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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1939
Page
3
Canada moves to form its first overseas division of the Active Service Force. Hon Norman Mogers says representation will reflect population across regions. A two division reserve with auxiliary troops is planned, with one division to be sent overseas when needed and a second kept ready.
Prominent Canadians in Britain organize two committees to ready for a Canadian expeditionary force. Rt. Hon. R. B Bennett chairs the nine member Red Cross committee and coordinates welfare work with Hon. C. A. Dunning and Vincent Massey aiding the effort.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board officials led by Hector B McKinnon state adequate raw sugar supplies from the West Indies through British authorities mean there is no sugar shortage in Canada. They note import duties may be dropped only as a last resort if an acute famine occurs, and tariff protection will continue while British sources are available.
Hollywood motion picture pioneer Carl Laemmle Sr. age 72 left an estate valued around 4 million dollars disclosed in his will. The document provides annuities to his two children Carl Jr and Rosabelle with other bequests to two brothers his secretary and household staff.
Polish gold stock deposited in transit at the Roumanian National Bank in Bucharest will be at the disposal of the Polish government. Prime Minister Moscicki’s government is interned in Romania while a new administration is expected in France. Paderewski's decision to lead the new government awaited. Moscicki indicated willingness to resign to secure Poland’s future.
J. H. Woods president of the Calgary Herald and Red Cross publicity head urged Canada to channel Poland aid through the Canadian society in England. The society studies safe methods to ship money and goods to Poland without aiding the enemy. Woods spoke after Ottawa Red Cross meeting and praised Dominion efforts. He urged citizens to be generous and tolerant of authority until critique is needed.
Hon J G Gardiner urged a joint federal provincial meeting to ensure wartime plans do not disrupt postwar agriculture. Discussions focused on placing Canada's food production on a wartime footing to meet Allied and Canadian needs, with A M Shaw outlining current federal organization in foods and agricultural production.
Lieut.-Col Mateus Szycki said in Budapest that prisoners from Warsaw were shown pamphlets claiming Joseph Goebbels would address them from London by Christmas. The officer reported the assertion to journalists.
Delegations from Sweden Belgium and the Netherlands are expected soon in London to discuss problems arising from British contraband regulations and U boat interference with neutral vessels trading with Great Britain.
British Columbia fruit traders report strong demand in Sydney for frozen straw berries. Trial shipments showed excellent interest with prices lower than Australian berries. Purchasers include Sydney retailers seeking winter supplies from Canada.
The Daily Herald reports nine Polish army flyers arrived at a Scottish airport after a dangerous flight from Poland in three tiny combat planes. They describe facing fighter planes and anti-aircraft fire, narrowly escaping destruction, and being chased and fired upon across frontiers. They urge to join the Allies and await government instructions.
Prime Minister R G Menzies warned in a broadcast that Australia will keep most troops at home to deter possible German eastern allies. He said the Empire faces a serious menace and that Australian aid to Britain will focus on aviation units for the present.
London reports editorial support for Britain's war budget proposed by Sir John Simon. Papers praise the approach to raise half the 2 billion pounds expenditure via taxation and warn against overreliance on borrowing.
The September 1 census shows a marked uptick in employment across 11,8856 firms with over 15 workers, totaling 1,165,631. Manufacturing added 13,100 jobs in August, with vegetables, foods, textiles also rising. iron and steel bucks the August trend, described as especially interesting since employment there has fallen in 13 of the last 18 Augusts.
Federal officials saw no reason wheat sold to the Canadian Wheat Board could not be consigned to the Saskatoon elevator. R. Seddon at Saskatoon said the facility, with a 5,500,000 bushel capacity, was about a quarter full and unloading roughly 150 cars of wheat daily.
Magistrate D. M. Brodie in Windsor Ontario finds six pinball operators guilty of running gaming houses. Fines reach up to 33 dollars. Counsel vow appeal. Judge cites Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruling in a similar case.
In Trafalgar Square Canada House serves as a wartime nerve center for Hon. Vincent Massey and staff. They assist Canadians stranded in Europe and affected by emergencies like the Athenia torpedoing. They relay trade and diplomatic updates to Ottawa while considering hospitals and rest homes for expeditionary forces.
Paris reports Hitler speeding troop buildup on the western front ahead of possible peace terms. Ribbentrop travels to Moscow to press for a military alliance while German artillery pounds the Lauter Bienwald Hornbach regions and the Ha Genau Wissembourg corridor.
Western Canada awaits a bumper wheat harvest with a preliminary estimate showing producers could gain over 246 million dollars from the 1939 crop. If realized it would be the largest since 1928, with 432,561,000 bushels forecast and widespread gains in farm equipment sales and related industries.
In the House of Commons Winston Churchill reported a squadron of British warships in the North Sea was attacked by about 20 German aircraft. He said no British ships or casualties occurred, one German flying boat was shot down, another damaged, and a further German plane went down with four German crew captured. The Admiralty relayed that no British ships were hit and one German aircraft ended wrecked with its crew captured.
Police acting under a cabinet decree raided and sealed Communist headquarters district offices smaller cells affiliated groups and Communist controlled unions at dawn Conservative parties moved to convoke parliament to expel 76 deputies and two senators.
The French navy ministry said naval units have seized more than 100000 tons of war contraband since hostilities began, including 24000 tons of liquid combustibles.
Norman H. Davis, chairman of the United States Red Cross, announced a Red Cross delegation would sail for Europe to investigate war relief problems.
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