Wartime Price Board to Open 13 Regional Offices Canada Wide
Ottawa reports the Wartime Price and Trade Board will establish 13 regional offices with local representatives from Vancouver to the Atlantic coast. The move aims to stabilize prices on most goods and provide public access to board services including inquiries about beans price increases. FW Prendergast heads the information section with Ken Wilson Fred Griffin and Carl Reimke as initial staff joining Ottawa operations.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Vancouver
Atlantic
Price and Trade Board
Canada
FW. Prendergast
Imperial Oil Company
Ken Wilson
Financial Post
Fred Griffin
Toronto Star
Carl Reimke
Prisoners Recaptured After Escape From London Camp
An official inquiry will examine the escape of two German airmen who fled a British prison camp and stole an airplane in a bid to reach Germany. The ministry of information confirmed the escape and recapture but did not mention the aircraft theft. the machine was likely a small trainer. The Daily Express claimed the stolen craft was a Royal Air Force bomber and that the escapees, who had posed as Netherlanders, were recaptured near an airfield over 100 miles from the takeoff point.
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London
Germany
Ministry of Information
Daily Express
Royal Air Force
The
Free French Receives US Supplies Through Britain in North Africa
The United States has been quietly sending military aid to the Free French forces in North Africa for about three months under an informal arrangement with Britain. The Free French delegation announced an extension of lend lease assistance to Gen. Charles de Gaulle's armies. Supplies pass through British hands in the Middle East and then to the Free French, including tanks, trucks, and ordnance.
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Washington
United States
North Africa
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Middle East
Prisoner Of War London
Wing Commander E N Ryder DFC and bar once escaped a submerged Hurricane and was later captured as a prisoner of war in Germany. He escaped by releasing his parachute which floated to the surface and hauled him from the cockpit.
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London
E. N. Ryder
D.F.C
Bar
Germany
Ryder
Russian Reserves Defy Far East Destruction Claims
The Journal de Geneve reports that German claims of Red Army and Soviet war production destruction are unfounded. It cites 20 infantry divisions and six motorized units under Marshal Wassily Bluecher in the Far East, with heavy bombers intact, and notes substantial east of Volga munitions stocks and production.
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Geneva
Journal de Geneve
Red Army
Far East
Wassily K. Bluecher
Siberia
Marshal Bluecher
Far Eastern Command
Volga
Russia
Post Office hires rise as war enlistment grows
London reports one in three post office workers have joined the armed services or civil defence. A total of 113000 departures created vacancies, while 44000 extra women were taken on. Women employed now total 96000 the highest level ever.
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London
Navy
Army
Air Force
Civil Defence Services
Home Guard
Canada Poised for Expanded Army in 1942 Plans
Ottawa reports a shift from a single corps to two army corps under Lieutenant General A G L McNaughton with Major General Crerar likely to command a second corps. Current British-based force totals about 125 000 men including three infantry divisions and an armored division.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain
King
H. D. G. Crerar
Toronto Star
A. G. L. McNaughton
Toronto
McNaughton
Crerar
Airman Decorated at Buckingham Palace for DFC Times
A flying officer who piloted a craft dropping British parachute troops into Italy earlier this year was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace. The award’s nature and the officer’s name were not disclosed. The honor was not tied to the Italy raid, and he received the Distinguished Flying Cross for daylight raids on Brest and La Pallice in Occupied France.
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London
Italy
Buckingham Palace
Brest
la Pallice
France
Plowman Earns Two Sets Of Wings In RCAF
Harold H. E. Plowman of Toronto earned two sets of wings in the Royal Canadian Air Force, one for pilot and one for observer, after 13 months of training. He was selected among 16 promising cadets for a special navigation course in New Brunswick.
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Harold H. E. Plowman
Toronto
R.C.A.F
Harold
New Brunswick
Resignation of wartime aide Brockington in Canada
Ottawa announces the resignation of L. W. Brockington who has served two years as a special wartime assistant to Prime Minister Mackenzie King. He will lecture in Britain and the United States on Canada at war and then resume his legal practice with the Ottawa firm Herridge Gowling MacTavish Watt.
