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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 30, 1942
Page
3
Ottawa reports a government push to convert civilian production to war needs. Ministers Isley Ralston Howe urge tightening belts and closing nonessential sectors to free up up to 500000 workers for war work and services. Howe cites wholesale and retail trade as a concrete example.
Leslie Kirch describes returning from Russia where a medical unit member details farm folk forming raids on Germans. Three winners used farm axes and clubs to infiltrate German lines, killing six sentries and bringing back weapons. They aided wider raids, killing 18 Nazis and capturing 17 prisoners.
The first group of Canadian volunteer firefighters has landed in Britain to serve overseas. War Services Minister Thorson received a cable from Herbert Morrison thanking Canada for the "practicable gesture" and saying Canadian firemen will join soldiers sailors and airmen alongside British comrades.
Lisbon dispatch in France reports three French women scientists in Paris were sentenced to death and seven men executed for Free French activities.
Canadian External Affairs announces ten women returning to Canada under an international exchange agreement. They sail on the Drottingholm from Lisbon and will reach New York this week. Seven previously were Zamzam passengers sunk by a German raider in 1941 and interned in Germany before release last year. One Zamzam passenger is Olga Gottermson of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America, Minneapolis, with next of kin Mrs. Elsie Gottormson, Nai cam, Saskatchewan.
Canadian leaders from Premier John Hart to Premier Hepburn and Premier Aberhart welcomed the austerity budget as a necessary wartime measure. They urged financial sacrifices and emphasized funding the war, while McGill economist F Cyril James called enforced savings constructive for reducing expenditures now and aiding postwar reconstruction.
Work under way on a new Persian Gulf port in Basra to speed supplies to Russia. Noncombatant crews push the project on a site once sand and swamp. An all-rail route is planned linking Teheran to Tabriz to complete a Gulf to Moscow corridor via Batum and Tiflis.
A spokesman for Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada said federal tobacco tax increases in the budget will not raise the price of cigarettes sent as gifts to members of the Canadian armed forces overseas.
Marshal Field postponed the army induction of 41 year old PM editor Ralph Ingersoll for at least two weeks after he appeared for a final physical at Fort Jay Governors Island. Field said the newspaper's wartime value makes Ingersoll highly needed for PM and leadership at its publication.
Ottawa announced Canada will send about 500000 bushels of wheat monthly to Greece to feed starving people. Some shipments have started and future shipments will sail from a Canadian port on Swedish ships under Red Cross supervision with passage approved by Britain and access from German and Italian authorities.
London. Oliver Lyttelton told the House of Commons that British and U S troops in the same theatre will have equal priority on American supplies. He reported on a mission to Washington where a combined production and resources board coordinates total resources to maximize shipping economy.
Brig. Gen. Hugh Casey announced that at least 100 new air dromes have been built in Australia for Allied air forces in the last three months. He said many more will be built and noted the Allied works council has 1,500 large projects and 10,000 smaller jobs on its program.
Ottawa's finance minister Asaley said the 1year forecast forfinancing wartime purchases in the United States looks brighter than last year. He warned against relaxing travel restrictions and emphasized maintaining exchange controls. He credited the Hyde Park agreement for the improved position and noted travel limits have saved over 100 million dollars in US currency.
Reports say Axis submarines may base in Maranhao Para delta area along Gurupy river boundary with high naval and air force scrutiny. Discovery of a base is unconfirmed but patrols note potential fuel and supply movements and attacks on Brazilian shipping have continued with several sinkings in May.
Edmonton Wilmott McComb of Hayfield Manitoba was re elected president of the Canadian Red Poll Association at the annual meeting. Other officers named include Vice President John R Atkinson St Albert Alberta secretary treasurer P J Hoffman Anaheim Sask honorary president H E Wabey Enderby British Columbia honorary vice president Eugene Hursh Macoun Sask. Directors list A D Pocock Moose Jaw Sask L H Reeve Dafoe Sask. The group voted to continue grants to feed steers for fall and spring stock shows and grants to fairs at Brandon Man Weyburn Sask and Armstrong B C.
U S navy silence on Japanese seizure of Attu and Kiska signals preparation for a major sea and air battle in the Aleutians Canadians may join in. Chinese and Russian views clash on Kamchatka, Sevastopol, and Caucasus oil drives as Germany presses toward Sevastopol.
G M Campbell reports Robert Mitchell Lally, lighthouse keeper, climbed a 50 foot tower to extinguish Estevan Point beacon as shells fell around the Victoria Colonist says, saving the settlement from greater damage during the shelling by enemy craft. Radio operators Harrison and Redford relayed news to authorities. Women and children sought shelter in the woods overnight.
An unidentified plane dropped a bomb on Royallieu near Compiegne hitting a cluster of camps. Two internees were killed and several others wounded in the attack.
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