Canada Sees Slightly Better Aircraft Supply
Ottawa reports Canada's aircraft supply situation improving though not all needs are met. Air Minister Power says spare parts are better and improving, training planes for Commonwealth schools remain scarce, and U S PBYs would be welcome subject to Britain's priority. Major Power notes preference for U S types in new production while British models continue locally.
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Ottawa
Fewer
Canada
United States
Britain
Power
Dominion
Major Power
Air Force
Roosevelt
Royal Air Force
Great Britain
British Commonwealth Air Training Schools
Remembrance Day to Be Marked Nationwide
Secretary of State proclaims Remembrance Day a statutory holiday to honor Canada's dead on November 11. Dominion president Alex Walker of Calgary urges participation in ceremonies across provinces with Legion commands planning local activities for war adjusted observances. Thousands, including Veterans Guard detachments, are expected to take part nationwide.
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Ottawa
Canada
Alex Walker
Calgary
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Legion
Veterans Guard of Canada
Earl of Athlone Becomes Regular Legion Member
The Earl of Athlone, grand president of the Canadian Legion, signs an Ottawa Legion application to become a regular member. The governor general lists his military service in the South African War and the First Great War on the form.
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Earl of Athlone
Ottawa
Canadian Legion
The
Legion
Canadian Legion War Services Headquart
Blairmore Mine Strike Protests Foreign Coal Imports
Blairmore local No 15 of the United Mine Workers of America has sent a petition to Ottawa asking the labor minister to investigate reduced mine operations in western Canada. It claims some miners work only two days a week while foreign coal imports rise, urging curbs until western mines run at capacity.
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Blairmore
Alvi
United Mine Workers of America
Ottawa
Canada
Petithem
United States
Bellevue
Canada to Produce Aerial Bombs at Quebec Plant
Munitions Minister Howe announced a new plant under construction in Quebec will start production of 500 pound aerial bombs next February. Normal output will exceed 100000 bombs yearly marking the first substantial Canadian factory for such bombs. The program plans a full range from 40 to 1000 pounds and various high explosive types.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Howe
Munitions Department
International Livestock Expo Entries Reach Chicago Show
Prominent Canadian stockmen from Alberta Saskatchewan and Ontario join scores of breeders and feeders filing entries for the 1940 International Livestock Exhibit at the Chicago stockyards running November 30 to December 7. Saskatchewan Clyde exhibitor William Fleming of Drinkwater will show geldings and four horse teams with other Clyde exhibitors from Melville. The International Grain and Hay Show entries close November 10.
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Chicago
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
William Fleming
Drinkwater
R. and
E. C. Williams
Rhys Williams
Melville
Noted Canadian artist Arthur Heming dies at 70
Famous Canadian artist and illustrator Arthur Heming died at his sister's Hamilton home at 70. Heming gained fame for wild life and voyageurs scenes and only began painting in color at age 60. He is survived by three sisters and two brothers including Mrs E A Harris formerly of Victoria and now in Hamilton.
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Hamilton
Ont
Arthur Heming
Canada
Robert B. Acres
Heming
E. A. Harris
Victoria, B.C
Violence reported in Norway against new order
The Norwegian Telegraph Agency said demonstrations occurred in Bergen and Trondheim against the new order, with violent incidents noted at Bergen.
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London
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
New Order
Norway
Bergen
Trondheim
Shipping plan to bring UK workers to Canada for shipbuilding
Deputy minister of munitions and supply Kingsley Sheils told an Optimist Club that plans are under way to bring men from the United Kingdom to Canada to build cargo ships. The announcement signals intensified wartime ship production collaboration between the two dominions.
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Toronto
G. Kingsley Sheils
United Kingdom
Canada
Trains Wave Flower and Joseph Buxton Sunk by Mines
The admiralty reports naval trawlers Wave Flower and Joseph Buxton were sunk by enemy mines. No further details provided.
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London
Admiralty
Wave Flower
Joseph Buxton
Vichy Leader Connects Axis Deal to French Sovereignty
France's Marshal Petain declares that sovereignty remains with Vichy in talks with Hitler and signals further steps to unite the nation and suppress the Free French. He says collaboration lightens France's burdens, raises the Paris regime’s legitimacy, and asserts responsibility lies with him alone.
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Vichy
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Hitler
Axis
Petain
Stern
Peggy's Cove Postmaster Dies After 70 Years at Home
Wesley Crooks a lifelong Peggy's Cove resident and retired postmaster died at his home at age 98. He served as postal handler from his residence for 70 years and was believed to be Canada's oldest postmaster at retirement.
