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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1944
Page
5
Labor Minister Mitchell proposes expanding the selective service program to all manpower needs in industry and civilian work. He outlines interviewing 10 000 men moved from service rejections, extending transfer rules, and surveying all industries for workers aged 16 to 40.
The Canadian Forestry tree planting car departs Prince Albert June 17 for Regina and Moose Jaw and will tour central Saskatchewan and east central Alberta until August 24. It will visit 56 centres with free motion pictures and demonstrations under Alan Beaven, covering numerous towns in sequence from Belbeck to Veteran.
London announces a climactic move by resistance groups as signals flash to free Europe. The piece outlines varied resistance forms in France Belgium and Normandy, noting Allied dependence on local movements and Eisenhower’s strategic duel with Von Rundstedt.
Prime Minister Churchill was anxious to accompany the invasion fleet to France but was dissuaded with great difficulty. Sir Bertram Ramsay, who commanded the Allied invasion forces, said the PM would have faced substantial extra work and protection if he had joined. An Australian war correspondent aboard HMS Hilary relayed the remark.
London reports that fewer than five percent of injured Royal Air Force personnel are invalided out of service while more than 82 percent resume operational flying duties.
Week by week until D day Allied invasion preparations grew on a staggering scale as Britain and allied forces braced for the cross-channel operation. The text notes secrecy, cancellations of leaves, crowded camps, and royal inspections of Canadian and British troops amid mounting anticipation and nerves.
War historian Lieut Colonel Athol R Gordon nephew of the late Rev C W Gordon has been commissioned to write Canada’s official medical history of the war. Gordon formerly served as assistant director of medical services in chemical warfare at Canadian military headquarters London England The air blitz intensified with Allied HQs busy and new equipment flooding to combat units A secret high level meeting and guarded entrances mark the planning for a major final manoeuvre as German air reconnaissance increased in late April and Canadian British formations prepared to sail for a final rehearsal.
The BBC reported the Canadian destroyers Sioux and Algonquin sailing with the Allies in a great invasion fleet that smashed onto the French coast.
Supreme Headquarters reports General Eisenhower expressing complete confidence in the Allied armies navies and air forces to fulfill their tasks. He credits naval planning and execution by Ramsay's forces and the air campaigns led by Harris Spaatz Mallory as crucial to the successful landing and ongoing assault operations under Montgomery.
The Dominion bureau of statistics notes excellent crop prospects across Canada with timely rains in moisture short areas. Prairie provinces show generally good conditions, with some moisture shortages. May to early June rains improved crops. Manitoba sees heavy rains and rapid growth. Saskatchewan seeding nearly complete. Alberta has good rains but needs more in the south. British Columbia forecasts a strong fruit crop. strawberries and early vegetables head to market.
Donald and Doris, mascot ducks of a western Canadian unit, rode into the second front in a crate during amphibious training. L G Klughart and several soldiers retrieved the pair from the carrier section and later bought Doris a mate, Donald, a brown duck with a green head.
J. C. Patteson, British ministry of supply representative, said a party would visit the Pacific coast and later eastern Canada to negotiate timber supplies for the United Kingdom with an estimated value of 70 million dollars after the armistice. Patteson had just returned from five weeks in the United Kingdom.
A 13 year old boy designed the official Alaska state flag, a feat that linked youthful artistry with territorial identity. The design later became symbol of Alaska’s heritage and state pride.
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