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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 07, 1941
Page
3
London reports a Commons debate likely held in secret on sustaining British manpower for a continental push and arming allies. Churchill notes possible cap on all British divisions at home, as ministers weigh invasion timing and emphasize arming Russia.
U S secretary of the navy Frank Knox urged the United States and Britain to join for at least a century to create an effective international law system. He spoke to the American Bar Association, calling for joint power to control the seas and deter aggression even if it means fighting abroad to prevent a future war at home.
Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told a Middlesbrough audience that since February 1 the Royal Air Force had destroyed 658 German fighter planes in offensive operations over enemy territory and had lost 428 RAF aircraft and 374 pilots. He said sorties over northwest France pinned down large German fighter forces that could have been used against Russia.
Nearly half of the British guest children in Canada express desire to stay in the Dominion. Mrs. T. M. Snow of Ottawa, the sole English representative of the overseas reception board, spoke in an interview here.
U S Army infantry artillery engineers signal and medical units arrive in Reykjavik with large stocks of equipment and materials to fortify Iceland as a northern Gibraltar. Maj Gen Bonesteel notes skis snowshoes and Gar rifles issued for camps built by Marines and British forces. Maj Gen Curtis continues command. nurses arrive Sept 25.
The 120000 Indians of Canada are enjoying better prosperity after lean times. Officials noted factors such as a good Pacific coast fish catch and a strong fur market improving incomes. The branch reports several hundred Indians have joined the fighting forces, following prior service in the First World War.
Postmaster General Mulock says Canada will adopt an airgraph system to speed messages between Canadians and troops overseas. The sender writes on a special form, is photographed on film, mailed to Britain, enlarged, and delivered. Proposed rate is 10 cents a word.
Lord Beaverbrook from Moscow sent a telegram praising London workers who set a production record during Tanks for Russia week. The message urged even higher output for a Tanks for Britain week, declaring the roof raised and the lid lifted by the workers.
Canada article notes De Havilland Aircraft Co to produce a new fighter plane named Mosquito. The aircraft will be powered by a Rolls Royce engine built at the Detroit plant and a large order has been placed.
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports August new motor vehicle sales up 45 percent from a year earlier despite new taxes and gasoline restrictions. Numbers show substantial growth in Ottawa and across the Dominion.
Britain and the United States agree with the Soviet Union to supply virtually all Soviet war needs in exchange for Russian raw materials. The brief three day meeting aims to boost traffic and follows with thanks from Stalin for Soviet access to tools munitions and materials.
A Soviet communique lauded the conference for a world with security in its own territory and freedom from fear. It cited mutual understanding and the active role of Stalin in a three power effort to defeat Nazism. The Russian note did not mention any weapons exchange deal. Beggars in New York City reportedly earn about 15 million dollars yearly.
United States war supplies flood the Middle East straining Egyptian ports with planes tanks and material. Ships have arrived in numbers already with lease load supplies and feverish unloading continues day and night. Additional freighters from Britain Denmark the Netherlands and other parts of the British Empire bring troops and cargoes.
Ottawa announces a 25 percent cut to 1940 production of radios refrigerators stoves vacuum cleaners and electric washing machines under Munitions and Supply Act. The move aims to conserve steel metals and materials for war needs while diverting civilian output to support the war effort.
London reports German forces use firing squads and hangings to quell uprisings from Prague to Paris. Czech sources warn of extermination aims and mass transfer of industry behind the Sudeten mountains. Death sentences total about 130 since emergency began, with varied executions and some acquittals at Prague.
The Department of External Affairs reports possible rapid evacuation of more Canadian nationals from Japan. Many in Japan are missionaries of Catholic and Protestant faiths. Officials hope to repatriate all who can be persuaded to depart on a vessel Britain is understood to have dispatched to Nippon. No evident deterioration in Japanese Canadian relations. Tokyo accepted the trade rupture after Japanese credits were frozen.
Seven hundred members of the Young Peoples Keep-Fit League petition the government to keep recreation centres open this winter despite night air bombings. They say if they must die in an air raid they prefer to die happily at a dance rather than in a dugout.
The historic metal fences and gates around Buckingham Palace will be removed and melted into scrap for tanks and weapons. The Ministry of Works and Buildings announced the King has approved about 20 tons of metal for a national war campaign.
Sir Lancelot Oliphant once served as ambassador to Belgium and was captured when Germany overran Belgium in May 1940. He arrived in England from Lisbon as part of a London Lisbon prisoner exchange involving several diplomats.
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