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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
7
Ottawa reports that the war time prices and trade board exempts a wide range of farm products and fish from the general price ceiling for sales between producers and dealers or processors. Retail levels stay within established max prices. direct consumer sales must follow basic period retail caps.
The Royal Canadian Air Force announced a squadron on army co operation duties flew its first operational sortie with new aircraft gear. The mission was led by 24 year old Wing Commander H. W. Kerby of Toronto and Petty Officer G. C. H. Jackson of Edmonton on an offensive reconnaissance over the coast of occupied France.
A London firm was fined the equivalent of 150 dollars for advertising and selling a so called malted milk described as chocolate flavored. An analyst said the product contained 10 percent cocoa and 90 percent weakened flour.
Canadian Women's Army Corps will be granted five days of leave during Christmas and New Year when duties permit. Officials said the break aims to offer rest to personnel while maintaining essential operations.
Rome broadcast heard by NBC reports Mussolini could depart Rome to boost Italian troops at the Libyan front. The statement signals possible leadership support on military efforts.
Washington sources say the United States Army Air Corps ferry command will soon fly military planes across the Atlantic to Britain. The plan would supplement RAF ferry operations as long range bombers move to sea routes, with authorities noting the future appears likely.
The Journal de Geneve disputes German claims about Red Army destruction and Soviet war production. It asserts large reserves in the Far East under Marshal Wassily von Bluecher, with 20 infantry divisions, six motorized divisions, and heavy bombers intact. It notes 2,500 tanks, 2,000 planes, 10,000 trucks monthly production east of the Volga, plus vast munitions stocks to last months of fighting.
A United Farmers of Alberta central co operative board in Calgary endorses a resolution urging the federal government to purchase scrap metal directly from farmers. It calls for payment with war savings certificates and argues farmers object to selling to junk dealers who add profit before sending metal to the government.
Thorson announces the appointment of Justice T C Davis as chairman of the reorganized advisory committee on travel and tourist industry. Davis, associate deputy minister of national war services, will lead the expanded panel.
British authorities quoted Australia’s aircraft minister by the BBC as saying 1942 output will reach one Beaufort per day. He noted the Australian Beaufort is the latest variant of the craft and reflects wartime production efforts.
An airman who piloted a craft used to drop British parachute troops into Italy earlier this year was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace. The officer’s name and award type were not disclosed. The decoration was for daylight raids on Brest and La Pallice in Occupied France, not the Italy flight.
To answer shortages from enlistment 113000 workers joined services and civil defence. 44000 extra women were employed bringing total women in the post office to 96000 the highest in history.
British officials announce an official inquiry into the escape of two German airmen who broke from a British prison camp and fled with a stolen airplane in an apparent bid to reach Germany. They were recaptured, with reports differing on the aircraft type and location. one paper claimed a bomber was seized and that the men posed as Dutch.
At the Union of Manitoba Municipalities annual convention Winnipeg delegates urged the federal government to enforce all duties of Canadian citizenship including military service for all sects. H B Welland noted some sects entered Canada free from service but most second and third generation members are naturalized Canadians.
The United States has shipped military aid to the Free French forces in North Africa for about three months under an informal Britain led arrangement. Supplies re transferred to de Gaulle's armies after British delivery in the Middle East include tanks trucks and other ordnance.
Ottawa reports Britain hosts a 125000 strong force as plans for two army corps under Lieutenant General McNaughton circulate. Major General Crerar may command a second corps with Crerar’s seniority dating from his recent appointment and reversion.
Washington reports a near term reorganization of the North Atlantic convoy system to increase US British naval cooperation. Officials hint at formal joint action recalling wartime practice with mixed convoys escorted by ships of both nations. Under current informal provisions American ships protect US and Iceland bound cargoes and British merchants halfway across the ocean.
W Brockington KC, a wartime assistant to Prime Minister Mackenzie King, resigns after two years and plans to tour Britain and address audiences in the United States on Canada at war. He will return to practice law and join Ottawa firm Herridge Gowling MacTavish and Watt as counsel.
Wing Commander E N Ryder DFC and bar recalls being captured in Germany after an escape from a trapped Hurricane 80 feet below water. He escaped by pulling his parachute free and riding it to the surface, freeing himself from the cockpit.
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