Canada boys overseas parcels deadline and war loan update
Ottawa reports a November 1 deadline to mail parcels to families overseas as the Post Office coordinates Christmas delivery. Canada’s Fifth Victory Loan opens October 18 with a $12,300,000,000 objective as wartime mobilization continues alongside reports on rationing, aircraft production, and postwar preparation.
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Utley
Canada
Targe
Analier
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Inflation in War-Torn Canada and Price Controls
Article argues inflation shows war strain on costs with examples like beef at 31 per pound and rice at 370 per tushel. It defends Ottawa price controls, urges public support for measures to curb prices, and criticizes overreaction and dark public messaging while urging acknowledgement of policy weaknesses.
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China
Ottawa
Donald Gordon
Blessing of Good Water in Acton
The piece extols the value of a reliable water supply for Acton, noting wartime needs in Africa and comparing home comfort. It praises local waterworks built nearly a quarter century ago and warns of the hardship if the town lost its spring water.
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Africa
Acton
Navy fixes rope shortage after Dieppe landing drills
A naval officer involved in full scale amphibious exercises in the English Channel says a rope shortage complaint from Dieppe has been remedied.
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London
Dieppe
English Channel
Allied Canadian Forces Break German Line at Cambrai
In 1917 Allied forces under General Sir Arthur Currie pushed along the Canal du Nord after breaking the Hindenburg Line near Cambrai. The Canadian Corps led fierce assaults capturing Bourlon Wood and Beaucamp while advancing past Sains-des-Marne and Bourlon, signaling a turning point in the Western Front offensive.
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Leo
Amiens
Armentieres
Balkans
Bulgaria
Hindenburg
Cambrai
Beaucamp
Craincourt
Sir Arthur Currie
Canal du Nod
Sains-des- Marquain
Bourlon Wood
Canal du Nord
Bouvier Vaicrd
Bourlan Wood
Ube Cermans
Vigtat
Jeff Banks
Ard
Fontaine Notre Dame
Cambrai-As- Peaume
Baillencourt
Arras-Cambrai
Epiney
Hagnicourt
Nally
Canadian Army Expands Far Beyond Prewar Size
The Canadian forces push toward the Celbral-Dowal Hood northwest of the city facing fortified villages Samcourt Biecourt Hanfigny and Cailixers in a ten day phase. The Canadian Navy grows to over thirty three times prewar levels and the Air Force more than twenty times its 1914 strength as war continues.
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Army
Canada
Canadian Vegion
USLCA
Salvation Anny
Knights of Columbus
Eng
Carabral-Dowal Hood
Samcourt
Biecourt
Hanfigny
Cailixers
Tragic tale ends with disputed marriage plan
An injured woman describes a bitter confrontation where she quotes a suitor’s warning and reveals underlying tensions. The dialogue hints at a failed betrothal and family disagreements, leaving readers in suspense about a planned union and its fallout.
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Demeral Eisen
Italy
Mr. King
Marcdonald
Laurier
National Research Council
Trish
Canad
Alliex
Retona
Emma
Ubete
United Nations
WH Keith
League of Nations
Impart
Oteana
Union
Bureau of Statistics
Clary Settell
Was
Observer
CBC
Nets
CBY
Mike
Clary
Jomc Shote Omeedien Pree
Ememay
Hinstenturg Ber
KSAT
Brown
Ome
Victory
Dominion of Canada
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