War Orders to Pour Into United States as Embargo Lifts
European nations plan hundreds to thousands of aircraft and related war supplies from U S plants after repeal of the arms embargo. France seeks 4600 aircraft motors and 3500 planes, Britain 1600 training planes, with further orders for trucks, tools, and equipment.
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Washington
United States
House of Representatives
Britain
France
Great Britain
J. H. M. Greenely
Babcock and Wilcox, Limited
Ottawa
New York
Army
Navy
Red Cross Forms Geneva Clearing House for Prisoner Lists
London Paris and Berlin coordinate with neutral Switzerland to speed up prisoner and killed list exchanges through the International Red Cross in Geneva. Delegates collect, verify and forward lists, with airmen, submarine crews and refugees among those identified.
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Red Cross
Geneva
London
Paris
Berlin
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
Germany
Hungary
Roumania
The
Two German Airmen Buried With Full Honors Off Scotland
Two German airmen killed when their bomber went down off the Scottish coast on October 28 were buried in Portobello cemetery with full honors. German flags draped the coffins and wreaths were laid by Royal Air Force officers and men. An RAF escort and a firing party accompanied the cortege.
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Edinburgh
Portobello
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Lord Nuffield Named Air Ministry Maintenance Chief
Lord Nuffield the automobile magnate and philanthropist becomes director general of maintenance for the British air ministry, with a mandate to coordinate RAF supply and repair services. He will serve without pay.
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London
Lord Nuffield
British Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Vancouver World Build Planes Plan Raised by Board of Trade
Vancouver board of trade submitted a brief to federal authorities arguing British Columbia offers superior conditions and facilities for economical plane manufacture and should receive favorable consideration in Canada’s aircraft build plans.
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Vancouver
Ottawa bans weekly Social Justice entry to Canada
The department of national revenue informed customs collectors that the weekly magazine Social Justice has been forbidden entry into Canada. The publication is sponsored by Father Charles Coughlin of Royal Oak, Michigan.
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Ottawa
Department of National Revenue
Collectors of Customs and Excise
Social Justice
Canada
Father Charles Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
Soldiers Executed in Germany Over Von Fritsch Death
Reports from well informed German affairs sources claim three soldiers were executed in Germany for the assassination of Col Gen Werner von Fritsch during the Poland campaign. The official version says he was killed outside Warsaw on a reconnaissance patrol. Emigre circles speculate the general’s death may stem from disagreements with Hitler and other leaders, with the soldiers possibly used as scapegoats.
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Bucharest
Germany
Werner von Fritsch
Reich
Poland
von Fritsch
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Dominion to Seek 300 Million Dollar Loan in Six Months
Reported plans indicate the Dominion government may ask Canadians to approve a loan totaling 300 million dollars within six months. About 86 million of that would repay the old Canadian bond issue in England to fund British war purchases. Observers say Canada would redeem the issue and save on the original loan, with an estimated profit of about 8 million dollars.
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Ottawa
England
Canada
No Butter Shortage in Ottawa Says Statistics Bureau
Canada’s butter supply is described as satisfactory by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Based on September to April factory output in 1938 39 the visible and prospective supply for the next eight months would exceed domestic needs by about 13 600 pounds even if demand stays constant.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada May Become Creditor Nation After War, Heilperin Says
Dr Michael Heilperin argues Canada could emerge as a creditor nation after the war through shipments to the Allies. He notes credits earned from goods supplied might wipe out Canada’s external debt.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
Michael Heilperin
Czech Settlers Harvest Large Oat and Potato Crop
Tupper Creek in the Peace River block harvests show 20 000 bushels of oats 2000 of barley 700 of wheat and 4000 of potatoes. T O F Herzer Winnipeg head of Canada Colonization Association reports 500 members from 152 families now plowing for winter with housing and clothing adequate.
