Weather Delays Harvest Across Prairie Provinces
Adverse weather slows grain harvesting in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with 50 to 75 percent threshing completed. Rain and snow reduce field work and labor shortages strain Saskatchewan and Alberta, while Ottawa plans 5000 harvesters from eastern Canada and 600 University of Saskatchewan students aid relief.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Departments of Agriculture
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ottawa
Canada
Agriculture Department
Edmonton
The
Unemployment Insurance Commission
University of Saskatchewan
Canada must guard against economic nationalism says MacKinnon
Edmonton minister of trade and commerce J A MacKinnon warns against isolationism and self sufficiency in Canada. He argues a lack of foreign trade would threaten Canada's standard of living and economy and notes Canada cannot export without importing under normal conditions.
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Edmonton
J. A. MacKinnon
Trade and Commerce
Canada
Mr. MacKinnon
London Times backs unified Allied war plan for second front
The London Times argues against public debate on a second front. It calls for a comprehensive coordinated Allied strategy and says internal Allied disagreement signals problems with the United Nations war organization.
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London
London Times
the Times
United Nations War Organization
German Pilot Surrenders to Soviet Forces
A German pilot landed his plane in Soviet lines and surrendered to the Russians. He told captors he had no faith in a Nazi victory and did not want to shed his blood for Adolf Hitler.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Air Raids Possibility as Canada Fires Inadequate
Ottawa Hon R J Manion, director of civil air raid precautions, warns inland and coastal Canadian cities may be attacked from the air before the war ends. He says fewer than half the cities have proper fire-fighting equipment, calling the lack a crime against national life. The remarks were prepared for a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Fire Prevention Week program.
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Ottawa
R. J. Manion
Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Four-Ton Bombs Shape WWII Air Warfare Techniques
Describes four-ton and eight-thousand pound bombs used by the United Nations and Britain in bombing Axis targets from the Middle East to the Solomon Islands. Explains how large bombs replaced smaller munitions, their varied designs, and the dramatic effects of their blast on cities, along with notes on bomber strategy and even bomb paint choices.
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London
United Nations
Axis
Middle East
Solomon Islands
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Reich
St. James’ Park
Britain
Christmas Parcels Shipping Delayed For Overseas Soldiers
Toronto officials set November 10 as the last mailing day for Christmas parcels to troops overseas to reach them by Christmas. The base post office handles a huge mail volume and expects a Christmas avalanche. Senders are urged to keep parcels under 11 pounds to save shipping space.
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Toronto
Postal Department
Post Office
Shortage of Stenographers and Accountants in Civil Service
Western commissioner James H. Stitt said the civil service faces an acute staff shortage. A plan to train stenographers and accountants is being studied. About 120000 civil servants exist with 31000 hired last year.
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Winnipeg
James H. Stitt
Civil Service Commission
Ryerson Press to fund Bliss Carman scholarship at UNB
Dr. Lorne Pierce of Ryerson Press will turn over all royalties from Bliss Carman works to the University of New Brunswick in trust. The funds will establish the Bliss Carman scholarship in English at UNB.
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Fredericton
Lorne Pierce
Ryerson Press
Toronto
University of New Brunswick
Bliss Carman
German Prisoners Arrive in Canada From Rommel’s Africa Corps
Nearly 1,000 German soldiers from Rommel’s Africa Corps arrive at an East Coast Canadian port and are placed in internment camps. Polish guards enforce strict conditions on the voyage and landing. One German prisoner loudly renounces Nazism, saying he is glad to be captive and free from Hitler’s rule.
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Sulien
Rommels African Corps
Canada
Cairo
Rommel
Mediterranean
Hitler
Three Powers Sign Protocol on Aid to the Soviet Union
The United States Great Britain and Russia sign a protocol assuring continued delivery of military equipment munitions and raw materials to the Soviet Union. The pact formalizes ongoing supplies begun at the Moscow conference a year ago with Sumner Welles Sir Ronald Campbell and Maxim Litvinov as signers.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow Conference
Sumner Welles
Ronald Campbell
Maxim Litvinoff
Greek and British agree shipments supply Greece
Under a bilateral agreement Greece receives a set of food ships from Britain and Greece with most cargoes consisting of grain distributed to the population.
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Greece
French Resistance Surges as Occupation Toughens in France
London observers note a shift from apathy to fiery resistance in France. They point to Laval’s labor conscription decree and the anti Semitic drive as triggers feeding anti Nazi and anti Vichy sentiment, while acknowledging France must be saved militarily as a defeated nation without arms.
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London
France
Vichy
Laval
Ottawa studies expansion of wartime voluntary services
The government is considering further development of voluntary organizations now active in wartime economy campaigns. The goal is to boost effectiveness in national drives such as the salvage campaign and recruit more workers into these voluntary services.
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Ottawa
SET ON REVENGE Chinese Soldiers Eager To Learn Tactics
Chinese soldiers in a Himalayan village near eastern India, once retreating and discouraged after Jap advances, are being trained by white officers in modern warfare. They aim to return home via a Burma invasion route and seek revenge.
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India
Burma
Himalayan Mountains
Rangoon
Mandalay
United Nations Proposes Commission to Probe Nazi War Crimes
Lord Simon announced in the House of Lords that Britain backs a United Nations inquiry to investigate crimes by Germany in occupied France and elsewhere. The plan seeks international agreement, with Roosevelt signaling U.S. cooperation, and would cover offenders from private to top leaders.
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United Nations
London
United Nations Commission
Viscount Simon
House of Lords
Lord Simon
Russia
China
Dominions
India
Roosevelt
Washington
U.S
Germany
France
Hitler
Canadian Naval Forces Aided In Aleutian Islands Action
Navy Minister Macdonald announced five Canadian warships cooperated with U S forces in an Aleutian operation. The U S navy said positions in the Andreanes group were occupied with no opposition, details withheld. Macdonald highlighted continued Canadian UN cooperation and offensive naval actions.
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Alatian Islands
Ottawa
Macdonald
Canadia
United States
Aleutian
United Nations
Atlantic
Still a danger still winter in Siberia threat from Japan
Indian observers warn a Japanese winter invasion of Russia is likely with hard ground frozen rivers aiding bridge building and Vladivostok ice immobilizing Soviet submarines. They note Japan's half a million top troops in Manchukuo and view a Siberian conquest as Japan's main objective.
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Bombay
Siberia
India
Russia
Vladivostok
Flotila
China
Asia
Manchukuo
Far Eastern
Japan
SINK NAZI SHIPS United Nations Seize 218 Vessels
The United Nations report shows they have sunk or seized 218 Nazi merchant vessels totaling over 1,000,000 tons since the war began. German losses have slowed their war effort, while a salvage drive on European coasts continues and plans for a standardized Liberty style merchant fleet emerge.
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United Nations
New York
Europe
Abbas Pasha Loses Fortunes in French Flight
Abbas Pasha former king of Egypt evades capture along the Cannes Riviera. French frontier police seize about 400000 dollars in gold ingots found on his person as he attempted to board a luxury yacht heading to Monte Carlo. He has lived on the Riviera since his 1914 dethronement.
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Egypt
Cannes
France
Abbas Pasha
Seccond
French Frontier Police
Monte Carlo
Riviera
Britain
Edmonton health in Canadian plants improves in past year
Dr. C F Blackler of Ottawa leading industrial hygiene for the Department of Pensions and National Health says general health conditions in Canadian industrial plants have shown substantial improvement over the past year in an interview conducted here.
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Edmonton
C. F. Blackler
Ottawa
Department of Pensions and Rational Health
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