Britain orders vast Canadian bacon shipments for war needs
Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced a one year agreement with Britain to deliver 96 060 006 pounds of Canada bacon at 2215 dollars per 112 pounds grade A Wiltshire. The deal shifts to minimum supply and raises prices, with further yearly increases planned up to 600 000 000 pounds.
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Winnipeg
Gardiner
Ministry of Food
Dominion
Canada
British
Food Ministry
Agriculture Minister
F.o.b
Canadian Seaboard
Bacon Board
Agricultural Supplies Board
Great Britain
Freedom Ended For Escaped Prisoner Near Stanbridge
Stanbridge Station reports the capture of 28 year old Italian seaman Festa, an escaped prisoner of war, by Canadian customs officer E Campbell near the village close to the US border. Festa was handed to the RCMP and moved to Montreal. The capture occurred as Festa worked on Campbell family farm on his day off amid a brief struggle with no injuries.
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Stanbridge Station
Que Tullie Festa
United States
E. Campbell
Customs Service
Festa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montreal
Campbell
Goebbels Claims Camouflage of Facilities in Air‑Raid Areas
Propaganda Minister Goebbels, in an advance Das Reich piece, says extensive camouflage of industrial and traffic facilities has been carried out in several unspecified cities in zones at risk from air attacks.
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Berlin
Goebbels
Das Reich
Another Ship Launched at West Coast Canadian Port
HMCS Vancouver christened as a new grey warship slid down the ways from the Vancouver shipyard to honor the British Columbia seaport. Shipbuilders marked the launch with ceremony as the vessel entered water.
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West Coast
Vancouver
British Columbia
Radio war blitz fuels Britain and Nazi stations clash
A London Germany radio silhouette Deutschlander fights a new wave length crasher as Nazi broadcasts jam rival voices. The announcer ends a news block with the line you will conquer yourself to death while a countering voice decries Bolshevik interference and Russia’s attempts to tune in.
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London
Germany
Deutschlander
Britain
London Wing Commander Bader In Fierce Air Battle Over France
An eyewitness New Zealand sergeant-pilot in Doug Bader’s section says Bader announced a descent to attack multiple Messerschmitts 5,000 feet below and may have shot down a Bf 109 before bail out. The squadron claimed four Messerschmitts. Bader broke his artificial limb on landing, and RAF dropped a new limb to him. No German confirmation yet.
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London
Douglass Bader
France
Air Ministry
New Zealand
Bader
Royal Air Force
No Doubt About Campaign Against Roosevelt Claims
President Roosevelt charged at a press conference that an organized campaign spreads rumors distortions and falsehoods aimed at sabotaging aid to opponents of Hitlerism He denied any misuse of lease lend funds while citing a Washington restaurant bill rumor as an example of the sabotage campaign and urged focus on the wider effort.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Veterans Demand End to Jurisdictional Strikes in Defense
Veterans of Foreign Wars urged President Roosevelt to outlaw jurisdictional strikes in U S defense industries and proposed that draft-age workers who take part lose their deferments and be called into military service.
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Philadelphia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Roosevelt
United States
Work For War Prisoners in Melbourne Considered by Government
The Commonwealth government was reported to be weighing a plan to employ enemy war prisoners outside interment camps. Farmers and private industry had requested labor, spurring the discussion of alternative work arrangements for prisoners.
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Melbourne
Russia Warns Japan Over Vladivostok Supplies
The BBC broadcasting via NBC reported Soviet Russia warned Japan that attempts to halt supply flow to Vladivostok would be treated as an unfriendly act.
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New York
BBC
NBC
Soviet
Russia
Japan
Vladivostok
Court Starts Work in Vichy Occupied Zone
A special summary court with power to sentence to death all Communists and anarchists began functioning four days after its creation by decree. It will operate alongside German authorities and have jurisdiction in seven occupied departments under martial status.
Winnipeg inventor offers oil saving carburetor and oil reclaimers
C Nelson Pogue of Winnipeg who claimed a carburetor would double mileage offered two devices to the Canadian army. He said ordnance officials in Ottawa were approached with a carburetor claiming nearly 100 percent mileage increase and an oil reclaimer promising material oil savings.
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Winnipeg
C. Nelson Pogue
Ottawa
Raids on Axis Shipping Cause Heavy Damage
Middle East headquarters reported RAF raids damaging Axis shipping in the Mediterranean. One vessel sank and another was hit directly during a heavy attack, with targets including Tripoli Fort and power station. Bombs also hit Bengali rail sidings and an enemy encampment.
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Cairo
Tripoli
Libya
Mediterranean
Middle East
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Fleet Air Arm
Bardia
Malta
Sicily
Famagusta
Cyprus
Iran
Wheat and flour exports rise for 1941 crop year
Canada reports exports of 230,416,886 bushels of wheat and flour for the year ending July 31 1941, up from 192,674,568 bushels the prior year. Flour shipments reach 10,288,827 barrels the largest since 1928 29, while May 1941 wheat shipments total 36,805,411 bushels, the highest for that month in the board of grain commissioners records.
