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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1944
Page
5
Winnipeg report cites Deputy Labor Minister Arthur Mac Namara warning of a year of severe manpower shortages across industry. He calls for vigorous compulsory transfers to fill 250 000 agricultural roles and 98 000 armed forces physiques amid wartime needs.
Jan Masaryk deputy prime minister of Czechoslovakia told an International Labour Conference plenary that aggression does not pay and that his warning also applies to Japan. He urged not to seek extermination of the German nation and blamed the postwar loss of peace on failing to persuade Germany it had been defeated.
Eric Johnston president of the United States chamber of commerce announced plans to visit Russia to study its vast industrial empire beyond the Ural mountains. He intends to visit battle fronts and observe collective farming and will discuss private airline services between the United States and Russia.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill announced a royal commission to examine equal pay for equal work by men and women. The issue, tied to teachers, sparked a sharp parliamentary debate last March.
London’s Daily Sketch hails the Dominion air force for a record of service to country empire and world, calling it second to none in its achievements and contributions by its sons.
In Canada during the war conscientious objectors with families are being used in hog packing to meet labor shortages. Western farm labor shifts to plants when not needed on farms, with seeding finished in parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Approximately 140000 hogs weekly may be processed in six weeks, and selective service officials urge more women workers where feasible. Col James Cornwall proposes a postwar branch railroad from Prince George to Peace River to export agricultural and mineral products to tidewater near Vancouver, noting rich soil coal fish and metals and potential to employ up to two million people in the Northwest Territories even after the war.
Col L M Cosgrave DSO Canadian Military Attache at Canberra has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel. He has a distinguished war record and previously served as Canadian Trade Commissioner in Sydney Australia.
Lord Beaverbrook announced in the Lords that a UN conference on postwar air regulation may occur this year. Britain abandons the Canadian draft for a central enforcement authority, favoring US-British agreement and a plan to create an international convention under an enforcement-less authority. Ottawa signals Canada may join Britain, the US, and others in a postwar civil aviation discussion despite rejecting fixed control and quotas.
George McIver, chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board, said in an interview that Great Britain will continue to take large quantities of wheat from Canada. He spoke during a visit to Winnipeg, outlining continued shipments to Britain.
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canadian stocks of canned fruits and vegetables on April 1 higher than a year earlier. Canned fruits stand at 81,512 dozen cans versus 959,085, and canned vegetables at 6,152,969 dozen compared with 5,187,626 last year.
Italian prisoners of war in Britain who volunteered are being formed into units with military organization. War secretary Sir James Grigg announced the development in the House of Commons.
Ottawa officials noted a Tokyo radio report that Japan would collect supplies left at Vladivostok for U S war prisoners and civilian internees, possibly aiding Canadian prisoners in Japan. A spokesman cautioned no official confirmation and cited Canada’s supplies possibly shared from a common pool.
A London report says a mail plane crashing in the Sudan last summer carried jewels worth 300000 dollars. Six months later an agent of a British insurance firm led a search and recovered the stones.
The Athabaskan suffered heavy losses off France with 131 crewmen believed safe and 85 taken prisoner per German reports. Forty six were rescued by Haida which also took part in the battle. Lieut Cmdr J H Stubbs of the Athabaskan is missing while Cmdr H G De Wolf of the Haida returned to assist at the wreck and urged others to flee. A German destroyer was driven ashore in flames during the engagement.
Ottawa reports 1944 agricultural outlook favorable with record first quarter meat slaughterings up across hogs beef cattle sheep and lambs. Egg deliveries to export boards soar while cheese increases and butter falls. Field crops acreage should match 1943. machinery quotas rise but delays persist. Weather in west skews dry while east needs warmth for seeding. rain could raise prairie yields.
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain supplied Russia with 5 031 tanks and 6 778 airplanes from Oct 10 1941 to Mar 31 of the following year plus over 80 million pounds worth of raw materials and other goods. The admiralty noted nearly 1 250 000 tons of war equipment delivered in six months with low loss, and Canada contributed significant portions including 1 223 of the tanks.
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