Word: quebecs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...United Nations had a great piece of luck. In Washington, mining officials happily announced that a "large deposit" of molybdenite had been discovered about 400 miles northwest of Quebec. Molybdenite yields molybdenum, a white, slippery alloying metal which is so vital in armor plate and guns that it is No. 1 on Canada's strategic list...
...your issue of Oct. 5, you report the failure of the plan to give the name Lidice (after the martyred Czech village) to the Canadian town of Frelighsburg. You state that Premier Godbout of Quebec rapped the knuckles of the Lidice Lives Committee, and of its executive chairman, Clifton Fadiman. As a member of the Lidice Lives Committee, and as the individual who visited Godbout and had all details of the affair in hand, I feel qualified to give you the facts...
...Godbout has at all times shown his complete willingness and eagerness to rename a Canadian town Lidice. Frelighsburg, where M. Godbout has a large farm) Was selected by the Quebec Government for the ceremony. An emissary was sent to Frelighsburg to notify them of their selection. At the very moment of his arrival, a news leak occurred in Canada resulting in stories in the Canadian press that the town was going to have its name changed. There had not yet been time to consult the mayor of the town. The mayor was aggrieved and refused to permit renaming. I have...
Meantime the "Lidice Lives" Committee of the Writers' War Board (executive chairman: Fadiman) got a little tap on the knuckles from Premier Adélard Godbout of Quebec. The town of Frelighsburg, Quebec, announced the committee, would change its name to Lidice. But Frelighsburg had not been informed, and shortly Premier Godbout announced simply: Frelighsburg will be Frelighsburg and Clifton Fadiman will be Clifton Fadiman...
...landed directly on the sub's narrow deck, rolled off, and exploded beneath the surface. The surviving Germans surrendered and were rescued (see cut) as their seawolf sank. The U-boat was, perhaps, the one whose badly aimed torpedo hit the rocky headland and broke windows in a Quebec village last week...