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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 14, 1944
Page
3
General Crerar praised the Dieppe operation as essential experience for planning the Normandy landings. He spoke at Dieppe during Second Canadian Division ceremonies honoring Aug. 19, 1942 casualties, noting the raid’s costly lessons fueled the Allied coastal assault’s success.
Lt Gen Kurt Dittmar, propaganda spokesman, warned that a shortage of forces has kept German offensives from success but promised new mobilization will shift the balance. He said Germany would fight on shorter fronts and rebuild defenses as Nazi outlets spoke of attrition and guerilla bands under Hitler.
Louis J. Trottier, chairman of the unemployment insurance commission, reports all fund contributions from employers, employees and the government remain intact totaling 216,171,931 dollars as of July 31. Investment interest covers total benefits paid to date, with July contributions and interest at 6,585,122 dollars and benefits totaling 154,432 dollars, yielding a net fund increase of 6,450,690 dollars.
Ottawa reports Major General Maurice Pope returns to a key planning role for postwar demobilization and policy. He will serve as military secretary to the cabinet war committee and as military staff officer to the prime minister, linking army navy and air force with government decision makers. He also joins the chiefs of staff committee and acts as principal advisor to the prime minister on future war and demobilization questions.
United States ambassador to Canada Ray Atherton ends a 9000 mile journey through the Canadian west and northwest. In an interview he says he is returning inspired by the unconquerable vitality of the western world and reassured that the North American spirit now stands ready for world service.
In a cemetery on a hill behind Dieppe lie 880 Second Canadian division raid force members killed on August 19 1942. The graves are numbered with no names though a roll of the names is kept by a cemetery attendant.
A prices board spokesman said Canada’s sugar supply is bad and may worsen as Europe’s liberated countries demand more from the UN stockpile. Although 1943 production rose to 870,557,020 pounds, there will be no increase in the eight ounce weekly per person ration before year end. Canada makes 20 percent of its needs and imports 80 percent from a UN pool with no surplus.
Canadian forces breached the Gothic Line in Italy after a two day effort by the British Eighth Army. Field officers and Allied planners orchestrated a decisive advance toward the Adriatic, triggering renewed German focus and a new phase of the Italian campaign.
Stockholm report says 2635 British Canadian and American prisoners of war and civilian internees will be arriving in Trelleborg by ferry from Germany on Sept 7 for exchange. Canadian count not yet known.
Toronto reports the Canadian Red Cross will ship twenty tons of Canadian-made clothing to France for relief of children in liberated Normandy areas. This forms the vanguard of a planned total of 110 tons of clothing, medical supplies and food from various groups.
Ceremonies marked the completion of the $11,000,000 Skeena highway linking Terrace and Prince Rupert in British Columbia. A 40 vehicle caravan, including army trucks, traveled the 78 miles to officially open the route on September 4.
Ottawa reports the largest convoy ever to sail the seas arrived in the United Kingdom under close Canadian Navy escort and air cover from the RCAF and RAF. The convoy of 150 merchant ships carried over 1,000,000 tons of cargo and was praised by the Admiralty for safe and timely delivery.
British naval air units damaged the 35,000-ton Tirpitz and at least 16 additional enemy vessels in attacks on shipping in northern waters. The strikes hit radio stations hangars and coastal installations along the Norwegian coast, claimed 9 German planes shot down, and 11 British aircraft were lost.
Sweden will refuse asylum to war criminals and return them to their home countries for justice. Social Affairs Minister Gustav Moller said frontiers have welcomed refugees but during this war terrible deeds have been committed, especially in occupied countries.
Allied headquarters disclosed that over 50 Belgian agents parachuted into Belgium before the Allied entry. The Belgian army prepared landing grounds to receive supplies and troops while sabotage increased, including the destruction of 180000 gallons of gasoline the Germans needed.
Allied paratroops descend with radio sets weapons ammunition and light gear prepared for immediate deployment upon touchdown. The airborne operation emphasizes rapid establishment of communications and firepower to secure drop zones and support allied advance.
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