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Peggy's Cove
N.S
Wesley Crooks
Canada
Generous gift to Canadian Red Cross supports ambulances
Officers of the Order of Scottish Clans from Canada and the United States presented a cheque for 3300 to the Canadian Red Cross for the purchase of ambulances.
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Hamilton, Ont
the Order of Scottish Clans
Canada
United States
Canadian Red Cross
Berlin Air Raids Shatter Berlin Hope Says Refugee
A young German Jewish refugee aboard the Heian Maru recounts British air raids on Berlin and Berliners becoming sick of war. He describes nightly bombings, public criticism of the Luftwaffe, and wartime hardship as shelters fill and homes are lost.
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Vancouver
Berlin
Nazi Germany
United States
Must Carry Original National Registration Certificate
Mr. Justice T. C. Davis announced that photostatic copies of national registration certificates are not recognized by law. He warned Canadians that only the original certificate is valid and that possessing copies does not satisfy legal requirements.
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Oottawa
T. C. Davis
National War Services
Justice Davis
Earl of Athlone Named Honorary President of Cancer Society
The Canadian Society for the Control of Cancer announced that the Earl of Athlone, governor general of Canada, accepted the honorary presidency. Dr. J S McEachern of Calgary was re elected president.
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Toronto
Canadian Society For the Control of Cancer
Earl of Athlone
Canada
J. S. McEachern
Calgary
Deadeye Dick Campbell Freed From Greek Detention
Canadian born pilot William Weir Campbell known as Deadeye Dick for destroying two Italian submarines in the Mediterranean within 48 hours last summer was released from Greek detention. Campbell, 28, of Revelstoke British Columbia, had been interned after a forced Greek landing and had earned the Distinguished Flying Cross six weeks earlier for gallantry.
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London
Italy
Greece
Wiliam Weir Campbell
Deadeye
Mediterranean
Campbell
Revelstoke
B.C
Royal Air Force
Ital
Athens
Polish Troops Prime Minister Churchill Message to Sikorski
The Polish Telegraphic Agency reports Prime Minister Churchill sent a message to General Wladyslaw Sikorski, commander in chief of the Polish army, during his visit to Polish troops in Scotland. The message praised pole of perseverance and anticipated Poland’s ultimate independence.
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London
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Churchill
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Scotland
Donations to war effort reach large sums across Canada
About 1,000 Canadians and Americans contributed roughly 903,000 to finance department war efforts, with an additional 2,000,000 to the air ministry for research and further charity gifts via the travel bureau. Non-interest bearing loans total 2,810,382 toward a 10,000,000 goal. Contributions come from diverse groups including foreign language communities, pensioners, and individuals, with sources ranging from beaver skins to lemonade sales. Major donors include Eaton Co, Samuel Bronfman group, I N C, Canadian Pacific, and Consolidated Mining and Smelting. Canada has also floated two war loans totaling 750,000,000, both oversubscribed.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Finance Department
Air Ministry For Research
Travel Bureau
Dunkirk
Britain
Pacific
California
Anglo- Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
Timmins
Ont
Balmoral School
Calgary
Toronto
North Coun
Power
T. Eaton Co
Samuel Bronfman
Montreal
International Nickel Company of Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Bacon shipments steady as UK agreement lapses
Canada reports hog marketings at record levels of recent weeks and production up 25 to 30 percent for the year. The bacon board continues deliveries at peak rates around 7.84 million pounds weekly while a new UK price is pending. The top price under the old pact was 18.01 per hundredweight, with production up and wartime demand easing price moves.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
James C. Gardiner
Seaboard
Bacon Board
Dominion
United States
Defence Services
Freighter St. Malo Sunk by Enemy Action
The former French freighter St. Malo, carrying 5770 tons, was sunk while flying the Canadian flag. Twenty eight crew members, mostly Canadians, are missing. Sixteen survivors were landed in the United Kingdom. The ship was en route to the United Kingdom with a general cargo when lost this month after Canada requisitioned it last August.
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Ottawa
St. Malo
Transport Department
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Germany
Secret Bomb Sight Moves In Secret Air Shipment
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told reporters he knows less about the movements of the secret bomb sight. He denied knowledge of any confirmed shipments and said he had heard reports of it going to Ottawa or by air from the Sperry Gyroscope Company, but personal details remained unclear.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
New York Herald Tribune
Ottawa
Sperry Gyroscope Company
Hull
Princess Elizabeth of Russia Dies in London
Princess Elizabeth, 53, niece by marriage of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia, died at Wilderness House Hampton Court palace. The death was announced, noting her royal connections and residence in England.
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London
Elizabeth
Nicholas of Russia
Wilderness House
Hampton Court Palace
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