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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 29, 1941
Page
3
London and Washington report rapid efforts to bolster Russia with aid to counter German advances. Officials say coordinated actions aim to support Russia while Britain struggles to assist on the western front.
Canadian air crews arriving in England await posting while Britain and the United States plan to increase Iran and Archangel routes to Russia. paper notes the expanding rail links across Iran, the Caspian ferry to Baku, and the need for locomotives and freight cars to support wartime supply lines. Veteran officers and younger airmen express eagerness to fly, with many hoping for action in Russia or the Middle East.
The agriculture department reports that farmers expanded flocks last spring and expect extra eggs for export to the United Kingdom. If prairie winters are mild, egg production could rise substantially. severe weather may limit gains.
Reuters Stockholm dispatch reports the Vatican City may buy a merchant navy. Berlin diary in Dagens Nyheter quotes plans to use ships to haul food supplies for the pope and aid the Vatican’s logistics.
Government circles suggest the new price and wage stabilization policy could shape future tax trends. If prices stay fixed the next budget may raise direct taxes such as the income tax, corporate tax, and national defence tax rather than sales taxes. Indirect taxes are described as those passed on to others, while direct taxes hit the taxpayer.
Premier Tojo accepted the resignation of nine cabinet advisory council members, as Domei transmitted. New members will be named soon.
London reports a joint air ministry and economic warfare briefing detailing widespread destruction in German industry and communications. Cologne comparisons with blitzed English towns, Berlin hotels Adlon and Eden hit, landmarks gutted, Cords store destroyed, and damage to rail plants and shunting yards noted.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Dawson Laurie named future London lord mayor and is a bachelor. He fought in the great war commanding the 24th Royal West Kent Regiment and won the Croix de Guerre with palm. Descriptive notes mention submarine delays at Deutsche Werfte, aircraft destruction, and substantial Rhine rail disruption in Mannheim Karlsruhe.
Leaders of a British management labor mission in the United States forecast American arms production would peak in the spring, enough to "lick Hitler or anyone else," after a month studying U S industry.
The BBC urged French couriers to avoid killing Germans and focus on sabotage in factories. It warned that one German shot today will be replaced, costing many French lives, and that sabotaged parts or tanks aid France more than sacrificing a soldier.
The Press Association reports that several thousands of Norwegians have escaped to Britain despite the death penalty for leaving Norway without Nazi consent. Escapes occurred in small boats and in motor fishing boats carrying groups of 50 to 60.
London reports a rising flow of refugees from Holland Norway France and Belgium seeking sanctuary in Britain. Stories of perilous escape include a Belgian émigré family leaving the coast in an eight foot rowboat and eight Dutchmen finally reaching Britain after three attempts with a motorboat, now serving with the Netherlands forces.
Vichy reports one year of collaboration with Germany yielded few benefits for France beyond the release of 100000 POWs. Meanwhile 1400000 French prisoners remain in camps as Alsace Lorraine stay under German control. France scrambles to cover 400 million francs daily occupation costs. German factories employ about 100000 skilled French workers, and French industry supplies vast goods to Berlin in exchange for food and materials. The Vichy regime claims no military collaboration beyond a 2000-man volunteer anti‑Communist legion.
Air Vice-Marshal Harold Edwards will leave Canada to take command of RCAF Operations overseas and serve as air member for personnel at RCAF headquarters. Group Captain J A Sully succeeds him as air member for personnel. Edwards, born in England, helped form the Royal Canadian Air Force and escaped captivity after serving as a fighter pilot.
German patrols in the Libyan desert reportedly used camels as shields. British headquarters reported two patrols driving camels ahead of them near the Egyptian Libyan frontier, seemingly to probe mine fields. They were engaged with fire and driven off, the communique said.
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