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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 12, 1940
Page
6
The article notes Germany’s air offensive against Britain yielded limited results. British defense disrupted German formations, forcing high altitude missions that reduced accuracy. Despite heavy bombing, ships, factories, and civilians sustained less damage than expected, and invasion plans remain postponed.
The Canadian Red Cross Society宣布 a national appeal for 5,000,000 dollars starting September 23 led by national chairman Norman Sommerville. The drive responds to eight convalescent hospital needs and more emergency calls, including aid for 100,000 refugees in Britain and evacuated children needing clothing.
1939 fire losses across Canada amounted to 24.5 million, boosting the 1899 39 period total to 311.6 million. A. Leslie Homn of the Montreal branch of the Canadian Underwriter Association sold the Dominion Fire Chiefs Association of Canada at the convention.
London owners of a freighter thank Lt-Commander J. C. Hibbard and his crew for heroic actions when their ship was torpedoed off the English coast. The message praises leadership and courage in the peril at sea.
An Abra writer recalls London during a German night raid, contrasting the terror of bombs with a strange, blooming garden of searchlight beams. He notes the shared fear among residents, the sense of being hunted, and the fleeting relief when silence returns between attacks.
Former finance minister Charles Dunning will chair the national subscription committee for the second war loan. J L Isley announces books open September 9 with a target of 250 to 300 million dollars. Dunning previously led the first war loan, which raised 200 million and was heavily oversubscribed.
The White House says President Roosevelt signed a bill allowing American ships to enter designated European combat zones and remove children from war centers. The measure suspends the neutrality rule banning U S ships from combat zones if guaranteed safe passage by all belligerents. Germany rejects offering such guarantees, making near term use doubtful.
Robt Latour-Gayet, a French financial expert, was ordered by the Petain government to proceed to New York on an important economic and financial mission.
The Alberta petroleum and natural gas conservation board increased Turner Valley crude output by 30 cents, raising it to about 27 000 barrels daily. This adjustment affects the Turner Valley oil field operations and market prospects.
About 1 400 British children have been moved to Canada under government assisted schemes. Resources Minister Crerar announced that most arrived via parental or friend transport to homes offered by Canadian relatives. Jopson said thousands more homes await, viewing the move as aiding war strategy and fostering Commonwealth ties.
The piece argues that sending children to Canada reduces nightly bomb threat stress and physical strain. It asserts the safety measure enables parents to focus on resisting Nazi pressure and caring for their families without constant danger.
Defence Minister Ralston announced 30 000 men called up under the Mobilization Act will move into camp by Oct 8. They will undergo selection and physicals, with two 20 day training periods planned before year end. Transportation from homes to centres will be provided.
Crewmen aboard two French merchant ships anchored in Buenos Aires cheered and dipped their colors three times to the British cruiser Hawkins, flagship of the south Atlantic fleet, as she departed after a 48 hour port call.
British officials view the formation of a joint defence arrangement with the United States and Dominion partners as a landmark development. Unconfirmed reports discuss expanding wartime aid from the United States, including potential use of Canadian navy assets to police western waters, freeing Royal Navy ships for Caribbean and other fronts. Leases described as 99 years with no sovereignty changes or required vacating terms, yet offering U S access to facilities to meet its needs.
Ottawa reports Canada's 3rd division will concentrate in the Maritime Provinces from October 1 to 15 with motor transport field guns howitzers and Bren machine guns. By December 15 the 4th division will be equipped and stationed at training centers as orders shift under General McNaughton and a new tank committee is formed to develop a fast high powered tank.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle announced that the French Cameroons and Congo joined Britain, aligning about 1,000,000 square miles of French Equatorial Africa as British allies. Col. de Larminat was named commissioner and Col. Leclerc governor of the Cameroons, while New Caledonia and Chad faced changes under Petain, and Catroux joined Gaulle’s forces.
Prime Minister Churchill inspects coastal defences as seven planes go down in flames in heavy sky combat over the southeast coast. He directs his chauffeur to a burning wreck identified as a German Messerschmitt fighter.
Rome.Virginia Gayda, the fascist editor, wrote that Italy aims to make Egypt really independent. He claimed a large part of the Egyptian nation is hostile to the government's pro British stance and favors a friendly understanding with Italy.
The American Ambulance Corps of Great Britain received 260 ambulances plus 10 more funded by Countess Barbara Hutton Haughwitz Reventlow totaling $26,090. The contribution aids expanding the fleet from 260 to 270 vehicles.
The first Australian Anti-aircraft regiment arrived in Cairo to assist in defending Egypt against a possible Italian attack, meeting its camp somewhere in Egypt.
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