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Newspaper
Lethbridge Herald
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1941
Page
1
Premier Gen Hideki Tojo spoke to 200 public officials in Osaka urging unyielding unity and an ever expanding progression for Japan. He warned no international pressure could derail Japan’s course, acknowledging potential difficulties but insisting national resolve and preparedness would ensure forward momentum.
REGINA Oct 27 Promotion from superintendent to assistant commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police was posted over the weekend for T. V. Sandys-Wunsch. Sandys-Wunsch, noted revolver shot, has led the Regina training depot and was recently moved to command of the Manitoba division. He plans to leave for Winnipeg around Nov 1. POLES REACH BRITAIN: The first large contingent of Polish volunteer airmen has arrived in Britain to join Polish squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Most were recruited from Poles in Canada and the United States.
Four Canadian army lieutenants who recently completed an officers' training course in Britain are back in Canada and will be attached to officers' training centres. They include A. M. MacLeod of Calgary J. M. Bussieres of Quebec and B. F. Baker of Edmonton.
A visitor, Paul Patterson of the Baltimore Sun, questioned Eire’s neutrality during wartime. He pressed how Ireland would respond if the United States entered the war and sought safe harbor for naval and air forces near Iceland. Officials replied Ireland would adhere to neutral international law even then, citing its defenceless position and reluctance of England and the U.S. to divert arms.
A delegation of Canadian newspaper representatives returning from Britain declares Britain can resist and endure, but victory requires all allied nations to wage total war. They assert Hitlerism can only be vanquished by a direct invasion of Germany and warn invasion will place Canada at the forefront of Allied action. The group, guests of the British council, includes Maj. H. G. Christie and others, with Oswald Mayrand returning ahead of the main party.
In Vichy on October 27 4 the long delayed charter of French labor dissolves existing unions and replaces them with government controlled corporate bodies. These new groups fix labor conditions and dominate political conduct, with confiscation of union funds and mandatory industry-wide membership. Strikes and lockouts are banned, social committees guide the corporations, and government controls salaries for now.
The air ministry reported heavy raids by many RAF squadrons during the night hitting docks in Hamburg and other targets in northwest Germany. Additional assaults struck docks at Cherbourg and Nantes in German occupied France plus sites at Egersund and southern Norway. A supply ship was hit and set ablaze near Egersund. Four bombers were reported missing and two German fighters fell to British aircraft in a separate sweep over northern France.
Air Vice-Marshal Harold Edwards, air member for personnel at the RCAFP, becomes commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force overseas operations at Ottawa. He succeeds Air Commodore L F P Stevenson, who returns to Canada to lead the Western Air Command in Victoria.
Navy Day marked across the United States with ships in continental ports displaying full dress and battle dress at sea aboard fleet units patrolling the North Atlantic to guard munitions for Britain and Russia. President Roosevelt to deliver a world affairs address closing the day.
Fire in Ottawa Foundry Company drying room caused estimated damage between 3000 and 8500 dollars. The blaze started about 11 pm, 30 minutes after Ottawa's first blackout ended when sirens signalled the all clear. Suspected to be tied to blackout precautions as ventilation was off while heating remained on.
Berlin reports German high command says Russian counter attacks failed to halt German advance into the Donets Basin. Italian troops aiding the Nazis credited with thwarting Soviet assaults on the southern front. Communique claims enemy thrown back with heavy casualties and hundreds of prisoners.
Two tornadoes cut across Arkansas leaving at least 17 dead and many injured. In Hamburg a twister hit just before midnight, killing 12 and causing widespread destruction including demolished Negro quarters. About six hours earlier a separate funnel along the Arkansas river valley near Dardanelle killed five and wounded at least 15. Emergency wards were set up, and communications and power were down in Hamburg. Several homes were left demolished in Dardanelle.
General Gregory K Zhukovlis assumes supreme command of Russia s western war zone including the defense of Mayenn replacing Marshal Timoshenko who moves to a new post.
A 20 member Japanese force reportedly crossed the border on October 23 near the village of Rasking and attacked Soviet frontier guards on patrol atop Chertova Mountain. Both sides reported casualties and Japanese troops allegedly left rifles, packs, and gear on Soviet soil as they withdrew.
Madisonville Kentucky October 2 sixteen miners were rescued and 29 others reported safe following an explosion at Sterling Coal Company mine in Daniel Boone. Fifteen men were reported missing.
Travellers from northern Poland report German forces are undergoing intensive training for an invasion of Britain. They describe large charges powered by old aircraft motors along the Baltic coast and soldiers practicing debarking, swimming in full gear, and protecting themselves on barges. Thousands of troops are said to be involved in these drills as part of invasion preparations.
London dispatches report Russia’s southwest of Moscow held firm against German onslaughts, thwarting attempts to reach the Soviet capital. In the south, German forces seem to advance toward Rostov on the pipeline terminus and rail junction near the Caucasus gateway, with Moscow’s defense described as desperate. British authorities renewed heated demands amid the crisis.
Soviet dispatches report the Red army crossed the Nace river in a counter attack south of Moscow and retook a village. Heavy fighting centered on the left wing approaching the capital as Gen. Zhukov ordered no retreat and urged every man to fight.
Fragmented dispatches indicate Allied and Soviet forces reallocating effort to blunt German pressure on the western and southern fronts. Russia reports setbacks near Donets industrial areas while signs point to possible new Allied cooperation against the Axis.
Captain Vincent P. Atkins of the freighter Lehigh remains missing after the vessel was sunk by a German submarine off the southern African coast. The crew of 38 Americans included Atkins and all hands. one lifeboat has been rescued while two others are being searched for.
Three officers and 68 ratings from H M S Warspite returned to the battleship at Bremerton Washington after a weekend visit to Canada. They were hosted at a banquet and dance in New Westminster British Columbia and given a Vancouver Board of Trade luncheon. Thousands cheered them during their Canadian stops before the Warspite resumed repairs at Bremerton.
John L. Lewis rejected for the second time a Roosevelt request to order 53,000 miners back to work in captive coal mines. The item reflects tensions over labor unrest and federal authority during the era.
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