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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 26, 1944
Page
3
A British field officer predicts major Allied offensives west of the Rhine this year pending weather. He notes a large buildup, ongoing jabbing operations at Aachen and Nijmegen, and the need to transport supplies from the Normandy base for a sustained major assault against Germany.
New South Wales wheat production drops to 20 million bushels from 47 million last year due to drought. The wheat trade authority says NSW will need to import at least 10 million bushels. South Australia suffers a harsher decline with an estimated 5 million bushels versus 20 million last year.
C H Wallace of the prices board says the children's shoe industry is under close scrutiny for degrading quality. Two inspectors are checking Ontario and Quebec plants after public complaints about poor children's shoe quality, outnumbering complaints about adults by ten to one.
The British cruiser Orion led a naval squadron back to Greece and anchored at Piraeus roadstead reflecting a symbolic recuperation since its 1941 evacuation disaster. Once packed with troops, she was hit by German dive bombers and limped into Alexandria after severe casualties.
Former King Carol of Romania, who fled during the 1941 Nazi occupation, reaches New Orleans from Mexico aboard an Argentine steamer en route to Brazil and possibly back to Romania. He is accompanied by Mme Magda Lupescu.
The British white paper proposes a new civil aviation convention to regulate international air transport after the war. It aims to preserve air sovereignty, define freedom of air, routes, licensing, and anti competition measures, with an international air authority coordinating with a world security body. Canada favors the plan and will push proposals at Montréal and Chicago conferences.
Civilians in the sector warned of German arrivals in America after a Dutch message caused alarm. A quick check of a small scale map confirmed the map showed America near Holland. Canada has produced more than 13 000 warplanes since the war began.
The French navy minister reports the arrest of Admiral Jean de la Borde commander of the Toulon fleet who issued the scuttling order in November 1942. He is accused of failing to ensure the fleet escaped to North Africa as Germans seized the port. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
Ottawa announces a large shipment of Canadian wheat and flour for liberated areas in Europe. The plan asks eastern shippers to hold back nonperishable rail shipments until mid December when lake navigation ends. Transport chief to provide 1,450 cars daily for grain to the lakehead, signaling a move likely exceeding 100 million bushels.
Acting Commander E. D. Simmons of Victoria assumes duties as captain of HMCS Beacon Hill and senior officer of a Canadian naval force. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross in 1941 and the Distinguished Service Order in 1943. Authorities urge immediate movement of grain from prairies to coasts by rail and water, warning of equipment shortages in eastern Canada. Canada holds about 800 million bushels in wheat stores, with Australia’s crop issues increasing liberation area needs and potential direct purchases by governments of liberated countries.
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Ottawa announced canned grapefruit in glass containers is back on the rationed list. Twenty ounces of grapefruit now cost one preserve coupon, while grapefruit juice remains un rationed.
Canada's Meet the Navy exhibit arrives in Britain for a tour of service and civilian centres both in London and on the continent, outlining naval life and careers for the public.
Ottawa confirms Canada will commission the medium cruiser Uganda at a U S navy yard to boost its Pacific offensive role. Capt E R Mainguy assumes command as Hon Leighton McCarthy and Vice Admiral George Jones attend. Canada plans more cruisers and aircraft carriers, with provinces naming future ships.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory praised Canadian fighter squadrons as the spearhead of Allied air power during D-day and the Normandy advance. He noted the growing strength of the Allied air arm and said without air forces armies would not be where they are today. He cited the RC A F’s terrific contribution and stated the R C A F did more than others among Dominion air forces.
Vice Admiral G C Jones chief of naval staff RC N said postwar navy size depends on parliamentary spending. No detachment sent to the south Pacific yet with main fleet in the Atlantic occupied by the war against Germany. He noted no FIFO demobilization plan like the air force.
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