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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 13, 1945
Page
2
The Russell Banner is a weekly Manitoba newspaper edited and published by Acrcil Sanderson. It circulates Thursdays and is a member of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association with a yearly subscription of $1.50 in advance.
Pte. Bing Meagher recounts four and a half years in Japanese camps after travelling from Hong Kong with 50 Canadian soldiers. He notes rough but limited treatment, a near-death incident when cocoa dropped from relief planes caused destruction nearby, and contrasts camps in Hong Kong with those in the home islands.
Workers describe long days hammering 35 pound blocks, sweating on red hot steel. Rubber-soled crews walked hot surfaces and suffered extreme weight loss, while guards used bamboo clubs as a feared weapon for minor provocations.
A description of fattening market cockerels at the Experimental Farm Brandon. It covers rations, mixing ground grains with liquid feed batter, feeding twice daily, pre-fattening starvation, crate confinement, dusting, and a three week period to finish birds.
J E McNeill MA BD minister leads Sunday 11 am sermon The Scientific Basis of Faith and 7 pm The Perfect Image of His Father Sunday School follows the morning service The ad urges fixing fault not blame.
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