Ministers to Britain for consultation amid war debate
Prime Minister King said ministers will travel to England to consult with Churchill on defence while Parliament adjourns until January unless urgent. Defence minister Marston and officers will go soon. Gardiner to precede for UK food needs. Senate vacancies to be filled and session adjourned Nov 5 with January return planned.
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Britain
Far East
King
Senate
Commons
J. L. Marston
England
Churchill
J. G Gardiner
United Kingdom
Joseph E. Perrault
Arbateaska
Que
International Joint Commission
William Hearst
Bryce M. Stewart
New York City
W. M. Dickson
Japan
United States
Canada
G. P Vanier
France
R. B. Hanson
Ottawa
British Air Experts Probe German Planes Shot Down
London reports British air experts have examined a large sample of German aircraft shot down over Britain. They found German planes generally well built with good workmanship, though not as agile or fast as British Spitfires and Hurricanes. Night bombers were mainly Heinkels. Junkers 88s used in daylight. Remarks on fuel, equipment, armor, and increased armament on newer designs.
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London
Great Britain
Junkers
Britain
Canada to build airplane engines domestically
Ottawa reports Canada will manufacture airplane engines locally instead of relying on supplies from England and the United States. Currently the Dominion builds several plane types for the Royal Air Force and ships frames overseas while engines are installed in England.
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Ottawa
Canada
England
United States
Dominion
Royal Air Force
Russia Opposing Nazis Seen in Balkans War Phase
Czech diplomat Edmund Czernin said in an interview that the war will enter a final phase in the Balkans with Russia opposing Nazi forces sweeping eastward toward rich wheat fields of the Ukraine.
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London
Edmund Czernin
Balkans
Russia
Ukraine
Unemployment Insurance Commission Plans Discussed in Ottawa
Dr. Joseph Sirois heads a new national unemployment insurance commission that met in a senate committee room with Robert J. Tallon and Allan M. Mitchell. They outlined organization plans and the creation of an Ottawa office, with a national staff and employment offices across provinces.
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Unemployment Insurance Commission
Ottawa
Senate
Joseph Sirois
Quebec
Commission
Robert J. Tallon
Allan M. Mitchell
Montreal
Sirois
Red Cross Prepares Supplies Across Canada
Dr. F W Routley national Red Cross commissioner reports extensive preparations for emergencies across Canada. Large stocks of materials are stored at strategic points on both Pacific and Atlantic coasts, with divisions coordinating with the national office for any disaster.
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Canada
Vancouver
Red Cross
Great Britain
F. W. Routley
Pacific
Atlantic
Dr. Routley
Navy minister tours western Canada on inspection trip
Navy Minister Macdonald is making an inspection tour across western Canada. He will visit Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve establishments and naval facilities on the Pacific coast.
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Ottawa
Navy
Macdonald
Canada
Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve
Naval Establishment
United States to Build Two Ocean Navy in Atlantic
Washington reports the United States plans a newly organized Atlantic patrol force of over 125 ships under Rear Admiral Hayne Figts. The move aims to unify command and reinforce two ocean defense amid German Italian Japanese pact considerations.
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Washington
United States Navy
Germany
Italy
Japan
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific
Navy
Navy Department
Atlantic
United States Fleet
Hayne Fifts
Congress
New York
Texas
Arkansas
Wyoming
Wasp
Ranger
Censors Remove Mail From Dixie Clipper in Transit
The Dixie clipper arrived at La Guardia with five passengers and 2 500 pounds of mail after departing Lisbon on September 30. Censors later removed two tons of mail at Bermuda.
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New York
Lisbon
la Guardia Field
Bermuda
King George Visits Colonial Office in London
King George paid his first visit to the colonial office in London since accession. Lord Lloyd accompanied the King as they inspected historical records in the office.
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London
George
Colonial Office
Lord Lloyd
Commander 2 A Heenas Honored By Governor General
Senior officer of the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve has been appointed an honorary A D C to the Governor General. It marks the first time a Reserve member receives this honor.
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Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
RCN. Reserve
Blockade Success Boosts Britain in War Economic Push
Hugh Dalton, minister of economic warfare, says the British blockade is achieving a remarkable success after a year. He cites shortages of oil alloys rubber lead copper and textiles in enemy territories and notes Germany has exhausted looted oil but must sustain occupied regions. He predicts Europe will avoid famine this winter with fair distribution of food.
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London
Germany
Italy
Hugh Dalton
Britain
National Defence Public Interest Committee
Dalton
Europe
Government suspends children's overseas evacuation plan
The government halted the children's evacuation scheme due to Atlantic crossing dangers this season. The program is not canceled and may restart next spring when thousands more children are sent to Canada the United States and Australia to homes far from German bombing. The loss of the City of Benares and other transport ships showed the danger of submarines in the Atlantic even in convoy.
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London
Atlantic
Canada
United States
Australia
Benares
North America
Plan for storing surplus wheat by merchants in Canada
Ottawa reports Trade Minister MacKinnon announced a plan allowing prairie farmers to use merchants as security lenders for wheat. Merchants become warehousemen and later deliver to elevators in the farmer’s name as space opens. The arrangement keeps title with the producer and outlines liability and payment details with the Wheat Board.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Praire
Prairies
Wheat Board
Britain Forms Scientific Advisory Committee for War Effort
London announces creation of a scientific advisory committee to strengthen Britain's war effort. The panel will advise the cabinet on scientific problems, assist government departments in selecting qualified scientists, and inform on developments likely to impact wartime conduct.
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London
Great Britain
Gov
Britain
Italian Fleet Maintains Distance From British Navy
The British fleet conducted a Mediterranean and Aegean sweep from Sept 29 to Oct 2, bagging four enemy bombers but failing to draw the Italian fleet into battle. Planes from the British carrier shot at raiders, one direct hit caused two men to bail out and drown, and the Italians offered no response beyond air attacks. The British then trained their guns in battle practice as the fleet patrolled near the Egyptian coast.
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Alexandria
Britain
Mediterranean
Aegean
Italy
Mussolini
Fleet Air Arm
Romania to Train by Nazi Techniques in Motorized Warfare
German experts will soon train the Romanian army in tanks airplanes and motorized methods. The plan to restore German influence includes placing key municipal posts under German minority control. Romania is divided into three districts each with a gauleiter and a minority press department and admin units.
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Bucharest
Romania
Navy to expand fleet with 15 large yachts renamed for animals
Canadian Navy to acquire 15 large ocean-going yachts for conversion into anti-submarine patrol vessels. Navy Minister Macdonald announced the plan in a press conference, noting the new ships will be renamed after Canadian animals.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Macdonald
Canada
Clouds spoil eclipse expeditions from Brown U and Nat Geo
Reports from Brown University and the National Geographic Society outposts said clouds spoiled preparations to observe the October sun eclipse. In Hamilton Ontario schools two more pupils were suspended for refusing patriotic exercises, raising total suspensions to 26.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brown University
National Geographic Society
Hamilton, Ont
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