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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 25, 1940
Page
3
A wartime briefing notes Londoners’ resolve despite heavy bombing in the east and southeast. Repairs, salvage work, and continued industry output prevail while public health and shelter safety are closely studied by a special government committee.
Military attaches and reporters recount Luftwaffe raids on Warsaw Barcelona and Madrid and argue London has suffered more over 11 days than Rotterdam. They claim two aims failed: disrupt communications and demoralize civilians, while Commons debated air war effects in a secret session.
Ottawa born NYT correspondent John MacCormac told a Canadian Club luncheon that the Canada US defence pact could pull Canada into any US war with Japan. He noted US bases in Canada could strike any fleet threatening the United States and asked if Britain’s empire might be drawn in through base leases. He speculated on further talks with Australia and New Zealand.
Edward R. Murrow announced from London that the London office of Columbia Broadcasting System was partially wrecked by German bombs. The report reached New York via CBS European Staff chief Murrow.
Lady Mayo-Robson of London told a Montreal women's club that war has erased class distinctions and restored value to all people. She emphasized that the conflict has brought out the best in English society.
Admiral William H Standley urged the United States to provide an adequate number of mosquito boats to Britain to counter German U boat threats in the Atlantic. He spoke at a Chicago meeting sponsored by the committee to defend America by aiding the allies, backing a push for anti submarine craft following the destroyer trade deal with Britain.
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair said Col. Charles Sweeney, a US veteran of the Lafayette Escadrille, is organizing an Eagle squadron of American volunteers to fly for Britain. The unit will mirror the Lafayette group formed in the last war before US entry.
Canada will ship fifty thousand anti-tetanus serum packages to Britain to prevent lockjaw among air raid victims. The pledge came from the national headquarters of the Canadian Red Cross and will depart immediately.
A Victorian resident received word from a Northampton relative that dud German bombs dropped on England were manufactured in Nazi annexed Czecho Slovakia. One bomb fell in Northampton, did not explode, and was found stamped as made in Czecho Slovakia and filled with sand rather than an explosive.
Unusually heavy rains in the Savoy region of France sweep away roadbeds and flood a 500 square mile area. Torrents cut riverside routes as mountain villages are cut off. Damage is estimated at 20,000,000 francs.
London reports 1,867 German planes lost versus 621 British since August 8. Sir Archibald Sinclair cites German air crew losses near 4,000 to Britain's under 600, with RAF incursions in the Middle East destroying 56 Italian planes. He notes German morale and production strains from RAF bombings and references a Kent crater bomb fragment.
Reuters dispatch from the Spanish French frontier says increasing numbers of French in unoccupied France back De Gaulle’s Free France with British support. An English escapee reports growing De Gaulleist groups in Marseille and other towns amid worsening food shortages and sabotage of relief efforts. Germans move into Paris to evade British bombing.
A military informant says Britain may hide a secret tank or weapon as the armored force gains priority behind the Air Force. He claims British tanks now have superior armor and a gun capable of penetrating German armor, with a small force in France already proving resistant to anti tank guns.
Defence Minister J L Ralston announced two new internment camps will replace a northwestern Ontario camp from which two escapes occurred. A special board led by Col P A Plaze recommended escape precautions and prisoner identification measures now being implemented with increased camp staff. The minister cited a Toronto jail escapee later captured near Burlington who had been at work with a party. he praised the guard at the previous camp as exemplary.
War precaution restrictions on issuing naturalization papers for American citizens in Canada have been lifted. Pending applications were set aside as officials studied risks of citizenship papers aiding subversives. Now, those in Canada who are virtually completed will be processed when in order.
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton toured the British defensive area with Maj Gen the Duke of Gloucester. He said Canadian troops face a positive defence role while building an offensive instrument. The visit included a Saskatoon commanded machine gun unit as Sirens wailed and dogfights raged overhead.
Ottawa broadcasts report Hon J G Gardiner says Canada must be ready for a long conflict and trains 30 day program for young men. Camps open Oct 9 with medical exams and call up rules. He warns of air attacks and stresses national unity to support Britain and defend Canada.
Britain tests a new device to repel German aircraft. It has proven effective in defending small vital areas and could strengthen general defense if developed. It is cheap to manufacture and requires few personnel. The exact nature of the device is undisclosed for security reasons and not a gun or a ray or balloon related.
Edward H. Bostock, 81, famed circus figure nicknamed the Barnum of Britain, died. He retired in 1931 selling his menagerie to the London Zoological Society, continuing a family business dating to 1805.
Paderewski the 80 year old pianist and former Polish premier awaits consent to pass through unoccupied France and Spain on his way to the United States where he hopes to settle for life.
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