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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 10, 1941
Page
3
The House of Commons backed Churchill's plan for maximum men and women mobilization by 326 to 10 after fending off a Labor amendment that would have conscripted wealth and nationalized industries. Bevin pledged government flexibility while prioritizing the national war effort.
The Yugoslav Serb forces led by General Mihailovic resist a three-division assault in the western Morava valley with tanks and air support. The communique notes successful partisan rear operations and continued local operations in Bosnia Montenegro and Slovenia.
Il Messaggero reports that Latin will be the official language for scientific relations in Hitler’s New Europe. The Institute of Roman Studies is preparing modern Latin dictionaries for that day.
Ottawa National War Savings committee spokesmen favor a Retail Merchants Association of Canada idea to allow retailers to sell war savings stamps and certificates. A resolution backing the plan was sent to the committee last week.
Washington reports 14000 American made trucks will haul war equipment over the Burma road to China under lend lease. 264 American trained pilots join Chinese service and 100 Curtiss P-40 fighters are provided. Crews upgrade road with service stations and repair trains while road delays vanish. A one way trip runs three weeks to a month. aim is three to four weeks for round trips by 1942.
Donald Gordon deputy governor of the Bank of Canada is the new chairman of the wartime prices and trade board announced in Ottawa. He previously served as assistant chairman for two weeks before this appointment.
Canada reports 1941 third quarter milk production near 7.0 billion pounds up 4.9 percent over 1940. Full year projection reaches 17.0 billion pounds, up about 4.3 percent. Creamery butter near 107 million pounds in Q3, up about 7 percent. nine months total 233.6 million pounds, up 9 percent.
Shipping circles report rumors of a German pocket battleship prowling the Pacific. A sighting off the Galapagos was claimed but weather hid the raider. If true, the vessel may target South American shipping before moving toward Australia.
The agriculture department says feeding operations will stay near 1940-41 levels. It notes a shift in feeder distribution due to roughage shortages in eastern Canada and feed abundance in western areas. Eastern feed lots traditionally fatten more cattle than in the west.
Due to a shortage of office boys Ottawa introduces the office girl grade for 16 to 17 year olds. The civil service commission says only Ottawa girls will be accepted. The position carries the same rank salary and duties as the office boy role at 38 dollars 50 cents monthly.
Ottawa savings deposits for October totalled 1.5917 billion dollars, up from 1.5552 billion in September and 1.5995 billion for the same month last year, per the monthly bank statement from the department of finance.
For the first time in a century no British merchantmen were anchored at Shanghai on December 4 as ships were recalled to Hong Kong and the south. The harbor appeared nearly deserted with only a few Japanese freighters and the Italian liner Conte Verde remaining.
Lt Gen Ernst von Schaumburg, Paris military commandant, warned Paris's population of severe reprisals if the perpetrators of recent assaults on German soldiers are not handed over within one week. The threat followed a shooting of a German medical corps officer on Boulevard Magenta.
Ottawa. Farmers may buy feeder cattle lambs and weanling pigs for finishing and resale without a license from the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. The license exemption applies when farmers buy from other farmers or stock yards for fattening, unless they act as dealers. The exemption clarifies the board order on licensing in food clothing or millfeed trades.
Algiers radio under Vichy control warned French officers soldiers and civil officials formerly under Weygand in North Africa that desertion to enemy territory would be punished severely. It urged no Frenchman to commit treason due to political or military changes.
Ottawa reports Canada has strengthened its Pacific coast defences from Yukon to the international boundary. The network includes ships and aircraft with Royal Canadian Air Force patrols, linking to North American air defence from Mexico to Alaska, amid tensions in the Orient.
Ottawa reports a new Royal Canadian Air Force squadron led by Sqdn. Lnr. P. B. Pitcher shot down one Messerschmitt 109 and damaged two more during recent sweeps over France. PO R. W. McNair of North Battleford piloted a Mark V Spitfire and claimed a kill, with additional air combat accounts from pilots across Canada and the United States.
Havas reports 1500 killed after munitions dump at Dujitza Serbia explodes during fighting between Communists and Serbian government troops. The blast allegedly destroyed most nearby buildings and caused widespread ruin. The munitions were stored in the vaults of the Dujitza bank.
A report notes the Soviet Union possesses about 6000 miles of coastline along the Arctic Ocean, outlining its geographic extent and strategic significance.
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