Canadian Fliers Land in Far East Frontline
Canadian air arm strengthens with the departure of a flying boat squadron under Wing-Cmdr Johnny Plant from Northern Ireland to the Far East. The unit, praised for guarding against Japanese advance near Ceylon, left behind two celebrated members listed as missing after signaling an alert.
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Lomdon
Canada
Dominion
Democracy
Far East
K.c.af
Oriental War Theatre
United Kingdom
Johnny Plant
Ottawa
4 Coastal Command
Northern Ireland
Britain
Sqdn
Birchall
Saint John
Wararnt
C. Onyett
Huntsville
Ont
Ceylon
Royal Air Force
Buckingham Palace
Gillian
Ds.o
Df.c. Afc
Malan
Af.c
D.S.O
Crerar
C.B.E
Red Cross Parcel Aid for Canadian POWs in Hong Kong
Details from the Canadian Red Cross and government outline food and clothing parcels for Canadian soldiers taken prisoner in Hong Kong. Next of kin parcels are encouraged, with restrictions on food chocolate tobacco and a list of allowed toiletries and clothing items. Parcels should be addressed to the soldier and regiment at Ottawa General Post Office care force C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canadian Red Cross Society
Hong Kong
Red Cross
International Red Cross
H. Plumptre
Red Cross Inquiry Bureau
Ottawa
General Post Office
Plan To Shield Canada From Beef Shortages
Ottawa announces a three step plan to guard against future beef shortages and stabilize prices for cattle producers. The wartime prices and trade board will ensure export prices, create a buyback control body, and allow seasonal ceiling price adjustments to match cattle price cycles.
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Ottawa
Canada
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade Board
United States
Gordon
Agriculture Department
Mr. Gordon
Deserted towns prepare model settlements for Japanese families
Vancouver reports ghost towns in the Slocan district rapidly becoming homes for evacuated Japanese families. Greenwood hosts 12 Japanese, Kaslo 429, Slocan 22, while Sandon has two so far with a work crew of 24 carpenters and laborers preparing for forthcoming arrivals.
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B.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Slocan
Greenwood
Kaslo
Sandon
Tokyo Raid Delivers Direct Hits and Wide Destruction
American airmen scored direct hits and caused extensive damage in a raid on Tokyo and surrounding targets. Brig Gen James H. Doolittle led the operation, and President Roosevelt awarded him the Medal of Honor at the White House. The attack set a cruiser ablaze near Tokyo and hit the Mitsubishi factory at Nagoya, with industrial centers and naval facilities suffering major damage across Yokosuka, Kenagawa, Kobe, and Osaka.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
James H Doolittle
Jimmy Doolittle
Roosevelt
White House
Mitsubishi Aircraft Factory
Nagoya
Yokosuke
Kenagawa
Kobe
Osaka
Mexicans Push War Move After Tanker Sinkings
In Mexico City organized labor petitions President Camacho for a declaration of war on the Axis and offers the army of at least 20 090 fighting men. Congress denounces Nazi pirates and urges patriotic meetings as it pledges aid to the United Nations and vows to follow the president into the trenches if needed.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Organized Labor
Camacho
Permanent Commission of Congress
Congress Commission
Axis
United Nations
Britain Seeks Clearer Axis Reply On Greece Grain Aid
London reports that Dingle Foot states German and Italian replies to Britain Canada and the United States grain aid plan for Greece are ambiguous. He notes famine hot spots are excluded by Germany and further clarification is requested on the scheme.
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London
Dingle Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
House of Commons
Canada
Greece
Britain
United States
Night Fighter Ace Max Aitken Sinks Four Nazi Bombers
Wing Commander Max Aitken son of Lord Beaverbrook led a squadron of night fighters that destroyed four German bombers. The holder of the Distinguished Flying Cross personally shot down one of the four aircraft.
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Max Aitken
Lord Beaverbrook
Aitken
London loaf saves shipping space by Britons in four days
Authorities say consuming a new brown bread loaf for four days frees 6,500 tons of shipping space. Over a year this adds up to releasing about 600,000 tons of shipping capacity, signaling a large efficiency gain and impact on transport logistics.
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London
Cause for War if Russia Arms China, Says Shiratori
Toshio Shiratori, former Japanese ambassador to Italy, warns that Russia supplying weapons to China could trigger war. He cites a five year ongoing armament route from Turkestan across Central China, noting uncertainty about current flows as Russia faces other conflicts. Also mentioned is a 19th century tinned plum pudding auctioned for Red Cross POW funds.
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Rome
Russia
China
Toshio Shiratori
Italy
Siberian
Turkestan
London
South Africa
Red Cross
Ottawa studies Canada United States travel restrictions
A return tabled in the House of Commons notes that the joint economic committee and other agencies of both governments are studying travel restrictions between Canada and the United States.
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Ottawa
Canada
U.S
Joint Economic Committee
House of Commons
Immigration to Canada Drops Sharply in Year Ended March 1841
Ottawa report shows a 22 percent drop in immigration for the year ending March 31. Only 1 867 immigrants arrived, with 2 182 English and Irish and Welsh, 6 311 from the United States, 183 Northern Europeans, and 189 others. Ontario absorbed 3 255 of 8 865 total, Quebec 1 799, British Columbia 1 535, and Nova Scotia 1 222.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Mines and Resources
United States
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Study Farm Unit To Assist Wheat Board On Quotas
Dr. Grindley, secretary of the Canadian wheat board, told the House of Commons about farm unit sizes in Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan as part of efforts to establish an equitable quota delivery system. He noted 1941-42 wheat deliveries and 1942-43 targets and described car allotment by the car control committee and elevator space as conditions eased after July 1941.
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Wheat Board
Ottawa
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
T. W. Grindley
Canadian Wheat Board
House of Com
Grindley
Canada
West
P. E. Wright
Melfort
D. A. MacGibbon
Board of Grain Commissioners
Car Control Committee
MacGibbon
Britain after the war and new values emerge
The article argues war has changed British values beyond hardship. It notes a shift toward service, less luxury, and a mix of individualism and socialism. Reconstruction, fair wealth distribution, and greater citizen interest in local and national government follow from wartime experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canterbury
England
Hitler
Himmler Reaches Holland Amid Nazi Resistance Push
Heinrich Himmler arrives in the Netherlands to deal with renewed anti Nazi resistance. Aneta reports he visited Gestapo lieutenants prior. The move follows mass executions and arrests of Dutch officers and prominent citizens by Nazi forces.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Holland
Aneta
Himmler
Netherlands
Reinhard Heydrich
France
Gerd von Rundstedt
Netherlands Army
Fire Loss High in Canada for 1941 and Smuts in Cairo
Dominion fire commissioner W. L. Clairmont announced 1941 fire loss rose by 5.3 million to total 28.04 million dollars in Canada at the Dominion Fire Prevention Association meeting. In Cairo, South African Prime Minister Jan Smuts arrived after a 10 day journey covering 200 miles by plane and car, visiting base camps and hospitals as reported by the BBC.
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Canada
Que—-W. L. Clairmont
Dominion Fire
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
London
GAK
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Cairo
British Broadcasting Corporation
Smuts
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Pohter
THE
Kenneth Stuart
Stuart
M.D
Long Branch Newmarket
Camp Borden
Corp
W. S. Thompson
Mons
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