Canadians Arrive in Britain in Large Military Convoy
Thousands of Canadian soldiers and air force ground crews reached Britain after a smooth crossing from Canada. The convoy faced minimal incident with occasional depth charge patterns and possible submarine shadows. Reinforcements were sent to infantry, armor, ordnance, tank units, and support arms as troops dispersed from the Scottish Highlands to the English Channel.
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Canada
Britain
Emd
Forestry Corps
Army Service Corps
Air Force
Atlantic
Scottish Highlands
English Channel
Moose Jaw
Sask
Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Air Force
Mills
Order limits colors for paints and varnishes
Mrs Phyllis G. Turner announces a new order restricting paint and varnish colors. First quality house paint drops to 14 shades from 32, second quality to 10, third to six. Shingle products reduced to 10, varnish stains to four, ground color excluded. Barn and roof paints limited to four colors.
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Ottawa
Phyllis G. Turner
Radio Employees Declared Essential To War Industry
Ottawa lists privately owned Canadian radio station workers under section 15 of national war services regulations. The War Services Minister Thorson may supply war services boards with lists of activities deemed essential to war production, labeling employers in such sectors as war industries.
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Ottawa
National War Services Regulations
War Services
Thorson
National War Services Boards
Canadian riveters set new mark in shipyard shift
Johnny Gorenko, rivetter in a west coast shipyard, led his crew to drive 1 226 rivets in a seven hour 1 minute graveyard shift. The previous Canadian record was held by B Hansen, another west coast rivetter.
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Vancouver
Johnny Gorenko
West Coast
Gorenko
B Hansen
Manitoba Plans Special Rail Rates for Harvest Help
Manitoba agriculture minister Douglas Campbell says the government is negotiating with Ottawa to secure special railway rates to move harvest help during the coming harvest season.
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Winnipeg
Douglas Campbell
Manitoba
Britain tests new anti aircraft guns at night
Britain used its newest secret anti aircraft guns in a night operation amid a full moon as German air raids pressed England. Female Auxiliary Territorial Service members helped man predictors and the new weapons, though details were not disclosed. The unusual sound and high activity limited Nazi damage and forced dispersed raids.
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London
Britain
England
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Casualties In Hong Kong Said To Be Lower
Defence officials disputed unofficial estimates from Lourenco Marques that 50 to 60 percent of the 2,200 Canadian force in Hong Kong were casualties. The Canadian contingent numbered 1,985. 1,689 Canadians were reported prisoners after the fall. The Red Cross noted prisoners’ health and conditions as satisfactory across North Point Shamshuipo and Argyle Street camps.
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Ottawa
Defence Department
Lourenco
Department of External Affairs
International Red Cross
Hong Kong
Geneva
E. L. Maag
International Red Cross Committee
Northpoint
Shamshuipo
Argyle Street Camp
Churchill Arrives in New York En Route to London
Capt Randolph Churchill son of Britain's prime minister arrives in New York with U S pilots after a crash in Egypt. He wears a back brace for a crushed rib while awaiting transport to London. He says the United Nations may win the war by end of 1943 if luck holds.
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Randolph Churchill
Britain
New York
Egypt
U.S
London
Churchill
United Nations
Dutch Destroyer Isaac Sweers Crew Awarded In Med Action
Six officers and men from the Dutch destroyer Isaac Sweers receive high British decorations for bravery in the Mediterranean night action that aided British ships and helped sink two Italian cruisers and a torpedo boat. A second Italian torpedo boat was severely damaged. Bay War Savings Certificates.
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London
Isaac Sweers
Mediterranean
Sweers
Prairie lumber aid urged by British Columbia officials
D D Rosenberry announced BC would urgently assist prairie lumber needs for grain storage facilities and expanded livestock housing. Delegation members from Winnipeg Saskatoon Moose Jaw Calgary Edmonton stressed coast lumber use to build granaries, livestock shelters, and feed storage amid the record grain crop.
