Canada to Build Short Wave Radio Station in Quebec
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation announced plans for a new short wave station at Quebec to broadcast Canada’s voice abroad. The $6 600 facility will start with 7 kilowatts and can be expanded to 50 kilowatts. officials note a larger unit may follow after evaluating postwar use and costs.
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Arta
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Quebec
C. P Beaubien
Con
Senate
C B.C
Beaubien
Heroic Exploit Honored in London Time Bomb Rescue
A tablet commemorating Lieut. Robert Davies and his Royal Engineers team for removing a four timing device that threatened St Pauls Cathedral will be placed near the impact site after the war. Church leaders and the Order of St Michael and St George praise Davies and colleagues for saving the Wren masterpiece and the order chapel, with hopes to commemorate all who served. Davies, once of St Catharines Ontario, led the bomb disposal unit extracting bombs dropped by German aircraft.
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London
Robert Davies
St. Paul's Cathedral
Dean W. R. Matthews
Michael Furse
St. Albans
Order of St. Michael and St. George
Marquess of
Davies
St. Catharines, Ont
Royal Engineers
A Hard Worker London
At the first air raid alarm Prime Minister Churchill grabs a tin hat and rushes to a roof to watch the barrage. His friends worry yet say he is in peak health and can sustain 19 hour workdays with total concentration and instant decision making, sleeping anywhere anytime.
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London
Churchill
National court martial for traitors to France announced
The Petain Laval cabinet reports a national court martial to judge traitors in France who correspond with Gen. Charles De Gaulle. A communique says De Gaulle has many partisans in France who misread the meaning of patriotism.
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Vichy
Petain-Laval
France
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
de Gaulle
British Children Reach Coast Vancouver Evacuees
A group of 39 English boys and girls arrived under the British government evacuation scheme and were taken to the provincial government's guest house. They will be placed with friends or relatives later.
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Vancouver
Letters Describe Hidden World Of Occupied Belgium And Poland
Ottawa reports reveal a scarce flow of information from Belgium and Poland under Nazi occupation. Belgian details show King Leopold imprisoned, Brussels under German control, with limited ministers and postal news via Lisbon. Polish diplomats face even sharper isolation and meager family updates.
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Ottawa
Canada
Poland
Holland
Belgium
Leopold
Royal Palace
Brussels
Lisbon
London
Joint Defence Board marks milestone in US Canada ties
In Ottawa the Ogdensburg declaration and a Canadian American joint defence board launch signal closer relations. US envoy Jay Moffat says it is not a treaty but a mechanism to study shared defence issues. He argues it reflects popular will and neighborly consultation, with Roosevelt and Mackenzie King embodying the North American ideal.
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Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
United States
Canada
German quota bread rations differ for Poles and Germans
British sources report new quotas in Germany and occupied Europe set bread rations at 60 ounces weekly for each person in Germany versus 35 for Poles, 44 in Bohemia Moravia, 56 in Belgium, 70 in occupied France, and 71 in Holland, according to Broomhall's grain news from Liverpool.
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New York
Germany
Europe
Broomhall
Corn Trade News
International Grain Authority
Liverpool
Poland
Bohemia-Moravia
Belgium
France
Holland
Netherland Troops to Leave Canada for March England Service
The first battalion of naturalized young Netherlanders in Canada and the U S will depart for active service in England in March. Col Gijebertus, former military attaché in Berlin, gave the statement. Col Sas, heading a Canadian mission, said plans call for raising several battalions of 400 to 500 men each.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
England
Gijebertus
Holland
Berlin
Sas
Permit Not Renewed for Duranty in Bucharest
Romania's foreign office said Walter Duranty will not have his permit renewed to stay, citing a government aim to reduce non permanent resident foreigners regardless of occupation or nationality. The move follows a protest by the United States legation against expulsion orders.
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Bucharest
Romania
Walter Duranty
Foreign Office
United States Legation
Duranty
Newspapr Alliance
Empire Air plan praised by Air Marshal Bishop in wartime visit
London reporters heard Air Marshal Bishop of the Royal Canadian Air Force say the Empire Air training scheme is months ahead of schedule and a key factor in the air war. He noted British civilians’ resilience, praised rapid expansion toward a university style program, and cited many Americans seeking to enlist.
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London
Air Marshall
A. Bshop
V.C
Royal Canadian Air Force
Schede
Canada House
Air Ministry
Marshal Bishop
Royal Air Force
Sorel Industries appoints W Barnacal as General Manager
Production Engineer of Muni tions and Supply W Barnacal, a former Royal Field Artillery and Intelligence Service officer, is named General Manager of Sorel Industries Limited. He notes Empire air crew plans and expects to learn fighter tactics from the current airmen.
