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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
2
Russell Banner is a weekly Manitoba newspaper edited by Cecil Sanderson. It serves Russell and surrounding areas with local news and community notices published every Thursday.
The report outlines wartime measures including extra farm meals for seasonal help, scarce sugar concessions, and new POW labor camps in Chatham Ontario and Lethbridge Alberta. It notes prisoners working on farms, distribution of conscientious objector pay, and rising hog slaughter figures. It also cites deficits in blindness pensions and the distribution of pension costs across federal and provincial governments.
Tenders addressed to the undersigned for coal for Dominion Buildings and Experimental Farms left stations in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia are due by 3 p m on May 31 1944. Forms and conditions from the Purchasing Agent Ottawa and district architects. Tenderers must include coal licence numbers. The department may require a 10 per cent security deposit by certified cheque or guaranteed bonds. Department of Public Works Ottawa May 4 1944.
A collage of quotes from farmers and experts praising a well cultivated seed bed and new wheat variety. It notes high seed quality, fertilizer use, disease resistance, and favorable growing conditions, suggesting a strong yield and global hunger needs driving production.
The Crosby and Bavelow district honors Mr Sparling an organist and Mrs Snarting a nurse for lifelong service in church and schooling. They plan to retire from farming and live near town, receiving gifts from friends. Visitors, illnesses, and childhood inquiries are noted along with a chicken pox and measles outbreak in the area.
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