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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
2
The Russell Banner is a weekly Russell Manitoba publication listed with the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription is one dollar fifty cents per year in advance. Cecil Sanderson is noted as part of the publication.
The Dominion government seeks citizen help via Citizens Rehabilitation Committees to aid ex service personnel. A November 1943 Montebello conference outlined objectives including studying rehabilitation laws, promoting benefits, surveying local employment, advancing supported training, aiding handicapped veterans, and coordinating with pensions and welfare services to reintegrate veterans into social and economic life.
A discussion argues that wheat surplus fears are unfounded if price and free trade operate. It notes that lower prices curb wheat use, while higher prices reduce demand, correcting supply. It warns rationing could curb meat and livestock feeding and that feeding grain to livestock yields far fewer people fed per acre than direct human consumption.
The June ration timetable lists valid coupons for tea and coffee, sugar, butter, and preserves. Tea and coffee coupons 14 to 33 are active. 34 and 35 become valid June 8 and June 22 respectively with no expiry, each covers specific ounce amounts. Sugar and canning sugar coupons 1 to 5 are valid with no expiry, sugar coupons 14 to 33 active, butter coupons 62 and 63 expire June 30 while 64 and 65 start June 8 and 66 and 67 start June 22 with July 31 expiry, preserves 1 to 20 valid and 21 and 22 start June 8 with no expiry.
A public notice urges readers to invest their loose change in War Savings Stamps, framing it as a smart, patriotic way to grow savings while supporting national wartime finance. The message emphasizes daily thrift and collective effort.
The Wheat Situation foresees 1.75 billion bushels of Canadian and US wheat vanishing this crop year with a 540 million bushel drop in combined carryover. Canada’s 1944 butter output reaches a record, poultry exports rise, and Canada’s wartime trade to UK, US, and other nations grows. Finance Minister Tisley proposes housing loan cuts and extended repayment terms. Agricultural labor rules relax permits for short outside work.
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