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Edmonton
Sudetenland
Tupper Creek
B.C
Peace River
T. O. F. Herzer
Winnipeg
Herzer
Canada Colonization Association
Canadian Pacific Railway
Finland seeks broad settlement while asserting neutrality
Helsinki reports Foreign Minister Erkko states Finland aims to make a far reaching settlement with Soviet Russia but will reject proposals that would deny Finland the right to defend its independence and neutrality. He says Finland insists on neutrality and self defense and is prepared to offer to increase safety around Leningrad and the Gulf of Finland.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Russia
Erkko
Molotov
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Balkan
Butter and Bacon Rationing Announced for December
W S Morrison announces Britain will ration butter and bacon from mid December. General rationing not to start. ration books and prere quisites will be issued. Each person gets four ounces weekly, conditions depend on imports. Sugar adequate. margarine production up. meat supplies steady. call to avoid waste.
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London
W. S. Morrison
Morrison
The
Commons
Prediction of China's new regime by end of November
The Kokumin newspaper reports Yukichiro Suma states that Tokyo expects a new central government in China within November. Talks with Britain and the United States will be postponed until that regime is established.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
United States
China
Kokumin
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
More than 700 youths in RCAF air mechanic training
Hon Norman McLarty announces that over 700 young men aged 16 to 25 are in training as air mechanics for the Royal Canadian Air Force under the Dominion provincial youth training project. The initiative follows Ottawa aims to expand wartime labor programs.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dominion
Norman McLarty
No Change In Policy Mussolini Cabinet Shakeup
Il Popolo D Italia denounces foreign readings of Italy's cabinet shakeup and asserts policy remained stable. The editorial argues the regime is unitarian with no competing groups and emphasizes loyalty to a single will.
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Milan
Italy
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Germany
Tl Pepolo
Stamp From Athenia Ship Exhibited At Toronto Dinner
A stamped envelope postmarked via SS Athenia was shown at the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo stamp clubs annual dinner in Toronto. Believed to be the only letter aboard the torpedoed liner that reached Toronto, it was thought to be saved by the purser when the ship was sunk.
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Toronto
Hamilton
Buffalo
Britain keeps Russia trade talks moving amid war warnings
London reports Britain pressed on with comprehensive trade talks with Soviet officials aimed at a mutual advantage and possible curtailment of Soviet aid to Germany. Parallel informal round tables with empire representatives opened as wartime tensions rose.
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London
Vyacheslaff Molotov
Great Britain
Britain
Russia
Germany
Cuba
R. H. Cross
Cross
Empire unity shown by war crisis reports in Commons
Prime Minister Chamberlain told the House of Commons that London conferences with Dominion cabinet ministers demonstrate united imperial resolve. He noted strengthened British Expeditionary Force defenses on the Western Front and voiced confidence in overcoming the submarine threat as Dominions from Canada to India send ministers to coordinate war efforts.
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Red Cross
Europe
Committee
Geneva
Dominion
Ottawa
London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Vyacheslaff Molotov
Berlin
M. Molotov
Western Front
Mr. Chamberlain
Empire
India
Burma
Burchell Named Canadian High Commissioner to Australia
Ottawa announces Charles J. Burchell of Halifax KC is named Canadian high commissioner to Australia. The move follows a plan to appoint high commissioners to British dominions to aid the Empire war effort. Burchell leads a Halifax law firm and has long been active in maritime and inter-imperial affairs.
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Chas. J. Burchell, K.C
Halifax
Australia
Ottawa
Charles J. Burchell, KC
Mackenzie King
Dominions
Canada
London
Burchell
New Zealand
South Africa
Eire
Proof Gas Exports to Poland Not Found, War Office States
London reports the war office announced no poison gas shipments to Poland were found after detailed review of the board of trade export license lists. Licenses are said to maintain strict control and full records of all munitions exports.
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London
War Office
Poland
Germany
Board of Trade
Britain seeks Tirana consulate general in Italian Albania
Italy received a British request for authorization to establish a consulate general in Tirana the capital of Italian occupied Albania. Great Britain has been without a consular representative in Tirana since Italian troops moved in on April 9.
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Rome
Italy
Tirana
Albania
Great Britain
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Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Pam
Pamela Barton
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