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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 28, 1942
Page
3
In a war appropriation debate Finance Minister Isley reported subsidies totaling 2,128,981 in two months to shield consumers from higher prices for essentials. He noted an anticipated annual total likely unprofitable and refused to release subsidy recipient names.
In Cranbrook B C a new coast ranger force is organized at Yahk and Kingsgate near the border. The unit includes miners ranchers lumber workers and businessmen with former Royal Flying Corps and Swedish navy officers among the attendees. W R Baskerville is proposed as officer in charge to the Pacific command.
J Daniel Pride, ex naval engineer for the British admiralty now with the Nova Scotia Light and Power Co, claims a fire extinguisher operable by a child that can douse an incendiary bomb in 60 seconds. Patents are pending in Ottawa and Washington, with production hoped to start immediately.
New Zealand expresses gratitude to Canada for war supplies and aims to increase them. Frank Langstone, appointed high commissioner to Canada, says Ottawa will be the post for his duties after Washington service. He notes intensified Pacific war and closer Canada New Zealand cooperation.
A Daily Express despatch from Tananarive reports Vichy orders under Pierre Laval leading to terror tactics on Madagascar. Free French sympathizers are being arrested by Gestapo-led police, with officials hostile to Japan or Germany dismissed and Madagascar described as a prize for invaders.
Sir Stafford Cripps said a new plan for settling India's problems could be devised before the war’s end but must originate in India. He called the outlook encouraging yet not as hopeful as possible, and noted constitutional changes would take months or years. He credited Louis Johnson as a personal intermediary with no official role.
Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner said General Franco promised to help the Nazis if Germany cannot counter the Russian threat. He claimed Spain would deploy 1,000,000 men and that many Spanish comrades’ lives are frozen in Russia. He praised Pierre Laval as a good Frenchman.
Berlin radio reports King Christian the 71 year old of Denmark is ill with heart trouble and advised to rest. The monarch faces health concerns during a period of public duties and international observation.
A contingent of Portuguese forces departed Lisbon to strengthen the already expanded garrison in the Cape Verde islands. The move signals heightened military readiness amid ongoing tensions in the Atlantic theater.
George B. Foster says Canada’s air cadets have been asked to produce a vast armada of scale model warplanes for RC A F training schools. Hundreds of wooden copies of fighter and bomber aircraft are required for courses in gunnery and aircraft recognition.
The Daily Express reports a division of German parachute troops has been sent to occupied France to bolster the garrison. Unconfirmed reports hint Von Rundstedt’s forces in France and the Low Countries could gain 10 to 15 divisions, pushing totals near one million men.
The Axis is cut off from Latin America as the United States and allies gain a monopoly on strategic minerals and metals. Rubber, tin, manganese, mica, chrome, tungsten, copper, diamonds and lead flow to the Allies, aiding war effort and potentially offsetting losses in Malay, the Philippines and other Axis-held areas.
The United States agriculture department reports European food difficulties as Germany and occupied territories struggle to feed people. Unoccupied France faces six breadless weeks before harvest due to black market grain diversion, counterfeit ration cards, and farmer delivery failures.
Ottawa dispatch reports Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters will host a party of US Army and Navy air officers to study how the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan operates in preparation for the proposed Allied air conference in May.
Defence Minister Col. Ralston told the House of Commons that wholesale leave for seeding and farm work is barred. He outlined that farm leaves may be granted only in certain depots and via district officers following regional war services board recommendations. He cited enlistment figures and stressed promotion should be based on merit, not political influence.
Assistant Deputy Postmaster General P. T. Coolican cites wartime mail loss figures for the Atlantic route. Since the war began, 14 losses through enemy action account for 26,230 bags lost out of 750,000 dispatched. Losses by year show 1939 three bags, 1940 10,345 bags, 1941 12,947, and 2,935 so far this year.
Sofia dispatch reports Japanese minister signed a trade pact with Bulgaria to supply 5000 motor cars on a date not specified. The agreement aims to strengthen commercial ties between the two nations.
Vichy reports General Rene Prioux, held prisoner since the Dunkirk withdrawal rearguard fighting, has been released due to health reasons. The move comes from the German side with Vichy confirming the decision.
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