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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 19, 1941
Page
3
Ottawa announced that Dominion contributions for direct relief will end March 31. Under a 40 40 20 cost split provinces and municipalities will bear most costs next year, with Dominion outlays falling from 13.2 million to about 7 million.
President Roosevelt told reporters at a press conference that if the United States enters war in the Far East it would not require curtailing war materials shipments to Britain. He described the question as awfully iffy but stated there was no reason to doubt the answer.
A delegation of three Germans and five Belgians representing Nazi occupied Belgium arrives to negotiate a barter with Soviet Russia. They seek food in exchange for industrial equipment.
London reports that Nazi looted artworks valued at about 8.9 million dollars are traveling to the United States to fetch foreign exchange, as stated by the British ministry of economic warfare.
Members of the home guard and air raid precaution unit at Buckingham Palace were entertained by the King and Queen. They attended a film showing in the palace dining room.
Italian commander Gen. Bergonzoli, captured by British forces in Libya, places blame on Gen. Tellera for the Bengasi rout. He recounts a five night trek from Bardia with 25 staff officers, escaping to Tobruk and Derna before reaching Tripoli as the last Italian contingent fell back.
Britain will call 19 year olds for military service almost immediately per Lord Moyne the government leader and colonial secretary. Later waves will summon 37 to 40 year olds and extend to 18 year olds, with 20 to 36 year olds already enrolled in training as part of successive drafts. The total call-up awaits registration but is estimated at 200000 to 250000 per age group.
Washington reports a flood of refugees escaping Nazi Europe seeking American citizenship. Since July 1 more than 32 000 immigrant visas issued, with about 600 000 visa applications on file across Europe. The surge includes 300 000 requests from Jews in Germany and occupied areas, plus 200 000 in unoccupied France. 85 000 Spaniards in France form a large refugee bloc.
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera warned neutral Ireland that war is near and said Dublin may face compulsory evacuation if voluntary moves fail. The BBC broadcast noted the first attack would target Dublin. He reported 200000 volunteers already joined the Irish army from a population of three million.
The postmaster general announces mail service between Canada and Greenland will resume soon following a temporary suspension caused by insufficient steamship facilities. The decision restores regular correspondence and package delivery to Greenland.
Lauchlin Alexander Hamilton a noted surveyor and last surviving Vancouver city council member died in hospital after a lengthy illness. As general land commissioner for the Canadian Pacific Railway he supervised the 25 000 000 acres granted to the company and laid out Vancouver Granville townsites and the street grid. He later moved to Winnipeg where he helped found the Manitoba club and led the Winnipeg Rugby Football Club.
Bengasi in Cyrenaica is now under British military rule with Lt Gen Sir Henry Maitland Wilson as governor. Curfew, looting suppression, and reestablished governance are reported as British and Australian soldiers patrol the city. Axis air raids continue at night while the lira slides to 400 per pound, inflation rising and prices mounting.
Dr. E S Archibald announces that 7 000 000 to 8 000 000 trees will be distributed this year under the prairie trees program to combat drouth and soil erosion. Over 20 years about 200 000 000 trees have left forest nurseries to shelter homes on the plains. The prairie rehabilitation program sets trees near dugouts and across more than 2 000 dams. Carragana and strong species provide wind shelter enabling protected gardens and growth where winds would harm new plantings. Ash maple and carragana are used with less hardy species shielded by carragana.
Defence headquarters says March 20 is the earliest feasible date to open the fourth compulsory training period under the National Resources Mobilization Act. The four month course follows Mr King’s February 3 extension from 30 days and delays due to prep work for the revised program. A proclamation with full details will be issued soon.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canadian meat in cold storage February 1 up by more than 13 million pounds from the previous year.
A $5,000,000 renovation of Inglis company armaments plant in Toronto will start April 1. The project, financed by the crown, includes about $800,000 for Bren gun production and just over $4,000,000 for expansion to boost anti-tank gun output, announced by Munitions Minister Howe.
A Curtiss Tomahawk fighter reportedly outmaneuvered a British Hurricane in a 10 minute mock air duel at a factory where US made Tomahawks and Mohawks are assembled for the Royal Air Force. The Tomahawk pilot called the aircraft a dream to fly after brief rehearsal. Tomahawks reach about 330 mph at 15000 feet.
President Roosevelt is set to gain power to lend lease or lend Britain military supplies by March 1. The bill’s passage is assured with efforts to maximize senate support and confine aid to Britain, Greece and China for now. Britain already receives most U S bombers and will continue to, while destroyer deals and armament speedups remain central to the program.
Finance Minister Miley said a motor vehicles controller will be named soon to direct the auto industry toward war production and limit civilian car imports. The wartime import ban will lift with a 20 percent quota for the quarter ending March 31, 1941, and production restrictions for firms without prior car output in Canada.
U S Navy policy fight between Secretary Knox and Wendell L Wilkie sparks discussion that 45 converted auxiliary vessels could be used to aid Britain. These ships since conversion are not counted as destroyers, avoiding fleet depletion concerns. Wilkie contends authorities said Britain could be supplied with destroyers without harming national defense.
The official press agency says police are investigating disorders in Amsterdam over the past days. The Hague reports the arrest of a leather merchant and several others for provocative attitude toward German soldiers.
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