Admiral Harwood Outlines Eastern Fleet Challenge in Mediterranean
Admiral Sir Henry Harwood details the Eastern Fleet's tasks amid Axis air bases at Crete Sicily and Dodecanese. He stresses geography and airpower as key to naval operations and notes British submarines attack Libya-bound convoys while surface forces target Matruh and other Axis positions. He hints at fighter protection after ground advances and doubts American warships are present.
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Mediterranean
Henry H Harwood
Henry
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Washington
Crete
Sicily
Greece
Dodecanese
Pantelleria
Libya
Italy
Matruh
Egypt
Dodecanese Islands
Harwood
Pacific
Axis
Canada Sees Rise in Tuberculosis Deaths in 1941
The Canadian Tuberculosis Association reports a rise in deaths from 5790 in 1940 to 6057 in 1941 and a rate increase from 50.6 to 52.1 per 100 000. Saskatchewan lost its status as lowest rate, rising to 32.2, while Ontario hit 29.2 per 100 000 after 26.7 in 1940.
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the Association
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Saskatchewan
Dominion
Ontario
Labor minister cites slower rise in living costs
Winnipeg May be lower says federal labor minister Mitchell that since price control began last October the cost of living index rose only 2.4 points in nine months. He notes the 1916 17 period rose 18 points and states 78 percent of the increase stems from beef potatoes and lamb. He adds the cost of living is likely to fall in coming months.
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Winnipeg
Humphrey Mitchell
Labor
Airgraph service opens for armed forces in UK
Postmaster General Mu lock announced that UK armed forces may now use airgraph messages to Canada, previously limited to Canada to UK. Messages cost threepence per message and serve Canadian, British and Allied personnel. UK airgraphs will be distributed in Canada by air mail to speed delivery.
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Ottawa
Mulock
United Kingdom
Canada
Col. Mulock
Caps with Peaks Prohibited for Lower-Rank Officers
The British army council bans wearing caps with peaks by officers below colonel. Regulation headpieces include field service caps berets of tank and airborne regiments and Tom O'Shanter of Scots regiments.
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British Army Council
Tom O'Shanter
Alberta to Process Record Sugar Beet Harvest in 1942
Lethbridge Alberta will move sugar beet crop to two processing plants after mid month. Production is expected to exceed 110 thousand pounds, about a third of Dominion needs under current rationing. The area may set a record for beet yields, with 27 800 acres planted last spring and a 4 000 acre increase in irrigated districts.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Dominion
New Wartime Information Board Aims At Better News Flow
Ottawa announces a Wartime Information Board led by Charles Vining to streamline release of war news. The inter departmental body will report to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and work with the war committee to improve access to main sources while avoiding aiding the enemy.
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Ottawa
Charles Vining
Montreal
Mackenzie King
King
Wartime Information Board
War Committee
Privy Council
Canada
Vining
Still Big Menace to Allied Shipping from U-Boat Campaign
London reports keep emphasising the ongoing German submarine threat despite heavy aerial attacks on U-boat yards and bases. Officials say U-boats remain numerous and brittle losses do not reduce the danger to Atlantic shipping, urging continued reliance on anti submarine measures.
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London
Atlantic
American
Germany
Germans in Norway rely on older troops amid low morale
Montreal reports 250000 German soldiers in Norway with many first class troops withdrawn and replaced by older men. The Norwegians perceive low spirits and anxiety about the future as information filters through the information bureau.
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Montreal
Norway
Information Bureau
Sole Survivor Bear Gunner Tells of Sunderland Crash
Flying boat carrying the Duke of Kent to Iceland crashed on a Scottish mountainside. Sgt Andrew Jack, sole survivor, found dazed in the heather after wandering three miles with burns but survived. Fourteen killed in the crash.
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Sumberland
London
Sunderland
Duke of Kent
Scottish Highlands
Duke
Iceland
Fite
Andrew Jack
Price Ceiling Removed for Canadian Publications
Wartime Prices and Trade Board lifts the overall price ceiling for Canadian and imported newspapers magazines and periodicals. The exemption covers newsstand street sale and subscription rates while advertising rates remain exempt. The board cites revenue declines and wide variation in costs and aligns Canadian policy with U S practice. Canadian press may raise Dominion rates as U S publications reach readers.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Publishing Printing and Allied Industries
United States
South
Far West
New York City
Trade Board
The Lessons Of Dieppe Studied By Canadian Editors
Lt Gen A G McNaughton told visiting Canadian editors at army headquarters that the Dieppe raid yielded lessons still being studied. He cited combined operations, training gains, and the need to withhold full intelligence from the enemy. He praised Canadian officers and noted improved coordination across land, sea, and air services.
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England
A. G . McNaughton
McNaughton
Army
Dieppe
Canada
Pay continues for families of missing Dieppe soldiers
Parents and wives of soldiers reported missing from the Battle of Dieppe will continue to receive assigned pay and dependents allowances for three to six months under the dependents' allowance board. If a man is killed, pensions are arranged and backdated to death. a man is not presumed dead until six months missing. London notes 50 Indian students in Britain since the war began, with 100 serving in the RAF and others awaiting entry. forty hold commissions as air crew, technicians or instructors.
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Ottawa
Dieppe
Dependents’ Allowance Board
Pensions Commission
London
India
Britain
R.A.F
Last royal family member killed on active service
London records reveal Prince Maurice Victor Donald of Battenburg, Queen Victoria’s grandson and second cousin to the Duke of Kent, was killed on active service in Scotland on October 27, 1914. He served as a lieutenant in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and had been believed to be the first royal casualty in a century until palace records surfaced.
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London
Maurice Victor Donald of
Battenburg
Queen Victoria
Duke of Kent
Scotland
Prince Maurice
King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Buckingham Palace
Training completion redirects officers to ship and shore duties
Victoria reports the completion of training at HMCS Royal Roads with 39 sub lieutenants from all provinces except Prince Edward Island being appointed to ship and shore stations.
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Victoria
HMCS
Royal Roads
Dominion
Prince Edward Island
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