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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 01, 1940
Page
3
The CBC announces a new short wave station to broadcast Canada’s voice abroad from Quebec. It will cost about 4 060 and operate at 70 kilowatts with future potential to expand to meet later needs.
A tablet honoring Lieut. Robert Davies and his Royal Engineers unit for removing a time bomb threatening St Pauls will be placed near the missile’s fall site after the war ends. Senior church and Order leaders praise the team and hope to honor others who served in the chapel. Davies, formerly of St Catharines Ontario, led bomb disposal during German air raids.
At the first air raid alarm Prime Minister Churchill dons a tin hat and heads to a nearby roof to watch the barrage. Friends worry yet say his health is excellent as he works 15 to 19 hours daily with remarkable concentration and quick decision making.
The Vichy Petain Laval cabinet announced a national court martial to try traitors in France who correspond with Gen. Charles De Gaulle. A communique said De Gaulle has many partisans in France who badly understood patriotism.
A group of 39 English boys and girls arrived here under the British government evacuation scheme and were taken to the provincial government guest house. They will be placed with friends or relatives later.
In wartime Ottawa small diplomatic corps from Poland and Belgium face a news blackout. Belgians report King Leopold a prisoner on his Brussels estate with Brussels residents keeping government operations going but no ministers. Polish diplomats hear little of home with relatives’ letters providing minimal updates.
In Ottawa a Canadian American joint defence board is described by Jay Pierrepont Moffat as a mechanism to study common North American defence problems rather than a treaty. He notes it reflects popular will and shared values between the United States and Canada under Roosevelt and Mackenzie King.
Cable from Liverpool reports British grain circles say Germany will draw more than double the bread rations of Poles under new quotas. Rations listed include 80 ounces weekly in Germany, 35 in Poland, 44 in Bohemia Moravia, 56 in Belgium, 70 in occupied France and 71 in Holland.
Col Gijebertus Sas, former Holland military attache, says the first battalion of naturalized Dutch-Canadians and Dutch-Americans will depart for active service in England in March. He heads a mission in Canada to organize the unit and plans to raise several battalions of 400 to 500 men each.
Bucharest officials state Walter Duranty will not have his stay permit renewed as Romania seeks to reduce non permanent resident foreigners regardless of occupation or nationality. The move follows a protest from the United States legation regarding an expulsion order.
London reports say air leader Air Marshal Bishop lauded the Empire Air scheme as months ahead of schedule across departments. He described it as a potential war winning factor and noted Britain’s resilience under bombardment while touring Canada House during an air raid alert.
METEC Production Engineer W Barnacal has been appointed General Manager of Sorel Industries Limited. He served with the Royal Field Artillery and Intelligence Service in France during the last war and later led Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works. He notes Americans make fine pilots and stresses training Empire air crews for the Royal Air Force while the RCAF continues transatlantic flights. He doubts postwar liquidation of the vast scheme and says today’s airmen are more serious than in his youth.
British treasury returns show last week expenditures nearly six times revenue. Expenditures for the current financial year from April total 6.101 billion dollars, with last week’s outlay at 248.66 million versus revenue of 47.63 million.
Prime Minister Peter Fraser stated New Zealand would dispatch 1465 pilots observers and air gunners to Britain and Canada by year end 1940. He added the program at its peak would supply 900 trained pilots and 800 technical personnel annually.
Ottawa Four privately owned airplanes have been presented to the Royal Canadian Air Force since the war began. J P Bickle of Toronto donated a Grumman amphibian twin engined plane, followed by J D Eaton of Toronto with a twin engined Beachcraft. Two American planes have not yet been delivered as offers were made recently by Robert Williams of Buffalo and Dewitt Wallace of New York.
London reports a national effort by scientists to defeat night raiders with three new defence weapons rumored to include sky traps, steel-cable shells, and self-propelled explosive rounds. RAF fighters and anti aircraft barrages are tested as Britain and Germany seek night interception solutions.
The government organizes voluntary evacuation of mothers and children from London's worst areas to the country. About 464,000 children have already been moved from the metropolis.
The 93 page German for Servicemen pocket guide has been provided to Canadian soldiers by Canadian Legion War Services and the Canadian Association for Adult Education. It aims to aid interactions with enemy forces and support wartime efforts.
Ottawa reports easing the storage burden on western farmers as elevator space tightness loosens. Delivery quotas rise from five to eight bushels per acre, with potential growth to at least ten to fourteen per acre by December 1, and up to fifteen in some districts.
Air Marshal W A Bishop V C of the Royal Canadian Air Force told BBC listeners that Britain's airmen will drive the pirate Huns from Europe as they did 25 years ago. He recalled serving in Britain during the great conflict and praised today’s airmen for their daring and leadership in the clouds. He forecast thousands of trained pilots arriving to reinforce, and sent cheer from Canada noting the commonwealth air training plan is a tremendous success.
Windsor reports Mrs Wallace R. Campbell, national work chairman, told the Rotary Club Canada must ship 10,000 dollars worth of shoes for women and children. In London 1,300 quilts and 1,000 bed garments were issued, two tons of food shipped, and 40,000 blankets distributed in a week.
Cornwall lawyer George Arthur Phillips launches a fundraising drive to buy Hurricane fighter planes with funds from Canadians named George. Phillips’ ten year old son George begins the campaign under the slogan Let George Do It.
Two British and one American engineers employed by the Romano American company in the Ploesti oil field were arrested by Romanian authorities. The incident underscores wartime tensions affecting Axis and Allied interests in Romania.
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