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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1940
Page
7
Britain readies a total defense as villagers drill in greens and barricades sprout along countryside. Forces like the Ironsides replace volunteers while farmers scatter hay, abandon orderly fields, and the government buys surplus livestock to deny food and resources to invading German paratroopers.
Ottawa announces arrangements with Canadian organizations to receive and place thousands of refugee and British children when governments agree. The plan covers identity retention, medical supervision during transit, and rapid distribution to private homes with coordinated efforts by the Dominion, provinces, and welfare agencies.
Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that the Royal Air Force training and training organization is being expanded on a considerable scale to meet future needs. He noted many training schools already established or in progress overseas in suitable countries. He denied any understanding restricting Britain from bombing German military objectives until Germany bombs Britain. The RAF has carried out several successful attacks on German military targets.
A Paria Arans shopkeeper sentenced to eight months in jail for making fighting remarks about King Leopold III has appealed, claiming he showed remarkable foresight before Belgium capitulated to the Germans on May 28.
Major-General L W Amps director of the auxiliary military pioneers service calls for recruits of all ages to fight evil and build morale in England. He addressed 1,300 at Battersea Town Hall as part of the mayor's moral re-armament campaign. Speakers included Phylis Konstam and service families.
Attlee announced a new labor ministry decree to regulate hiring in mechanical industries building public works agriculture and coal mining. The aim is to prevent interference with production by limiting worker movements and direct labor to areas of greatest need while retaining and recalling workers in agriculture and coal mining as demand shifts.
Premier Molotoff announced Moscow accepts Sir Stafford Cripps as the new British ambassador. Cripps is a left wing Labour MP in the House of Commons.
Calgary Rotarians raised 2146 dollars in five minutes to buy and equip a Red Cross ambulance for use in war ravaged areas of Europe.
Authoritative sources based on German prisoners estimate a majority of parachute troops dropped in Holland were killed. Notable cases include 16 men in one plane with only one survivor and 10 men with three killed in air and four shot on landing. A British fighter pilot credited with forcing a German bomber into a crash after exhausting ammunition.
The British Ministry of Aircraft Production asks US representatives to fully investigate any proposal Henry Ford may offer. The inquiry follows Ford's claim his company could build 1 000 aircraft weekly within six months. Parliamentary secretary J J Llewellyn disclosed the inquiry.
Paris Premier Paul Reynaud re shuffled his cabinet dropping former premier Edouard Daladier from the government and taking war and foreign affairs portfolios for himself. General Charles de Gaulle rises to war ministry chief assistant. Jean Provost named information minister, publisher of Paris-Soir.
Despite the Dunkirk evacuation costing six destroyers, Britain’s destroyer fleet remains larger than at war’s start. New ships launched outpace losses, with 185 destroyers listed at the outbreak, including Canadian and Australian contributions. Admiralty records show 20 British destroyers lost and 11 German destroyers sunk, with some claimed kills questionable as torpedo boats.
The Department of Munitions and Supplies states Canadian high grade aviation gasoline reserves now exceed the Royal Canadian Air Force and air training plan needs for the coming year. Oil companies built the reserves voluntarily and refinery capacity is sufficient to meet expanding RCAF and training requirements in 1941 and 1942.
Justice Minister announces more than a dozen organizations will be declared illegal under Defence of Canada regulations, with publication in the Canada Gazette. The move bars members from penalties after the order becomes law and names groups including the Communist Party and National Unity Party along with several foreign associations.
Tens of thousands of Irishmen responded to the call to defend country. Army officers expressed astonishment at the broad age range. Prime Minister de Valera warned that Eire faced imminent danger and urged internal unity, saying we must hang together or hang separately.
Ice broke from the harbor on June 4 setting an all time early breakup record, seven days ahead of last year. Boats may now be anchored at the dock of the northern seaport without ice interference as the Churchill river runs free.
Belgian General Legros reported to Defence Minister Henri Denis that about 45 000 Belgian soldiers joined Allied forces in Flanders following King Leopold's capitulation, signaling a major shift in Allied manpower.
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