03 Aug 1940
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 1940
Page
1
The Petain government papers a decree dissolving Free Masonry and other secret groups, accusing them of sapping morale and opposing the regime’s work family and fatherland program. It also limits food sales and imposes August ration restrictions to stave off shortages.
Britain conducts an empire wide roundup arresting Japanese nationals including two London Mitsubishi and Misui banking officials. Reports mention a suspected spy ring linked to London reaching Canada Australia and Burma. The Japanese embassy protests the arrests while officials cite wartime security measures amid ongoing war in Europe.
City Treasurer Harry Noble reported tax receipts to the News, noting current and arrears totals for 1940 and 1939. Current taxes reached about 194,574 with arrears around 35,083, totaling 229,057, slightly above 227,231 for 1939 after adjusting for mill-rate changes and other factors. Details to be discussed at Monday night meeting.
Aug 3 10 P I Harry leving inspector under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act praised Alberta crops after surveying from Lethbridge to Medicine Hat north to Vermilion and Goose Lake. He said the dry area extending north from Medicine Hat yields the finest crops in 24 years.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King proposed that Parliament adjourn and not prorogue at the end of the current session. Adjournment would run to November 5, with an earlier meeting possible if needed. The resolution to this effect gained concurrence from Conservative Leader Hanson and CCF Leader Coldwell.
Ottawa reports Conservative Leader Hanson demanding action in the House over Mayor Camillien Houde of Montreal urging citizens to ignore the registration law. Hanson criticizes press censors for blocking Montreal Gazette editorial on Houde. Prime Minister Mackenzie King vows law enforcement. Ralston disputes Hanson's timing.
Ottawa reports Trade Minister J.A. MacKinnon announced in the House of Commons the sale of 100 million bushels of Canadian wheat to Britain. The sale, completed after weeks of negotiations at a price well above the market, was tied to a 15 cent per bushel domestic tax aiming to align Canadian and UK wheat prices.
The 1915 August report notes Austrian forces decisively defeating Russians west of Ivangorod and Von Mackensen’s army seizing Leczne in Poland. French naval actions bombard Sighdilk and Scala Nova while Bonar Law reviews the Second Canadian Contingent in England.
A new 30 by 30 by 50 foot storage addition at the Alberta Linseed Oil Company plant in Medicine Hat will nearly double capacity. Construction employs five rail carloads of material and is to be finished by September 1. The upgrade follows grain storage shortages and rising flax demand, with the firm bottling 50 000 gallons of oil monthly from 20 000 bushels of flax.
Prime Minister Churchill told Britons not to relax vigilance or moral alertness despite rumors Germany does not intend an invasion. He urged a double dose of suspicion toward German statements and stressed ongoing strength and preparedness at No 10 Downing Street.
The Royal Air Force announced mass raids on Italian oil depots and grounded planes in Eritrea. Explosions were heard up to 30 miles away as bombers struck oil tanks at Zula Accico andAsmara airdromes. one Italian bomber was shot down near Khamsar Girba Gedaref and its crew captured.
The city gas department is laying a new four inch gas line this morning along the lane between Second and Third streets from South Railway Street to Maple Avenue. The tar red wrapped pipe connects at Maple Avenue with the six inch main running along the thoroughfare.
The 48th week of war shows no general German ground attack but daily Nazi air raids on British convoys and towns repelled by British fighters. Hamburg, Germany’s largest port, and other vital centers were heavily damaged. Officials and newspapers in enemy territory hint at invasions, while analysts debate Germany’s real intentions and Mussolini official Virginio Gayda argues Britain cannot be swiftly crushed.
The Dominions office announced more Australian troops shaped to reinforce thousands already in Britain. The arrival followed their departure from Australia in late June and arrival in Britain in recent days, though the exact numbers were not released.
In Bancroft Ontario the second battalion of Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment gains near total enlistment. Shops cut hours for drill as Maj H L Babcock calls Bancroft a model for Canada. Sixty village youths already serve overseas, population about 900. A mass collision in Revere Massachusetts spawns murder charge.
Joan Daphne Mary Pearson of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force has returned to duty fully recovered and fit to take on more responsibilities as assistant section officer. The 29-year-old former corporal earned the Order of the British Empire for saving an injured officer, becoming the first woman in this war to receive the honor.
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