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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1943
Page
3
Ottawa reports Minister Gardiner says Canada faces a large surplus of feed grain, much in storage across the west, and urges quick movement to U.S. or storage eastward. He notes transport limits and war pressures, and cites subsidies totaling over 1 billion dollars for farm support and wheat board financing as context.
On the eve of the sixth anniversary of China's conflict with Japan Chiang Kai Shek declared that the time limit for complete defeat cannot exceed two years. In a anniversary message he forecast a seventh year war of resistance with offensives in various theatres and a continuous stream of victories. He said the war and world war situation have reached the highest peak of the uphill struggle and that one more step will bring smooth sailing.
London reports a plan from Home Secretary Herbert Morrison to save expense by summoning citizens for minor offences without requiring court appearances. The proposal, called justice-by-post, aims to cut time manpower and costs in the legal system.
Pacific command Protestant chaplains report that Canada’s soldiers and sailors are the most temperate fighting men in the world after a two day Army and Navy chaplains conference in Vancouver.
Ottawa Minister Gardiner told Parliament exports of dairy cattle to the United States will continue, noting 1943 shipments total nearly 20,000 head versus 10,341 in 1942. He argued higher prices benefit farmers and that sales should persist as long as overall herd levels stay stable.
General Henri Giraud, commander of French forces in North Africa and co chair of the French Committee for National Liberation, arrived by plane in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt and Allied leaders on war strategy and coordination.
A London ministry spokesman said German production in the first half of 1943 fell due to Allied bombing and material shortages but war goods output, especially fighter planes anti aircraft and anti tank weapons, was kept up by reserves and focusing on basic weapons while consumer goods declined. He did not estimate overall decline pending Ruhr damage reports.
Tokyo radio broadcast reported by US monitors that the training period for Japanese air cadets has been cut from three years to one and a half years. Cadets passing health tests would be commissioned as air force second lieutenants in 18 months.
F. W. Nichols says in his annual housing report to the House that the National Housing Act was restricted in 1942 to financing homes necessary to further the war effort. The statement was presented to Parliament by Finance Minister Isley.
Ottawa Finance Minister Ilsley outlined how the cost of living index is compiled and adjusted to reflect month to month changes. He stressed the index measures price changes while considering quality shifts and supply limitations, noting some foods rose beyond 17 percent since August 1939.
The Canadian Army notes stewing beef up 78 percent, laid 73 percent, round steak 66 percent, and the overall food index up 318 percent. Food costs are a third of living expenses, while bread and sugar stayed steady and milk declined. Households see rising food prices while nonfood costs like rent and clothing lag in percentage gains.
Ottawa reports the prices board announces hotels and boarding houses registered as quota users must surrender ration books or temporary cards to proprietors. Hotels not registered must also collect coupons. Proprieties remove weekly butter and meat coupons and biweekly sugar and tea or coffee coupons for transfer to ration administration. cooks in rooms may apply to retain their ration books.
Treasury agents in New York are gathering information on individuals and businesses in France that collaborated with the Nazis. The effort aims to map networks and identify assets and ties connected to collaborationist activities.
Foreign Secretary Eden pledged that Allied power would flow eastward to overwhelm Japan. At a Salute-to-China event in London’s Royal Albert Hall he spoke of teaching Japan a lasting lesson against cruelty and oppression. Chinese ambassador Wellington Koo urged a plan to deal deadly blows to Japan as Eden touted unity with China and the Allies.
RCAF announced that Sqdn. Ldr. Jas. Elmslie Walker of Edmonton became the first overseas RCAF member to win a second bar to the Distinguished Flying Cross. The list included 32 decorations for RCAF personnel, with Sqdn. Ldr. Gerald Lane of Victoria receiving the DSOrder, the sixth DSO for a RCAF member. Two Saskatchewan men won the DFC and one the DFM.
In Johannesburg 1,250,000 civilians voted on July 7 to decide whether to continue the war under current policy or embrace opposition backed neutrality. The opposition seeks a republican government and severing the British connection. Final results await two to three weeks as absentee military ballots are counted in Pretoria before civilian results.
London reports the four month Wings for Victory campaign raised more than 2.64 billion in government borrowing. Lord Kindersley, president of the national savings committee, announced the total.
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