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Ottawa
L. W. Brockington, K
Mackenzie King
Britain
United States
Canada
Brockington
King
Herridge, Gowling, MacTavish and Watt
Mussolini May Leave Rome to Encourage Front-Line Troops
A Rome radio report cited by NBC claims Mussolini could depart Rome for the Libyan front to boost Italian soldiers' morale.
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New York
Rome
Mussolini
NBC
RCAF Flies First Operative sortie over occupied France
A Royal Canadian Air Force squadron conducted its first operational sortie with new aircraft on reconnaissance duties over the coast of occupied France. Wing Commander H. W. Kerby of Toronto led the mission with Petty Officer G. C. H. Jackson of Edmonton aboard, both key figures in the offensive reconnaissance.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.C.A.F
H. W. Kerby
Toronto
PO. G. C. H. Jackson
Edmonton
France
Atlantic Ferry Command Seen Crossing Ocean for Britain
Washington informs that the United States Army Air Corps ferry command may soon fly military planes across the Atlantic to Britain. The plan would supplement RAF ferry operations, with bombers already tested by long-range routes while fighters could follow later. A war department release notes the ferry command directs take off points, not the actual flights, as the future unfolds.
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Washington
United States Army Air Corps
Ferry Command
Atlantic
Britain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
Alfero
R.A.F
War Department
Air Corps Ferry Command
Congress
United States
Chocolate flavored malt bill poster fined for mislabeling
An analyst called a chocolate flavored bill poster food malted milk yet contains only 10 percent cocoa and 90 percent weakened flour. The company was fined the equivalent of $150 for advertising and offering the food for sale.
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London
Farm products exempt from price ceiling under wartime rule
Ottawa reports the war time prices and trade board exempts farm products and fish sold by primary producers to dealers or processors from the general ceiling effective December 1. Retail levels remain the same as the base period and rules apply to other dealers, processors, and retailers.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Anti Nazi violence rises in occupied French areas
In Paris, Nazi command imposes a 1,000,000 franc fine and a four day 5 pm curfew for districts hit by a spate of explosions. Saboteurs derail a train near Noyelle and strike near Abbeville, with property damage but no deaths. A restaurant near Montparnasse houses German railway workers. no injuries despite a shot fired at a terrorist. Latin Quarter areas see cafes and restaurants ordered closed at 5 pm.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Ernst von Schaumburg
Abbeville
Noyelle
Montparnasse
Boulevard Saint Michel
Boulevard Montparnasse
Joint Convoys Washington Plans for Allied Naval Coordination
Navy officials indicate the North Atlantic convoy system will soon be reorganized to boost US and Britain cooperation. Aiming for formal joint action, the approach may mirror late war practice where British and American ships sailed in combined convoys under mixed escort. Under the current informal setup American ships protected US and British convoys to Iceland and partway across the ocean.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Iceland
Farmers urge direct govt purchase of scrap metal
A resolution endorsed by the United Farmers of Alberta central co operative board asks the federal government to buy scrap metal directly from farmers using war savings certificates. The farmers oppose selling to junk dealers so dealers can profit by reselling to the government.
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Calgary
The
United Farmers of Alberta Central Co-Operative
Ottawa appoints judge to lead new travel and tourist advisory panel
War Services Minister Thorson announced the appointment of Hon. Mr. Justice T. C. Davis as chairman of the reorganized and extended advisory committee on the travel and tourist industry. The move places Davis in a pivotal role within national wartime services.
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Ottawa
Justice T. C. Davis
National War Services
War Services
Thorson
Australia to produce a Beaufort daily in 1942
Australian minister of aircraft production told the BBC that in 1942 Australia will build one Beaufort aircraft every day. He described the Beaufort as the latest model of this craft.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Australia
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