Grain moving into market at a high rate
Canadian grains are absorbed into the market at about 50 million bushels per month, with a 600 million bushel disappearance projected for the crop year. George McIvor, chairman of the Canadian Wheat Board, told delegates at Saskatchewan Cooperative Producers Limited that rail movement and lakehead logistics constrain supplies, while demand may shift to the far east, India, and Europe if U.S. imports decline. The United States intake reached 100 million bushels in 1943-44, and sustaining that pace will require compensating markets elsewhere to match any drop in U.S. purchases.
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George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
Saskatchewan’ Co-operative Producers Limited
Lakehead
McIvor
United States
Europe
Convoy Attacked Off Dutch Coast by Canadian Boats
A German 3100 ton merchant vessel and a barge towed by a tug were attacked by the 29th Canadian flotilla of motor torpedo boats off the Netherlands coast on Nov 1 after dark. The fight lasted ten hours with heavy escort ships, trawlers, minesweepers and E-boats. One German merchant ship and a barge were set afire while the convoy fled. Canadian casualties were two.
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Flotila
Netherlands
Hook of Holland
Allied gains in Aegean as German shipping loses vast tonnage
The official statement says German losses in the Aegean exceed 100000 tons of shipping, leaving a weakened navy. It notes the Allies now patrol the Aegean with freedom similar to their Mediterranean operations, reflecting earlier estimates of German tonnage above 110000 tons in these waters.
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Mediterranean
Aegean Sea
Aegean
Mediter
Trans-Canada Lancaster Sets 10 Hour Atlantic Record
A Trans-Canada Airlines Lancaster piloted by Capt G B Lothian flew non stop from Montreal to Britain in 10 hours 13 minutes setting a new trans Atlantic record. The plane carried 6031 pounds of mail for Canadian armed forces overseas and 2036 pounds of priority freight with no passengers aboard.
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Montreal
Trans-Canada Airlines
Here
Britain
G. B. Lothian
South African Delegation Visits Ottawa to Discuss Trade Supplies
A five member South African delegation arrived in Ottawa to consult with the trade department on available Canadian supplies for the reconstruction period. The talks focused on assessing what goods could be obtained from Canada to support South Africa's postwar rebuilding efforts.
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Ottawa
Canada
Trade Department
Oil Strike Reported In Alberta Area
Edmonton officials announce a Devonian limestone oil strike at Princess No. 8 in southern Alberta. Four weeks output 4 824 barrels. daily 200 to 250 barrels. Imperial Oil retakes 90 000 acres. speculation of a regional oil field on a vast Devonian reservoir.
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Edmonton
Princess No. 8
Alberta
J. L. Irwin
Provincial Oil Authority
California Standard
Princess
Calgary
Saskatchewan
Imperial Oil Co
Canadian
German Casualties Over Two Million Reported In Six Months
Official Allied and German fronts report German losses from May to November totaling about 2,044,090. Eastern, western and southern fronts list Russia 790,000 and western front 1,060,090 with Italy at 194,000. Actual casualties may be higher.
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New York
Germany
Russia
Western Front
Italy
Stalin reference to Japan sparks cautious hopes in London
Premier Stalin's Moscow speech calling Japan an aggressor was welcomed in parts of London as a sign Russia might aid the Allies in the Far East once Germany falls. The remark fed speculation on a broader anti Axis alliance and future coordinated actions.
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London
Stalin
Japan
Moscow
Far East
Germany
McNaughton outlines home defence pay plan for Canada
General McNaughton announces a new program in Ottawa that routes home defence army members to receive only base pay while outside active service. Draftees nicknamed zombies lose access to extra earnings from construction, crops, mines, or woods work. An order-in-council allows active and home defence personnel not on duty to work in essential industries pending recall. Low category draftees may assist with essential projects but still lack extra pay.
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Ottawa
McNaughton
Canada
Home Defence Army
Gen. McNaughton
Civil Aviation Control Discussed For World Peace
Viscount Swinton and other delegates at the United Nations civil aviation conference urged security focused controls to prevent future air power threats. He warned that future armies may be carried by air and cited World War II transport planes as examples of military use of civilian aircraft. The discussion links aviation security to broader world peace plans including Dumbarton Oaks ideas.
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Chicago
Viscount Swinton
United Nations
A. A. Berle
Lord Swinton
Holland
Burma
Arnhem
Dumbarton Oaks
British Guiana poised to grow gum industry
Georgetown reports British Guiana is favorable for developing a profitable chewing gum industry. The Rupununi forests yield about 20,000 pounds of latex annually, a chicle substitute.
