Canada to Launch Third War Loan Campaign Next Summer
Ottawa plans a large national drive patterned on World War I Victory loans. Finance Minister Tisley urged broader public sacrifice to fund wartime needs, noting tax increases and borrowing as essential while warning against excessive optimism about victory. He said Canadians must curb civilian spending and redirect income to the treasury to support war production and full employment.
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Ottawa
Canada
Joan
Tisley
Italy’s Greek Campaign Questioned by Red Star
The Red Star newspaper cited by the BBC says Italy cannot claim quick success in Greece. It notes Italian command errors and British and Greek bombers affecting operations. Despite setbacks, the paper warns against overestimating Greek gains and suggests Italians may launch a new offensive.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Red Star
Greece
B.B.C
BBC
Hender son recalls Munich crisis lack of aircraft
Sir Nevile Henderson, former British ambassador to Germany, told Ipswich audiences that on Sept 28 1938 the Munich crisis peaked without sufficient air power. He said Britain had only one or two experimental Hurricanes and seven anti aircraft guns for London’s defense out of an estimated 400 needed.
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Ipswich
Eng
Nevile Henderson
Germany
Neville Chamberlain
Lordon
Educationalists Meet Ottawa Conference on Canadian Citizenship
Educational authorities from all provinces except Alberta gathered in Ottawa to discuss a Dominion wide campaign. They aim to coordinate press radio motion pictures religion and education to raise Canadian nationality awareness. C H Blakeny called the meeting to form a national body to study trends and emphasize citizenship. McArthur urged concrete direction and active participation to foster good citizens.
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Ottawa
Alberta
C. H. Blakeny
New Brunswick
Duncan McArthur
Ontario
William Allen White Urges End to U S Neutrality With Germany
William Allen White, head of the committee to defend America by aiding the allies, denounced United States false neutrality with Germany at the Union League club. He said the US must take sides, urging a congressional joint resolution to cancel neutrality laws and allow aid to Great Britain.
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New York
William Allen White
Committee To
America
United States
Germany
Union League Club
Great Britain
Wheat Outlook Study Launched By Wheat Board
The Canadian wheat board advisory committee forms a sub committee to study 1941 wheat production problems. D G McKenzie of Winnipeg named chairman. The group will examine plans to meet acreage and related issues for the coming season.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
D. G. McKenzie
McKenze
Canadian First Division Over The Top Spitfire Fund
The Canadian First Division raised 22 250 dollars for the Spitfire fund with voluntary contributions by officers and men and will present the sum to Lord Beaverbrook. A large bottle marked A Blitz Against Fritz stood in the divisional HQ lobby as passers by tossed in coins.
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England
Lord Beaverbrook
Underground Hangars Planned at Bases Entered From Britain
The United States War Department has drawn tentative plans to install underground airplane hangars at military bases recently leased from the British government in exchange for 50 destroyers.
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Washington
United States War Department
British Columbia Tops Ottawa War Savings Sales Five Months
War savings certificates totalled 26 091 680 dollars from June 1 to October 31 with Ontario leading in dollar volume at 10 777 715. British Columbia topped per capita sales at 3 71 dollars. Provinces list: Prince Edward Island 132 220 1 35, Nova Scotia 1 313 080 2 31, New Brunswick 825 600 1 82, Quebec 4 583 785 1 43, Ontario 10 777 715 2 83, Manitoba 2 018 495 2 17, Saskatchewan 1 690 905 1 71, Alberta 1 766 385 2 16, British Columbia 2 950 785 3 75.
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Ottawa
War Savings Committee
British Columbia
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada Moves Toward War Time Ship Production Peak
Ottawa reports completion of contracts to build 18 large merchant vessels for Britain in Canadian yards on the St Lawrence and Pacific coast. A wartime requirements board is created led by H R MacMillan to prioritize war needs. Canada expects substantial tank production early 1941 and shell output rising to 2,000,000 monthly as government investment tops 255 million dollars and orders total 849 million.
