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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1942
Page
5
Canadians are urged to support the war effort through savings and higher taxes while maintaining health. The piece notes sailors and airmen at Hong Kong and Dieppe, and stresses keeping workers fit to sustain wartime production and supply lines.
A Canadian Tuberculosis Association report notes postwar pressures, with Canada’s overall deaths reaching 6 057 in 1941, up from 5 790 in 1940. Saskatchewan breaks its long low death rate, Ontario and Alberta show higher provincial rates, while overall wartime strain is blamed for the uptick. Dr G J Wherrett warns disease can devastate production as bullets do.
Dr Wherrett urges immediate action to prevent the spread of disease with no delay after the war ends. He notes the wartime financial burden will trim peacetime public services and emphasizes continued nutrition and preventative medicine efforts to keep health high for both military and civilian populations.
A fragmentary OCR list notes graduates under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan from No 1 Central Navigation School Rivers Manitoba and No 11 Service Flying School RCAF Yorkton Saskatchewan. Names include TAC BJ Anderson Prince Albert Sask and others in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Regina with scattered unreadable details and ranks.
Canada faces severe machine tool shortages and exports to Britain and the United States surge as production climbs about eight hundred percent. The Department of Munitions and Supply reports strong progress in supplying weapons and materials, with Brockville Recorder and Times noting the export boost.
Winnipeg Tribune reports on how assigned pay and allowances are handled for dependents when servicemen are reported missing. The Defence Department continues payments during investigations to determine if the missing man is a prisoner of war, and if deemed presumed dead, dependents transfer to the Department of Pensions and National Health with payments from the pension fund.
A compact collection of quotations on prejudice from Bancroft Barrow and others. It contrasts ignorance with self interest and notes that public sentiment can aid or hinder progress depending on its accuracy.
A weekly column discusses age in war, calls for broader use of all citizens, notes Lt Col with DSO and MCC observing Reserve Army training in a eastern Canadian city park. Veterans' groups push for more work for old soldiers and middle-aged Canadians.
The piece argues instructors should interrupt training for warming up exercises to protect soldiers from illness. It contrasts seasoned veterans with younger instructors focused on efficiency and hardening. It highlights roles for older veterans in administration, supply, and planning, and notes shifting views on married and older women entering useful civilian work.
The piece argues older nurses, especially Nursing Sisters with motherhood experience, should be recruited for war service despite age limits. It notes calculations show those under 43 today would have been under 20 in 1914 and thus ineligible, calling this a Gilbert and Sullivan style paradox yet stressing the value and capacity of older volunteers to support wounded soldiers.
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