Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-06-15

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Yes it's 90 cents a gallon
The entire family faints except the dog When the
faithful hound has licked its masters face back to
sciousness man feebly asks he knows that The
operator, who honestly believes H. answers
~ here the dsyHe- told he had
to pay $3.50 for five gallons just enough to get him back
the border
The man" who told the gaspumper that lie was one
of small army of Naz and Red Fifth Columnsts who
from station all the Northern States,
spreading the most fantastic yarns to Americans
out Of visiting Canada last and this year they
at it again Thousands believed the crazcst tales
Gas is little higher in Canada, per gallon But the
Fifth Column boys don't that Canada sells the
moorist Imperial gallon which contains Ameri-
quarts instead of four In other he gets 25
per cent more for his money than at home The Imperial
applies to OIL kerosene and liquor An Imperial
quart of whisky holds 25 per than the American
full quart.
Il suppose you know that Canadians take your Ameri
money away and you receipt payable after the
war is another startling lie Canadians not only take
nothing away from the American visitor but they give
him bonus every American dollar he spends AS
change ten dollar American bill he gets hut
eleven Canadian dollars return Thus when he buys
Imperial gallon of he receives 30 per cent bonus
But the propagandsts don't burden the tourist with these
pleasant details.
Believe or not many people swallowed the story that
IF you have good they take 1t away from you
One version that soldiers seize it right the frontier
dumping men, women and children out to get home as
best they OF such outrage happened
every paper the States would be full of it.
In another version, the imaginary victims were even
off Nothing happens until they of gas deep
Canada. then sern-faced soldier guarding the gas
pump informs them that foreigners can't any
at 90 cents gallon. So there nothing do
give the away and start walking toward the border
The truth is that gas available throughout Canada Just
as it ever and it quality any Canadians
anxious than ana please their
because the country tourist money TO buy
American supplies
the effective though ridiculous frchtcncrs
is that the family dog KIDNAPPED at the border This
brings howl from Junior who that will
the ship The head Of the family merely TO agree
TO take Fido out of the country again
Hope you've got enough food in the trunk till
you get back brings an anxious What for Q"
oh didnt you know that Canadians are on The strict
est raons and foreigners cant get anything
restaurant without food card
The shocked tourist doesn't know it and the people in
Canada don't know il either The stores and
stocked with the countrys produce st they always
have been as well special American brands Ameri-
visitors The hotels and restaurants viii glad to
the guest anything he wants The tourist should not
bring than three days food He doesn't need it
and he may have to pay duty on the excess
The only serious shortage reported Canada last
year was that at peak season in BrockviIe and
London Ontario there quite enough BARRIERS so
tourists had to wait FOR haircut shave Even
that said 20 have been remedied
A bona fide tourist bring any amount legit-
innate camping and other equipment that he might
ceivably vacation
The friendly Immigration and Revenue officials make
the tourists brief pause az The border pleasant
possible
why not American dollars spent in Canada f1v back
so that OF those spends may in his
pay-enveope when he returns That why Firth
Column working hard TO hurt the Canadian tourist
business.
The saboteurs even made boogey men out Of the in
spectors the American side with wild yarns how
their officers won't let tourists into Canada won't let
them again These too. fiction except thst it is
a good idea carry hiCh certificate tax bin similar
evidence that the head Of the family belongs States
Men Of draft age should carry written permission from
their board 20 leave the country
tnce sam allows every citizen o bring back dutyrcc
500 worth Of Canadian purchase