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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 20, 1944
Page
3
Ottawa reports Canada plans to construct large landing barges for the British government. The program aims to keep inland and coastal yards busy for 12 to 18 months, with factories switching from invasion barges to new troop and tank carrying vessels. No long layoff for skilled staff is expected.
A Netherlands student who fled Reich labor camps says foreign workers in Germany were housed in crowded huts behind barbed wire with poor heat and sanitation. She recalls at Mauser Berlin factory and Camp Trifstrasse in Berlin that medical care was perfunctory and disease was common.
More than 100 wounded veterans of the Sicily and Italy fighting, the Red Patch Devils of the Canadian First Division in the British Eighth Army, arrived aboard the hospital ship Lady Nelson. They awaited transfer to trains to return home or to their home provinces. Also returning were many Canadian troops invalided home from Britain due to illness or accidents, plus some R.C.A. personnel and a few from the Canadian Women's Army Corps.
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports the official cost of living index declined from 119.4 on November 1 to 119.3 on December 1, reflecting an 18.4 percent wartime increase overall. Decreases in food and fuel indexes outweighed rises in home furnishings and miscellaneous items, with beef prices contributing to the drop.
Allied reports say German engineers rush to finish a Siegfried Line in Italy a few miles from the active front near Cassino and Pescara as Canada’s 8th Army nears the Adriatic coast. Canadian forces storm Point 49 near Ortona amid harsh winter weather.
Sir Stafford Cripps the minister of aircraft production warned workers in a Greater London factory that this year would be the most difficult for both fighting fronts and factory work. He cautioned against over-optimism and compared the Nazi threat to a wounded beast while noting the UN position had improved but cautioned vigilance.
British, United States and French troops train across French North Africa in camps from Tunisia to Morocco. Officials describe North Africa as one vast training centre for troops destined for future operations across the Mediterranean against Germany.
The department of agriculture says the special products board will buy thousands of carloads of Canadian eggs to powder for Great Britain. Price at 35.5 cents a dozen continues through 1944. Eight plants in central and western Canada will process eggs. Powder packed in 14 pound cartons for catering use and in five ounce packages for household use.
In New York ten of the Woolworth Building's twenty four elevators were shut down due to a coal shortage. Building superintendent E. J. McVeigh said a fresh fuel supply was expected soon. The building generates its own power from steam.
The Royal Canadian Navy assumes command of its eastern coast motor launches under Capt. J. A. Keenan. Lt. Cmdr. R. M. Powell and Lt Cmdr Thomas Denny assist as key officers. Operating in flotillas, the fleet has protected sea lanes from Labrador to Key West and Bermuda, aiding distressed merchant ships and rescuing hundreds.
At the opening of 1944 the Alberta Petroleum Association reported six to ten new locations in north Turner Valley. Northend 1 on the east flank tested at 20 barrels per hour in the upper porous lime horizon. Hudson Bay 13 nearby yielded about 400 barrels daily, with plans to drill down to the lower horizon. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
Britain canvassed clothing stores for surplus stock to aid Europe. Raincoats and rayon garments predominate, with woollen wear and tweed jackets costing coupons like cotton items. Knitted wear and footwear expected from Canada and the United States due to Britain’s shortages.
Washington reports a British American jet propelled aircraft capable of extreme speeds at high altitudes without propellers. Joint RAF and U.S. Army Air Forces disclosure notes long term research begun in Britain under Group Captain Whittle, first flight in 1941, and production moves toward the Gloster Company and Power Jets.
A Russian broadcast claims Spanish soldiers remain in combat on the Volkhov front in northern Russia despite Madrid’s assurance that all Spaniards have been recalled. The communique cites captured Spaniard Jesus Peres Sanchez as verification.
The wartime information board reports Canada United States Australia and New Zealand enjoying extremely favorable food conditions compared with Europe. Canada Britain and the United States show higher consumption amid rationing due to greater purchasing power and distribution, while some nations struggle to feed their populations. Only Australia and New Zealand ration foods as generously, though they impose strict clothing limits.
Nearly 20,000 battle casualties treated at Allied hospitals in the Middle East through April 1943 showed a mortality rate of 21 percent. During the period there were 511 deaths, yielding a 7.44 percent mortality rate in hospitals in Egypt and Palestine in the last war.
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