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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1942
Page
7
Report on covert underground plants used for aircraft production in Britain. Factories sit 60 feet below ground in mines and quarries, with thousands of workers, large output measures, and self-contained living quarters for personnel.
Gen MacArthur announced 10 000 Moros of Lanao province Mindanao have sworn to keep fighting until Japanese are expelled. The message was signed by Ali Sultan of Ramain and a Philippine senator, with more volunteers joining daily. London reports Duchess of Kent visiting a British services club canteen crowded with armed forces members.
Ottawa announces retroactive arrangement by the government to cover free transportation for wives widows and under 18 children of Canadian overseas armed services personnel returning to Canada for discharge or other permanent purposes. Widows and children of deceased personnel abroad are included. Refunds possible for private repatriations already completed.
War Services Minister Thorson stated in the House of Commons that divisional boards decide requests for postponements of compulsory military training. Postponements consider labor supply, national economy needs, and national interest. An amendment now allows a representative of agriculture to appear before boards, replacing previous authority of national labor supply council and national defence department representatives.
In the House of Commons Sir Archibald Sinclair announced a new plan to foster service cooperation. Commonwealth airmen will train under army and navy units, living a week at each site before resuming aviation training.
Sub-Lt Stuart Grant Moore of the Royal Canadian Navy has been mentioned in despatches for bravery and dauntless devotion to duty aboard HMCS Restigouche after an enemy air attack. Moore, from Vancouver, was cited without further details.
London Lt Cmdr Teddy Tomlinson, commanding Urge, a small submarine, receives the DSO and bar for outstanding resolve. Captain Archibald Donald of Montreal, whose merchant ship faced a Nazi submarine in a 40 minute battle, is awarded the Order of the British Empire.
London reports Royal Air Force raids on Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg disrupted U boat production. January and February damage limited launches to six of 16 scheduled, with Wilhelmshaven and Hamburg each seeing only a fraction of expected vessels leave slips. Air Minister Archibald Sinclair cited the slowed shipyard pace and lingering unfinished hulls.
A French national committee statement quoted Parisians in London reporting that residents in Nazi occupied Paris ardently desired RAF strikes on factories in the Paris zone aiding Germany. The opinion, the statement said, is strongest among workers and their families who face greatest danger.
Canada at war with Japan does not affect Japanese serving in the Canadian army. Defence department mentions only a few Japanese, mostly Canadian-born, are treated like Germans and Italians if character is good and they are serving for Canada.
The army council orders a report for officers up to lieutenant colonel aged 43 or older, sorting them into retention, reduced duties, or future employment. It cites physical and mental fitness and unadaptability, and stresses boards must ignore social connections. The Air Ministry plans a similar cull to promote younger proven leaders.
The first Ram tanks designed by Maj Gen Worthington and built in Canadian factories have reached England for deployment with Canadian armored formations overseas. Senior officers test them at training camps after rail transport from ports, with several hundred more likely to follow this year to Britain.
Britain’s health remained surprisingly good in the third winter of the war, according to the Ministry of Health in its first report since the war began. Deaths from respiratory tuberculosis fell to 23,660 in 1940 from 22,209 in 1939, with no 1941 statistics included.
A London benefactor who donated 100000 dollars last August for a bomber purchase has given another 80000 dollars to fund four fighter planes. Two of the fighters will be named after the donor’s two sons lost in the Royal Air Force.
The British press urges shifting from defense to offense to boost morale and seize opportunities. Editors laud Bruneval raid as proof imagination remains vital, while demanding concrete methods, weapons, and a western front offensive to rally civilians and troops against Nazi forces.
Premier John Bracken told the Manitoba legislature a post war program is being prepared to provide employment. The plan includes water power developments, road projects, forest conservation, community parks and fishery improvements in the province.
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