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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Nov 18, 1943
Page
3
London report says Allied forces sank about five U boats weekly over the past three months, with roughly 60 submarines destroyed and merchant ship losses below the prior period. The joint Anglo American statement, issued under Churchill and Roosevelt, notes improved U boat attrition and better tonnage outcomes despite new Nazi tactics.
Vancouver report says Gordon Shafer, local prices board official, announced a major agreement with Britain's ministry of food. Most high potency fish liver oils from British Columbia, sourced from halibut, soupfin shark and cod, will be sent to Britain with limited domestic use. Prices will be disclosed after Ottawa signature. The oils, rich in vitamin A, aid medical needs including night blindness in U.S. and Canadian air crews.
Ottawa officials said farmers, fishermen, co operatives and other approved groups will receive a 10 percent consumer subsidy on lumber purchases starting in August through the Prices Stability Corporation, a Prices Board branch. The subsidy applies to lumber used for grain storage and livestock housing as essential to food production.
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada produced 33,066,389 pairs of leather footwear in 1942 valued at 67,166,456 dollars. The average factory price per pair was 2.03 dollars, up from 1.80 in 1941, with output up five percent. Most production came from Quebec and Ontario.
An unimpeachable source reports King Victor Emmanuel during a Naples visit asked Count Carlo Stores, the period’s Italian foreign minister before Fascism, to form a new government, but the count refused.
Grain company officials warn a shortage of railway cars in Alberta has plugged elevators as cars are diverted to Manitoba and Saskatchewan to move 110,000,000 bushels of wheat to the lakehead before navigation closes.
British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten reaches New Delhi to assume command in Southeast Asia with General Sir Claude Auchinleck among the welcoming officers. His arrival marks the establishment of his new headquarters in India.
London reports new reconnaissance photos show Kassel heavily bombed, with 315 acres in the built up area devastated. About 50 factories damaged or destroyed, including Henschel and Sohn plants that produced locomotives and armored vehicles. Five raids in six months, fires burned for a week after October 22.
General Sir Claude Auchinleck announced doubled food deliveries to Bengal famine districts with army assistants. daily up-country distribution rising from 800–1,000 tons to about 2,000 tons. Additional limited medical aid will help combat outbreaks as hospitals in Calcutta report many patients reaching too late for survival.
A Bern despatch to Dagens Nyheter says a quadrumvirate of Goering Himmler Goebbels and Bormann has been chosen to succeed Hitler if he should die. Germany's gauleiters met at Hitler's headquarters and Goering was reported named chairman of the group.
The prices board announced a program to ensure a warrantable winter supply of staple fresh fruit and vegetables in Canada. It aims for adequate supply fair distribution and reasonable prices from domestic and imported origins. An import permit order places all imports under general permit easing trade. The Wartime Food corporation is reorganized to handle government purchasing and distribution of imported produce, with expectations of at least a normal winter and early spring supply from the United States and other sources.
London reports reliable sources say about 14 000 volunteers from the Spanish Blue division being absorbed into the German army after withdrawal from the Soviet front. Most men reportedly could return home if they choose but were urged to enlist. Only around 400 members then back in Iceland? or Koenigsberg area. informants say absorption occurs unit by unit with vows to Hitler.
Washington reports the destruction of a German radio and weather base on an island off Greenland. Secretary Frank Knox said the well built base included a radio station power house emergency generator a radio transmitter defensive machine gun emplacements and food supplies indicating a plan for permanent occupation.
The Canadian Performing Rights Society, which collects fees for publicly performed works it holds copyright to, has proposed licensing industrial establishments that use loud speaker systems to play music, according to the secretary of state department.
Washington report says the House Ways and Means Committee approved raising the liquor tax from six to ten dollars per gallon. The action triggers broad fiscal implications and would affect pricing, production, and consumer costs across states.
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