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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1941
Page
5
British naval circles urge the United States to supply additional destroyers for Atlantic convoy protection and anti submarine patrols. They warn that more unarmed ships attract submarine attack and stress the need to replace losses with cargo ships.
Dublin Agriculture Minister James Ryan warned of a rapidly worsening food position in Eire. He said imported supplies could be cut off soon and urged all essential foods to be produced at home. He claimed power to seize land if tillage did not rise 20 percent by February.
Prime Minister Churchill told the Turkish people that Britain has faced grievous trials and found steadfast support from Turkey during hard months. He noted that some friends doubted Britain but most now trust the resolve and enduring friendship between the two nations.
The official Gazette reports rising costs for Italy's Lictor frontier forts. A decree orders increased payments to contractors for fortification materials to meet market conditions as the line faces France Switzerland and Germany.
The United States navy air service plans another expansion of its pilot training before completing the current program to build a reserve of pilots capable of meeting demand as the fleet expands.
Herbert Morrison, minister of home security, announced the government will require part time civil defence duties from every Briton.
U S military men say British scientists developed a detector for locating enemy aircraft at night. Air Chief Marshal Dowding hinted the device may be adapted for installation in planes this spring. Claims describe a ground-like detector operating up to 150 miles, unaffected by clouds, fog, or engine shielding, possibly using infrared exhaust rays to guide automatic gunfire.
Lord Beaverbrook thanks Lockheed Vega employees for gifting a giant bombing plane to Great Britain. The aircraft departed Burbank on December 22, reached Montreal on December 25 and landed safely in England by December 29.
Gen. Jan Smuts, prime minister of the Union of South Africa, in a New Year message from London, predicts U S intervention in the war as necessary for victory and for shaping postwar peace. He argues America will be compelled to act to prevent freedom from perishing.
Ottawa Journal reports a nationwide salvage campaign soon led by Mr. Justice T. C. Davis to collect steel scrap as domestic steel production falls short of wartime needs. The drive aims to secure scrap metal worth more than $1,000,000, with steel scrap a primary focus.
J P S Cathcart of the Dominion pensions and health department warned at the Canadian Psychological Association meeting that postwar rehabilitation will be difficult. He cited returning soldiers and potential European immigration as factors. He warned of inertia and fatigue as the pendulum may swing away from discipline in this period.
A Royal Air Force source reviews 1940, noting the defeat of mass daylight bombing raids as the year’s standout air war feature. He cites Dunkirk as a turning point, the Battle of Britain expanding squadrons, and says the RAF aimed hard at Germany and Italy while warning invasion remains a long term threat.
Princess Stefanie Hohenlohe Waldenburg Schillingsfurst has been ordered expelled from the United States. Federal agents located her in San Francisco with Captain Fritz Wiedemann, the German consul-general there and a close associate of Adolf Hitler.
The BBC reported a smuggled message from France expressing admiration for Britain's resistance against Hitlerism and Fascism. It stated that France stands with England defending world freedom and conveyed the French people's almost unanimous conviction.
The department of munitions and supply announced contracts for 20 anti submarine vessels of a new type not previously made in Canada. The ships will be wooden and capable of high speed with engines already ordered and hulls to be built in Canadian shipyards.
Col. John H. Jouett, president of the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce, responds to Roosevelt's plea for more planes with a promise of steady production increases. He says the industry fully understands the grave responsibilities facing it.
A motor vessel owned by the Royal Canadian Air Force was gutted by fire at its Halifax berth. Damage was estimated at 2000 to 3000 dollars. The cause is unknown and no crew were aboard when the blaze began.
Almost every mail brings dimes to Finance Minister Isley as Canadians contribute to the war effort. By December 30 receipts totaled 1433 dollars, according to a finance department official.
The shipping ministry announced the government is requisitioning all tankers under private control. The statement said all ocean going merchant ships have now been requisitioned.
London reports that Britain and the United States are considering a plan in which American merchant ships would take over British Pacific routes to free British vessels for urgent war service in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Hervey Kremmer of the US maritime commission flew to the US to discuss the idea and is due back in six weeks. The proposal was initially put forward by Britain nearly a year ago but was never accepted by Washington.
A Royal Air Force spokesman said United States aircraft flown to Britain are being sent to the Middle East in growing numbers and have shown effectiveness there. He rejected British press claims of inferiority, citing official test pilot reports that American planes are very satisfactory and valuable.
Western Canada farmers face wartime grain storage and marketing challenges as a likely 1941 wheat surplus grows. Ottawa and provincial authorities plan a policy to be presented to Parliament as storage and transport capacity expand.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding told the Canadian Club in Ottawa that wartime restrictions in Britain show a voluntary surrender of liberties for victory not a dictatorship. He contrasted Britain’s resolve with German views, praised Churchill as true national interpreter, and described air raid damage as pitiful yet unifying, noting the war as a national and domestic affair permeating all lives.
Lord Beaverbrook says Britain has more planes in service and in reserve than ever before. Four new types are in production and three are flying, including the Manchester bomber, Sterling bomber, Whirlwind fighter, and Tornado fighter hailed as a gem with increased range and speed. He notes U S planes arriving in growing numbers and promises a strong push to production though no armament details are given.
Halifax and St John s Newfoundland harbor eleven of fifty U S destroyers awaiting crews to sail for Great Britain. British freighter Dromore crew reported seeing seven of the four-stackers at Halifax and four more at St John s. Some destroyers already serve in convoy escort duties near Liverpool.
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