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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
2
Canadians are urged to buy War Savings Certificates as a test of democracy's strength against dictatorship. The piece links devotion to freedom with sacrifice, urging Canadians to respond as Britain and France face total war, showing democratic discipline through action.
The Dominion Government lists twenty three experimental and district substation farms in Manitoba with field meetings starting in June around Winnipeg and ending in July in the Swan River Valley. Projects cover field crop management, practical crop rotations, soil drift prevention, weed control, and on many stations gardens offer horticultural guidance.
Leaders from all walks of life in Canada back national drive to sell War Savings Certificates and War Savings Stamps with 800 skilled salesmen ready. Walter Somerville and M de Gaspe Beaubien head the National War Savings Committee aided by a broad advisory panel from labour, women's groups, civil service, agriculture, press, and major firms. The program aims to make certificates and stamps easily obtainable nationwide with no delays.
Censors at Canada internment camps report new Nagi method using unsigned post cards from Chicago. Three typed cards carried German and English verses predicting War victory and domination of Canada and the United States.
The program stresses seeing over hearing with short addresses and practical talks on herds and flocks. Advertisements will outline dates and agendas for meetings, inviting attendees to choose the event closest to them and focused on their farming interests.
The Oracle essay by Herbert Hancock argues air power will decide future wars. It notes Britain Germany France Italy Spain and America racing to build airships, with balloons used for observation and signaling and potentially dominating battlefields.
Certificates of 5 dollars and multiple shares are offered to the Canadian public to finance the war effort and will be free of income tax as they bear no interest.
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