Price Board Forecasts Expanded Rationing In Wartime Canada
Donald Gordon chair of the prices board outlined a 10 point policy at the maritime board of trade meeting. He said civilian production would be reduced to essential needs and rationing would extend to allocate scarce goods fairly while supporting export commitments and national morale.
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Mondem
Donald Gordon
The
Prices Board
Maritime Board of Trade
Gordon
National Selective Ser
Canada
United Nations
Unrest Across Occupied Europe Ties Martial Law Push
Reports from Basel to Budapest describe Serbia under martial law after arrests linked to a planned revolt. Quisling in Norway orders more clergy to leave as protests echo across occupied regions. France eyes labor demand extensions to November 1 to test Laval’s grip on power.
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Berne
Switzerland
Serbia
Europe
Norway
France
Balkans
Belgrade
Budapest
Basel
War Production Outlook Seen Bright by W ar Council
The Pacific war council in Washington examined U S and U K war production for September and October and reported findings as promising. Members noted signs of improvement and encouraged continued efforts in manufacturing and logistics to sustain allied operations.
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Washington
Pacific War Council
U.S
United Kingdom
Victoria Cross winner Merritt letters from Dieppe camp
Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cecil Merritt of Vancouver, the first Canadian Victoria Cross recipient in the war, says he enjoyed the Dieppe attack though brief. He reports wounds healed and quarters sufficient in a German prison camp and asks his wife to contact the Red Cross for details while urging aid for clothing and food.
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Belleville
Charles Cecil Merritt
Vancouver
Dieppe
Col. Merritt
Russian expert argues ground power beats air bombing
Moscow reports Major General Zhuravnev of the Russian aviation corps says Allies miscalculate victory by air alone He asserts wars are won by massive ground and air forces and that aviation without a ground force cannot forge a front or win on any front He notes Germany failed to crush Britain through air power
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Moscow
Germany
Zhuravnev
Britain
Soviet envoy says UN unity vital for victory in war
Fedor Gusev, first Soviet Union envoy to Canada, told Governor General that close cooperation of all United Nations is the necessary condition for victory. He said the USSR, in cooperation with Canada and others, is fighting a titanic struggle against the enemy of liberty-loving people.
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Ottawa
United Nations
Fedor Gusev
Canada
Soviet Union
Empire stands unshaken by storms says Smuts
London reports that Smuts declared the British commonwealth is unshaken by storms and setbacks while defending human rights in a grand wartime address. He praised the people of the island as real heroes and urged duty to buy victory bonds.
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London
Field Marshal Smuts
British Commonwealth of Nations
Union of South Africa
Commonwealth
Larsen Leads Northwest Passage Expedition Vessel Crew
Sergt Henry Larsen led the expedition sailing from Vancouver to Halifax with Lt Roch aboard the little vessel. The eight man crew from the Northwest Mounted Police completed the passage from west to east, marking a historic west to east completion.
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Sergt
Henry Larsen
Lt. Roch
Vancouver
Halifax
Northwest Passage
Northwest Mounted Police
Patrick Farrar
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Montrealprisone r of war drives Victory Bond purchase
FO B Campbell of the Royal Canadian Air Force, now a prisoner in a Nazi camp, sent a letter from captivity urging his mother Mrs R D Campbell in Pointe Claire to invest in Canada's third Victory Loan. He asked Lloyds Bank in England to move his savings to Canada for more bonds. Mrs Campbell said he had over 2000 dollars invested.
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Montreal
Canada
Germany
FO. B. D. Campbell
Royal Canadian Air Force
Fr. Campbell
R. D Campbell
Pointe Claire
Lloyds Bank
England
Joint inquiry urges common regulation of Great Lakes fisheries
Ottawa reports a two year international board of inquiry recommends joint regulation of Great Lakes fisheries by Canada and the United States. The findings were announced by the Canadian fisheries department after extensive examination.
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Ottawa
Great Lakes
Canada
U.S
International Board of Inquiry
Canadian Fisheries Department
Coal Shortage Alarmed in Western Canada
A Winnipeg board of trade committee outlines a coal shortage in western Canada to federal leaders and the Montreal chamber. The letter warns the situation could be desperate this winter unless production increases and recommends temporary release of experienced miners from the armed services or war work.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Montreal
King
Mitchell
Sisley
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Armed Services
Increased Air Power Required for Allied Victory
Britain and the United States must triple bomber forces to end the war by spring. The plan calls for concentrating air power in Britain through current production and reallocating aircraft from other duties, including submarine scouting, to strike Nazidom's war industries and rail networks for a decisive invasion. The emphasis is on speed and victory bonds support.
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London
France
Germany
Hitler
Britain
Europe
Fighters Of Two Wars Meet In Overseas Tour
Air Marshal W A Bishop visited a Canadian fighter squadron overseas and met Pilot Officer G B Murray of Halifax who had just earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for his Dieppe raid work. Bishop is famed as a victor over 72 Huns in the last war.
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W. A
Billy” Bishop
V.C
Victor
G .B. “Scotty” Murray
Halifax
N.S
Dieppe
Humanity Laws Of Warfare May Be Repudiated
German propaganda cautions that the Axis may repudiate humane wartime rules, claiming Allied orders violated humanity. Berlin cites alleged violations by the United Nations and warns of accountability. Reports also mention Japan using captured airmen and plans to denounce the Geneva Conventions.
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New York
Berlin
Deutschland Diplomatisch-Politische Korrespondenz
Germany
Laly
Japan
United States
Reuters
Stockholm
Red Cross
United Nations
Hepburn Resigns as Ontario Liberal Leader and Premier
Ontario party leader and Premier Hepburn resigns after two terms since 1934. Attorney General Gordon Conant succeeds him as premier while Hepburn remains provincial treasurer and seats his Elgin riding. Conant sworn in by Lieut Governor Matthews. Hepburn plans retirement from public life.
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Toronto
Mitchell F. Hepburn
Ontaro
Gordon Conant
Hepburn
M. Conant
Albert Matthews
Oshawa
Ontario County
Elgin
London raids tally shows bombs and aircraft losses
Sir Archibald Sinclair reports to the House of Commons that London Malta has sustained 1,660 bombing attacks and destroyed 1,069 enemy aircraft up to October 19. He adds 1,255 civilians killed up to October 20 and 6,704 buildings destroyed or damaged.
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London
Malta
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
ATS unit adds ton of weight says general
London reports that one unit of the A T S British counterpart to the C W A C has gained over a ton and a half in weight since enlisting. General Sir Ronald Adam, adjutant general, explains the gain as good sound flesh rather than fat.
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London
A.T.S
C.w.ac
Ronald Adam
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