Canada to Build Short Wave Station to Reach World
Ottawa reports Canada plans a world wide short wave station at Sackville New Brunswick with two 50 kilowatt transmitters and three directional antennas. The project costs about 800000 dollars and will be guided by CBC officials with input from external affairs and wartime information boards.
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War Services
Thorson
Augustin Frigon
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Gladstone Murray
United Kingdom
Europe
South America
West Indies
Northwest Territories
Japan
China
Canadians pass record number of St John exams
Ottawa reports the St John Ambulance Association examinations to June 30 show almost twice the pre war yearly total. The ambulance committee led by Dr H A Bruce of Toronto notes the surge as the association records high pass figures.
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Ottawa
St. John Ambulance Association
Association
H. A. Bruce
Toronto
Victory Produce Plan Opens Victory Loan to Farmers in Canada
The national war finance committee outlines a produce for victory plan for the third Victory Loan opening Oct 19. Farmers pledge a portion of sales proceeds to the loan via signed tickets enabling redemption in Victory Loan bonds, with shares available to all family members and applied to farm products ready for market.
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Victory Loan
Ottawa
National War Finance
War Finance Committee
Victory
National War Finance Committee
Aliens in Canada Forces May Fast Track Citizenship
Ottawa announces an order in council under the War Measures Act allowing aliens serving overseas in Canada's armed forces to seek naturalization papers through the secretary of state with discretion, bypassing the five year residence and court eligibility steps. The system will take weeks to set up and does not apply to those in Canada. In a separate report from Cuttack India, a mob raid on a police station left twenty five dead as police fired.
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Ottawa
Canada
Secretary of State
Cuttack
India
Erum
Hitler's Speech Aims to Mantain German Morale
London observers say Hitler sought to reassure Germans that war progress is satisfactory and the Reich will retaliate against RAF bombings. Goebbels claims America hates Nazi Germany and will soon lose its strength. Hitler avoided predicting total destruction of Russia and said eastern Europe territories will soon receive supplies.
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Germany
Hitler
Goebbels
America
United States
Europe
Gruber Reported Killed Fighting Enemies in Protectorate
A Reuters despatch from London datelined From the German frontier says Alois Gruber a high ranking Gestapo official was killed in Prague while fighting the enemies of the Reich in the protectorate. London reports six clad women work in Canadian National Railway car shops as men unavailable for light duties.
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Reuters
Alois Gruber
Gestapo
Prague
Protectorate
Canadian National Railway
War Contracts Improve in Prairie Provinces
G. E. Carpenter of Winnipeg says federal contracts for war supplies have risen in the prairie provinces over the past two months. He reports close Ottawa contact and notes the department of munitions and supply is aiming to direct war orders to the west.
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Edmonton
Prairie Provinces
G. E. Carpenter
Winnipeg
Prairie
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Carpenter
Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
Wheat in storage totals for week ending September 24
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended Sept 24 totalled 406,912,145 bushels, up from 406,319,198 bushels Sept 17 and down from 474,228,341 bushels Sept 24, 1941, per the Dominion Bureau of Statistics report. Labrador is the mainland point closest to Europe.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Ferry Pool marks third anniversary with 100000 planes moved
The ATA ferry pool celebrates three years delivering aircraft across continents from North America to Malta. More than 117 aircraft types ferried, 225000 flight hours logged, averaging over 100 planes daily. Dozens of women pilots serve, with near 100 fatalities reported among staff.
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London Air Transport
Antia
A.T.A
North America
Africa
Middle East
Malta
A. A
France
Royal Canadian Navy Presses Frontline War Efforts
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Navy has sunk four U boats this summer with two likely additions and engaged in many promising attacks. One destroyer Assiniboine claimed a submarine and survivors, while Gulf of St. Lawrence losses include the patrol vessel Raccoon and the corvette Charlottetown. About 500 ships and 48 000 personnel serve nationally with 1100 officers and men on exchange with the Royal Navy. One third of Canada Europe convoy duty is handled by the RCN. No confirmed coast landing reports amid submarine activity rumors.
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Naval Headquarters
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
Raccoon
Charlottetown
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canada
Europe
Macdonald
Navy
Every Canadian Must Be Used For War Effort
Edliott M. Little, director of national selective service, urged in a Canadian Chamber of Commerce address that all citizens fit into a national plan for total war. He cited manpower shortages across mining, steel, pulp, and farming, warning of inconvenience and hardship and urging curtailment of nonessential labor.
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Edliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
National
Canada
Little
Sudbury
Ont
Ottawa allows extra sugar without doctor certificate
The Wartime prices and trade board ruled that requests for extra sugar for health needs including babies diets will be decided by ration officers without requiring a doctor’s certificate.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Canada Speeds Merchant Ship Production to One Every Three Days
Ottawa officials report Canada now launches merchant ships at three day intervals. This week the 51st 10,000 ton cargo vessel of a wartime program was completed, with only one ship completed in 1941.
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Ottawa
Canada
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