New Wartime Labor Code Sets Bargaining Rules Across Industries
Ottawa introduces a compulsory collective bargaining and arbitration code for war related and national industries. The wartime labor relations board will certify bargaining agencies, enforce negotiation, and prohibit strikes during key stages while penalties for illegal strikes, lockouts, and bribes are outlined. Provinces may extend its reach beyond war industries.
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Ottawa
National Tyy
Industrial Disputes Inquiry Act
Mitchell
Percy R. Bengough
Trades and Labor Congress
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress. of Labor
Wartime Labor Relations Board
Indians in Canada Enlist in War Service Across Provinces
The Indian service volunteers total 2383. most serve in the army with some in navy and air force. Ontario lists 1062 enlistees, Saskatchewan 252, British Columbia 243, Alberta 87, Manitoba 156, Quebec 164, New Brunswick 166, Prince Edward Island 24, Nova Scotia 92, and seven from the Yukon. The totals reflect known enlistments and may be short of the First Great War figures.
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Indian Affairs
Resources Department
Canada
Navy
Air Force
Ontario
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Quebec
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Yukon Territory
Farmers Seek Square Deal in War Draft Debate
In Ottawa the Commons debated war appropriations and draft fairness. MP Percy Perley urged equal draw numbers from military districts noting western districts had contributed more. Authorities in San Sebastian arrested hundreds after uncovering an underground plot to dynamite a railway bridge targeted by Allied bombers. Travelers report Paris to Chicago lies on a straight air route across the North Pole.
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Bordeaux
Jong
France
Chungking
Chicago
North Pole
Victoria Mourns Death of RCMP Patrick Berke
Constable Patrick Berke aged 67 of the RCMP died after a brief illness. Born in Fort Pelly Saskatchewan he served in the Mounted Police during Saskatchewan's early days. He later served in the South African war and returned to farm on the prairies.
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Victoria
Patrick Berke
RCMP
Fort Pelly
Sask
Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
Canada
Prairies
African soldiers run theatre at East African base
At a North African military base African soldiers stage their own plays and sketches in spare time with minimal guidance from the camp commandant. The effort highlights cultural activity within the base and showcases local creative work.
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Ore East Afrcan
Pathfinders guide RAF bomber raids through cloud and smoke
London reports on the RAF Pathfinders formation, formed mid 1942, comprising Irish Canadian and other empire crews. Under Air Vice Marshal Bennett the unit locates and lights targets for heavy bombers using pyrotechnic signals and varied flares to ensure precise dawn to dusk bombing in obscured conditions.
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London
RAF
Pathfinder
Germany
Pathfinders
D. C. T. Bennett
Reductions in Canadian Air Crew Training Planned
Air Minister Power told Parliament that long term war plans call for certain reductions in entrants to aircrew training in Canada and the gradual closing of several training units and schools. Skilled personnel will be reassigned to reinforce operational units as available.
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Ottawa
Power
Commons
Canada
Veteran Vancouver veteran of invasions and anti submarine warfare
A Vancouver serviceman is noted for three invasion landings and anti submarine operations. He holds the Distinguished Service Cross the 1939-43 Star and a mention in dispatches to his credit.
Dieppe Defences Overhauled After Allied Raid
Nazi broadcasts claim Dieppe fortifications have been overhauled and strengthened after the raid. Berlin asserts defenses along the French Mediterranean coast are also greatly reinforced, with fortifications and forces moved from other areas. Correspondent George Schroeder reports these changes based on Transocean agency dispatches.
Alberta license plates stay in use for 1944 45 year
Provincial secretary Hon A J Hooke announced that the 1943 44 Alberta automobile license plate will remain in effect for the 1944 45 license year starting April. Plates will be used with a windshield and rear window sticker bearing the same number.
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Alberta
Blue Book Of War Damage Kept By RAF Describes Coventry Bombing
The Blue Book of War Damage sits at bomber command HQ as Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris’s core reference. The volume logs each raid with city tabs Berlin to Brunswick and Coventry early as a yardstick for saturation bombing. It records rebuilt areas and total destruction with detailed maps and diagrams.
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RAF
Bomber Command
Chier
Arthur Harris
R.A F
Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Essen
Hanover
Brunswick
Coventry
Canada to loan junior officers to Britain for three months
Defence Minister Ralston told the commons Canada will lend a large number of junior officers to the British army effective immediately. The transfers, voluntary for a minimum three months, cover the Mediterranean and European theatres to gain battle experience and allow return to Canadian service later.
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Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
Commons
Canada
Sahara Desert Extends Across Africa's Width
The Sahara Desert stretches about 3,600 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, marking one of the continent's most vast arid regions. It spans multiple nations and climates, shaping early trade routes and human settlements along its margins.
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Sahara Desert
Atlantic
Red Sea
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