Submarine Hunters Score Two Allied Attacks in Arctic Patrol
A Wellington bomber from the Canadian Demon Squad destroyed a German submarine attempting to reach North Atlantic lanes. An RAF Liberator crew, led by FO D A Willows, attacked another U-boat 490 miles north of the Arctic circle, with the submarine sunk and 10 crewmen killed. The bomber escaped undamaged.
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London
Demon
North Atlantic
RAF
Arctic Circle
Coastal Command
FC Lorne Bateman
D.F.C
Winnipeg
Liberator
FO. D. A Willows
Regina
Churchill reshuffles cabinet roles amid housing and Middle East moves
Prime Minister Churchill assigns Duncan Sandys to housing duties and names Col. Sandys minister of works. Sir Edward Grigg becomes British minister resident in the Middle East after Lord Moyne's assassination. Lord Selborne’s economic warfare ministry is dissolved as Allies sustain the German blockade.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Duncan Sandys
Col. Sandys
Lord Portal
Edward Grigg
Middle East
Lord Moyne
Cairo
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Lord Selborne
Germany
10 Downing Street
Harold Balfour
Ottawa
West Africa
Viscount Swinton
R.A. Brabner
House of Commons
Hythe
Capt. Balfour
John Wilmot
M.P
Kennington
Ministry of Supply
England
Memorial garden proposed for Col John McCrae in Guelph
A group of businessmen and war veterans in Guelph Ontario proposed a memorial garden to Col John McCrae author of In Flanders Fields. The property has been donated and the site lies beside the cottage where McCrae was born.
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Col
John McCrea
Flanders Fields
Guelph, Ont
Guelph
Col. McCrae
Praise for Allied Advance From Eisenhower Endorses War Effort
General Eisenhower commends the First Canadian and British Second Armies for clearing the Schelde estuary andWalcheren island to open Antwerp port for Allied shipping. He lauds the navy and calls the actions gallant and splendid in this war effort.
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Eisenhower
Schelde
Antwerp
Walcheren
MANY PRISONERS LONDON
Allied armies on the western front have captured at least 691,989 prisoners since D day June 6, the equivalent of 69 German divisions. Totals by army include Fixist Canadian 95,132 British Second 4,794 French interior with British and Canadian 20,000 U S First 200,138 U S Third 117,400 U S Seventh 50,916 U S Ninth 55,670 French First 57,939.
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London
Western Front
U.S. First Army
Third Army
U.S. Seventh Army
Ninth Army
Himmler Takes Reins In Nazi Regime
Heinrich Himmler, commander in chief of the Nazi defensive forces, has assumed control in Germany for the duration of Adolf Hitler's illness, according to contemporary reports.
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Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Debate Over Driving Side in Britain Deliberated
British officials study whether to switch drivers to the right or keep the left. Indications point to no change with a government statement expected. Westminster Abbey's Poet’s Corner features a bust of Longfellow and tablets to Lowell and Walter Hines Page.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Longfellow
Lowell
Walter Hines
GIVING UP ARMS Chiefs Of Resistance Organizations In Belgium Come To Decision
Chiefs of Belgium's resistance groups agree to surrender all arms to Allied forces at a designated depot. The move follows a Belgian government order prompting protests across the country and was finalized in a meeting with Maj. Gen. George Erskine and other Supreme Allied Headquarters officials.
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Belgium
Brussels
George Erskine
Supreme Allied Headquarters Mission
Bidault Links De Gaulle Moscow Visit to European Peace
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told the consultative assembly that de Gaulle will visit Moscow, calling the trip essential to France and world peace. He said it concerns European peace and requires Soviet collaboration, rejecting a western bloc cut off from the Soviet Union. He added President Roosevelt was expected to visit Paris soon.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Consultative Assembly
Moscow
Gen. de Gaulle
France
Europe
Roosevelt
Evacuees in VAUGHT Concentration Camp Face Grim Reminders
German civilian evacuees live in a large camp once used as a Nazi slaughterhouse. About 30,000 Dutch civilians were believed killed there, and a crematory nearby claimed more than 13,000 lives. The evacuees, mostly farmers, live under a Catholic priest head appointed by a colonel who relays orders.
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Vaught
Helland
Netherlands
Germany
Soviet Breakthrough Opens Gulf of Riga to Shipping
Moscow reports a Soviet breakthrough on Oesel island near Riga and a broad offensive across Czechoslovakia and northeast Hungary. The drive aims to clear the Gulf of Riga, trap German forces, and shell the pocket around Ventspils and Liepaja. Five Hungarian towns were captured, including Verpelet near Eger, as German defenders withdraw southwest of the island.
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Moscow
Oesel
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Sworbe
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Ungvar
Tokaj
Latvia
Ventspils
Liepaja
Berlin
Verpelet
Eger
Budapest
Vest
Stalin
Vainode
RCMP Patrolling Northwest Territories and Yukon Cover Vast Distances
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police reported 245,949 miles patrolled in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in the year ending March 31. Dog teams logged 49,812 miles while the remaining travel occurred by boat airplane automobile rail and on foot totaling 566 miles.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Territories
Yukon
R.C.M.P
Allies Press West Front With Signs Of Momentum
Allied forces report steady advances on the western front with the First Canadian army leading the way. Ground gains are meaningful psychologically, as German defenses along the Siegfried line hold, and weather improvements promise better bomber operations in coming days.
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London
Eisenhower
Canada
Siegfried Line
Lower Rhine
Nijmegen
Rhine
Normandy
Germany
Reich
Low Countries
Budapest
Belfort
Meet Next Year Plans For Early Meeting Of The Big Three
Plans for an early meeting of Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin appear changed with the best prospect now for a parley early in 1945 The fate of the projected Big Three meeting before year end remains uncertain The European war’s full scale into winter and likely into spring has influenced the shift in plans.
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Washington
Messrs
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Canned Fruits and Vegetables Stocks Rise in Ottawa Area
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports higher stocks of canned fruits and vegetables held by canners wholesalers and chain store warehouses as of October 1 compared with a year earlier.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
Dwight Eisenhower
Himmler
Pan-Am
Pan-American World Airways
Monty
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Mounted Police
Halifax
Dominion
Arepa
Tactical Air Force
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