War Production Costs Reach Large Figures in Canada
Ottawa reports war construction and production costs in Canada since September 1939 totaling about 6.0 hundred million dollars, or roughly 65 dollars per person. By year end 1943, expenditures hit 3.094 billion for war production and construction, with 1.1 million employed and vast outputs in ships, aircraft, guns, explosives, and housing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Munitions Department
Howe
UN Plans for World Peace and Postwar Military Cooperation
Britain and the United States near a practical agreement to maintain military collaboration after the war. The combined chiefs of staff would remain active through a transition before a peace treaty, with other nations' leaders possibly joining to broaden representation. The plan aims to safeguard peace by force if needed and to avoid a rushed peace conference. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Chiefs of Staff Committee
United Nations
Churchill
Cambridge
Mass
Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee
Chiefs-Of-Staff
Bahamas offers first war savings plan for Britain
The Bahamas sells three percent bonds totaling £50,000 to fund loans to Britain interest-free for the war. The legislature considers a further £250,000 issue for the same purpose.
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Bahamas
Britain
Nassau
Parcel mailing deadline set by Ottawa post office
The post office department announced a deadline of November 1 to move more Christmas mail to Canadians and others worldwide, aiming to increase parcel mailings to distant corners.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Fear Air Raids Prompt Bratislava Officials Transfer
A Budapest dispatch to Der Bund says Bratislava government ministries and all nonessential personnel are being moved to the countryside amid fear Allied air raids may strike Berne reports.
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Berne
Budapest
der Bund
Bratislava
Slovakia
Japan Vows to Crush Allies Despite Italy Surrender
A Tokyo radio broadcast captured by U.S. monitors says Italy surrendered unconditionally to the Allies and Japan remains determined to crush America and Britain to the end. The message states this will calm Emperor Hirohito.
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New York
Tokyo
United States
Italy
Japan
America
Britain
Hirohito
Army Leader Brigadier Gostling Served in Iceland and Canada
Brigadier Guy Standish Noakes Gostling, 42, a commander of a Canadian Infantry brigade overseas, was born in England and educated in English and American schools and the University of Toronto. Commissioned in 1925, he served in Iceland as a major, led an infantry battalion in 1942, and in November became Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of a Canadian Division. In civilian life he was an executive with the Moore Corporation in Toronto.
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Guy Standish Noakes Gostling
England
Brig. Gostling
University of Toronto
Winnipeg
Iceland
Moore Corporation
Toronto
Soviet Purchases Ottawa Homes for Attachés
The Soviet government has bought two Ottawa houses to house its commercial and military attaches at the legation, consolidating posts in the Canadian capital.
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Ottawa
Legation
Plans air service push by Cunard at shareholders meeting
Cunard Steamship Company plans to ask shareholders at an extraordinary meeting in Liverpool on Sept 27 to approve shifting postwar expenditure toward air transport. The proposal seeks authority to amend the memorandum of association to permit building transport airliners and airfields, aiming to operate global passenger and freight services and establish repair depots, possibly acquiring aircraft interests.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
PLAN FOR EMPIRE Pacific War Council Model Favored
Australian Prime Minister Curtin proposes a permanent imperial consultative body for joint economic and political interests. He envisions a council patterned after the current Pacific war council to allow regular consultations among Britain and the Dominions.
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Australia
Pacific War Council
Sydney
Curtin
Britain
Dominions
Battle Flag Presented To Blood Donor Service in Ottawa
Gen. McNaughton’s battle flag donated by National Defence Minister J. L. Ralston was presented to the Blood Donor Service of the Canadian Red Cross Society at its Ottawa headquarters. Brig. J. C. Meakins presented the flag, accepted by F. C. Elford, with officials including Capt. E. R. Mainguy and Air Vice-Marshal J. A. Sully in attendance as the flag joins Air Force and Navy standards.
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McNaughton
National Defence
J. L. Ralston
Canadian Red Cross Society
Ottawa
Blood Donor Service
J. C. Meakins
Army Medical Services
F. C. Elford
Ottawa Blood Donor Service
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Navy
Elford
E. R. Mainguy
D.S.C
O.B.E
Meakins
J. A. Sully
A.F.C
New Ottawa Ration Rules Allow Book Holder to Leave Papers
The prices board issued a consolidated order detailing that ration book holders may leave their book card or sheet with retailers. The stub must be signed by the consumer and a coupon is detached for every sale. The provision covers cash and charge accounts and assists housewives who shop with the same retailer or order by telephone without carrying the full book.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Italy Surrenders Unconditionally as Axis Tumult Fades
Washington reports that Italian armed forces capitulate, ending months of Allied planning. Churchill and Roosevelt, who directed the strategy with Eisenhower at North Africa, foresee more satellite states seeking peace as the Casablanca formula of unconditional surrender spreads. The war department received the news with quiet impact as Italy’s collapse reshapes Europe’s balance.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
Mediterranean
Casablanca
United States
Quebec
Germany
Italy
Finland
Russia
Europe
War Department
Canada to ship million-ton flour order to Britain
Ottawa announced Canada will supply Britain with about 1,000,000 tons of flour as part of wartime aid. Trade Minister MacKinnon said negotiations are complete and production will be increased to meet demand. Purchases may be paid in Canadian dollars under the mutual aid plan, with prices tied to the Canadian wheat board rate.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
MacKinnon
Britain
Europe
Mutual Aid Board
Canadian Wheat Board
Fort William
Italy
United Nations
Chamber chief lauds England on wartime effort
Ernie A. Johnston president of the United States Chamber of Commerce praised England after a return from a trip, noting its shift from hand-made goods to mass production. He cited strong female participation, with some factories employing up to 92 percent women, and commended the nation’s cheerfulness and spirit.
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Spokane
Wash
England
Ernie A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Army Maneuvers In England Cause Damages Over $12 Million
White paper from the British government notes large scale spring exercises by Canadian and British troops damaged agricultural land. Since November 1940, the War Office claims commission handled 419,706 cases with more than $12,000,000 paid to claimants. responsibility by Canadians not specified.
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England
Committee On National Expenditure
War Office Claims Commission
British Films Ready for Continent Invasion
London reports a push to ready British films for rapid release on the continent once freed. The strategy argues German influenced pictures will be unpopular and British productions will dominate in the post war market.
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London
Britain
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Plans Air Service
British Shipping Company
Brig. Gibson
Cnadian Army
Ralph B. Gibson
Mrs. McNaughton
Canadian Army
A. G. L. McNaughton
First Canadian Army
H. V. D. Laing
P. D. Crashley
Oakville
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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