Army Personnel to Be Placed in Civilian Jobs in Canada
Ottawa approves an order in council allowing home defence and active army members not needed for duty to take civilian roles in the public interest while remaining technically in the army. They will receive military pay under the pensions act and can be recalled at any time. About 200 men slated for training under the National Mobilization Act will join a Toronto shell filling plant as labor shortages grow in ammunition production.
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Ottawa
Home Defence Army
Home Defence
Toronto
Overseas Parcels to Overseas Destinations Contain Matches
Postmaster General Mulock says action will be taken against senders who include matches or lighter fluid in parcels bound for overseas. Fire damaged ships in Montreal and Saint John, N.B. destroyed hundreds of bags. salvaged parcels opened revealed matches and lighter fluid. Justice Department to decide the course of action.
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Ottawa
Mulock
Col
Montreal
Saint John
N.B
Department of Justice
Photographs Back RAF Claims On Aachen Bombage
Photographs show that RAF pilots were correct about damage to Aachen in Belgium as 2nd Tactical Air Force confirms. The German industrial city was bombed heavily between July 13 1943 and October 20 1944 with 7000 tons of bombs, and photographic reconnaissance validates every RAF claim.
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Rk.a.f
Aachen
2Nd Tactical Air Force
Belgium
Canadian Barrister Returns with War Message
J W Brockington KC arrives in Ottawa after a six week tour of European battlefields. He says Canadian troops are in good heart and health yet faces grim tasks ahead. He praises soldiers as gentlemen, lauds medical services, notes low suffering due to modern surgery and drugs, and cites epidemic control as remarkable. He highlights French Canadians aiding in France’s liberation before the invasion.
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Ottawa
J. W. Brockington
Canada
Europe
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Courtney H. Hodges
Ships for Pacific: 87 Canadian vessels under construction
A munitions department spokesman says at least 87 ships now being built in Canadian yards will likely see action in the Pacific. The fleet includes 21 maintenance vessels, 50 transport ferries, and 16 coastal cargo ships, all west coast builds costing about 2 million dollars each.
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Ottawa
Pacific
Munitions Department
Churchill
House of Commons
Antwerp seen as potential death blow to German war effort
A German 15th Army order warned that capturing Antwerp and using its port would threaten northern Germany and Berlin before winter. The note, captured after Canadian forces crossed the Leopold Canal to clear the Schelde estuary, said Allied use of Antwerp could land large supply ships and strike Germany's heartland.
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Holland
Gustav von Zangen
15Th
Antwerp
Germany
Berlin
1St
Schelde
Leopold Canal
Belgium
15Th Army
Zangen
Hamburg
Europe
Churchill
Admiralty
Cherbourg
Canadian Red Cross appeals for blood donors
Dr. John T. Phair, chairman of the Canadian Red Cross National Blood Donors committee, urged Canadians to donate blood. He said the Red Cross needs 5,000 donations daily to maintain a sufficient supply for battle front casualties in Europe.
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Toronto
John T. Phair
Canadian Red Cross National Blood Donors Committee
Canadian Red Cross
Europe
Canada External Trade Rises in September
Canada's external trade excluding gold totaled 427.051 million dollars in September, up from 416.51 million in August and 3584.64 million in the same month a year ago, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Victory Loan Observation Car Arrives in Winnipeg Tour Launch
The CPR Victory Loan observation car in gleaming white and silver is welcomed in Winnipeg by National War Finance committee officials and city leaders. The car will tour the Dominion on three round trips totaling 8 646 miles carrying the urging message Invest in Victory Buy One More Than Before. Leaders pictured include W. A. Mather Mayor Garnett Coulter Mayor George C. MacLean H. E. Sellers Moray Sinclair J. D. Perrin E. S. Fraser Flight Lieutenant H A Walker Major General E. de B. Panet and others.
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Dominion
Canadian Pacific Western
C.P.R. Victory Loan
Winnipeg
National War Finance Committee
Railway
8Th Army
Canadian Pacific
W. A. Mather
Cific Western Lines
Garnett Coulter
George C. MacLean
St. Boniface
H. E. Sellers
Manitoba
Moray Sinclair
J. D. Perrin
E. S. Fraser
Coulter
Greater Winnipeg
H. A. Walker
E. de B. Panet
Canadian Pacific Investigations Department
Montreal
Panet
Mather
Sinclair
MacLean
Sellers
Lt. Walker
Perrin
Fraser
No Change Favored On Japan Front By U S Leaders
Washington reports oppose unifying the Japan front into British Chinese and American theatres. Generals Stilwell’s departure prompts talks of a single command, but high American military and naval quarters resist. They stress American-led successes under Nimitz MacArthur and Halsey and the aim to show the Japanese the power of American arms. Chiang Kai Shek commands the China theatre joining British north Burma.
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Washington
Stilwell
Asia
Japan
Nimitz
MacArthur
Halsey
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Burma
Australian men enlistment tops eight in ten
Eight of every ten Australian men aged 18 to 35 have joined the fighting services, with 963,000 having served. Canada reports 952,472 enlisted or enrolled men aged 18 to 45, about 37.9 percent of its 2,474,000 military age population, in a wartime update.
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Canberra
Forces of Australia
Canada
Wartime Information Board
Canadian Forces
Canada to Begin Short Wave Service From Sackville CBC
Ottawa reports Canada will launch a CBC short wave transmitter at Sackville New Brunswick with a test program next month. The 5 45 am to 8 15 am CST broadcast will include Canadian music news and a CBC version of the BBC newsreel, plus domestic short waves and troop broadcasts. The service aims to reach overseas listeners and provide home news and views during wartime.
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Ottawa
O Canada
Canada
World Airways
CBC
Sackville
N.B
Dominion
Europe
Maritimes
Prince Edward Island
BBC
Western Canada
C.T
Parachute Search Unit Formed by Northwest Air Command
The North West air command announces a parachute search and rescue division for the Edmonton to Whitehorse route. The para-searchers are the RC AF’s only unit of its kind, with specialized first aid training and blood plasma capability, plus portable radios and food supplies.
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Edmonton
North West
R.C.A.F
Whitehorse
V.T
North West Air Command
Wedemeyer Becomes American Commander in China
Major General Albert Wedemeyer arrived in Chungking to assume command of American forces in China after General Stilwell relinquished the post upon recall to Washington.
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Chungking
Albert Wedemeyer
China
Stilwell
Washington
Liberia Grants U S Permission for Bases
Liberia has granted the United States authority to establish and operate naval, ministry and air facilities on its territory. This move expands U S strategic reach in West Africa and signals formal cooperation between the two nations.
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Washington
Liberia
United States
A Job for All Canada Needs Three Million Purchasers
An Ottawa wartime appeal urges at least three million Canadians to buy Seventh Victory Loan bonds to fund the final blow against Germany. The message compares bond buyers to soldiers and emphasizes larger individual purchases to sustain the war effort on the home front.
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Germany
Canada
Mail bags damaged in Saint John harbor fire
Ottawa reports 245 of 13 154 overseas mail bags were damaged or destroyed aboard a ship in Saint John harbor. The breakdown lists 31 bags destroyed 20 partially destroyed by water and 19 bags damaged by water to a lesser degree.
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Ottawa
Saint John
N.B
Mulock
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L. W. Brockington
Walter S. Woods
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Mr. Woods
Department of Pensions and National Health
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Philippine Sea
Western Pacific
Robert Carney
Washington, D.C
William F. Halsey
Formosa
Tokyo
Imperial Fleet
His
Australia
S. L. Shaw
H. L. Adams
Charlottetown
Pte. R. Shea
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