Joint Canada US Defence Board Formed With Leaders Named
Prime Minister Mackenzie King and President Roosevelt announce a Canada United States Joint Board of Defence. Canadian members include O M Biggar Brig Kenneth Stuart L W Murray and A A Luffe with H L Keenleyside as secretary. US appointees include Fiorella LaGuardia Exmnbick Harry Hill and John D Hickerson. Parliament delayed until Nov 5. The United States has 6226 registered hospitals.
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O. M. Biggar
Ottawa
Kenneth Stuart
Dso
General Staff
L. W. Murray
R.C.N
Naval Staff
A. A. L@uffe
F.C.A.F
Air Staff
H. L. Keenleyside
Department of External Affairs
United States
Fiorella H. LaGuardia
New York
Council of Mayors
Exmnbick
U.S. Army
Atlantic
Harry W. Hill
U.S.N
F. P. Sherman
Macnarney
John D. Hickerson
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Oliver Mowatt Biggar
Department of Militia and Defence
Robert Borden
France
Col. Biggar
Brig
Stuart
Joint Defence Board
Canada
Royal Military College
Kingston
Ont
Royal Canadian Engineers
High Command
Murray
West Indies
Portsmouth
Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
Constantinople
A. A. L. Cuffe
Pat
Air Force
Pacific
Air Service
Defence Board
Cuffe
Royal Canadian Air Force
RAF Downs Italians In Libyan Desert Air Battle
British squadrons over Africa report a fierce air clash near the Libyan frontier in which 15 Italian CR 42s and some CR 32s crashed after a dawn surprise attack by the RAF. The squadron leader said the fight involved multiple flights, with several Italian planes destroyed or damaged and parachutists seen. The British credited tactical surprise and close maneuvering for the decisive results, with two confirmed and one doubtful victory attributed to the leader.
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London
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Africa
Empire air training scheme shows faster progress in Canada
Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons the empire air training plan is ahead of schedule and pilots from Canada will meet the target by April. He praised the Canadian government and air staffs for their energy and drive in the scheme.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Canada
German propaganda used false air raid news against London
In a House of Commons reply Alfred Duff Cooper said Germans began spreading false London air raid reports before their planes arrived. He noted two advantages for propagandists, then promised faster release of news on future attacks.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
House of Commons
England
Minister of Information
Duff Cooper
Britain stands firm against Nazi terror and invasion threat
Sir Archibald Sinclair warned Britain faces potential invasion or mass air attack as the nation contends with the German and Italian threat. He urged vigilance and sacrifice, vowing to restore liberties after victory while praising American support but stressing self-reliance. He warned against complacency and called for continued war effort.
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London
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Archibald
Britain
Germany
Hitler
Sancho Panza
Mussolini
Churchill
America
Proclamation Threatens Death for Aiding Enemy in Holland
General Fried rich Christiansen, head of German land and air forces in Holland, issued a warning that any aid to the enemy would be punished by death. The measure follows reports of British airmen escaping after a crash in Holland.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Friedrich Christiansen
Petain Faces Anxiety Over Expanding War Fronts
British long range bombing targets northern Italy and southern German war industry stirring Petain era fears of wider German Italian occupation in France. Germany establishes bases near Vosges Jura to counter raids. Paris fears Italian requests for Marseille bases and Rhone valley, while Loire region could see southward German air bases. Petain cabinet faces rising expenditures and transport shortages as authorities struggle to keep administration functioning.
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Chancy
Switzerland
Britain
Italy
Petain
Germany
France
Marseille
Rhone Valley
Loire River
RAF Flyers Honored by New York Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune lauds the Royal Air Force calling airmen the center of the world and essential to British survival. It compares their single combat to Homeric heroes and knights, praising the skies over England and the Channel in recent weeks.
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New York
New York Herald Tribune
Royal Air Force
England
The
Herald Tribune
David
Knights of the Round Table
Channel
Canadian Forces authorize armored brigade for CASF
Ottawa reports an armored brigade for the Canadian Active Service Force with Lt Col F F Worthington to command from Camp Borden. Units include Ontario Oshawa Three Rivers London Winnipeg Calgary and others with four militia battalions designated for training and possible expansion.
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Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
F. F. Worthington
Camp Borden
A. G. L. McNaughton
McNaughton
C.A.S.F
Ontario Regiment
Oshawa
Three Rivers Regiment
Three Rivers
1St Canadian Cavalry
London
Toronto
Winnipeg
Calgary
Borden
Fort Garry Horse
United States
M.C
M.M
Canadian Armored Fighting Vehicles Training Centre
Col
Worthington
C.ef
France
85Th
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
War Council proposal debated in London during troop bill
Sir Edward Grigg suggested a permanent inter Allied council in Britain to unite dominion and Allied troops, after G Le Mander called for a consultative body. Grigg spoke as the bill legalizing six foreign armies on British soil—Poland Norway Belgium Holland France Czecho Slovakia—passed its second reading.
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London
Great Britain
Edward Grigg
G. le Mander
Sir Edward
Poland
Norway
Belgium
Holland
France
Czecho-Slovakia
De Gaulle denounces traitors as France surrenders
Gen Charles de Gaulle accused Vichy leaders and French cabinet members of betraying France and capitulating to Germany. He asserted air assets were moved to Istres and warned Britain’s power grows while the empire faces loss in Africa and the Middle East.
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Britain
SQO
Morocco
Algeria
Tunis
Germany
Istres
France
Petain
Vichy
Hitler
Mussolini
Casablanca
Dakar
Djibouti
Beirut
de Gaulle
England
Canada's Military Forces Under Arms Rise in War Effort
Hon J L Ralston reports that about 214000 men are under arms in Canada. Of these, 114000 serve in the Canadian Active Service Force and 100000 in the Non Permanent Active Militia. The munitions department notes over 8000 workers in seven aircraft factories, up 20 percent in four weeks, with many more in aircraft plants making wings undercarriages and assembling planes and equipment.
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Ottawa
J. L. Ralston
Canada
Department of Munitions
Dominion
Training Centres Ottawa militia listing by province
The department of defence issued a list of 39 militia training centres. In northwestern Ontario and western Canada the figures after each place name show the number of companies to be trained: Ontario Fort William two. Manitoba Portage la Prairie Brandon four each. Saskatchewan Regina Dundurn four each. Alberta Red Deer Camrose four each Grand Prairie one.
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Ottawa
Department of Defence
Ontario
Western Canada
Fort William
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie
Brandon
Saskatchewan
Regina
Dundurn
Romania Faces One Million Ton Wheat Shortage
Bucharest reports Romania, a key European granary for Germany, will produce less than half of last year’s wheat. War conditions and unfavorable weather drive an estimated one million ton shortage per the Romanian ministry of agriculture with economy minister George Leon confirming the outlook.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Europe
Germany
George Leon
Ministry of Agriculture
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U.S
Hiawa
Defence Services
Joint Board of Defence For
Mackenzie King
Washington
Roosevelt
Ogdensburg
N.Y
External Affairs
Far East
University of British Columbia
Ordnance
P. A. Chester
Hudson's Bay Company
Chester
Ordnance Department
Vosges and
Jura Mountains
Ers
Essex Regiment
Windsor
Calgary Regiment
Argyle Light Infantry
Belleville
New Brunswick Regiment
Col. Worthington
War Council
Western
Alberta
Red Deer
Camrose
Grand Prairie
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