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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1943
Page
3
London observers foresee a future of large scale nightly raids on a single German city. Airmen discuss 2 000-bomber events with 6 000 tons of explosives, using extended darkness to mount successive waves from 49 airfields.
In Winnipeg Lord Wright warned that aggression must be punished and that after the war normal lawmaking will resume. He cited the Atlantic Charter freedoms plus a fifth freedom the access to courts, and praised Canada's wartime effort as outstanding. He warned Hitler seeks thousand years of Nazi domination and urged defending common law justice.
Sir George Sansom, adviser on Far Eastern affairs to the British embassy in Washington, urged treating Japan harshly yet justly after its defeat and improving living standards. He spoke at a Canadian Institute of Public Affairs meeting in Lake Couchiching, favoring generous economic policy toward Japan to curb future aggression. He noted 1920s parliamentary trends in Japan and linked the 1929 downturn to a shift away from democracy and the rise of forces that attacked the United Nations.
U.S. air force officials said heavy raids destroyed about thirty percent of Nazi day fighter production at Regensburg Messerschmitt. Maj Gen Harold L. George warned Germany's economic structure could collapse by year end if Allied bombing tempo rises.
The Royal Canadian Navy musical revue Meet the Navy opens its coast to coast tour with its first public performance in Toronto on Sept 4 and then Western leg beginning Oct 15 in Winnipeg.
London reports Lord Louis Mountbatten named commander in chief of Allied forces in Southeast Asia. The appointment signals a major push against Japan with a likely end of the monsoon season invasion of Malaya Burma and the Netherlands East Indies. Other Allied leaders Eisenhower and MacArthur remain in place as the plan is set.
Swiss reports to London state no evidence British prisoners of war in Italian hands were moved to Germany. Britain asked Switzerland to verify claims that Italians transferred British captives after Mussolini regime fell.
C C McLaurin Alberta justice told American Bar Association Canada is the only UN nation not to accept lend lease. He noted Canada paid World War I debts, gave 1 billion dollars in war supplies to Britain, and earmarked another 1 billion for UN nations unable to pay. He said Canada’s budget resembles the US ten years ago and urged readiness for costly action against Japan.
Tokyo radio quoted by the United States OWI says Emperor Hirohito is deeply concerned and calls the Japanese people to exert new efforts to raise production. Broadcast notes audiences with industry leaders to discuss increased output for fighting strength. The OWI says Tokyo denied reports that Admiral Mineichi Koga was killed in action.
Reuters from Zurich reports 18 000 drowned when the Elbe tunnel was hit during Allied raids on Hamburg. The tunnel, beneath the Elbe sands, served as an air raid shelter. Built 1907 to 1914, access used 78 foot lifts, four vehicle elevators and two for pedestrians per shaft.
John Diefenbaker told a luncheon that Canada faces demobilization of war plants as a major postwar challenge. He cited Dominion plants worth 890 million dollars and noted only the Sarnia synthetic rubber plant has a postwar plan. He added the United States will keep aluminum aircraft and shipbuilding with government aid for peace and war alike.
The British government will promote migration to the dominions after the war to help demobilized soldiers find new openings. The Trades Union Congress in its 75th report to the annual convention says facilities will be provided to soldiers seeking opportunities in Commonwealth countries.
A Belgian news agency said German troops tested a new gas on slopes outside Liege fortifications. The grass was burned off and the area closed to the public, according to the report.
General McNaughton said in Sicily that Canadian formations can be used wholly or in part as war needs dictate. He noted Canadians could operate with British or American forces and that troops were rested and withdrawn to prepare for future operations. He praised Russian efforts while noting Allied industries and supply transport were improving.
Brig. Gen. J. A. O'Connor, commander of the United States northwest service command, announced the 1,000 foot steel suspension bridge over the Laird river on the Alaska highway route will be finished this fall. He added gravelling operations are advancing and sufficient gravel will be laid this year to improve the highway.
Herbert S. Morrison warned in an Isle of Man speech that Britain would dominate a future German government for generations to ensure no future war. He urged creation of an international armed force under a new League of Nations to police the world.
Britain reports that two thirds of civilians aged 14 to 64 are in full time war work. The figures, released by Malcolm Stewart McCorquodale, parliamentary secretary to the Labour Ministry, mark Britain as the most mobilized population in the world.
Special day in London marks September 26 as Battle of Britain Sunday to honor Royal Air Force and civil defense workers for their defense during the German air blitz. The battle peaked in September 1940 with heavy daylight and night attacks.
Since June 1940 the Masai people of Kenya have donated 53,720 head of cattle and over 8,000 sheep to the colony's livestock controller for the war effort. The Masai are a nomadic community of about 40,000.
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