Final Rout Of Axis Forces In East Expected
London newspapers lauded Allied advances in North Africa with editorials predicting a final rout of Rommel. Praises ranged from a victory cheer to cautions that the enemy remains dangerous, noting Rommel’s persistence and the long road to Tripoli.
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London
England
London Star
Standard
London Evening News
Rommel
Tripoli
The
Star
Cardiff Western Mail
Manchester Guardian
Guardian
Erwin Rommel
North Africa
Women Supervisors Classes Open Across Western Canada
Mrs. Ethel Colwell leads training for women personnel supervisors in Winnipeg and Vancouver after starting in Toronto. The program aims to place one supervisor for every two hundred women in aviation plants with courses covering policy interpretation, welfare, nutrition, first aid, safety and factory wear.
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Winnipeg
Edmonton
Moose Jaw
Vancouver
Ethel Colwell
Toronto
Ontario
West
Colwell
Western Canada
Selective Service
Canadian Facts
Canada
P. Page
Calgary
Alta
Jean Reid
Helene Landon
Ottawa Christmas tree deliveries eased by rail permit
A joint statement by the prices board the industries control board and the transport department announces expanded rail distribution of Christmas trees. Transport Controller Lockwood permits shipment by rail through November 15 after which permits will be required from timber age authorities.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Industries Control Board
Transport Department
Lockwood
Calgary appoints Kemp to Alberta conservation board
Calgary native Millard Duncan Kemp is named a permanent member of Alberta's petroleum and natural gas conservation board. The item notes the appointment as official government action in the province.
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Calgary
Millard Duncan Kemp
The
Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board of Alberta
King’s Message Awards Medals With Allied Victory Praise
The King sent a message to Gen Sir Harold Alexander praising the Axis defeat by the Sth army with RAF and Royal Navy support. He thanks Air Marshal Tedder General Montgomery Air Vice Marshal Coningham and all ranks for their far reaching success and expresses imperial pride. Fourteen Canadian Army men receive Belgian military decorations in Ottawa for aid to Belgian forces. ten receive them personally from Baron Silvercrovs. Croix Militaire Belge awarded to twelve officers and one warrant officer and one non commissioned officer receive Militaire Belge.
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Sth
RAF
Royal Navy
Tedder
General Montgomery
Coningham
Ottawa
Baron Silvercrovs
Canada
Our Airmen Play Important Part In Desert War
Canadians flying in fighters bombers and torpedo planes play a prominent role in the Middle East operations that beat Axis airpower in the desert and forced Rommell into retreat. The RCAF release from Cairo names flyers and ground crews including Manning Curphey and Taylor who individually earned praise for torpedoing a tanker and destroying an Italian fighter.
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London
Middle East
Rommell
R.C.A.F
Remmell
PO. R. V. Manning
Vancouver
Sgt. K. B. Taylor
Preeceville
Sask
PO. L. H. Curphey
Ottawa
el Alamein
Harvest Labor Sends 4500 Help for Saskatchewan Crops
The Saskatchewan Harvest Labor committee secretary reports that sending 4500 Ontario and Quebec students and farmers to Saskatchewan and Alberta harvests was a national success. A letter to the labor department says millions of acres were threshed thanks to this help and the government’s cost was small compared to crop value. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Saskatchewan Harvest Labor Committee
Ontario
Quebec
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Seven Soviet Factory Heads Sentenced Over Labor Shortfalls
Moscow reports seven factory department heads were sentenced to prison terms from one to six years for failing to refer absent or tardy workers to trial and for inefficiency in feeding and housing laborers.
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Moscow
Canadian Poet Bliss Carman Letters to King’s College Library
More than 50 letters by Canadian poet Bliss Carman have been presented to the library at King's College Halifax. The collection highlights Carman's literary correspondence and connection to the institution.
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Halifax
Bliss Carman
King’s College Library
Regent Crown Prince Frederick Acts Regent for Denmark
Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark has assumed regent duties during King Christian’s illness, with Crown Princess Ingrid by his side. The couple was photographed during a U.S. and Canadian tour, and Ingrid is connected to royal families including Sweden and the late Duke of Connaught.
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Frederick
Denmark
Ingrid
Christian
U.S
Canadian
Duke of Connaught
Sharp Decrease in Butter Stocks in Canada
Canadian butter stocks fell sharply on November 1 compared with October 1 and November 1 of 1941. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics data show 26,622,172 pounds stored in nine cities, down from 33,131,282 on October 1 and 43,794,920 on November 1, 1941. Prices board administrator J. Gordon Taggart said rationing remains unlikely and the board limited storage to 75 percent of last year's November level by November 30.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
J. Gordon Taggart
The
Prices Board
Canada
Canada Year Book may cover 1943 and 1944 in one issue
Ottawa officials consider combining the Canada Year Book for two years to save costs. The 1943 1944 issue would be the first double edition since 1934 35. The annual cost is about 25000 dollars, offset by sales reducing the outlay by several thousand dollars.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Tolstoi Named to Soviet Crimes Commission
Moscow announces a special Soviet commission to compile a record of the crimes of the German Fascist invaders and their accomplices. Among the members is author Alexei Tolstoi.
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Moscow
Alexei Tolstoi
Convoy Unit May Be Used on Alaska Highway
Edmonton Ottawa discuss forming a specialized RCAF convoy unit to run along the new Alaska highway carrying supplies to bases in the north. Wing Commander Farrell notes future convoys would speed deliveries and aid Alberta British Columbia and Yukon bases. The first army convoy of 60 four ton trucks heads toward Whitehorse with a medical staff and on board repairs.
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Edmonton
Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Alaska
R.caf
Con” Farrell
Edmonton- Whitehorse
Farrell
Alberta
British Columbia
Yukon
Wilderness
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Sloan
Route Planners Face Winter Prep Stops at RC AF Stations
GIS fines $1207 as crews plan to stop at RC AF stations along the route to leave supplies and equipment for winter operations. Drivers aim for good time but expect possible delays from weather and bad roads. exact arrival time not disclosed.
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R.C.A.F
Price Board Studies Curbing of Industries
Montreal reports R F Chisholm outlines a British style profit pooling approach as the price board studies industry curtailment. He denies a secret list of non essential sectors and says curtailment will be discussed with affected industries and administrators before any drastic moves. He argues advertising and selling cannot be universally eliminated.
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Montreal
Prices Board
R. F. Chisholm
Car wheels stolen after garage break in
In Wilfrid Cantin's Quebec garage thieves took four wheels from his car in addition to tires. The incident shows a broader theft spree targeting vehicles in the area. Local authorities investigate the break in for leads and suspect pattern in similar recent thefts.
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Quebec
Wilfrid Cantin
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United States
Nevada
Eastern Command
Harold Alexander
RCAF
Cairo
Egypt
United States Army Air Forces
Desert
Axis General
Issue of Canada
Midland
Engi
Alcomple
Gis
Would
Price Board
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