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W. Barnacal
MELC
Department of Munitions and Supply
Sorel Industries Limited
Mr. Barnacal
France
Royal Field Artillery
Intelligence Service
Manitoba Bridge and Iron Works
London War Expenditures Soar Beyond Revenue
Treasury reports show British government spending last week nearly six times revenue. Expenditures from April first total about 6.101 billion dollars in the current financial year, while last week's outlay reached 248.660 million against 47.626 million in revenue.
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London
Treasury
New Zealand to Send 1465 Air Crewmembers to Britain and Canada
Prime Minister Peter Fraser announced that by year end 1940 New Zealand will dispatch 1,465 air personnel including pilots observers and gunners to Britain and Canada. At peak the program would supply 900 trained pilots and 800 technical personnel annually.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Britain
Canada
Fraser
Canadian destroyer visits Newfoundland coast
Canadian sailors lower a boat as their destroyer drops anchor off a rugged Newfoundland coast during joint operations with the Army. Royal Canadian Navy ships frequently visit the Atlantic outpost, an official photograph passed by censor.
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Newfoundland
Army
Royal Canadian Navy
Atlantic
Gifts of Planes to the Royal Canadian Air Force
Four privately owned airplanes were donated to the Royal Canadian Air Force since the war began. J. P. Bickle of Toronto gave a Grumman amphibian twin engine plane, followed by J. D D. Eaton from Toronto offering a twin engine Beachcraft. Two American offers, not yet delivered, came from Robert Williams of Buffalo and Dewitt Wallace of New York.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
J. P. Bickle
Toronto
Grumman
Air Force
J. D D. Eaton
R.C.A.F
Robert Williams
Buffalo
N.Y
Dewitt Wallace
New York
New Measures Planned to Defeat Bombers in Night Raids
London reports scientists and military experts laboring on countermeasures against Goering’s bombers. Three rumored weapons include sky traps, a cable web shell, and a wide-area explosive shell. Air defenses rely on fighters, anti-aircraft barrages, and improved night interception challenges.
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London
Goering
Royal Air Force
Briain
Germany
Britain
Evacuation of London Mothers and Children Organized
The British government plans voluntary evacuation from the most damaged areas of London. Mothers and children who apply will be moved to the country as 464,000 children are reported already removed from the metropolis.
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London
Meyers
German for Servicemen pocket guide issued in Ottawa
The 93 page pocket guide German for Servicemen has been supplied to Canadian soldiers by Canadian Legion War Services and the Canadian Association for Adult Education. Officials say German language knowledge would aid in addressing enemy forces.
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Ottawa
Canadian Legion War Services
Canadian Association For Adult Education
Wheat quotas give increased aid to farmers
Ottawa reports easing storage pressures as elevator space tightness improves. Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner says by December 1 total farm deliveries will reach at least 10 bushels per acre, with some areas at 15. General quotas may rise by two more bushels as mills shift toward flour.
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Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
Acre
Gardiner
Encouraging Words From Air Marshal Bishop to Britain
Air Marshal W A Bishop V C of the Royal Canadian Air Force told the British people on the BBC that Britain's airmen will drive the pirate Huns from Europe as they did 25 years ago. He recalled coming here during the great conflict and praised the modern airmen and the British Commonwealth air training plan as a tremendous success.
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London
W. A. Bishop
V.c
Royal Canadian Air Force
British Broadcasting Corporation
Britain
Skes
Europe
Canada
Red Cross Seeks Shoes for England Aid Drive
Windsor notes Mrs. Wallace R. Campbell, national work chairman, urged Rotary for 10 000 to fund shoes for women and children to be shipped from Canada. In London 24 Sept 1300 quilts 1000 bed garments and four tons of goods were moved in three days with 40000 blankets distributed in a week.
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Windsor
Ont
Canadian Red Cross Society
England
Wallace R. Campbell
Rotary Club
Canada
London
Red Cross
Canadian Red Cross
Let George Do It Fund Launches for Warplanes
Cornwall Ontario campaign kicks off to buy Hurri cane fighting planes. Led by lawyer George Arthur Phillips, the fund invites Canadians named George to contribute. Phillips' 10-year-old son George started the effort under the slogan Let George Do It.
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Cornwall
Ont
George Arthur Phillips
Canada
George
Phillips
Arrest of foreign oil engineers in Bucharest news
Two British and one American engineers at the Romano American Oil Company in the Ploesti field were arrested by Romanian authorities in Bucharest. The incident involves foreign workers in a major Romanian oil operation.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Ploesti
Romano-Americanana Company
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