21 Aug 1940
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1940
Page
1
Entrants must file by Thursday night for the exhibition at the Arena on Friday and Saturday. Early entries aid planning by the Horticultural Society. entry point is Harvard's House of Flowers on Sixth Avenue.
London reports the Air and Home Security ministries say German planes attacked English towns and RAF airfields with some casualties. Seven planes were officially shot down by 9:30 a.m. MST, though unofficial tallies reach 15. One RAF plane performed a victory roll after combat. British destroyers attacked two enemy ships in the North Sea with damage to one, while weather hindered nocturnal bombing.
Ottawa August 21 Col. Ralston announced a new armored brigade for the Canadian Active Service Force. Lt. Col. Fr F Worthington promoted to colonel to command the unit to be assembled at Camp Borden. The minister said the move is not routine.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said the joint Canada United States defence board involves no rush to reconvene Parliament. It would study defence proposals and likely issue recommendations, with actions to follow by the Washington and Ottawa governments. He noted the board has no commitments at this time and that Parliament would not meet before November 5 unless something arises.
Daily registration scenes amuse and frustrate as elderly women dodge age questions while young wives insist on cooking, and a Bessarabia couple explains their long marriage. The registrar calculates they have been married 38 years, prompting the playful question of how they produced 16 children.
Germanys air force carried scattered raids on England with heavy blows in the southeast and a coast resort bombed twice. Three bombers were shot down and a fifth likely disappeared in the Channel. RAF fought off single raiders as British officials note a shift toward lone bombers to avoid losses. Casualties include children in Midlands districts and several houses damaged, while authorities praise RAF efforts and screen the evolving tactic.
In Coyuca de Benitez near Mexico City exiled leader Leon Trotsky was attacked as a Belgian man identified as Jacques Mortan 36 struck him with a pickaxe. Surgeons operated with hopes of saving Trotsky whose skull base fracture and other wounds were reported.
About 1,500 people over 16 were registered yesterday and 2,000 more remain to be heard from. All must be registered by 10 tonight as the three day registration ends. A heavy afternoon was expected with stores closed on Wednesday. Rifles and revolvers register until September 15 with a special notice to .22 owners.
The Eastern Canada tour by the automotive industry essay contest winners includes Florence E. Trotter of Medicine Hat. The group tours the Ford Motor plant at Windsor and will end with a boat trip on the Detroit River.
Reports from Chancy Switzerland say British long range bombing against northern Italy and southern German industry raises fears that Germany and Italy will widen their occupation of France. German air bases were set up on the western Vosges and Jura to intercept raids and Paris may face Italian bases at Marseille and in the Rhone valley.
Reuters from Bucharest reports Romania has agreed to cede Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria restoring the 1912 frontier. Durustor and Callacra provinces pass to Bulgaria with occupation within three hours of signing. The new boundary runs from Silistra on the Danube to south of Mangalia on the Black Sea.
City Clerk Fred Blackburn notes a report error from Monday’s Council meeting. The council allegedly said employees in the militia were given leave, and a promised difference between city and camp pay. The actual rule allows those who have not taken holidays to take them Sept 1 to 15 and receive full holiday pay, not the camp-city pay difference.
In Athens on August 21 Greek forces cancel leaves for officers and troops as the government moves to strengthen the army amid tensions with Italy. A spokesman warned Greece must not be surprised by invasion while Italian reports of Greek bands in Albania are denied and criticized.
London reports fuel further resentment over the Ranee of Sarawak comments in a Canadian interview about British children evacuated to the Dominion. Officials lament the remarks while noting most evacuees are healthy and well behaved.
The Gracie Fields concert in Regina last Friday netted about $1,500. H. EB. Sampson, K.C., chairman of the Navy League Saskatchewan division, announced yesterday.
Italy declared war on Turkey. German navy evacuated the Gulf of Riga. Eleutherios Venizelos resumed Greek premiership. Cotton declared absolute contraband by British and French governments.
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