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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1945
Page
3
A British staff officer says the great decisive battles in Europe may occur west of the Rhine this year if weather favors the Allies. He notes a major Allied build up underway, with jabbing operations at Aachen and Nijmegen as prep for a spring drive against Germany.
The wheat season in New South Wales is officially estimated at 20 million bushels, down from 47 million last year due to drought. The trade authority says NSW must import at least 10 million bushels from other states. In South Australia the crop fails more severely, with about 5 million bushels vs 20 million last year.
H C Wallace director of the prices board standards division said the children’s shoe industry is under close scrutiny for suspected degradation of quality. Two inspectors are checking Ontario and Quebec plants based on public complaints that outnumber adult footwear complaints ten to one.
The British cruiser Orion led a naval squadron back to Greece and anchored at Piraeus, a sentimental gesture amid the Allied reconquest. The Orion had been wrecked by German bombing in May 1941 during the Crete evacuation, loaded with troops, and limped to Alexandria after heavy casualties.
Former Romanian monarch King Carol, who fled Bucharest in 1941 during Nazi occupation, landed in New Orleans from Mexico aboard an Argentine steamer on his way to Brazil and possibly back to Romania. He was accompanied by Mme Magda Laupescu.
London reports a white paper proposing a new civil aviation convention after the war to regulate international air transport and assert air sovereignty. It outlines freedom of innocent passage, landing for refueling, disembarking and embarking traffic, and assigns an international air authority linked to a world security body. Canada supports these aims for the upcoming empire air parley in Montreal and the Chicago conference next month.
United States troops in the British theater are amused by a Dutch map error claiming German forces would arrive in America. A small scale map finally confirms the correct geography with America labeled alongside Holland.
Canada has produced more than 13,000 warplanes since the war began, reflecting a large industrial effort and sustained output across multiple facilities and supplier networks. The figure underscores intense production capacity and strategic defense mobilization during the conflict.
The French navy minister reports the arrest of Admiral Jean de la Borde, commander at Toulon, for issuing the November 1942 order to scuttle ships. He is accused of failing to ensure escape to North Africa as German forces seized the port. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
Ottawa reports a major movement of Canadian wheat and flour for liberated areas in Europe. The combined food board of the United Nations requests a large quantity and calls for eastern shippers to aid western grain to the eastern seaboards. Freight controls anticipate 1,450 cars daily to lakehead until navigation closes around Dec. 15, signaling a shipment of over 100 million bushels.
Commander Shawn wears his brass hat as Acting Commander E. D. Simmons of Victoria B C assumes promotion from lieutenant commander. Simmons won the Distinguished Service Cross in 1941 for the H M C S Chambly sinking a U boat and the DSO in 1943 after the H M C S Port Arthur destroyed a submarine in the Mediterranean. He now captains the new frigate H M C S Beacon Hill and leads an all Canadian naval striking force.
Transport authorities pressed for immediate arrangements to move prairie grain to the sea coast by rail and water, warning that moving empty box cars from eastern Canada to the west will create a shortage east of the country until navigation ends. Canada may also ship more wheat and flour to the Middle East and India due to Australia’s crop shortfall. UN relief bodies note Canada’s food surplus for liberated areas.
Ottawa wartime prices and trade board announces canned grapefruit in glass containers is rationed again with 20 ounces valued at one preserve coupon. Grapefruit juice remains non rationed.
Canada's Meet the Navy show has reached Britain for a tour of service and civilian centres in the country and on the continent.
Ottawa reports Canada's first war cruiser Uganda will be commissioned at a U S yard and assigned to strike at Japan once Germany is defeated. Captain E R Mainguy to command with Vice Admiral Jones present. Navy minister Macdonald notes more cruisers and three aircraft carriers may follow.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory lauded the decline of German air strength and the rising might of Allied air forces. He noted Canadian squadrons spearheaded the Normandy landings and praised the RC A F’s major contribution, while confirming his move to Southeast Asia command.
Vice Admiral G C Jones, chief of naval staff, says Canada's postwar navy size depends on Parliament’s willingness to fund it. He notes no south Pacific detachment yet, with the main fleet in the Atlantic occupied against Germany and no FIFO demobilization plan like the air force.
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