Britain Must Rely On Her Own Wartime Efforts
Ottawa reports Rt. Hon Malcolm MacDonald says Britain, fresh and steadfast, will not win the war for itself but must be aided by steady Empire production. He notes reduced air raids, renewed supply of arms to Russia, and urges Canada to raise industrial output while the UK faces a long, tough conflict.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
Malcolm MacDonald
Canada
MacDonald
London
Russia
Canada to raise dependents allowances for service members
Ottawa expects Britain’s higher dependents allowances to be followed by Canada soon. London announced increases for Britons effective on the first November payday. It is understood Canada plans to authorize payments for more than two children, with current rates of 35 dollars per month for a wife and 12 dollars per child up to two, while officers’ wives start at 45 dollars monthly and rise with rank.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
More Workers Insured Under Canadian Unemployment Plan
Ottawa reports over 2.7 million Canadian workers insured under the unemployment insurance plan, about 200,000 more than initial estimates. Nearly 140,000 employers are registered, according to returns to the unemployment insurance commission.
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Ottawa
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Manitoba Air Cadets organize 600 strong in Manitoba
Major RC Huggard secretary of the Manitoba branch of the Air Cadet League of Canada reports a membership of 600 air cadets organized in Manitoba. London negotiations for repatriation of war prisoners suspended Oct 6 have not resumed, per the British Broadcasting Corporation.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
RC. Huggard
Air Cadet League of Canada
London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Gifts For Overseas Early In November Ottawa
The post office advises Canadians to mail Christmas gift parcels to overseas troops by specific early November deadlines. Provincial windows vary from November 10 in British Columbia and Alberta to November 13 14 in the Maritimes for delivery by Christmas.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Gibraltar
Mussolini Faces Internal Strife and Fuel Shortage
London Reuters reports Mussolini sacking prefects of ten districts and several Fascist officials amid rising Tuscan discontent. Heating in northern Italy to start December 1 but fuel at 30 percent of 1940. further curbs expected by January end. Also Yugoslav spokesman claims rebellion against German rule with 80,000 armed. Serbia sees bands blocking roads and attacks near Belgrade. In Rhodesia famine worsens war impact with 50 percent normal rainfall.
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Ministry of Corporations
Reuters
Italy
London
Legation
Tanks Production Rises Sharply in September
Washington reports a substantial rise in U S tank production for September with medium tanks nearly doubling August output and light tanks showing a good gain though exact figures were not released by the war department.
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Washington
United States War Department
Attlee urges reform after League failure for world peace
Clement Attlee told the National Defence committee that the League of Nations ideas should guide postwar reform. He called for a collective force to enforce peace and a major plan to eradicate Nazism in Germany before allowing its rise again, as he prepared to travel to the United States for the International Labour conference.
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London
Clement Attlee
League of Nations
National Defence Committee
United States
Germany
Polish Troops Raid Axis Strong-Point Near Tobruk
Polish troops at Tobruk carried out a raid on an Axis held strong-point outside the siege ring. British general headquarters says the Poles fought with great gallantry and determination killing 20 of the enemy at the cost of four Polish casualties.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Britain Faces Shortages As U S Weighs Food Lend Lease
Secretary Wickard told a Senate committee that Britain’s supply of dairy products meat poultry and fruit is below a desirable level given shipping and invasion risks. He defended a proposed $1 billion food lend-lease allocation and cited aides’ findings on Britain’s health and production needs. Knudsen outlined a defence production plan totaling $56 billion for 1943, with $50 billion already made available and the $5.895 billion program to be added.
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United States
Claude Wickard
Great Britain
Wickard
Senate
Britain
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Alva Adams
Knudsen
Eskimo Census Driven by Disc IDs on Nascopie Voyage
Despite worst ice conditions in four decades, the Nascopie completed a 12000 mile eastern Arctic run two days early. Government enumerators issued identification discs to Eskimos bearing their number and syllabic mark to record population and habitual habitation accurately. Natives must mark the disc as their lifelong identification.
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Ottawa
Northern Mail
Nascopie
Arctic
Canadians Told to Double War Savings Drive
Toronto. Finance Minister Ilsley urged Canadians to double their per capita investment of 50 cents a month in war savings stamps. He noted 1,400,000 participants with 10,044,416 applications totaling 91,403,841 dollars and praised 30,000 volunteers for a government loan cost of 3.38 percent. He warned of a need to raise 900 million this year to aid Britain, with price controls to be effective and compulsory saving considered. Ontario centers expected to fund purchases of bombers and other war materiel.
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Toronto
Ilsley
Canada
Great Britain
Ontario
Strength of the Far Eastern defence lines
Melbourne reports a cabinet review of plans to strengthen the unbroken defence line from India through Malaya to North Australia and New Zealand. Britain notes improved forces but says defences are not perfected and further dispositions will be made. Sir Robert Brooke-Popham cites closer collaboration with Britain Australia the United States and the Netherlands East Indies.
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India
Malaya
Australia
New Zealand
War Cabinet
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Portugal
Indo- China
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Robert Brooke-Popham
Far East
Far Eastern
Robert
Britain
United States
Philippines
Manila
Absorb Freight Costs for Western Egg Producers
Vancouver M.P. G. G. McGeer reported to agriculture officials that a plan to have Ottawa absorb internal freight costs on eggs sent to Britain would pay Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia producers the Montreal price. The proposal aims to ensure western egg production meets British demand and would seek equal feed grain assistance for BC poultry and stock producers as eastern producers receive. Ottawa currently pays about one third of west to east feed grain freight, with potential increase.
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Ottawa
Britain
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Montreal
Special Products Board
Department of Agriculture
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
M.P
McGeer
Prairies
Irish Livestock Deal Sets Record Britain Trade
Irish agricultural officials arrived in London to settle shipping of 15,009,000 pounds worth of cattle and sheep to Britain. The sale was described as the largest ever arranged, with a ~450,000 head surplus in Eire after nine months of export curbs due to foot and mouth disease.
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London
Eire
Britain
License Granted for 100000-Watt Short Wave Station
The Federal Communications Commission approves a 100000-watt short wave international broadcasting station to Associated Broadcasters Inc. General Manager Lincoln Dellar of KFSO says broadcasts will target the Far East, Australia, and Central and South America.
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San Francisco
Federal Communications Commission
Associated Broadcasters, Inc
Lincoln Dellar
KFSO
Far East
Australia
Central
South America
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