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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1945
Page
3
Ottawa reports that scores of planes and hundreds of RCAF Sixth Overseas Bomber Group personnel will begin air return to Canada. Air Vice Marshal Frank McGill said crews, equipment, and some groundsmen travel home by autumn, with unknown final bases after regrouping.
Soviet youths in eighth and ninth grades aged 15 and 16 are called for universal military training. Lt. Gen. N N Pronin says peacetime program will be as advanced as wartime and the largest schedule yet, with 15 and 16 year olds training in the field by veteran Second Great War officers.
Regional offices of the oil controller across Canada took over June 1 the handling and issuing of all gasoline ration books. Previously provincial issuers handled the AA books while oil control offices managed special category books. The process is now centralized with oil control offices.
New York dispatch says James M. De Beoy, Netherlands minister of war, urges immediate reorganization of about 200,000 troops to participate in Asia Pacific operations against Japan, as reported by ABSIE via the Office of War Information.
The U S fifth army announced discovery of German dumps in northern Italy containing nearly the entire ration required to feed all Nazi prisoners in Italy from enemy reserves.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced provisional plans for the next six months to repatriate all Canadian service personnel who have been overseas over four years except those to serve with the occupation forces and key staff. About 35,000 to Germany, 10,000 RCAPF police, and 30,000 dependents are included. Ships prioritized for operational forces, casualties, and liberated POWs, with full return by autumn anticipated though shipping limits may delay final completion.
Londoners receive fresh telephone directories for names L to Z after five years. A to K sets delayed until November. old directories from 1940 are recycled. Egypt protests to Britain US France and Russia over Syria situation, via Exchange Telegraph Cairo despatch.
Chief electoral officer Jules Castenguay clarified that honorably discharged volunteer servicemen under 21 may vote in the Dominion election on June 11. They must present proof of at least six months service to the nearest navy army or air force election officer and then cast ballots at the appropriate service voting bureau.
H. H. Bloom in Ottawa announces reallocation of material to raise farm machinery production by about 30 percent for the 1946 farm year. Rationing of implements continues through 1945 to ensure fair distribution, with noticeable supply increases not expected until next year.
Prime Minister Churchill announced empire wide casualties through February 1945 totaling 1,128,315 with 307,201 dead. Civilian losses reached 60,585 killed and 86,175 seriously injured, plus over 150,000 slightly injured. Canada reported 102,875 military casualties up to May 7, 1945, with 37,206 dead and 3,769 missing. army 79,774 casualties including 21,478 dead. RCAF 20,702 including 13,858 dead. navy 2,399 including 1,870 dead.
Ottawa reports a survey by selective service directed by Arthur MacNamara to assess industrial centers where women can be trained. The study, due to be completed by July 1, follows recommendations from L. E. Westman and Mrs. Rex Eaton, both associate directors.
Surface air raid shelters in London are being removed as a travelling crane drops a huge block of granite onto the brick and concrete structures shattering them.
Prime Minister Churchill advised extending hospitality to empire servicemen in Britain while Sir Jocelyn Lucas proposed a parade through London. Churchill warned most empire troops in Britain were returned prisoners of war and eager to go home, but he would consider the idea.
President Truman invited former President Herbert Hoover to the White House for a conference on Europe's food situation. Hoover, who led food administration efforts in the First World War, previously traveled to Europe to aid Belgium and other nations, and a secretary said the president believed Hoover held valuable information.
A Tokyo broadcast reported the Yokohama incendiary raid destroyed 60 000 houses and left 250 000 people homeless with casualties to be tallied. Premier Suzuki met with six former premiers including Tojo and Koiso as fear grew over war losses and palace damage. Additional Tokyo reports said seven more admirals died, totaling over 100 in less than a year.
Preparations advance for the seventh Empire Youth Sunday set for June tenth across Canada and the British Commonwealth. The Canadian Committee unites Church Communions and nine Provincial Education Departments to mobilize youth with spiritual aims and postwar ideals.
Lord Vansittart urged creation of an Allied panel of scientists to regulate or halt dangerous German discoveries. He warned the V‑1 and V‑2 weapons, if used earlier, could have devastated Britain and possibly civilization, urging action to prevent a repeat.
A World War II note reports B 29 Super fortress gasoline tanks contain enough fuel to power the average civilian car for nine years, highlighting the aircraft’s long range and logistics capacity.
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