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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 20, 1939
Page
3
The sixth and likely last session of Canada’s 11th parliament under Prime Minister Mackenzie King is called to open January 25. War effort focus looms with empire air training schemes and new contracts, while royal commission reports and patronage issues may shape early agenda.
The BBC announced a Christmas Day Round the Empire program with a Canadian air pilot a New Zealand farmer an Australian munitions worker and a Malayan naval rating describing defence work. The crown broadcast will visit France the Royal Navy and RAF and include India's and South Africa's greetings before the King’s Empire message at 3 p.m. GB time.
A federal bacon and hog board will be formed to help market 280 million pounds of bacon Britain will buy from Canada in 1940. Hon. J. G. Taggart will head the board with members from Quebec and Ontario. An advisory producers committee will assist, alongside a price spreads board, to protect producers from speculation and secure better prices.
Francis Lloyd Rigby a 21 year old University of Alberta agriculture student twice crowned world wheat champion said he will not begin laboratory tests to determine the milling qualities of Peace River wheat until after graduation.
British air ministry officials sign a contract with Lockheed Aircraft Corp for 200 Hudson bombers at a substantial cost. The planes will use two 1,000 horsepower Wright Cyclone engines and may later receive 1,200 horsepower units. French orders 270 Douglas bombers from Douglas Aircraft Co with speeds over 300 mph.
A Red Karelia war correspondent reports Finnish white clad ski units use surprise ambushes and bandit tactics against Soviet columns. The article notes enemy hidden in white robes glide from woods to fire then retreat, sometimes skiing in stockings. Another piece mentions Finnish mine laying on roads and paths.
Sixty one percent of Britons are satisfied with the Chamberlain government's conduct of the war while eighteen percent are dissatisfied according to a British Institute of Public Opinion survey. Eleven percent said the war should be stopped and ten percent declined to express an opinion.
Prime Minister Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons that Britain's total casualties in the first three months of the war reached about 2,100. He contrasted this with roughly 12,500 casualties in the first two months of 1914 for all British forces.
Ottawa reports ongoing negotiations between United States and Canadian air authorities for reciprocal franchise rights for international traffic. A Washington hearing is planned on Trans Canada Airlines' U S franchise application. Transport Minister C D Howe notes Canada seeks parity with U S airlines operating into Canada.
Leading Aircraftman John Naylor a 19 year old RAF airman on leave from London returned to Marlow Buckinghamshire to show a shell fragment from a raid on Heligoland He was killed in a road crash while driving during a blackout near Marlow Buckinghamshire requiring investigation into the accident and its circumstances
British Royal Air Force patrols over Heligoland aim to deter German mine laying by air. If effective, Germany may assemble fighters to contest the patrols, potentially leading to a major air clash as both sides test aircraft superiority and maneuverability.
War duties have increased for Vincent Massey the leading Canadian High Commissioner in London. He and Mrs. Massey juggle a packed day schedule with many luncheons dinners and speeches. He even takes work home and keeps up with private correspondence and Canadian newspapers. Occasionally they fit in a game of golf.
Edmonton public school board hears a notice motion by Trustee Mrs. E. Ross urging daily saluting of the Union Jack and pledge in public schools. She asks teachers to lead and direct pupils in flag salutes and pledge, “I salute the flag the emblem of our country, and to her I pledge my love and loyalty.”
A South African donor, who asked for anonymity, gave a mobile X-ray unit valued at about £3000 to the Royal Army Medical Corps. The device can operate independently, supplying its own electrical current, and can be deployed at any time as needed.
The Daily Sketch foresees a Bourbone king taking the throne in two weeks as Spain shifts to a limited monarchy. Don Juan, second son of ex King Alfonso, would ascend with constitutional government and broad party participation. Exiled Spaniards would be allowed to return under the plan.
Private Richard Barrett of the Seaforth Highlanders claims to be the shortest member of the Dominion's expeditionary force at five-foot-one. He faces Corporal C A Mariette of the Canadian Dental Corps who wears boot size fifteen as the claimant to the biggest feet in the army.
A 14 hour sea battle off Montevideo ends with the German pocket battleship Graf Spee limping into neutral harbor. 36 crew killed and 60 wounded, including the ship's commander, as three British cruisers Ajax Achilles Exeter and a Formosa-class ship press the chase.
Prime Minister Chamberlain praised the naval clash in the South Atlantic between British cruisers Exeter Achilles and Ajax and the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. He defended British actions against German aggression and urged support for Finland amid Soviet invasion, while rejecting German gas-shell accusations.
The Navy League of Canada announced treats for sailors in port on Christmas Day at Vancouver Victoria Esquimalt Prince Rupert Halifax Sydney Saint John and St Johns The appeal for Christmas dinners drew strong support and hundreds of women are making dirty bags for sailors The first shipment of bags has left Toronto Canadian sea cadets navy and merchant marine will receive the treats.
The lifeboat service shows war at sea via statistics up to mid November with 490 launches to distressed vessels. This is five more than all of 1938, the busiest year. Since the outbreak of war there has been an average of 19 launches per week.
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