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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 04, 1941
Page
5
The prices and trade board announced farm products are exempt from the ceiling from Sept 18 to Oct 11, except for items sold by dealers, processors, or retailers. Primary producers may sell directly to buyers at up to the basic period maximums, while fresh fruits and vegetables remain excluded from the ceiling.
An RCAF squadron on army cooperation duties carried out its first operational sortie with new aircraft. Wing Commander H. W. Kerby of Toronto led the mission with Petty Officer G. C. H. Jackson of Edmonton aboard for an offensive reconnaissance over the coast of occupied France.
An analyst described a chocolate flavored paste sold as malted milk as containing 10 percent cocoa and 90 percent weakened flour. The company was fined the equivalent of $150 for advertising and offering the food for sale.
Ottawa reports that Canadian Women's Army Corps members will receive five days of Christmas or New Year leave when duties permit. CWAC officials said the policy applies to personnel who can be spared from service.
A Rome radio report picked up by NBC suggested Mussolini could travel to the Libyan front to bolster Italian soldiers. The purpose was to lift morale amid campaigns in North Africa.
A wartime discussion notes that American airmen may ferry fighters across the Atlantic, supplementing RAF efforts. The Air Corps ferry command does not fly ships itself but moves them to take-off points, with officials saying the future is being anticipated. Congress eased neutrality act limits allowing merchant ships to carry dismantled planes, raising questions about cross ocean air delivery.
The Journal de Geneve cites German claims as unjustified and notes large Soviet reserves in the Far East. It attributes command of the Far East Red Army to Marshal Wassily Bluecher with about 360,000 infantry, six motorized divisions, and undiminished heavy bombers. Western Siberia forces are being drawn east, and production east of the Volga is listed at 2,500 tanks, 2,000 planes, and 10,000 trucks per month.
A resolution by the United Farmers of Alberta central cooperative asks the federal government to buy scrap metal directly from farmers using war savings certificates. The farmers complain about selling to junk dealers who then profit by selling to the government.
Ottawa announced the appointment of Hon. Mr. Justice T C Davis as chairman of the reorganized advisory committee on the travel and tourist industry. The post is held under the auspices of the national war services ministry led by War Services Minister Thorson.
The Australian minister of aircraft production told the British Broadcasting Corporation that Australia will produce one Beaufort aircraft every day in 1942. He described the Beaufort as the latest type of this craft.
A flying officer who piloted an aircraft dropping British parachute troops into Italy earlier this year was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace. The officer’s name and award details were not released. The decoration is unrelated to the Italian drop and was awarded for daylight raids on Brest and La Pallice in Occupied France.
In London one third of post office workers have joined the armed services or civil defense, totaling 113 000. To replace them 44 000 extra women have been employed, bringing total women workers to 96 000 the largest in history.
London reports an inquiry will examine the escape of two German airmen who fled a British camp, stole a small trainer craft, and were recaptured. The ministry did not confirm the aircraft type, though it was thought to be a trainer. Earlier reports claimed a bomber and a forced landing near an airfield over 100 miles away.
Delegates at the Union of Manitoba Municipalities convention approved a resolution urging the federal government to enforce all duties of Canadian citizenship including military service for all sects. H. E. Welland of McCreery noted that some sects enjoy free entry from military duties, and that many second and third generation members are naturalized Canadians.
United States military aid has been flowing to the Free French forces in North Africa for about three months under an informal Britain led arrangement. The Free French delegation announced extended lend-lease aid to Gen Charles de Gaulle's armies. Supplies re transferred to Free French after delivery to British authorities in the Middle East include tanks trucks and other ordnance.
Ottawa speculation grows that Canada will switch from a corps to two army corps under Lieutenant General A G L McNaughton with Major General Crerar as co commandant. Britain-based force would total about 125 000 men with three infantry divisions and an armored division.
Naval sources say the North Atlantic convoy system will be reorganized soon to boost cooperation between the United States and Britain. Steps may formalize joint action, echoing the successful mixed convoys of the last war. The current informal setup covers U S flag ships to Iceland and British merchantmen mid ocean.
L. W. Brockington K C former special wartime assistant resigns from the Prime Minister’s office after two years. He plans to tour Britain and address the people of the United States on Canada at war and will resume his law practice with the Ottawa firm Herridge Gowling MacTavish and Watt.
Wing Commander E N Ryder DFc and bar, once escaped a Hurricane after being trapped 30 feet beneath the water, is now reported as a prisoner of war in Germany. Ryder previously escaped from the sea.
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