Restrictions on recruiting of skilled workers
Ottawa announces that the Canadian Active Service Force will not strip industry of key skilled workers. Skilled tradesmen and graduates in medicine engineering or science are restricted to their class and unit needs. Ex cadets bankers and accountants are included. industry heads should contact local authorities if key staff are taken unnecessarily.
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Ottawa
Norman Rogers
National Defence
Royal Military College
Canadian Officers’ Training Corps
Bankers
Rogers
Department of National Defence
Canada
Great Britain
Officers’ Training Corps
Chartered
Army
Navy
Air Force
Four IRA suspects jailed in London bombs case
Four Irish Republican Army terrorists were sentenced to ten years each under the explosives act for bombings in London. Named defendants include Ella Woods Rose Conway Ann Conway and Cary Jones. John Woods husband of Ella Woods was acquitted.
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London
Ella Woods
Rose Conway
Ann Conway
Cary Jones
John Woods
German Ace's Son Killed in Air Battle
Paris Soir reports from Zurich that Captain Baron von Richthofen, son of Baron Manfred von Richtofen, was shot down and killed in an air battle over Paris. The famed German World War I ace is confirmed dead in the dispatch.
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Paris
Baron von Richtofen
Manfred von Richtofen
Paris Soir
Zurich
Switzerland
Contraband Seizures Reach New War Totals
The government reports 110000 tons of contraband goods seized in the week ending Sept 16 with a value over £500000. Total contraband seized since the war began approaches 200000 tons, led by manganese ore petroleum products iron ore and aluminum ore. The communique clarifies that only cargoes of suspected contraband are seized and neutral ships are not seized unless owners knowingly use them to carry contraband.
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London
Wool Exports From UK to Canada For Uniform Cloth
The wartime prices and trade board announced 750000 pounds of clean wool would be released for export from the United Kingdom to Canada. The wool is needed for manufacture of cloth for uniforms and military purposes. Release arranged by D C Dick as Canadian wool administrator. Dick said the wool release will be used solely for military use. Canada has ample wool stocks for normal needs, but expanding forces may require more wool in Canada in coming months.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
United Kingdom
Canada
D. C. Dick
Roosevelt Son To Serve Allies In British Ministry
Mrs Kermit Roosevelt confirmed a report that her husband, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., will serve the allies as an official in the British ministry of shipping. She noted he had long urged allied victory and had landed abroad, with no direct word on the specific appointment. Roosevelt, who would turn 50 next month, previously served in the British army in the last war and reached captain.
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New York
Kermit Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Ministry of Shipping
Quentin
Marine Etiquette Surprise From German Sub Result
The crew of the British trawler Alvis reported a German submarine commander apologized and offered to sink the ship but allowed the vessel to proceed after deciding cast‑offs would risk crew safety. The only damage was a smashed radio.
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London
Trade Sterling Favorable to Bermuda Increases Imports
Bermuda could see a 10 percent rise in Canada imports, about $1 million yearly, if sterling remains favorable. B J Howard Trott, Bermuda legislator and wartime food board chair, cited current rates of 4.43 Canadian dollars per pound versus 3.91 dollars in the U S. He noted the boost would cover many items including fruit vegetables canned goods and cured meats.
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New York
Bermuda
Canada
B. J. Howard Trott
Food Supply Board
United States
Government to Buy Entire Australian Wool Clip
The British government plans to purchase the full Australian wool clip but has not set a price. The Times notes recent prices did not cover costs and suggests the agreed price will likely exceed current maximums.
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London
The
Times
Heavy grain shipments strain western railways at lakehead
Winnipeg reports a surge in 1939 grain moving from prairie farms to the head of the lakes, causing severe railway congestion. From Aug 25 to Sept 17 deliveries to country elevators reached 147,748,000 bushels, about double 1932 and far above 1925 or 1929. Railcars loaded surpassed previous years, with terminal elevators swelling to 57,366,000 bushels and railways holding about 19,788 cars for grain on track and en route. The surplus unload space left only 23,000,000 bushes available at lakehead terminals, delaying equipment release and limiting prairie loading capacity.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Prairie Farms
Head of the Lakes
J. A. Brass
Railway Association of Canada
Lakehead
Sean O'Kelly Named Finance Minister in Irish Cabinet
EIRES finance minister Sean O'Kelly, a strong De Valera ally, has been appointed as finance minister in the revamped Irish Cabinet.
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EIRES
Sean O'Kelly
de Valera
Finance
Australia to Send Air Force Canberra Crews to Britain
Prime Minister Menzies told the house of representatives Australia will send trained air crews for six full aviation squadrons to Great Britain by year end. The expeditionary force of about 550 includes 150 pilots, 250 crew, and 150 administrative staff and specialists. Ground staff may raise total to 3,000 later.
