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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
2
Russell Banner of Russell Manitoba announces weekly publication with Cecil Sanderson as a listed contact and subscription rate set at 150 Canadian dollars per year in advance for readers and advertisers.
The town of Russell embraces Manitoba Power Commission hydro energy and urges use for progress. It highlights advantages of location, low taxes, and cheap land to attract small mills, a canning plant, and a small sash factory, urging citizen effort to lure industry benefiting farmers.
A lurid World War II spoof set in the Kaiserhof hotel with Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, and Goering in a drunken, quarrelsome tableau. The poem ridicules Nazi leaders while mocking Britain’s resolve, ending with a bomb attack and a blunt call to action.
The text describes Canada 1940 Fear Book as the official statistical annal detailing natural resources, history, institutions, demography, production, trade, transport, finance, education, and other social economic aspects. It notes a statistical summary in the intro, presenting pictorial figures of progress.
Ottawa weighs year round daylight saving amid wartime conditions while government funded plants expand war production. The piece surveys Japan Canada relations, US policy, and racial restrictions as the war reshapes trade and security. It notes 23,342 Japanese in Canada, BC housing most, and fluctuating naturalization alongside large wartime imports.
The 1939 Year Book details progress since 1871 and lists articles not repeated in this edition. It explains the relationship to prior volumes, notes it as a series, and states Ottawa King's Printer supplies at $1.59, with a limited paper-bound allotment for ministers, students, and teachers at 50 cents.
A Canadian observer outlines the global war stakes noting the United States exports, Japan’s aggression, and the Axis alliance. The writer argues only a policy shift by Japan could avert economic ruin and naval defeat, urging Canadians to understand the new phase of Britain’s Commonwealth war effort with confidence and unity.
Wilma Woods sells high class furniture at McRosties hall Rus sell on Saturday October 26. Shipley and Son are the auctioneers.
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