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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 28, 1943
Page
3
Gen Sir Harold Alexander told Canadian war correspondents in North Africa that Canadians have gone far and fast in Sicily. He praised their basic training and their performance, comparing them to the American 45th Division and predicting they will be among the finest fighting troops.
The Canada and United States governments agreed the Dawson Creek B C to Fairbanks Alaska road will be named the Alaska highway. The decision rests on notes dated July 19 released by Ottawa. Controversy over the name Alcan highway had stirred debate in Parliament recently.
Canada will ship 9,000,000 pounds of frozen fish to the United Kingdom in 1943, more than double 1942, under Britain trade talks announced by Fisheries Minister Bertrand. About 2,000,000 pounds will be Pacific coast flounders, with 5,000,000 cod fillets, 1,000,000 pollock fillets, and 1,000,000 flounders from Atlantic provinces.
Britain's labor minister Ernest Bevin suggested younger workers aged 16 to 18 may need employment in coal mines to offset labor shortages. The Mineworkers Federation of Great Britain planned a delegation to examine the plan. The Duchess of Kent has become patron of the Royal Naval Film Corporation.
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House that western farmers unable to use wheat delivery quotas due to elevator space or car shortages may carry them over to the next crop year. He noted about 13,000 cars were stalled at Fort William and western elevators, with steps planned to relieve congestion and move wheat eastward.
The House of Commons approved a bill expanding farmer debt adjustment to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It preserves a May 1 1935 limit, allows broader debt adjustments, reopens cases from 1939, and shifts administration to county or district courts with appellate review. Finance Minister Isley added land sale limits and court oversight for future adjustments, amendments approved.
London reported Prime Minister Church ill and Foreign Secretary Eden promised to remove Fascist leaders from all occupied Italian territories. Eden told the House of Commons that Britain’s war aim includes the elimination of the Fascist regime.
A manifesto announces a Free Germany committee formed by German prisoners of war and refugees aimed at serving the German army and people. It is signed by 33 individuals including five ex-reichstag members, with German poet Erich Weinert as president.
Ottawa reports Defence Minister Raisien approved an arrangement allowing soldiers to assist farmers with the 1945 harvest. He rejected any notion of releasing home defence troops, stating there is no separate home defence army. Soldiers are part of the active or general service forces serving on coasts and frontier duties.
Ottawa reports parties in the House of Commons unanimously endorsed a bill to establish a national physical fitness council with a $225,000 provincial grant split 50 50. Each province would get a council member plus a national director, while a proposed training school would be run under provincial authority. The plan emphasizes interdepartmental cooperation and involvement of volunteers and finds enlistment data showing fitness needs.
London reporting that Sir Archibald Wavell, elevated to the peerage as he prepares to become viceroy of India, will assume the title Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester.
Ottawa reports War Minister LaFleche weighing a new service for Canada's civilian fire-fighting corps overseas as bombing on Britain declines. About 412 volunteers may train for armed forces, with pay and pensions equal to soldiers. The corps, from 117 municipalities, could see roles reassigned, possibly producing future fire chiefs in communities.
Prime Minister Churchill informs the House that Allied authorities in Sicily will bar political activity by Sicilians for now. He says democratic ideas may emerge post Fascist era. Eden notes Western experts aid civil administration while avoiding collaboration with former Fascists.
Russell Smart, administrator of rentals for the prices board, said revisions are being made but declined to preview them. Reports said a change may cut notice to vacate from one year to six months and ban evictions from October to April.
Berlin dispatches describe a great stream of Germans moving through the capital toward eastern safe areas as western bomb blasts drive residents away. Destination not specified.
Canadian railways earned 65,338,054 dollars in April, the highest monthly revenue on record, compared with 59,596,977 in the same month of 1942. The best previous month was December with 63,593,113 dollars, Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported.
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton commander of the Canadian army overseas has flown back to British headquarters following a trip to the Mediterranean theater including Sicily where he observed the 1st Division in action.
In Ottawa the House of Commons return reports air raid precautions equipment valued at 4,683,152 has been distributed nationwide in Canada. The total sum reflects government measures to prepare civil defense resources.
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