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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1946
Page
3
Ottawa announces continuation of the initial wheat payment set at 1.25 dollars per bushel for No 1 Northern wheat stored at Fort William Port Arthur or Vancouver for another year to July 31 1947. No overall cut in deliveries planned, but early season quotas may be used.
Assistant Secretary of State William Clayton told the 47 nation UNRRA council that the United States will withdraw from UNRRA on January 1 1947 and will not finance extensions beyond existing expiration dates in Europe December 31 and the Far East March 31. He said the U S has already paid or earmarked about 2 7 billion for relief and will not fund new commitments but would aid through open market grain and fats funded by needy nations borrowing from the new international bank.
London. Alfred Barnes minister of war transport told the House of Commons that so far there is no evidence the fires aboard British ships were caused by sabotage. Only the Empire Waveney at Liverpool and the hospital on the Queen Elizabeth burned, and investigations are unnecessary because there is no sabotage.
The Winnipeg Light Infantry regiment becomes the sole reserve paratroop battalion in Canada as part of army reorganization. It marks the first time a Canadian reserve unit is designated for a parachute role under the plan.
A Canadian wheat board spokesman said flour shipments to the Philippines through Vancouver were suspended because the combined food board quota to the islands had been killed.
Atlantic City N J UNRRA director general Herbert H Lehman urged reimposition of rationing of scarce foods in the United States and other producing countries. He warned that voluntary measures alone won’t avert famine and cited disappointing delivery rates for bread grain rice and fats for the first quarter and into April.
In Savannah, Treasury Secretary Vinson announced that the World Fund and World Bank are now established and beginning to breathe as living organisms. The $9.1 billion bank and $8.8 billion fund are in existence though actual lending and stabilizing activities lie months ahead.
Agriculture Minister D. L Campbell says the Redman wheat, a high milling quality variety recently recommended for licensing, should soon be available on the Manitoba market. He told the Manitoba legislature that Redman is the wheat to watch and possesses all the desirable traits.
An RC A F Dakota returning to Rockcliffe after delivering one ton of food and medicines to a remote Repulse Bay outpost, five hours from Churchill, reports pilot D Kenny. Separately Ottawa notes 263 000 unplaced applicants at Feb 28 as reconversion unemployment nears peak.
Lt Gen Sir Richard MacCreery named to replace Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery as commander in chief of the British army of the Rhine. Montgomery moves to imperial staff post, effective June, after leading 8th Army in Italy and briefly the 1st Canadian Corps.
Ottawa Finance Minister Isley told the commons no further reconsideration could be given to the prairie price rise. The issue, raised by F. S. Zaplithy, notes subsidies still support gas price in the prairies only. Saskatchewan motorists now pay two extra cents per gallon. Manitoba and Alberta are affected, eastern Canada is not.
In Vancouver sixteen veterans started Canada’s first photography school. The intake will rise to 48 over the next two months as facilities expand. The course welcomes veterans from British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
London, Field Marshal Viscount Alexander, now to be Canada’s governor-general designate, argues the atomic bomb will not replace armies navies and air forces but will alter warfare tactics. He predicts it may deter major wars if held by responsible hands and notes only experts should handle such destruction.
Timmins police report a severe hotel room shortage in Porcupine pushing the force to take in roomers. Normally two lodgers per night, the cells housed 25 individuals in one week unable to find shelter.
About 1 500 Polish soldiers are to be employed in removing war hazards from the Orkney Islands. They will clear mines pillboxes and other anti invasion obstacles.
Ottawa Reconstruction Minister Howe warned of material and manpower shortages as industrial expansion accelerates. He noted almost 800,000 people left wartime jobs since VJ day and unemployment rose to 263,000, but expected reconversion and new plants to absorb displaced workers with spring and summer demand. He said some western employers cannot fill skilled positions as reconversion shifts labor and resources.
The USS Shangri-La carries pilotless Ghost Hellcat drones to Bikini Atoll for the May 15 atomic test. Orbiting the radioactive cloud, the aircraft will collect automatic data while likely sacrificing some drones. the devices float and may be recovered after the blast.
Senator Claude Pepper urges an unprecedented conference of generals workers businessmen and statesmen to restore unity among the Big Three outside the United Nations Organization He criticizes Senator Arthur Vandenberg as promoting isolationism and calls for destroying all atomic bombs and facilities before any such conference.
In the House of Commons, W A Burke announces the BBC will air three half hour Russian language programs daily to the Soviet Union. He notes wartime bans on civilian receivers have been lifted by Soviet authorities.
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