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Vancouver
D Rosenberry
Briteh Columbia
Prairies
Rosenberry
British Columbia
Bb.c
H. Steinthorson
Prairie
A. K. Godfrey
Winnipeg
R. J. Gourley
J. T. Davies
Charles Wentz
Saskatoon
W. A. Snider
Moose Jaw
Norris Toltz
Lethbridge
A. E. Critchley
Calgary
Ed. Stacey
Edmonton
Wartime Food Board Eyes Cattle Flow To Feeders And Markets
J G Taggart chief of wartime prices and trade board told beef cattle advisory delegates the aim is an early decision to guarantee feeder cattle for feed lots in the east and west. The Wartime Food Corporation would coordinate eastern and western interests to ensure a year round supply of finished beef for Canadian consumers. George Ross of Aden Alberta represented western ranchers as he spoke for the Short Grass Cattlemen's Association and the Western Stock Growers' Association.
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Ottawa
J. G. Taggart
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Beef Cattle Advisory Committee
Taggart
Food Corporation
Crown Company
Pri.es
George Ross
Aden
Alta
Short Grass Cattlemen's Association
Western Stock Growers’ Association
Secret stores of arms scrap in Eritrea found
Reports from Cairo say Italian stores of guns ammunition machinery and other equipment hidden in Eritrea along the Red Sea coast are providing scrap metal for war plants at the U S base there. The stores were amassed over years for possible campaigns against Sudan Egypt and the Arabian peninsula.
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Cairo
Eritrea
Red Sea
United States
Sudan
Egypt
Arabian Peninsula
Air cooled tanks explored for desert warfare
London Oliver Lyttleton minister of state for production told the House of Commons that the ministry of supply has formed a committee to study the possibilities of air cooled tanks for desert warfare.
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London
Oliver Lyttleton
House of Commons
Ministry of Supply
A Registration Of Women For War Industry
Canada plans a registration of Canadian women to find workers for war industry and replace men in military service. Officials consider Dominion wide or local registrations, with 250000 workers needed in five months. A previous registration of unemployed men will be repeated biweekly to gauge available manpower.
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Ottawa
National Selective Service
Elliott M. Little
Selective Service
Canadian Glider Plane Passes Flight Tests
De Havilland officials report the first Canadian made glider completed a two hour flight reaching 5800 feet. The test included a forced spin recovery and various dives. The glider was towed by a Tiger Moth and released at 1380 feet.
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Toronto
de Havilland Aircraft
Plan To Tighten Canada Labor Supply Control
Ottawa moves to tighten manpower control with a cooling off period between dismissal and departure, likely one week, and removal of the three day grace for reporting job changes. Regulations to require employment permits for new hires are expected, along with campaigns to reduce absenteeism and address rising female employment in key plants.
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Ottawa
Canada
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Selective Service
London Seven mobile kitchens accepted by Queen
Viscount Bennett presented the London Seven mobile kitchens at the Canadian Red Cross HQ in Berkeley Square. He noted Canadian women offered the kitchens as practical evidence of their sympathy and pride in Britain’s heroic conduct during the war.
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London
Canada
Canadian Red Cross
Berkeley Square
Viscount Bennett
Ottawa Postmaster General Says No Postage Cut Likely
In the House of Commons Postmaster-general Mulock warned he could hold out little hope for wartime postal rate reductions. While reviewing post office estimates he noted suggestions for increased rates had been made rather than further reductions.
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Ottawa
Mulock
House of Commons
Col
Eskimos Build Snow Igloos For Air Raid Shelters
In Kotzube Alaska Eskimos near the top of the world revive igloo building as snow shelters for air raid defense during wartime.
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Kotzube
Alaska
Exkimos
Ottawa munitions minister outlines merchant marine growth limits
In the House of Commons Howe stated that the expansion of the Canadian merchant marine hinges on the availability of enough crews, highlighting personnel as the key constraint on government plans.
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Ottawa
Howe
House of Commons
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