Ottawa war savings stamps to feature eight designs
The war savings committee approves a new series of stamps with eight designs. The subjects include an aviator a soldier a tank a sailor a destroyer an anti aircraft gun nurses and a Wellington bomber. The stamps go on sale September 8.
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Ottawa
The
War Savings Committee
Canada
Regimental numbers to be allotted to CWAC volunteers
Defence headquarters announced that on enrolment volunteers in the Canadian Women's Army Corps will receive regimental numbers beginning with the letter W. The first digit shows the military district, with provision for 1000 numbers per district.
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Canadian Women's Army Corps
Ottawa
Defence Headquarters
Army speeds parachute training form new battalion
An army announcement reports a faster training pace for parachute troops and states a third parachute battalion is being formed ahead of schedule. When complete the unit will raise the parachute force to over 1,500 volunteers.
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Washington
Canadians Praised for Equipment Quality by Gen McNaughton
General A G McNaughton lauded Canadian gear during Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s visit to the first division in England. He praised boots battle dress Bren guns and carriers as top quality and noted a Montreal built tank sample undergoes testing. He said Canada made gear exceeds British standards and Praises the Bren gun as highly effective.
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England
A. G . McNaughton
Dominion
Mackenzie King
McNaughton
Montreal
Memorial tribute for Rt Hon Arthur Purvis in Montreal
Representatives of three governments and Canadian business leaders gathered at Christ Church Cathedral for a memorial service honoring Rt Hon Arthur B. Purvis who was killed in an overseas airplane crash. A memorial message from Canadian Industries Limited offices worldwide referenced his role as president. Purvis family attended including his wife and son Blaikie in the front pews.
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Montreal
Christ Church
Arthur B. Purvis
Canada
Canadian Industries Limited
Purvis
Blaikie
Washington imposes new regulation on war orders
A broad revision by defence priorities director E R Stettinius requires American manufacturers to accept orders for war supplies for the United States Britain Canada Russia and China even if this delays civilian deliveries. Previously firms could choose to reject priority orders but now refusal could risk cutting off supplies for other orders.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Canada
Russia
China
E. R. Stettinius
Defence Priorities
Royal Navy volunteers aid New Brunswick harvest effort
Men of the Royal Navy in port offered to forgo all or part of two weeks furlough to help New Brunswick farmers reap crops. The gesture followed Canadian troops in Britain and aimed to ease a serious shortage of agricultural labor in the province.
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Saint John, N.E
Royal Navy
Port
New Brunswick
Britain
Antonescu Decree Shoots Communists in Romania
The Boersen Zeitung Balkan correspondent reports a decree by Gen Ion Antonescu ordering the execution of 20 Jewish and five non Jewish Communists for each act of sabotage attributed to Communists in Romania.
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Berlin
Boersen Zeitung
Balkan
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Ground crew surge powers Royal Canadian Air Force training
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Air Force has reached its 20000th ground crew trainee. The St Thomas Ont. school remains the largest in its class, supplying crews for Canada and overseas as 25 squadrons form from aircrew graduates. Group Captain D C M Hume notes the busy scope of trade schools and calls trainees buddies.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
D. C. M. Hume
Air Force
St. Thomas
Ont
Hume
Royal Air Force
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Cost Of Living Bonus For Federal Workers
Ottawa announces a cost of living bonus effective August 1 for most federal public service workers earning under 2100 dollars annually and for all manual workers. Officials estimate about 85 000 Dominion employees qualify, while the labor department cites 500 000 to 750 000 industrial workers affected nationwide.
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Ottawa
Federal Public Service
Civil Service
Dominion
Labor Department
P.C
Department
Ottawa explores hostels for women workers to ease housing
Wartime Housing Limited considers building government owned hostels to house women workers in crowded Canadian cities. The plan hinges on social service agencies taking on housekeeper and catering duties, with assurances sought before construction.
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Ottawa
Wartime Housing Limited
Ready For Duty A Duke of York Ready For Fleet
London reports the battleship Duke of York is ready to join the fleet after armament completion. Built as a 35,000 ton sister ship to King George V and the Prince of Wales, it was launched last year by the Queen and now stands prepared for duty with the fleet.
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London
Canada backs Argentina move on WF Turgeon visits Buenos Aires
The foreign minister favors Argentina's policy as Canada approves sending WF. A. Turgeon, Saskatchewan chief justice, serves as Dominion's first minister to Argentina. A reply to that effect was sent to Ottawa.
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Buenos Aires
Canada
WF. A. Turgeon
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Argentina
Ottawa
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