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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1942
Page
3
Canada’s price control regulations claim eight million dollars in savings over the past year as living costs rise only two points in ten months. The plan, a year old this December, is praised for damping inflation while pushing nearly 600 firms to close, freeing labor for war production and the armed forces.
George McIvor, chairman of the Wheat Board, told delegates at Alberta’s 20th annual wheat pool meeting that Canada’s war output reached about two billion bushels with roughly 900 million exported. He warned quotas must ease storage pressures, forecast light coarse grain marketing in Alberta, and urged patience as plans for 1943-44 policy are prepared.
Ottawa announces a blanket war risk insurance provision for grain in storage and in transit. A $1.50 per 1 000 bushels levy will be collected from wheat stocks in elevators and proportional amounts on other grains starting Nov 30 1942, with coverage from Dec 1 1942. The Grain Commissioners Board will collect the levy and administer the program after consultation with interested parties.
The British ambassador said Italy desires to exit the war but Germany blocks it and will increasingly control Italy. He warned this will strain Hitler's war machine as Italy remains not a free country. Buckingham Palace hosted 200 US officers for a Thanksgiving reception.
Edmonton publicity chief Dan E C Campbell says the Alaska highway opens northern Alberta to settlers and tourists. Since June the provincial department logged 800 to 1,000 inquiries about farming lands maps folders and data, especially for the Peace River district, from U S readers and potential settlers.
Munitions Minister Howe said Allied forces in Libya and Egypt used Canadian mechanized equipment. He announced a $1 billion increase in next year’s output, with Canada producing one gun per minute and eight artillery and small arms types. Weekly 40,000 ammunition rounds are made, and plans include three Mosquito planes daily and possible Lancaster bombers next spring. He cited naval craft, corvettes, destroyers, and 10,000-ton merchant ships built in Canadian yards, and ramped up motorized vehicles and Ram tanks. Optical glass, scopes, sights, and air radio gear from Ontario are part of the program, with over $40 million for artificial rubber.
Report claims Paul Reynaud Georges Mandel and several other ex leaders including Maurice Gamelin Edouard Daladier Leon Blum Pierre Jacomet and Guy la Chambre have been moved from internment in France toward captivity in Germany. Sources say the moves follow Reynaud’s protest letter to Petain and aim to keep resistance alive in Africa after the 1940 armistice.
The Norwegian telegraph agency said mutiny among occupying German troops was ongoing reports claim German officers and men in chains were seen on ships at Norwegian ports en route south. The agency noted firing squads refused to shoot mutineers and that executions were planned for Narvik with a second squad to be used.
Ottawa Timber Controller Alan H. Williamson said Canadian shipments to the United States this year will reach about 1.3 billion board feet, more than double any year 1932 to 1940. He noted a war effort priority, a permit system, and close W P B collaboration to supply essential lumber.
The Canada Alaska highway from Dawson Creek to Fairbanks Alaska, 1671 miles, opened ahead of schedule after construction begun March 12 this year. Built by 10000 soldiers and 2000 civilians, the project was officiated by Dr Charles Camsell and E L Bartlett with Brig Gen J A O Connor commanding Northwest Service Command.
Donald Gordon, chair of the wartime prices and trade board, told a retail trade delegation that small retailers will have equal access to available goods. He denied any plan to eliminate thousands of retail outlets.
The Admiralty announced Britain passed 3 000 freighters in convoy through the 20 mile wide Strait of Dover in the last two years despite German bombers and coastal guns. A Channel balloon barrage flotilla steamed 227 000 miles to protect ships from aircraft.
National selective service officials report only 15 percent of 400 labor exit permit applications approved since Oct 20 under a wartime order. Refusals included doctors nurses and other professionals needed in Canada war work, while granted permits went to those joining families or aiding war material production outside Canada. Some exempt individuals and hundreds of lumber workers were not counted in the 400.
Daily passenger train service on the Northern Alberta line from Edmonton to Dawson Creek B C will begin to meet higher traffic after the Alcan highway opening. Presently the line operates two to three trains weekly.
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