Premiers Urged to Weigh Sirois Report for Dominion Plans
Prime Minister Mackenzie King calls for a January Dominion provincial conference to consider implementing the Rowell Sirois Commission's recommendations. He says adoption would boost wartime effort and lay a foundation for postwar reconstruction, sending letters to all provincial premiers. The note recalls 1937 origins and the need for coordinated relief and national policy.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Commission
King
Royal Commission On Dominion Provincial Relations
Government of Canada
Rowell-Sirois Commission
Union Now Movement in Canada Seeks Private Support
Oakville author and acting secretary Gregory Goldwin of the provisional organizing committee says a permanent Union Now organization in Canada hinges on voluntary financial backing. The Streit plan for a federal democracy union was launched nationally with a organizing meeting and provisional committee gathering.
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Toronto
Goldwin Gregory
Oakville
Ont
Canada
Dominion
Union Now
Clarence K. Streit
New York
Orders Rescinded on Compulsory Departure from Hong Kong
London instructed that compulsory departure for British women and children from Hong Kong has been rescinded. Officials said those remaining would not be compelled to leave, a move viewed as easing Pacific crisis anxieties.
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Hong Kong
London
Pacific
Canadian craftsmen boost wartime precision gauges program
Munitions Minister Howe lauds Canadian gauges makers in four shops turning out 110,000 inch precision tools for guns shells tanks and aircraft. He notes 4,000 types now produced and praises trainee workers. CPR offers McGill scholarships for under 21 employees and dependents under its education program.
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Ottawa
Dominions
Howe
Mr. Howe
Canada
Montreal
McGill University
CPR
D C. Coleman
Raiway
Ottawa War Services calls eligible single men for training
Ottawa says physically fit single men aged 21 and 22 who did not receive training calls should notify their divisional registrars. Faulty cards or address changes may explain gaps. New rules require reporting address changes to Ottawa and divisional registrars. All 21 and 22 year olds and some 23 year olds have been called. Recruits seeking medical postponement have eight days to apply to their divisional registrar.
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Ottawa
War Services Department
Dominion Statistician
Bronx cheer noise bomb proposed as reprisal
An anonymous British inventor proposes a Bronx cheer style noise bomb to counter Hitler’s screamers. He suggests attaching rubber vibrators used to produce uncouth sounds to bombs to create a 5,000 foot rasp berry, signaling Britain's utter contempt for Nazi raids.
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London
Britain
Feeding Londoners Above Ground Sparks Troglodyte Fear
Violet Markham, deputy chairman of the London assistance board, argued that the only way to end an underground life for some Londoners was daylight meals above ground. The chairman supported bringing people up to eat or risk becoming timid trogloytes afraid of sun and sky, following new feeding facilities in underground tubes for nightly occupants.
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London
Violet Markham
London Assistance Board
Sky
Italy Loses One Quarter Of Submarine Fleet
The BBC said Italy has lost 29 submarines since entering the war, about a quarter of her underwater strength. The figure includes two subs sunk recently, with Jane’s Fighting Ships listing 104 Italian submarines as of September 1939. No authoritative post entry figure is provided.
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New York
Italy
British Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Admiralty
Jane's
British Press Pays Tribute to Roosevelt After Re election
London papers laud Franklin D. Roosevelt for a third term win. The Daily Mail says he ranks with Washington and Lincoln, aids Britain with war supplies, and may tackle financial problems. The News Chronicle praises his defense of free men and calls for continued effort to defeat tyranny.
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London
The
Daily Mail
Roosevelt
Washington
Lincoln
Hitler
Mussolini
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Britain
News Chronicle
Manitoba Legislature Set to Open November 18
Premier John Bracken announced the Manitoba legislature will meet in regular session November 18. Observers expect mostly minor amendments to existing laws with a post session election date likely to be announced.
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Winnipeg
John Bracken
Manitoba
Bracken
Plan for youth training in democracy endorsed
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation executive endorsed a federal backed plan proposed by Miss Evelyn McDonald of Bloor Collegiate Toronto. The program would be run through provincial education departments in every secondary school to teach duties and privileges of Canadian citizenship and war issues for maximum contribution to victory.
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Toronto
Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
Evelyn McDonald
Bloor Collegiate
Dominion
Teachers’ Federation
Monkeys Arrive in Toronto Zoo During War Time
Three chimpanzees from London Zoological Gardens arrive at Riverdale zoo to join four existing chimps. Toronto now has the most chimpanzees of any continental city zoo.