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Ottawa
Canada
Howe
House of Commons
St. Lawrence River
Pacific Coast
Mr. Howe
H. R. MacMillan
Vancouver
Canada to Push Wartime Production and Employment
Chief of General Staff Howe warned that productive capacity is near its practical limit and future projects must be in select areas with surplus power and labor. He noted secrecy on munitions figures, praised government plans, and cited skilled workers and production teams in the US and UK. Women entering wartime industry are expanding. eight months will bring rapid expansion and morale testing as Canada maximal war material output nears.
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United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Desert Fighting Cairo and RAF Attacks Reach New Fronts
Britain reports air combat across Greece and Albania with RAF fighting in the skies as Australian planes enter their first air engagement in Egypt’s western desert. A Bari raid by long range bombers hit the jetty and sparked fires, while a fast moving RAF unit that arrived November 18 flew into battle the next day and shot down eight Italian biplanes.
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Cairo
Britain
Greece
Albania
Royal Air Force
Egypt
West Desert
Bari
R.A.F
Winnipeg Man Appointed Associate Deputy Minister of Labor
Arthur MacNamara of Winnipeg has been named associate deputy minister of labor by Norman McLarty. He formerly led the Manitoba public works and labor unit and came to Ottawa on loan to National Defence as chair of the dependents' allowance board. He will work with Dr Bryce M Stewart who takes on the role for the war period.
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Winnipeg
Ottawa
Arthur MacNamara
Norman McLarty
MacNamara
Manitoba
Department of National Defence
Dependents’ Allowance Board
Bryce M. Stewart
Labor
London lecturer says Nazi invasion of Britain delayed not cancelled
Dr. Thomas Greenwood of the University of London told reporters the Nazi invasion of Britain has not been cancelled and suggested it has merely been delayed, in a Toronto interview.
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Toronto
Thomas Greenwood
The
University of London
Britain
United States Opens Bomber Exports for Britain
General Marshall announced release to Britain of Sperry bomb sights and negotiations to sell 20 B 17C Flying Fortresses. Twenty six four engined B 24 bombers are to Britain with Norden sights kept secret. first B 24 delivered November 16 from San Diego.
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Washington
United States Army
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
George C. Marshall
Army
United States
Britain
R.A.F
America
Sperry
Marshall
Consolidated Aircraft Company
San Diego
Calif
Army High Command
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
Seattle
Wash
Gen. Marshall
British Isles
Germany
Greek Success Strikes Blow At Italian Prestige
London reports that Greece’s resistance in the Italo-Greek war has damaged Italian prestige more than Greek resolve. With Britain's hold in the Mediterranean deepened by new bases on Greek soil, Mussolini faces a stalled offensive while German plans in the east appear delayed. Observers see potential shifts in axis strategy, Spain wary of belligerency, and the Mediterranean front shaping broader war dynamics.
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London
Mussolini
Greece
Britain
Egypt
Berlin
East
Turkey
Mediterranean
Spain
Suez Canal
Gibraltar
Italy
Ilduce
Hitler
Germany
Bulgaria
Italy Faces Private Shipyard Repair For Fleet
The BBC reported that the Italian fleet at Taranto is crippled and repairs must be done in private shipyards rather than naval yards. Italy relies on private firms for warship construction, risking moving a battleship to Trieste or another port with a private yard, which would pose hazards.
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London
Taranto
British Broadcasting Corporation
BBC
Italy
Trieste
Churchill Declines Early War Aims Declaration
In Parliament Prime Minister Churchill declined to present official war aims, stating the time has not come for a formal declaration of Britain's objectives, though Britain pursues a new and better European order.
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London
Churchill
Great Britain
Europe
House of Commons
Raids by Royal Canadian Mounted Police Target Montreal Communists
Mounties conducted raids in east Montreal and detained several individuals suspected of communist activity. A quantity of literature was seized during the operations.
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Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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