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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 1942
Page
5
George Cecil Bateman, 60, Toronto mining engineer, serves as Canada’s metal controller directing wartime metal allocation. He stresses cooperation with miners and industry to keep metal flowing for tanks and guns, while imposing restrictions to support the war effort.
Korea 25 million people, annexed in 1910, vow to press for independence inspired by Fourteen Points. They held a secret meeting to declare independence and pledged to carry a sword in their hearts until final freedom.
The Allied review of international affairs Free Europe reports Japan has lost about a quarter of its 4,000,000 tons of shipping and warns of a looming transport shortage for a modern division. It urges containment on fronts, defense of Australia and Northern Burma, and a multi front attack on Germany to hasten Japan's defeat.
Hitler plans to run a farm about 20 miles from Berlin with ex soldiers on staff to produce foods he prefers. The arrangements are handled by Meissner his personal secretary as he shifts to agricultural life.
The review outlines expected war era production priorities for Canada’s principal farm sectors. Livestock aims include 600 million pounds of bacon and 300 million pounds for domestic pork, plus beef, lamb, and wool outlets. Dairy centers on cheese exports with expanded dairy cattle and output, while poultry gains secure egg markets and stable prices. Feed grain production and higher yields are needed, with wheat acreage adjusted to market outlets for 1942. Agricultural policy will back these developments.
The Toronto Telegram argues that reducing the maximum speed limit will curb wasteful use of gasoline and tires, and most importantly reduce fatalities. It contends high speed causes loss of control in accidents and that slower speeds will lessen tire wear and travel danger.
A single average ocean going tanker refined gasoline will run all ambulances police cars buses trucks farm tractors and industrial gasoline engines plus every passenger car in Canada for seven days.
A Royal Air Force expert in Cairo advocates colossal bombers and massive bombs. British officers push for B-24 class planes and the U S Liberator as pivotal to defeating Rommel’s armored forces, arguing bigger loads and lower costs beat denser anti air defenses.
The notice advertises Pattern 7225 with six motifs about 6 by 7 inches and four motifs 2 by 2 inches for linen decor. It offers a transfer pattern and stitch illustrations and requires 20 cents to the Household Arts Department of the Winnipeg Newspaper Union. Include name address and pattern number.
Officials in Ottawa Washington and London maintain close consultation on food rations with Canada and the United States supplying the United Kingdom and portions of Russia. Sugar allotments remain at three quarters of a pound weekly. future changes depend on external demands and shipping conditions. Canadian beef exports to the United States have risen, aiding US supplies and possibly reaching Russia.
Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that the air ministry knew dummy ships were at Brest while the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sheltered there and that British pilots could tell fake vessels from real ones. He added there was no chance of dummies being bombed by mistake.
Dr. William Matthews of the University of California argues that many people misapply contemporary slang. He notes Shakespeare used words such as duds ham guy pinch and phoney with similar meanings to today.
Soldiers at Camp Roberts Cal are cleaning rifles with Jap made toothbrushes donated by a San Francisco dentist who had ordered them years ago He sent dozens of new brushes to the camp after a trainee wrote for old ones to help keep rifles spotless for service.
The Ottawa Journal heralds General Douglas MacArthur as a unifying force for the allied world in peril. It argues there is no room for jealousy or nationalist pride as free peoples share a common fate, promising resilience and survival through his command.
Madame Chiang Kai-shek lauded China's scorched earth tactics during an India Day celebration broadcast. She declared the secret of resisting Japanese aggression lay in destroying or removing food fuel and even rice bowls to prevent enemy gains, adding What China has done India can do.
Florida imposes a $1 surcharge on automobile registration to match license numbers with address or other personal identifiers. Funds will support dependent children and related programs in the state.
A sharp barb notes Gyfid Quisling of Norway endures sleepless nights. The quip asks why he does not count the number of people he betrayed, highlighting wartime treachery and the moral tally he faces.
The article reports a unity of command for the army navy and air force in three strategic North American areas. Air Vice-Marshal Cuffe气 command covers the east coast and Newfoundland. Major-General L. F. Page will head Newfoundland forces, previously commanding Canadian troops in Iceland.
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