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Toronto
Zoological Gardens
London
England
Riverdale Zoo
Toronto Zoo
Dentists Set Western Canada Biennial Convention
The Western Canada Dental Society will hold its biennial convention in Edmonton next June. President Dr J M Dixon of Calgary announced after an executive meeting. First Vice President Dr P W Winthrope of Saskatoon and Second Vice President Dr K M Johnson of Winnipeg attended.
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Edmonton
Western Canada Dental Society
J. M. Dixon
Calgary
P. W. Winthrope
Saskatoon
K. M. Johnson
Winnipeg
Western Canadians Receive Humane Society Certificates
Eight individuals from western Canada are cited for heroic acts by the Royal Canadian Humane Association. Rescues include John Kondrosky from the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton on February 2, 1939, Dorothy Daniels in the Saskatchewan River at Saskatoon on March 7, 1940, and Frederick MacPherson at Thetis Lake B C on August 13, 1939, among others in British Columbia and Alberta.
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Hamilton
Ont
Western Canada
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Nei Graden
William Szerban
Edmonton
John Kondrosky
North Saskatchewan River
Arthur Parker
Saskatoon
Dorothy Daniels
Saskatchewan River
Sheila Chambers
Alfred Savage
Victoria
Frederick MacPherson
Thetis Lake
B.C
John Houston
Naksup
Louis Gensick
Naksup Hot Springs
A. R. Clement
Gordon Lindsay Mason
Courtenay
A. E. Jeffrey
Comox Bay
Refresher Courses Set for WWI Officers in Canada
Veteran officer pilots from the First World War will start refresher courses on November 11 at elementary flying schools in Edmonton and Regina under the British Commonwealth air training plan. After training they join the Royal Canadian Air Force as commissioned pilots assigned to staff duties.
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Ottawa
British Commonwealth Air Training Plan
Edmonton
Regina
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States to Expand Aid to Britain and Pacific Defense
Washington reports expanded U S aid plans for Britain as Cordell Hull calls for post election unity to carry Roosevelt policies. Churchill seeks more naval reinforcements and potential release of American destroyers while Anglo American talks on Pacific defense gain momentum. China aid through loans and planes is anticipated.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Cordell Hull
Roosevelt
Hull
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Winston Churchill
Royal Navy
Britain
Hemisphere
Marquess of Lothian
London
Lord Lothian
Pacific
Japan
Germany
Italy
Netherlands East Indies
Singapore
China
Royal Air Force Targets German Skyways in Winter Plan
London reports Britain intends to reserve liberty on Rome while ramping up RAF counter attacks this winter. Air observers call for control of German skyways and a bomb blockade of heavy industry as Berlin outskirts, Spandau plants, and a northwest railway junction are struck.
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R. A. Butler
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
Berlin
Germany
Spandau
Ministry
Butler
Rome
House of Commons
Italy
London
Britain
the Aeroplane
Will Act If Necessary in Rome Strike Warns RAF Leader
London Sir Philip Joubert warned on BBC Britain Speaks that the Royal Air Force may attack Rome if required. The air marshal said such action would be an act of vandalism but could be necessary, noting Rome has been ruined by invaders before. He added fear of Italian retaliation helped deter attacks on London.
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London
Philip Joubert
Royal Air Force
Rome
Philip
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
Sir Philip
Trans-Canada Air Lines Winnipeg September traffic gains
Trans-Canada Air Lines carried 6 337 passengers in September up 3 820 from 1939 but 724 below August due to month length and vacation travel. Mail loads reached 86 049 pounds, more than the prior month and double the 1939 volume. express rose to 12 776 pounds.
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Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Airjr
Air Line
Nehru and Bhave Receive Prison Terms for Antiwar Speeches
In Gorakhpur India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Vinoba Bhave faced prison sentences under Gandhi's nationalist plan of limited civil disobedience. Nehru received four years of rigorous imprisonment while Bhave was jailed for three months.
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Gorakhpur
India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Manhandas K. Gandhi
Vinoba Bhave
Unofficial Reports Hint at Soviet Troop Drawdown at Turkish Frontier
Reports claim Soviet Russia may withdraw some troops from the Turkish Caucasian frontier as a gesture of friendship with Turkey. Sources also suggest Moscow and Ankara could soon begin talks on a new trade agreement.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Russia
Moscow
Ankara
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Willkie
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U.S. Defence Board
A. A. L. Cuffe
Air Staff
L. W. Murray
Kenneth Stuart, Dso
General Staff
Humane Secciety
Air Force
Tyers
Ralf
Trans-Canada Air Lines
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