Canada Not Left Out In Air Transport Scheme
Montreal discussions map Commonwealth air routes with four groupings for the north Atlantic trans Pacific Britain to Australia and New Zealand and Canada to South America. Canada aims to participate in trans Atlantic trans Pacific and Western hemisphere services with reciprocal facility use. RCAF transport command and TCA team with RAF transport command and BOAC coordinate as needed.
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Montreal
British Commonwealth
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Eermuda
British West Indies
Australa
Atlantic
South Pacific
India
South Africa
Cape Town
D. Howe
Ottawa
North Atlantic
Rcaf Transport Command
TCA
RAF Transport Command
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Canadians in Italy Back Victory Bonds Drive
Canucks in the Medi terranean theatre show postwar resolve by funding victory bonds. A week long drive reached 82 percent of its 3 million dollar goal by Oct 22, with 26 267 subscribers contributing 2 469 700 dollars. Many had maxed out regular limits but used a special exemption to apply 2 50 of their monthly 10 to bonds, reducing their pin money to 7 50.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Victory
De Havilland Mosquito Sets Speed Record Toronto Flight
Jim Follett, chief test pilot for de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, flew a Mosquito from Fort William to Toronto covering 610 miles in 1 hour 23 minutes. The average speed was 410 miles per hour.
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Toronto
de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Limited
Jim Follett
Fort William
Finest trained Montreal unit praised for D-day assault
Maj-Gen. R. L. Keller crediting the Third Canadian Division as the finest trained body of men to take part in an assault operation during D-day. He spoke in Montreal, highlighting their role in the invasion of France.
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Montreal
France
R. L. Keller
Aftermath Of Warsaw Lost Fight For Liberty Reported
Moscow reports detail German executions at Oswiecim toward Polish civilians evacuated from Warsaw after the uprising. It cites gas chamber killings, slave labor for males, and mass deaths among women, children, Jews, and Poles as the Warsaw surrender unfolds.
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Warsaw
Moscow
Oswiecim
Krakow
Germany
Combat Attacks Censors Over Spanish Situation Critique
The Combat newspaper accuses censors of deleting Spanish situation articles and says Franco’s regime aims to discredit De Gaulle by depicting turmoil in southern France. It notes about 40,000 armed Germans in Spain threatening France and the Allies.
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Paris
Combat
de Gaulle
France
Spain
Russia Develops Versatile Wheat For Any Land
Russia reports development of hard and soft wheat varieties adaptable to both irrigated and nonirrigated soils. The breakthrough promises flexible cultivation and potential gains in grain supply.
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Russia
France Gains Prestige as World Powers Recognize Provisional Govt
London reports broad British press approval for recognition of De Gaulle's provisional government by Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The move is seen as restoring France's political prestige and influence in postwar peace talks and in shaping the Dumbarton Oaks international framework.
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London
de Gaulle
France
Britain
Dumbarton Oaks
Manchester Guardian
Major General Pope Appointed Staff Officer to PM
Major General Maurice A. Pope is named military staff officer to the prime minister. He will also serve as military secretary to the war committee and join the chiefs of staff committee. He vacates command of the Canadian army staff in Washington and chairs the Canadian joint staff there.
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Maurice A. Pope
Pope
War Committee
Chiefs of Staff
Washington
France faces finance and politics in war era fiction
The Guardian notes De Gaulle’s charging of finance and industry as a feudal order and warns that Allied hesitation could alienate France. It argues recognition abroad strengthens France and reduces disorder, while disparaging her dignity risks chauvinist tensions amid internal strife.
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de Gaulle
Lords of Finance and Industry
The
Guardian
Darlan
Giraud
France
Britain
the Guardian
Canada to aid 1600 POWs in Japan with relief supplies
Canada will share in 1500 tons of relief food clothing and medical aid for 1600 prisoners of war held in Japan. The relief was collected Oct 28 at a Siberian port by a Japanese freighter after Allied talks and Vladivostok storage. External affairs called it a badly needed humanitarian act.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Siberian
Vladivostok
Washington
External Affairs Department
British Policy Toward Enemy Is Unchanged
In Parliament Prime Minister Churchill affirmed that Britain pursues unconditional surrender with no bargaining while postponing a full foreign affairs debate. He noted the three power declaration to Axis satellites but reserved details for future discussion after his Moscow report. Richard Law said no decision on Balkans zones of influence was reached in Moscow. Bulgaria remains at war in name, not yet recognized as a co belligerent.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Moscow
Richard Law
Britain
Russia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Return to Canada Ottawa Brings War Veterans Home
A large Canadian force repatriation arrives in Ottawa as soldiers sailors and airmen return to duty or seek treatment after service abroad. Women’s branches and war brides travel with returning servicemen, some with children, and several men receive Distinguished Flying Cross and medals for bravery or efficiency against the Hun.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Atlantic
Britain
R.C.A.F
Repatriated soldiers reach Northwest Britain from Switzerland
Britain welcomes home 1,118 service men repatriated from Switzerland where they were interned after escaping German and Italian camps. They mark the first group of more than 5,000 Empire soldiers and airmen released by the Swiss in recent weeks. A few Canadians are among the released, though their presence in this group was not confirmed.
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Britain
Switzerland
Air Crews Only Two All-Canadian Transport Squads Formed
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill announced two all Canadian transport squadrons were being formed in India for Burma and other far eastern theatres. He said the units would be completed shortly and would consist only of air crews.
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India
Montreal
Sir Frederick Bowhill
RAF Transport Command
Burma
Far Eastern
Frederick
Flying Bomb Attacks Hit Brussels as Allied Advance Proceeds
Widespread areas of Belgium are being subjected to flying bomb attacks in the wake of the Allied armies advancing, a disclosure from the front reported here.
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Brussels
Belgium
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