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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 26, 1942
Page
5
Prime Minister Mackenzie King cabled Lt Gen A G L McNaughton to convey Canada's deep admiration for Canadian troops in the Dieppe raid. He praised their courage and discipline and thanked the officers and men, the navy and air force, and mourned the fallen, wounded, and missing.
Questionnaires from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Vancouver asked housewives about sugar bought for canning and when inspectors may call. A spokesman said some women may be chiselling sugar for non canning uses, echoing similar disclosures in other Canadian regions.
Ottawa reports new cross border printing matter rules after September 1. Printed matter addressed to neutral European countries cannot leave Canada or the United States unless sent directly from the office of publication. The directive covers clippings and full copies, issued by combined US and Canadian censorship authorities.
Construction is underway at two Hamilton plants to manufacture bonderized steel, a tin substitute, with production expected early in October. The material has reportedly been in U S production for a year with success.
London reports 24 year old Earl Haig son of the British commander in chief is missing and believed captured in the Middle East. He joined the Scots Greys in August 1939 and his sisters have been informed.
In Halifax thieves broke into the store of Mrs. George M Keating and carried off a single item a 100 pound bag of sugar. The incident underscores rationing era shortages and scarce valuables in the town of Halifax.
Reports from central and northern Europe describe an unusually early frost season with worries over inadequate fuel supplies. Early freezing may aid the Russians on the eastern front, while Swedish villages report frosts and crop damage in Taasjoe and Jamtland as snow causes losses.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill spoke with Gen. Charles de Gaulle in Cairo about French British cooperation in the Middle East. The Fighting French press service called the discussion cordial and all subjects related to cooperation were covered.
Dr F Cyril James of McGill University told the Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants that postwar reconstruction must guarantee full employment for every willing man and woman. He outlined three policy areas: internal Canadian issues, cross border problems, and international cooperation among leading governments to solve overarching challenges.
The War Production Board plans to raise the year’s ship output to about 9.0 million tons and aims to exceed Roosevelt’s initial target by roughly 10 percent. The Maritime Commission approved the increase, signaling confidence in steel supply to push 70 to 90 additional cargo vessels into service beyond prior plans. The July record stood at 71 ships and 790000 deadweight tons, with a monthly average above 1,000,000 tons needed to reach the new target.
The Free Belgian news agency says Brussels was fined 5,000,000 francs by the German authorities for eight armed attempts in ten days. One attack involved a dynamite blast damaging the Black Brigade premises. A Brussels university closure was noted due to hostile Belgian professors.
Report describes Gandehds Prison near Poona India as the Aga Khan's palace grounds amid gardens where Mohandas Gandhi and many All-India Congress leaders are believed confined.
General Auchinleck reports Axis losses in Egypt totaling 10,000 prisoners in two months as Rommel’s forces suffer heavy blows. He credits Allied pressure for two weeks of halted German advances while Gen Harold Alexander assumes command in the Middle East and American reinforcements arrive for the next phase.
Experts believe Japan failed to build usable airfields on Kiska and other Aleutian islands after limited aerial opposition. Some say hard rock and glassy debris hindered runway excavation, forcing partial depressions instead of completed runways. Additional notes mention seaplane fighters and Allied air operations in the Aleutians.
The Moslem league working committee endorsed a resolution to consider a provisional government in India while warning against interference with Muslim livelihoods. It said talks with other parties are possible if Pakistan distinct Muslim and Hindu states are recognized and urged Britain to guarantee Muslim self determination. Reports from Madras presidency describe looting and arson by Congress demonstrators with a mob of about 3,000 at a police station and Bhimavaram firing by police.
An exchange of notes between Canada and the United States shows over 2000 American citizens who had served in the Canadian armed forces have transferred to the U S forces under a 1940s military transfer pact. The Canadian note dated July 10 to Cordell Hull cites the move as nearly complete and frames these veterans as ambassadors of goodwill for Canada’s wartime contribution. Air Minister Power praised Americans who volunteered for service in the early British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
Lt General A G L McNaughton comments on the Dieppe raid saying combined sea land and air forces of the United Kingdom United States Canada and the Fighting French have dealt a heavy blow to the enemy and will strike again and again until the Nazi post is crushed out of existence
Devadas Gandhi son of Mohandas K Gandhi and Hindustan Times editor is arrested under Defence of India Rules in New Delhi. The move follows Gandhi being made general of a civil disobedience drive for immediate Indian independence by the All India Congress party.
President Roosevelt directs War Secretary Henry Stimson to take possession of and operate the L. A. Woods Machine Company plant in South Boston Massachusetts. The move aims to resolve a management labor dispute hindering war production.
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