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Alleged Fraud Plot

... outskirts of large towns may be provided in some parts of the country as an inducement to city dwellers to take part in the “Dig for Victory” campaign. This provision is being seriously considered by a number of London borough councils who have plenty of would-be ...

Published: Tuesday 02 January 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 616 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SLUMP IN MOTORING

... said they felt that a genuine mistake had been made. DIG FOR VICTORY” PROGRESS OF BIRMINGHAM CAMPAIGN The Birmingham Allotments Committee are pushing on their contribution to the Dig for Victory campaign. Of the 5,000 new allotments to be provided by ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 1053 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

A WELCOME CONCUSSION

... Year, doubt among farmers is the question of showing bow thoroughly the nation Is their liability under the Workman's digging for victory. Compensation Acts for members of the naps and wall diagrams at the their family they employ. elinistry are most i ...

Published: Thursday 04 January 1940
Newspaper: Burton Observer and Chronicle
County: Staffordshire, England
Type: | Words: 848 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

How the Money Goes

... Speed The Plough PLOUGH MONDAY CELEBRATIONS THE fact that the nation is being urged to grow more food in wartime, to dig for victory, adds special interest to the many old customs associated with Plough Monday, which falls on January Bth. _ _ _ In normal ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 707 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CITY'S DIG FOR VICTORY

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Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 67 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

on The

... Mayors of the country should call the citizens together to give thanks for blessings received despite the troublous times. Dig for Victory COVENTRY is making a big drive to get citizens to grow more food. There have been a large number of applications for ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 338 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PLANNED

... fast enough in Coventry. Sir Reginald Dorman Smith declares that Dig for Victory should be the slogan of everyone with a garden, of every able-bodied man and woman capable of digging an allotment in their spare time. Coventry Parks Superintendent, Mr ...

Published: Saturday 06 January 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 139 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

FOOD FOR ALL

... value nor attractiveness. The housewife’s contribution ought to be no more than complementary to the husband’s for the “dig for victory campaign is intimately associated with the success of the rationing scheme. Waste of good land is as unpatriotic as is ...

Published: Monday 08 January 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Daily Gazette
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 406 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ALLOTMENTS

... has been heard of the matter, except that the district is liberally supplied with posters urging the public to Dig for Victory.” We cannot dig at all if the ground is not available, and I trust you will be able to find space in your valuable columns to ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1940
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 107 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

SPADE WORK

... SPADE WORK With a slogan ** Dig for Victory.,” the Minister of Agriculture is making efforts to secure more allotment-holders. The plan of campaign seems very similar to that adopted in the early days of the war, when the R.AF. distributed millions of ...

Published: Friday 12 January 1940
Newspaper: Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 190 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

■v'any plots for war-time ALLOTMENTS

... ■ v 'any plots for war-time ALLOTMENTS C°VENTRY S part in the great “Dig for Victory” campaign is rapidly gaining ground—literally and datively. im(^re( i war-time allotments are already under a tlv sti° , and all the once-vacant permanent allotment the ...

Published: Friday 12 January 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 176 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MORE LAND

... MORE LAND Dig for Victory’ Campaign Gaining Ground ...

Published: Friday 12 January 1940
Newspaper: Coventry Evening Telegraph
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 8 | Page: 5 | Tags: none