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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1944
Page
3
Deputy Minister Ross of Ottawa is named to succeed Lieut George Currie as Deputy Minister of Defence after Currie’s retirement. The government faces questions on Allied aims and settlement terms as debates reference the forthcoming conference and peace questions.
Canada has shipped large beef quantities to the British Isles since last fall. Agriculture officials, including Agriculture Gardiner, say shipments will total 100 million pounds this year as negotiations for purchases progress. UK officials in Parliament note 70,316,000 pounds were already allocated. A U.S. state announcement says northbound American ships will be restricted from stopping at Argentine ports.
In response to charges of morale and quality, Mr. Amery cited the fourth eighth and tenth Indian divisions in Italy and Burma. He noted the eighth division's role with the Canadian armored brigade since January and praised Stilwell’s recognition of Indian forces. He argued India’s war effort expanded native industries, including textiles, and Tariffs against Britain aided self sufficiency. He said Indians fight to prevent German and Japanese rule.
Crown Princess Juliana lands in England awaiting return to a Netherlands freed from Nazi rule. She is greeted by her mother Queen Wilhelmina after fleeing to Canada with her children during the war.
A nine officers and 63 other ranks form the first Canadian contingent arriving in Melbourne. High Commissioner T. C. Davis welcomed them, noting they may form the vanguard of a broader Canadian Pacific war contribution and that Canada could supply a navy and air force ready for Pacific action. He said the troop group is currently instructional and maintenance oriented.
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land told a House post war subcommittee that Allies should divide German and Japanese foreign trade, denying world commerce to the enemies to force them into a pastoral state. He warned Germany and Japan would have no ships except coastal and inland vessels.
A Canadian officer estimates at least 300 flying bomb sites in France have been overrun by the First Canadian Army with British and Polish units as they sweep toward the German lines. Additional sites are found in Belgium with more expected in Holland as investigators map construction and use.
London sources report Norwegian saboteurs damaged the Konigsberg arms factory in southern Norway on September 16, destroying a large portion of its production. The plant was Norway’s sole facility for cannons, machine guns, and small arms.
General Charles de Gaulle told French army commanders and civilian leaders on the Belfort front that victory in Europe cannot be counted until next spring, warning against prematurely drawn hopes.
Dr H H Hepburn of Edmonton was chosen as president of the Alberta division of the Canadian Medical Association after the group’s annual convention.
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