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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 20, 1942
Page
9
New ration books issued for six months will be distributed Sept. Only red sugar and green tea coffee coupons will be valid at first with emergency coupons included as a precaution. Ration book 1 features 13 red sugar coupons two weeks each and green tea coffee coupons replacing earlier ones.
British naval sources warned of a large scale Axis offensive against Allied merchant traffic in the south Atlantic. Reports said a surface raider and submarines had already attacked shipping near Brazil and along the American and West African coasts, with significant losses reported and South America’s produce at risk.
Danish ambassador Henrik de Kauffman said Greenland hosts the only Aryolite mine globally and shipments to the United States and Canada have tripled since Allied bases took Greenland in 1941. He and Mrs. de Kauffman tour Western Canada amid Danish community visits as war plants consider slowing output to conserve scarce materials.
Ottawa announced in a Canada Gazette proclamation that Thanksgiving was observed on Monday October 12 across the country. The notice notes nationwide celebration of the holiday.
Kenora and Uni-iae 3 Canada urge the Dominion government not to allow immigration until men and women who wore the Canadian uniform have full opportunity to re-establish themselves.
Education Minister Perry warned British Columbia schools may face a 40 to 50 classroom shortfall at the start of the September term due to a lack of teachers.
In Ravernovey Wales a lemon fetched 145 dollars at a war prisoners aid sale while a banana sold for 6 60. The auction supported the Red Cross fund and drew attention to wartime charitable efforts.
Ottawa wartime prices and trade board administrator calls rumors of excessive sugar stocks in Canada false and absurd. He notes Alberta production over five years totals far less than 400 million pounds, with normal carryover and shipments east of Winnipeg. He warns extra sugar demand would risk tenuous wartime shipping and seamen's lives.
Montreal M. St. Pierre president of the Canadian Bankers Association says war conditions force banks to concentrate business in fewer branches. The first step is to change accounts or close 80 branches in major centres nationwide, including 23 of 60 in the Montreal district.
Four RAF prisoners flown from Sicily to Taranto escaped by taking over the Italian plane when their guard became air sick. The four, two Englishmen an Australian and a New Zealander, reached Cairo after one of the war’s most amusing escape stories.
London Farmers and farm workers of England and Wales contributed four and a half million dollars to the Red Cross through voluntary levies over the past two years.
The State Department outlined that U.S. troops in India are deployed mainly to assist China in the war against the Axis. They are warned to avoid involvement in India’s internal politics, and may use defensive force only to protect personnel or supplies if threatened.
The British government has begun inquiries to Tokyo to learn when and how a complete list of prisoners of war and civilian internees in Japanese custody will be sent. A full list was expected to arrive on one of two exchange ships that recently reached Lourenco Marques in Portuguese West Africa, but the list was not aboard.
Wing Cmdr. N W Timmerman of the Royal Air Force, born in Canada, winner of the Distinguished Service Order and Distinguished Flying Cross, says Canadians do not realize the war is on and still think in dollars and cents. He spoke before returning to his post as chief instructor at Pennfield Ridge bombing unit in Nova Scotia. He warns only after Canadians experience an air raid and see air services in action will they grasp that Canada is at war.
Montreal reports July shipments of 243 20 ton units, down 56 016 tons from last year. The July tonnage shows a 189 percent decrease compared with July 1942.
Officials from the Machinists union say women at North Van Ship Repairs Limited will be admitted to the union on equal terms with men, after learning of their work with threader machines at the Template shops.
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