Combined Canadian United States 1st special service force formed
Washington announces a new continental force for offensive warfare to be trained in the United States and Canada. Col. Robert T. Frederick will command. Lt. Col. J. G. McQueen is second in command. The unit will wear a distinct uniform and emphasize youth and fitness.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
J. G. McQueen
Calgary
Ralston
Helena Mont
1St Special Service Force
Commandos
Helena
Col
Robert T. Frederick
United States Army
Col. McQueen
Calgary Highlanders
Fort Benning
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alaska
Royal Canadian Navy
Women's Army Corps Expansion Seen in Canada
Ottawa reports rapid growth of women's services as 30,000 Canadian women expected to wear the King's uniform within a year. The CWAC aims for 10,000 by year end, with the WAAF and WRNS expanding to 15,000 and 7,000 respectively. Overseas moves hinge on demand, with stenography, telephones, clerical work, and laundry operations among likely assignments.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Women's Army Corps
W.A.C
Air Force
C.W.A.C
Canada
Ban Tightened On Electric Toasters Irons And Fans
Ottawa reports a tightened order forbidding manufacture of electric toasters irons and fans after August 15. The ban reverses a prior limit of 50 percent of 1840 production and tightens controls on other electrical appliances previously restricted.
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Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
Labour Exchange Enables Cross-Border Harvest Units
Calgary unemployment and insurance commissioner W. Harry Ross announced a reciprocal Canada United States harvest worker program. Harvesting units may cross with owner or lessee and up to four helpers, no non-unit labor allowed. Units may stay 29 days. vehicles may accompany but cannot change jobs.
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Calgary
Canada
W. Harry Ross
Calgary Unemployment and Insurance Commission
Ross
U.S
War Savings Certificates Now On Sale In Ottawa Banks
War savings certificates in 5 10 and 25 denominations are now available over the counters of chartered banks and post offices. Purchasers receive their registered certificate immediately rather than mailing money to Ottawa. The National War Finance committee notes the new over the counter system complements existing bank pledges and payroll savings programs to enlist Canadian savings for war costs.
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Ottawa
National War Finance Committee
Canada
British Gun Factory Output Surges During War
Britain's 42 government ordnance factories now produce four times as many guns as a year ago and twice the initial target. Sir Andrew Duncan told the House of Commons 60 percent of 30 000 workers are women and output per worker rose 40 percent. He noted factories improved beyond reasonable expectation amid parliamentary debate on arms plants.
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London
Britain
Andrew Duncan
House of Commons
Grenfell Memorial Unveiled in St Anthony
A tablet in St Anthony commemorates the 50th anniversary of Sir Wilfred Grenfell's Labrador landing and his lifelong work for Northern Newfoundland and Labrador. Grenfell died in 1940.
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St. Anthony
Mid
Sir Wilfred Grenfell
Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador
Sir Wilfred
Sugar beet growers in Raymond Alberta receive record payment
A $297 273 beet payment, the largest in southern Alberta sugar beet history, is mailed to about 1,200 growers. The $1 per ton rate covers the 1941 crop, part of three post December payments bringing beets delivered last year to $7.95 per ton. two more payments follow in fall and late December.
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Raymond
Alta
Alberta
Sydney begins food and medical aid to Japanese POWs
Australia will ship 1200 tons of food and medical supplies valued at £1,000,000 to prisoners of war held by Japan. The consignment leaves the Dominion soon and will be joined by 5000 tons from other Allied nations, then transferred to a neutral port for onward Japanese transit.
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Sydney
Australia
Dominion
Spies in Russia use broad ruses to break Leningrad siege
Moscow reports Commissar P Kubatkin describes German methods against Leningrad including espionage and Trojan horse tactics. He cites a Russian wounded man seeking supply data, peasant disguises, parachutists in Red Army uniforms, and attempts to recruit from families punished for counter revolution. He notes Lenin grad youths engaged in counter revolutionary acts near the city outskirts.
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Moscow
P. Kubatkin
Leningrad
Russia
Airlines traffic soars on Trans-Canada in June
Winnipeg reports wartime surge in Trans-Canada Airlines activity. Passenger traffic reached 10,317 in June, up 1,668 from June 1941 and 768 from May. Mail volume averaged nearly 6,000 pounds daily, total June mail 174,104 pounds, up 7,684 from May and 55,201 from June last year. Express freight rose to 27,406 pounds, up 5,222 from May, with a 16,803-pound year over year increase.
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Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Airlines
Two More Warships Advance Toward Canada’s Navy
Port Arthur Ontario reports two minesweeper class ships, H.M.C.S Kenora and H.M.C.S Milltown, moved forward toward joining Canada’s navy.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Canada
Navy
H.M.C.S
Kenora
Milltown
Measures For Security Of The Nation In Wartime Canada
Labor Minister Mitchell spoke at the Canadian club in Saint John about ongoing government steps to organize wartime manpower and womanpower, emphasizing extraordinary measures to safeguard the state. He urged shipping expansion to support Allied forces and noted price controls and wage stabilization aiding Canadians’ cost of living and fixed benefits.
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Saint John
N.B
Canada
Mitchell
Canadian Club
Ottawa
United Nations
Allot Lumber for Grain Storage in West Prairies
H Steinthorson president of the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association says about 80 million feet of lumber can be allotted for prairie grain storage over three months. Ottawa reports efforts to secure supplies of lumber and nails, with 60 million feet from B C coastal mills and 20 million from northern spruce. The association gauges possible monthly diversion up to 15 to 20 million feet from B C production, while total needs may rise to 200 to 300 million feet due to crop prospects.
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H. Steinthorson
Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association
Ottawa
MacKinnon
West Coast
Rosenberry
Steinthorson
Prairies
B.C
Canada
Britain
U.S
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Luigi Romanelli
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Oxford
Oxford University
Christ Church College, Oxford
Queen
New York
David Bowes-Lyon
Queen Elizabeth of England
Fleet Air Arm
W.R.N.S
W.rn.s
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