Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), June 11, 1941, p. 11

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the georgetown herald wednesday evening june llth 1941 all trade unions in canada would be dissolved under nazi domination canadian parents would be deprived of the right to decide what their children should be taught y christianity would be censored and teachers instructed by nazi authorities as to what they should and should not teach all canadian business would come under the thumb of ger many there would be butterless days for all citizens if butter were needed for export to germany old age pensions would be- a thing of the past developed sections of the country would be cleared of cana dians to make room for german immigrants there would be no more minimum wage act public meetings when allowed would be watched by the gestapo rqdio programs would be produced to suit the purpose of the aggressor why canadians fight to keep the nazis away canadian newspapers would no longer express the opinion of canadians and would submit all news items and editorials to the nazi censor f canadians would step from fhe sidewalk to the roadway to al- low german officers to pass canadian citizens would be forced to give the nazi salute or court imprisonment taxation to provide indemnities to germany would be heavier than canadas present taxation masonic lodges and all fraternal orders and organizations would be dissolved theatres would be jammed with nazi propaganda material and moving pictures would be subject to rigid nazi censorship v books which would fail to meet the pleasure of the nazi auth orities would be burned or banned private telephones if permitted would be subject to tapping by nazi agents travel from one section of the country to another if only for visit be subject to permission from the nazis the georgetown herald phone 8 georgetown f torch to churchill on its way the symbolic torch which canadians are flying to prime minister winston churchill left victoria bc on may 24th and is stopping at important canadian cities on lis wav across canada on satur day june 7th it arrived at malton airport and was brought to brampton for a torch day ceremony at gage park on sunday one hundred thousand toronto cltlssens jammed fjverdale parte where lieut col the rev sidney lambert christie street hospital uadre was chief speaker above artist ted watson is shown with the completed torch constructed from materials distinct ly canadian the base is made of maple the shaft of canadian pine and the whole is finished with 23 carat gold leaf at right is shown the inscription on the base canadas victory loan 1941 part of the tools t l leslie a prominent figure in halton county agricultural circles mr leslie la a vlcechalrman and canvasser for ttoe victory loan 1941 master scroll for victory loan torch j rum uwk stel taaifut jb5k5uo t fthim v g m l ii ii mnnwiipmiithii s i here is the master scroll which ac companies the torch on its way across canada and thence over the atlantic tor tptesentauon to prime minister winston churchill as a symbol of canadas loyal determination to fight on until victory has been won be sides containing a message to the bri tish leader the scroll will also contain the signatures of federal provincial and municipal officials the scroll willbe contained in a speciallycon structed cylinder which has been built into the shaft of the torch ed to the right honourable winston churchill and written in both english and french the text of the scroll- reads canada with other nations of the british commonwealth and their al lies will fight on to victory no mat ter how long and toilsome the road given the tools we shall finish the job canadas victory boan 1941 18 pert of the tools canada carries the torch of great britain within this torch is c ed this scroll upon this scroll an inscribed the names of the ouv oeneral o c and 4he ftana minister the ueutenshtobvanicn and the premiers of the nine pro vinces and the mayors of the ones this scroll and tins torch n the pledge of the canadian maple signed sealed and delivered tint shall fight on to tne end and feat the end shall be victory well do it

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