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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
9
A wartime tour of Clyde shipyards details vast production to defeat Germany. The author praises the unified British Empire from India to Canada, notes skilled labor, female munition workers, and the massive fleets under construction. He contrasts labor hardship with fierce national resolve and calls workers “Mothers of the Army.”
A Grimsby patrol dog, stationed eighteen months at sea, warns that daybreak and dusk are the most perilous times for British ships in the North Sea. He notes U boat periscopes are hard to detect from half a mile and that many losses stem from culpable crestyence and failure to follow Admiralty safety rules.
The speaker denounces those who claim to support the war yet remained silent while the enemy advanced and only now speak out in opposition during Allied endurance and suffering. He contrasts this with pacifists and those who oppose war on principle.
Essential laboratory goods once produced by Charlottenburg factory are now made by Royal Doulton in Lambeth. Crucibles evaporating dishes filtering funnels and other mineralogical and assaying vessels once exclusive to Germany are being manufactured abroad and reportedly equal or surpass the prewar German products. Prices remain nearly the same as German articles before the conflict.
The Canadian Society of Southern California held a large meeting with strong pro ally sentiment. Geo E Hill presided as Sir John S Hendrie sent greetings from Ontario Lieutenant Governor. He stated Canada is at war and must fulfill its duty with virile effort alongside great nations.
A sailor recounts falling overboard and a shark biting his leg. He chose not to struggle and let the shark keep the leg, remarking he never argues with sharks. The anecdote is delivered in a vaudeville style exchange.
In the London Telegraph summary, French Premier Briand defends France en route to victory, condemns stop-the-war deputy Brizon for seeking an immediate peace. He argues France was forced into war, honors its past, and warns against a peace that would invite future German aggression.
The Canadian Arctic expedition led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson reports a vast native copper field near Copper Mine River close to Prince Albert Island. Dr. Chester A. Reeds of the American Museum of Natural History says the discovery will benefit business and science and may aid understanding of polar winds and tides. The Nome, Alaska arrival suggests the findings could test theories about an unknown continent north of Alaska and west of Greenland.
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