Huron joins Canada’s Tribal destroyers in service
HMCS Huron, the third British built Tribal class destroyer, has been commissioned in Ottawa. The ship carries increased armament, twin 4.7 inch mounts, torpedo tubes, depth charges, and a crew of 14 officers and about 250 men, joining Iroquois and Athabaskan in a Royal Navy striking force. Lt Cmdr H R Rayner of Huron county commands the vessel.
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Canada
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Huron
H.R. Rayner
Clinton
Ont
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Post War Plans Show Optimism From Canadian Business
Montreal. P A McFarlane of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says a cross section of business leaders from Atlantic to Pacific reveal optimism about Canada after the war. The poll highlights plans to reinstate ex servicemen, uncertain hiring without policy, commitment to employing the physically handicapped, and smooth peacetime plant transitions. The chamber urges co operation with Allies to recreate a world market and boost exports, with measures for improving Canadian agriculture.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce
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Nazis Watching Allied Aerial Attacks Amid Invasion Talk
Berlin dispatches report Germans view heavy Allied raids on French air fields as linked to a planned invasion of France. Despatches say RAF daylight strikes target Germany. Berlin notes shock at Sicily troop withdrawal and a mass evacuation claim of 35,000 soldiers and 4,500 wounded along with large salvage of ammunition, cars, guns, and tanks.
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Stockholm
France
Berlin
RAF
Germany
Levenska Dagbladet
Marseille
Sicily
Prisoner of war camps debated in wartime talks
Britain seeks to exchange long term German prisoners for neutral camp internment and to repatriate badly wounded Britons. Sweden Switzerland and Turkey are asked to help set up camps through the Red Cross, with Eden saying the matter is being considered. Canada faces tariff reform to aid postwar employment.
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London
Red Cross
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Switzerland
Turkey
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Germany
Jocelyn Lucas
Eden
The King Visits Home Fleet and Honors Indian Signal Chief
The King made a whirlwind visit to the British Home Fleet, taking part in sea exercises aboard the Duke of York and Malaya. He spoke with Raj Wali, a Punjabi chief yeoman of signals, who hoisted the royal standard on the first Indian vessel to do so.
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Malaya
India
Godavri
Canadian Army appoints Attache to China
Brigadier Orville M. M. Kay, Deputy Adjutant General (B) since 1941, receives appointment as Canadian Military Attache to China. Kay, a former Winnipeg barrister, served in the First Great War with the Royal Flying Corps and commanded the Winnipeg Grenadiers at the war outbreak.
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Orville M. M. Kay
China
Kay
Winnipeg
Royal Flying Corps
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Air Attacks Aimed at Clearing Luftwaffe in Battle of Britain
Allied air operations against Germany intensify as they target aircraft production, create new aerial fronts in southern central Germany, exhaust Luftwaffe fighters through day and night sorties, and pursue destruction of fighter squadrons and airfields to enable uninterrupted day and night bombardments.
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London
Germany
Luftwaffe
Asaults
Britain
Ger
France
Record hits German raider at 36000 feet in air battle
A south coast anti air craft gun scored a direct hit on a Messerschmitt 109 at 36000 feet. An anti air craft officer said it was the first time a shell has met and blasted to pieces a German raider at such range for heavy guns. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
New Medicos Ottawa Names 180 Successful Medical Council Candidates
Dr J F Argue registrar of the Medical Council of Canada announced 180 successful examination candidates. He noted 95 percent of those fit are entering the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps with many already in the R CAMC. The list includes John A McFadden of Dauphin Manitoba.
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Ottawa
J. Fenton Argue
Medical Council of Canada
Medical Council
Argue
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
R.c.a.mc
John A. McFadden
Dauphin
Man
Farm Workers From East For Harvest In West
Ottawa says the Dominion government will shift selected farmers and experienced farm workers from Ontario to Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta for the western harvest on a voluntary basis. Thousands may be moved with rail travel free of charge and wages to match farm work. Ontario officials aid ensure Ontario harvest needs are met first.
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Arthur MacNamara
Dominion
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
MacNamara
Ontario Agricultural Department
Federal Department of Labor
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French Patriots Bolster Sabotage Across French Fields
French patriots intensify resistance by burning crops and bins and destroying German threshing machines despite the Vichy death penalty order. Lyon radio recorded by USOWI in London Aug 13 reports flour units also destroyed to keep crops from Germans. mills and barns set ablaze.
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Berne
Vichy
Here
Lyon
United States Office of War Information
London
Fear of Japanese Invasion in Australia Spurs Unease
C P Smith, managing director of two Western Australian newspapers, told in an interview Australians are fearfully uneasy about a potential Japanese invasion. He notes many believe a full-scale invasion is unlikely and expect only small attacks or incursions.
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Edmonton
C. P. Smith
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