Regulations require singing Canada at opening, God Save the King at dismissal, and observances for Empire Day The King’s Birthday Dominion Day and Armistice Day.
The article describes a lengthy in-person meeting at Warm Springs Georgia with President Roosevelt and Canadian Premier King. The two leaders and Captain Daniel J Callaghan hosted extended discussions spanning overnight into the following afternoon. Both officials declined to reveal details, hinting at unofficial but significant diplomacy.
H G L Strange explains Canada wheat seed testing shows 20 000 fields analyzed across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba with Crop Testing Plan A stocks ready for seed use. Farmers urged to locate neighbours with A seed, as years of distributing good seed from A stocks boosted prairie wheat quality. Factors raising price include Romania harvest drop rains in Argentina and Mediterranean tensions. Lower prospects due to favorable Canadian crop outlook and Argentina corn rise.
The board discussed fixing a definite date in the school year for Do minion Day observance. It also urged the education department to investigate groups accused of running after school classes to teach foreign languages of nationalities at war with the Empire.
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