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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1941
Page
3
Ottawa reports a wide expansion of the Canadian war effort will soon include increased manpower training and greater production of war materials. Intentions to curb gasoline and oil use and further restrict automobile and nonwar machinery manufacture are noted, with talks on ministerial appointments to Brazil and Argentina.
The Evening Standard editorially forecasts a German invasion of Britain within eighty days, marking September as the likely month. It ties the tension with Russia to a possible German strike after Russia is subdued or subdued.
The British Broadcasting Corporation reports 114000 cases of oranges arriving from South Africa for distribution across 34 of Britain's hardest hit areas. Five consignments of lemons in the same shipment will be turned into marmalade and lemon juice.
The maritime commission announced formal possession of the Clara, a 6,131 ton ship, first of 28 sabotaged Italian vessels laid up in U S waters. Six Danish vessels were also taken over by the agency.
Royal Marine officer led a group described as a considerable number of troops who escaped Crete and reached Egypt in a fish flat-bottom motor barge. The 230 mile voyage was said to have taken a week.
The Foreign Policy Association reports Germany has oil to cover immediate war and industry but cannot run Europe’s economy without more. It cites a drive toward Iraq and Iran not as urgent need but to secure supplies for a new European empire. Louis E. Frechtling authored the private study noting Germany uses about 55 million barrels annually, met by Western European production and imports from Romania and Russia.
Lord Moyne defends Crete campaign saying it safeguarded the Suez canal and cost Germany four lives for every British soldier lost. He notes British material losses were small compared with German air power, claiming at least 430 heavy German planes were destroyed or crashed.
Col. Hubert Stethem cited by visiting U S newspaper women says German officers in Canadian internment camps refuse to wear the issued blue denim uniform bearing a red circle and red stripe. Officials offered a white circle with a black swastika, but the officers persisted in not wearing the outfit.
Britain imposes a blockade onPetsamo Finland Arctic port claiming large numbers of German troops are settling there. The blockade, announced by the ministry of economic warfare, targets shipments to and from the port. Three Finnish ships bound for Petsamo have been intercepted and detained.
The Royal Air Force patrolled Newmarket Derby to deter German bombing or strafing. A large crowd witnessed the event as a wide air cover roared overhead, the largest patrol since aerial warfare began last July.
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that Britain will establish a civilian technical corps to mobilize skilled technicians from other countries in response to Lord Beaverbrook's appeal. The program aims to support wartime industry by housing and directing expert workers.
A mobile squad of 29 engineering chemistry and technical experts is formed to document bomb effects photograph explosions and study blast consequences in London.
London dispatch reports Germany admits responsibility for bombing Dublin on May 31 after Irish authorities said bombs were German in origin. German authorities say a German aircraft crossed the east Irish coast by error but did not drop bombs. Irish investigations attribute the blasts to German origin with high altitude winds possibly misplacing the aircraft.
Delegates urged the federal government to work with provincial governments to adjust freight rates and regulate exchange of goods to enable a fairer interprovincial trade. They cited prairie grain and dairy trades for fruits from other provinces and other feasible exchanges.
London informed circles saw the German Turkish friendship accord as a move to frighten Russia and press Ankara for concessions. Hitler reportedly settled for a stopgap deal to impress the Soviet. Britain would gain a less dangerous outcome as Turkey stood firm on essential obligations with Britain.
Stanislas Mikolajczyk, acting vice-president of Poland, arrived in Toronto to meet with Gen. Sikorski and government officials. He stated Chicago houses the world’s largest Polish population outside Warsaw and that a Polish continental army is organized. Camps will operate at Windsor and Owen Sound, Ontario, with recruits mainly from the U.S. Some Polish residents in Canada are now Canadian citizens and cannot join Canadian forces. The U.S. restriction does not apply, and many are expected to enlist.
The U S commerce department says 59 airplanes were shipped abroad in April, up 110 from March. Most likely to the British Empire or China, the craft were valued at 47 077 905, while March ships totaled 27 506 424. Engine shipments fell to 700 engines worth 8 223 894 from 1 102 engines. Exports of engine parts rose to 3 115 552, a April record, boosting total aviation exports in four months to 190 666 430, nearly double last year.
W G Golien of Transcontinental and Western Air announced a nationwide tour to recruit and train aviators for Atlantic ferry flights to Britain. Interviews start in Kansas City with other cities to follow. Pay includes monthly salaries and substantial trip bonuses for pilots co pilots navigators with tiered rewards.
The baronetcy held by Rt. Hon. R. B. Bennett may die with him without a direct heir. A special remainder could allow an indirect heir to inherit, a rare sovereign grant observed in only a few peers in the last fifty years.
Washington reports Britain has turned over a radio locator for spotting enemy aircraft to the United States. Air Commodore George Pirie says Americans are invited to join a civilian technical corps in New York with a transit center in Montreal to train and service the device. The locator offers 24 hour detection, locates plane direction and speed, and boosts night defense against German bombers.
A moderate earthquake was registered at the Dominion Observatory on June 18. The epicentre lay about 1,875 miles away. Instruments continued to register tremors for an hour, but no direction could be determined.
Attaches at the German consulate in Chicago burned thousands of documents in preparation for the consulate’s closure ordered by the United States government. The action signaled the end of formal Nazi diplomatic presence in the city.
British sources warn of a possible summer blow as Nazi forces concentrate at Channel ports. The RAF bombed Boulogne and other invasion sites in France while Royal Navy and aviation patrols intensified. Norway troop concentrations are cited as potential jump-off points for an assault on Britain.
German Morale Boston Viscount Halifax warned that if Hitler moves into Russia after stalling in Britain, German armies will grow anxious as Allied bombings rise. He noted American long range bombers enable RAF raids on the inner Reich, potentially diverting Nazi attention to Russia. He said morale deteriorates when homes families and industries are bombed continually.
The King and the royal family have registered as firewatchers in Westminster. Buckingham Palace is included amid compulsory fire watching at the royal residence, which was registered like other buildings.
Tokyo affirms resolve to join aviation shipping and communications in the Netherlands East Indies on equal terms with the United States and Great Britain after a breakdown in negotiations with the Netherlands government.
War Secretary David Margesson told MPs the number of Italian officers non commissioned officers and men held by Britain stood at 177 937 in reply to a House of Commons question.
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