Smuts Praises British Empire Life as World Example
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts told the Royal Empire Society in London that the British Empire life provides a model for world peace. He predicted a 1944 grand assault on Europe, pledged total war effort, and warned of postwar disruption but urged unity and common outlook as a guiding light.
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London
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
British Empire
Royal Empire Society
Britain
London Guildhall
Europe
Smuts
Churchill
Commonwealth
Take New Course Women Officers Of RCAF Learning To Interpret Air Photographs
Ottawa reports nine officers of the RCAF Women's Division who arrived overseas are taking a highly secret course as photographic interpreters. It marks the first time Canadian women are chosen for the program, joining British colleagues in interpreting German and occupied Europe air photographs. Qualified operators need extensive knowledge of enemy territory, armed forces, communications, and industry, plus map reading and camouflaged land marking interpretation.
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Ottawa
R.caf
Air Force
Industry Survey to Secure Postwar Employment
London report notes J Gray Turgeon calls for immediate Canadian industry survey to plan peacetime conversion. He warns the future of capitalism and initiative depends on maintaining employment after the war and says the nation must act now.
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London
J. Gray Turgeon
Cariboo
House of Commons
Turgeon
Canadian Club
Change in Law for Compulsory Collective Bargaining
Halifax report states Minister Currie says Canada will require collective bargaining in war industries by federal enactment soon. Provinces without laws will have them drafted after Ottawa talks with Dominion and provincial labor representatives.
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Halifax
D. Currie
Nova Scotia
Mines and Labor
Canada
Currie
Ottawa
Dominion
Grenoble attack reported by Swiss paper
Despatches from Grenoble France to La Suisse claim Grenoble residents attacked a German arsenal killing 10 Nazi soldiers and blowing up a powder magazine. Fifteen Frenchmen were reported killed.
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Berne
Grenoble
France
la Suisse
Japanese Dawn Attack Claims Sink Allied Fleet
Tokyo radio claimed a dawn strike south of Bougainville sank a large Allied carrier two medium carriers three cruisers and a large warship not named. The report names no corroborating sources and emphasizes Japanese success in the Bougainville area.
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London
Tokyo
Bougainville
Canada to export dairy and supplies for UN relief program
Ottawa expected to contribute to the United Nations relief and rehabilitation program outlined in Atlantic City. Canada likely to provide dairy products and possibly clothing and livestock, with an estimated cost around 90 thousand dollars. Contributions may be in cash or in kind, focusing on butter cheese eggs condensed milk and dehydrated foods.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Nations
Atlantic City
UNRRA
Dominion
Europe
War criminals list broadcast from London
Nine German officials suspected of Prague massacre were named in a Czecho Slovak transmission from London on November 17, 1939. The list topped by Baron Konstantin Neurath and included deputy director Karl Hermann Frank and several Gestapo officials.
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London
Prague
Baron Konstantin Neurath
Bohemia Moravia
Karl Hermann Frank
Gestapo
Plan Finishing Campaign For War In Europe
Allied leaders reportedly finalized plans for a northwest Europe invasion with a grand offensive to surpass prior efforts. Preparations accelerate in Britain and elsewhere as forces are allocated and trained. Lt Gen Devers cites a master plan that could trigger the greatest military undertaking. Moscow talks influence Allied intentions amid rumors of upcoming decisive action.
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London
Europe
Germany
Britain
England
Jacob L. Devers
United States Army
Moscow
Churchill names Lumsden as rep to MacArthur in Pacific
Britain assigns Lieut General Sir Herbert Lumsden as Churchill’s special representative to General Douglas MacArthur in the southwest Pacific. A wartime conference with Roosevelt and Stalin may be held soon to finalize 1944 offensive plans and align Allied staffs for coordinated operations.
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Sir Herbert Lumsden
Winston Churchill
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Europe
London reveals anti torpedo defence for tankers
The ministry of shipping described a simple secret defence weapon using compressed air fitted along tanker length. When torpedoed, air at set pressure blocks water inflow in damaged compartments, allowing a 12 000 ton tanker carrying benzine and kerosene to travel 900 miles to port and then 11 000 miles to the United States for repairs, saving gasoline and oil supplies.
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London
Ministry of Shipping
United States
Canada Could Support 40 to 50 Million Population, Expert Says
Dr. Griffith Taylor of the University of Toronto told the Herald Tribune forum that industrial expansion fueled by fuel and metal resources will drive settlement of vast sparsely populated regions. He predicted Canada may reach 40 to 50 million people as its unpopulated areas saturate, citing Alberta coal and tar sands as major resources, and noted drainage needs require large government investment.
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New York
Griffith Taylor
University of Toronto
Herald Tribune
Australia
Canada
Taylor
Alberta
McMurray
Mussolini Regime Fines Milan and Doubles Hostages
Radio Sardinia reports the Nazi-controlled Mussolini regime fines Milan 100000000 lire and doubles the number of hostages seized from 1000 to 2000 to deter civilian violence against the army.
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New York
Milan
Radio
Sardinia
Better Roads Plan Urged For Post War Work
After a two day conference of provincial highway ministers and officials a resolution urged the Dominion government to fund a cross Canada highway program as a permanent national policy. It asked federal aid for post war road construction over at least five years and noted benefits for war veterans and war industry workers. Hon A T Proctor said road programs are the most comprehensive yet and action is ready when reconstruction begins. He warned years of standstill and deterioration from inadequate maintenance have affected many areas.
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Calgary
Canadian Good Roads Association
A. T. Proctor
Saskatchewan
Procter
Canada
Churchill orders censorship of Sth Army News articles
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered censorship of pieces in the Sth Army News in Italy after it criticized actress Gracie Fields for not extending her Mediterranean concert tour. The move aimed to shield Fields from troop-targeted criticism and also disapproved other Italy related items.
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London
Daily Mail
Algiers
Churchill
Sth
Italy
Gracie Fields
Mediterranean
Miss Fields
Repatriation Ship Gripsholm Heads for New York in December
The Gripsholm left Rio de Janeiro on November 16 returning Americans Canadians and other western hemisphere nationals from Japanese internment camps. The ship is expected to arrive in New York on December 2 after delivering 1 502 citizens who had endured eight to 21 months internment.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Gripsholm
Western Hemisphere
New York
Americas
Quisling Intensifies Security After Life Threats
Vidkun Quisling, Norway’s puppet premier, orders daily searches of servants and chauffeurs and travels with a guard beside the driver after rising fears of an assassination attempt. The report cites Stockholm Tidningen via the Office of War Information. The note also mentions Britain’s steel production capacity at about 20.6 million net tons annually.
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Norway
New York
Vidkun Quisling
Stockholm Tidningen
Office of War Information
British Empire
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South Pacific
R.C.A.F
L. S. Breadner
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D.S.C
Air Staff
Robert Leckie
D.F.C
Breadner
RCAF
Leckie
Montreal
Avro-York
Roy Chadwick
Dominion-Provincial
Mitchell
A. MacNamara
Paul Martin
Hum
MacTague
Chrey Mitchell
Sth Army News
Trip
Quisling
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