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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1940
Page
3
Analysis argues an invasion would be hazardous given British air power and naval defenses. It notes German transport buildup and weather factors, while highlighting Britain’s new destroyers and air strength that raise the cost and risk of a cross channel assault.
Three passenger liners will be converted to auxiliary cruisers for Canada’s navy starting with Prince Robert this fall followed by Prince David and North Star in October. Munitions Minister C B Howe called them splendid navy boats with high engine power and speed. The total shipbuilding program costs about 62 million dollars and will keep yards occupied through 1941.
Gen de Larminat, governor of French Equatorial Africa now allied with Charles de Gaulle, warns Syrians that backing Free France is essential to avoid German or Italian occupation. The appeal, issued in London by Free French leaders, urges alignment with the movement.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill delivers a defiant speech as he asserts Hitler plans a British invasion and London bombings form part of the strategy. He praises British resolve and promises to keep the island free while Nazi tyranny is driven from Europe.
The council under Marshal Petain ordered expulsion and exclusion of foreigners and emigrants deemed dangerous. A communique says many refugees threaten public order and calls for purging public and private bodies of those unable to serve France under the present regime. Citizenship withdrawal is planned for a group who left France between May 10 and June 30 without permission.
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton and Major General G R Pearkes of Canada's overseas forces accept honorary presidencies in the Canadian ex Servicemen's Association of Great Britain. The association formed after World War I by veterans of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
War Office memorandum in London relayed by national defence department says German wireless POW lists are for propaganda. Relatives with kin overseas should not rely on them as accurate or complete. Efforts are underway abroad and at home to trace missing personnel.
Air Marshal Sir Philip Joubert told BBC that the Royal Air Force will not bomb civilians in Germany and will focus on military targets. He stated Berlin Hamburg and Ruhr city factories will be bombed for strategic lifelines and war material, and warned raids would continue through winter.
The speaker notes that a channel crossing by boats would be blocked by 20 to 30 mile an hour winds making passage impossible. He cites Hitler’s plan to drop troops by parachute to establish a bridgehead on England’s southeast coast and ferry them across, but asserts Germany lacks air superiority to carry it out. He states Britain is ready for invasion and the people await its arrival with confidence.
War Services Minister Gardiner discussed curtailing varied public appeals and pursuing a united drive for war services with Canadian charitable groups. He noted the Red Cross appeal already underway complicates immediate unity and proposed a cut off date to implement a united appeal, to be discussed with Red Cross before Sept. 18.
Washington reports Germany has taken extensive precautions against a Soviet coup during any Hitler invasion attempt. Up to 1,000,000 troops are said to guard German frontiers near Russia with fortified zones in northern Norway and areas north of Tromso. Germany also guaranteed Romania's new borders against Soviet Black Sea aggression.
Ottawa reports Britain and other empire trainees moving into Canadian air training schools as the plan expands. By year end 48 schools will operate of a projected 83 with 16,000 personnel. the first fully trained crews graduate late this month. In a separate action all licensed doctors are mobilized as examining physicians for the 30 day compulsory military training beginning Oct 9, with 40,000 men to be examined.
German wireless broadcast reports an incendiary bomb during a night air raid on Berlin fell within ten feet of Reich Propaganda Minister Goebbels' official residence. The 15 pound bomb damaged a garden bed of roses with no other destruction.
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