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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1942
Page
8
Following a successful UK shipment, Britain cables Australia to supply 23 tons of dehydrated mutton, equivalent to 19 million sheep. The industry offers an outlet for 12 million aged sheep, provides a durable, portable protein, and could reach 25 000 tons annually in time, with six weeks shelf life and indefinite storage in drums.
The Department of Labor through the selective service asks high school students to apply for loans or grants to study engineering and science in Canadian universities. Each province will select up to 300 students based on need, with committees including education officials and university reps. Priority is physics and mechanical electrical or civil engineering.
The report estimates 250000 German soldiers in Norway with many older troops replacing the first class. Officers and men grow despondent about victory and a rising number of personal crisis reports surface. A Bergen dispatch notes a group of German officers deserted by stealing a Norwegian boat to reach England, while a Fossum defense captain was arrested by the Gestapo on sabotage and treason charges.
Thousands of tons of Britain's new Welfare biscuits stored for use in a national emergency. The sweet biscuits made from wheat meal flour were developed by the Cake and Biscuit Manufacturers Wartime Alliance, a non profit group. The piece notes the wartime alliance and the Allied powers USA UK USSR on the battle line.
A torpedo rating in a stormy sea braces for a perilous encounter as a merchant tanker looms ahead. He acts fast to steer clear with a sharp turn while spray and wind lash the crew. After the near miss, he endures pain and cold but gains pride and relief from fellow sailors who praise his quick actions.
A reader quotes 1891 wheelman guidance on riding steps for men and women. It describes mounting with the left pedal, toe-down pedaling, and smooth dismount. It notes a lady mounts by stepping through the drop frame while draping skirts.
The Toronto Star argues Canada must cut postwar inequality and boost social programs. If wartime billions can be mobilized, peacetime spending on nourishment and comfort should rise. A party addressing these facts will appeal to the masses, while old parties risk losing support.
The story portrays thousands of Chinese guerrillas in China striking at Japanese forces. They operate without uniforms, using hit-and-run tactics to disrupt supply depots, trains, ships, and communications along waterways like the Yangtze. Shanghai remains a focal point for raids as Japanese control persists.
The Ottawa Journal suggests Winston Churchill would make a dramatic witness to a Kremlin meeting with Joseph Stalin. It imagines Churchill in a semi naval uniform and smoking a cigar while Stalin in Russian attire greets him. The piece praises Churchill as observer and reporter capable of shaping a lasting historical drama.
Wartime Prices and Trade Board officials said letters are being sent to housewives in Canada to inspect how sugar granted for preserving is used beyond the weekly one half pound. Officials found no widespread abuse but emphasized the need for checks. In the United States H. Gerrish Smith of the National Council of American Shipbuilders highlighted that shipyards completed repairs on 5 500 ocean-going vessels over 2 000 tons in the past year, underscoring the industry’s UN war effort importance.
Italian prisoners of war handed over 23 000 aluminum water bottles in Australia after landing. Each bottle contained 14 pounds of 98.467 percent pure aluminum, which has been converted into ingots for Beaufort bomber production for United Nations forces in the Pacific.
Joyce Hunnibell, 17, leads a night spotter post at a gun site and reports crews to man puns and instruments. Other British women join a Home Guard mobile ambulance unit in West Surrey. During a battle inoculation exercise live rounds fired as soldiers crawl, and the women face the danger by choice.
Royal Canadian Navy details a broad salvage program to reuse shell cases clothing and other gear. A civilian salvage officer at each dockyard reports unused material exits and a new stock control system flags slow moving items. Committees inspect returns to ensure conservation and local reuse.
Munitions Minister Howe announced new facilities to double Bren gun output in Canada and quadruple Sten carbines. The Bren program targets several thousand units monthly by December 1942 to March 1943, with Sten capacity rising to match Bren guns. Production also begins on the Browning tank gun, a 100-barrel Bren magazine, a 90 mm anti aircraft barrel, and a 4.5 inch AA gun carriage, while Lee-Enfield rifles roll out in hundreds daily.
Before the war the British army had about 150000 regulars and 600000 Territorials. It has grown into a regular army of 3500000 and keeps expanding. The extra manpower to the RAF, Navy, and Mercantile Marine shows the Old Country fully aiding the war. A complete edition of Shakespeare appeared in Russian a few winters ago.
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