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QUICK ACTION DEMANDED

... Agricultural Bill, the second reading of which was under debate, left a yawning gap in the food situation. You can't dig for victory with pair of Treasury scissors, was one of his comments. I would have flung into the waste-paper basket, he cried ...

Published: Wednesday 07 February 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 495 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

PLK&U.NAL. THE COST OF LIVING - IS UP. BUT— There's no need to worry, our Special Cleaning Process can SAVE

... TODAY The following striking articles appear in the new number of Everybody's Weekly, which will be ON SALE TODAY:— DIG FOR VICTORY—WITHOUT BLISTERS. Val. Smith. •' NAZI AIR STAFF PLAN RAIDS ON EIRE. By Walter Whitman. DIDN'T DROP SANDBAG—SAVED HIS ...

Published: Monday 12 February 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 902 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

MAKING THE MOST OF BRITAIN'S LAND

... the country war effort. How can we use our 30.000,000 acres of land to the fullest advantage? The Government ask us Dig for Victory. There are already 9.000.000 acres of arable land, but what of the remaining 21.000.000 acres, two-thirds of all our ...

Published: Friday 23 February 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1869 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

RETURN TO THE LAND

... RETURN TO THE LAND Call For Action Cornish Rector In City Dig for Victory was the subject of talk at the weekly luncheon of Plymouth Rotary Club yesterday by Canon L. Martin Andrews, rector of Stoke Climsland. Canon Andrews emphasized the importance ...

Published: Saturday 24 February 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 201 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

'DIGGING FOR VICTORY'

... 'DIGGING FOR VICTORY' Allotments In City Area VACANT PLOTS Distant From Homes Of People INVITATIONS by the Plymouth Corporation to people desirous oi obtaining allotments cannot be said to have met with a very encouraging or satisfactory response. The ...

Published: Tuesday 27 February 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 736 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MINISTRY HAS NOT REPLIED

... Prospect Tenants' Association, The members were considering the J' question of obtaining fertilizer to assist! them in the dig for victory cam- paign. Mr. S. R. Manicom said the Ministry of Agriculture and' Fisheries had announced that they would grant a j ...

Published: Thursday 07 March 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 424 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

SAVING AND DIGGING

... members were enrolled and a sum of over £5 was subscribed. The schoolboys have also started digging for victory. On Thursday afternoon 24 boys, under one of the masters, became busy with spades, forks, and a wheelbarrow' clearing the turf from a part of ...

Published: Saturday 09 March 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Lifton Allotment Holders

... Institute Allotment Holders' Association have purchased for their members 2J tons seed potatoes from Scotland, to aid the ' Dig for Victory campaign Mr. V. R. Doney, hon secretary, carried out the arrangements, and the potatoes have been distributed this week ...

Published: Wednesday 13 March 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 46 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

GARDENING MIDDLETON says: Use Peat for your seed beds and boxes—better than Leaf Mould or Manure Good advice

... Dept. N., Devon Land Improvement Ltd., Paignton. Ifi>C FERTILISER is the oest Genera: - Manure It grows the best crops Dig for Victory —Sold only by W French and Seedsmen Exeter 'Phones 2663 4260 MACHINERY, Ac, FOR SALE. A IARINE ENGINES petrol-paraffin ...

Published: Saturday 16 March 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 1106 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

MID-DEVON DIG FOR VICTORY

... MID-DEVON DIG FOR VICTORY Much New Ground Broken This Eastertide LAWNS NOW GARDENS was a Dig for victory Easter Monday in Mid-Devon. Most Newton Abbot and district residents with gardens and allotments were at work for a sufficient number hours to ...

Published: Tuesday 26 March 1940
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 162 | Page: 3 | Tags: none