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Canberra
Great Britain
R. G. Menzies
House of Representatives
Menzies
Australia
Trans-Canada Air Lines carries thousands of passengers
Winnipeg report notes 13 553 paying passengers from April 1 to August 31 on T C A transport planes. Average journey 577 miles. Mail handled 659 745 pounds and express volume at 16 percent. Fifteen transport planes in operation.
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Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Air Lines
T.C.A
W. A. Straith
Canada
We Must Be Prepared Cardboard Gas Mask Container Found
A London woman evacuated to the country left behind a cardboard gas mask container in a Suffolk village street. The inscription inside read We must be prepared and the contents included a ball of yarn knitting powder puff compact mirror chocolate handkerchief letters snapshots and the respirator.
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London
Suffolk
Theatres Open Late in Wartime London
London continues wartime entertainment revival with cinemas staying open until 10 pm except in the West End where they close at 6 pm. Variety theatres and suburban play houses have reopened, as have suburban dog-race tracks. Regents Park Zoo is again admitting visitors.
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London
Swanky
West End
Regents Park Zoo
Police Study Cellar Plans to Protect New York Population
The New York Police Department began examining cellar and sub cellar facilities in large buildings to aid charts for protecting the city's 7 500 000 residents in case of bombing.
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New York
Japanese campaign to curb Britain and France in China
Tokyo observers note a drive by Japan to reduce British and French holdings in China as Britain and France focus on Germany. A Japan Bar Association resolution declared the European belligerents’ troops and warships in China illegal, asserting Japan’s neutral status and the right to seek their withdrawal.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
France
China
Germany
Japan Bar Association
Japan
Wheat in Store Ottawa for Week Ended Sept 15
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended September 15 totalled 221,952,832 bushels, up from 180,731,302 the prior week and 103,006,259 a year earlier, according to the Dominion bureau of statistics. Wheat in the United States totalled 276,000 bushels, versus 7,330,000 the previous week.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
New War Supply Board Formed With Wide Powers
Ottawa announces a War Supply Board led by Wallace Campbell of Windsor as chairman and R C Vaughan of the Canadian National Railways as vice chairman and purchases chief. Both will serve without salary and the board will mobilize industry for war needs under the War Measures Act.
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Ottawa
Wallace R. Campbell
Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
War Supply Board
Mackenzie King
R. C. Vaughan
Defence Purchasing Board
Vaughan
Canadian National Railways
War Measures Act
United Kingdom
Campbell
Red Cross
Ford Company
Toronto
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Grand Trunk Railway
Canadian Northern Railway
C.N.R
Merchant Marine
Canada Stands Firm With Britain In Crisis
Viscount Maugham told the House of Lords that Canadians from all parts are determined to stand by Britain if war comes. He noted universal resolve across Dominion leadership and people to aid in case of conflict with Germany, praising free nations’ support and the Prime Minister’s message.
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Canada
Britain
London
Viscount Maugham
House of Lords
Dominion
Herr Hiller
Lord Maugham
Germany
Lord Snell
Hitler
Czecho-Slovak Army in London Planned at 15000
A Daily Mail spokesman says Canadian Czechs will join the Czecho-Slovak army organized in London with 15,000 men under President Eduard Benes and Jan Masaryk. He noted 40,000 exiled Czecho-Slovaks in Canada may enlist and that France and England may approve formation of the force separate from a French foreign legion.
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London
Alled
Daily Mail
Eduard Benes
Jan Masaryk
Canada
Benes
France
England
Independent Army
Czech Foreign Legion
King’s Message Bible Editions Sent to Forces
Pocket editions of the New Testament carrying the King’s message were issued by the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Scripture Gift Mission for all serving with Britain’s military and civil defence services. The message urges reading by those at sea, on land, or in the air and all who defend the realm. It calls the Bible a source of comfort and inspiration in these momentous days.
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Western Front
War Office
London
Sir Edmund Ironside
Imperial Defence Staff
the Viscount Gort
Theritish and Foreign Bible Society
Scripture Gift Mission
Britain
Daylight Saving Extended in Britain to Nov 19
Home Secretary Sir John Anderson told the House of Commons that daylight saving time in Great Britain will continue until midnight on November 19. The extension, from October 8, aims to give city workers an extra hour of daylight to reach home before the blackout.
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London
Sir John Anderson
House of Commons
Great Britain
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Humane
Sterling Exchange
NEW War Supply Board
Ministry of Munitions and Supply
Labor
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