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Georgetown
British Guiana
Humberstone Leads Humberstone Corvette Officer Profile
Commanding officer Lieut-Commander Allan Boucher outlines Canada’s new Castle class corvette H M C S Humberstone. The vessel is the most up to date anti submarine ship in build for the Royal Canadian Navy as part of 16 corvettes while UK yards build 16 Algerine minesweepers for the Royal Navy.
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Allan Boucher
R.C.N.V.R
Canada
H.M.C.S. Humberstone
Halifax
Ottawa
Regina
Ketch Harbor
Humberstone
Royal Canadian Navy
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Workers Needed Ottawa War Industries Appeal
Defence Minister McNaughton urged more Canadian women to join shell filling and assembling plants to boost munitions for overseas troops. Speaking to Ottawa Legion members he praised women’s precision and urged all capable to undertake this vital work to save soldiers' lives.
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Defence
Ottawa
McNaughton
Canada
The
Canadian Legion
Three Canadian WOs Among Troopship Attack Survivors
The press release reports an allied troopship in the Pacific being attacked by a submarine that narrowly missed a torpedo. It notes three Canadian army special experts aged in their early 20s aboard, Leslie M. Harvey from Rivers Manitoba, Terry Haines of Toronto, and Dave Blackmore from Cardstone Alberta, sent to teach Australians temperamental Canadian equipment.
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Ottawa
Pacific
Defence Headquarters
New Guinea
Leslie M. Harvey
Rivers, Man
Terry Haines
Toronto
Dave Blackmore
Cardstone
Alta
Social Credit
Blackmore
Canadian broadcaster calls for national pension plan
Howard B. Chase, newly appointed CBC chairman, urged nationwide contributory pension, holidays with pay for all labor, labor representation in parliament unaffiliated with parties, and the creation of new communities in a Canadian club address in Toronto.
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Toronto
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Howard B. Chase
Canadian Club
Roosevelt wins fourth term pledging peace and UN plans
President Roosevelt has secured a decisive victory over Governor Dewey and now plans early talks with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin on Dumbarton Oaks proposals for a world security organization. The aim is to convene a United Nations conference in early 1945 to form a peacemaker league, with possible cooperation from Dewey as in WW II era bipartisanship.
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New York
Roosevelt
United States
Gov
Dewey
Churchill
Stalin
United Nations” League For Peace and Security
Wendell Willkie
Eden reports Greek port Piraeus back to work with aid
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that Piraeus has been put to work again thanks to strenuous efforts by the Royal Navy the Royal Engineers and civilians. He noted unloadings reached nearly 3000 tons daily by late October and warned on the German devastation in Allied countries as they retreat.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Piraeus
Royal Navy
Royal Engineers
Greece
Villages Burned in Dutch East Indies by Japanese
The Netherlands forces in the Far East report two villages in the Netherlands East Indies destroyed by Japan. A Sumatra village near Medan was burned with kerosene and petrol. inhabitants escaping were shot. A Java village was set afire by incendiaries and others fleeing were machine gunned.
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Netherlands East Indies
San Francisco
Lidice
Netherlands
Far East
Medan
Sumatra
Java
Alberta Sugar Beets Pay Issued at Record Level
The largest sugar beet pay on record for southern Alberta initiated by Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd for Raymond and Picture Butte plants. The per ton rate is 7.75 dollars covering 269000 tons of beets, 25 cents above last year’s初 initial payment.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Alberta
Canadian Sugar Factories Ltd
Raymond
Picture Butte
Canadian Firefighters Parade Before Return to Canada
In London the 400 strong corps of Volunteer Canadian Firefighters, who first came in 1942 to help and reportedly caused some blazes, marched for a final time to hear a formal farewell in a grateful Britain. They are soon to sail back to Canada.
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London
Britain
Canada
Baltimore Sun Tribute Highlights Canadian Forces on Front
The Baltimore Sun praises Canadian and British armies for key recent gains on the western front in Holland, honoring the fighting men from Canada in its editorial tribute.
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Baltimore
The
Baltimore Sun
Canada
Western Front
Holland
Truce Granted After Dunkirk Armistice Request
The German commander at Dunkirk requested a two hour armistice to bury dead after an earlier reconnaissance raid by Czech troops. The request was granted and the truce took effect.
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Dunkirk
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H. D. G. Crerar
Rd. W. Raczkiewicz
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Marshal Joseph Stalin
Mrs. Churchill
Air Transport Command
A.A.F
Soviet Union
A. I. Perminov
I. M. Mararov
Paul F. Berezin
N. V. Novikov
Washington
Alexander A. Avseevich
M. I. Mokonin
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