Canada: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Thank Your Stars

Canada has always been grateful for help from Hollywood stars in publicizing its war-bond drives. Some months ago it engraved "Canada Thanks You" on some freshly-coined nickels, punched a hole in each, and sent them off with bread-&-butter notes. Subsequently, bracelets of the plugged nickels turned up on the wrists of some of Hollywood's most fashionable women.

Last week Canada spent more than nickels in a hands-across-the-border "thank you." Through nine whoppingly successful victory loans, 50 Hollywood stars had toured the Dominion, had made seven film shorts and 37 radio transcriptions. In a gesture of gratitude, Canada...

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