Jap Move On Burma Road Hint Stirs Pacific Talk
The Times and Advertiser hints Japan may directly march on the Burma road as a possible move in the Oriental crisis. It stresses Japan's central position and the need for enemies to be ready at many points. The note follows Saburo Kurusu’s U.S. visit seen as a last diplomatic bid to break Washington deadlock.
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TOKYO
Japan
Burm
Saburo Kurusu
United States
Pacific
Washington
the
Times and Advertiser
Emergency Year Declared Under Prairie Farm Act
Ottawa reports the government will declare 1941 an emergency year under the Prairie Farm Assistance Act after Prairie crop conditions were reviewed post November 1. Agricul ture Minister Gardiner announced in the House of Commons. Winnipeg notes a plan to allocate an additional 20 million dollars to farmers by order in council, bonus based on 75 cents per acre up to 150 dollars per farmer, with wheat acreage reductions added to existing bonuses.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Gardiner
house of commons
WINNIPEG
G. Machison
soldiers’ settlement board
board of review
Prairie Farm Assistance Act
Regina
PPFAA
Mitchison
Elder Ducks and Cinque Ports Lore in 1941 News
The Gulf of St. Lawrence area yielded a productive elderdown breeding season in 1941 per Canadian Mines and Resources data. Residents processed and marketed elderdown with no harm to ducks, boosting incomes and protecting the birds. Elderdown from this region is valued for insulation in quilts and coats, with marketing authority from Dominion and Quebec governments. The piece also notes the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports tenure and a court quip about a cudgel.
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Gulf of St. Lawrence
Department of Mines and Resources
Dominion
Quebec
German Gains In Crimea threaten Sevastopol Oil Supply
A map shows the Crimean peninsula under German advance with Sevastopol within 30 miles. Russians retreat to safer harbors as a large portion of the Black Sea fleet leaves for Novorossiysk. Berlin questions Russian escape claims while noting Crimea's oil wells near the Caucasus could fuel Hitler’s war.
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Crimean peniinsula
Sevastopol
Novorossisk
Batum
Berlin
Kerch
Crimea
Crimean peninsula
Caucasian
Maikop
Armagh
Hitler
British Troops Reach Singapore
A troopship convoy from the United Kingdom arrived in Singapore with several thousand reinforcements for Britain’s Far Eastern command. The arrivals included Royal Air Force personnel infantry anti aircraft and searchlight units and auxiliary service support.
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SINGAPORE
United Kingdom
Britain
Far Eastern
Royal Air force
Won't Adjourn For Tory Parley
OTTAWA November 6 The house of commons will sit tomorrow after noon and will adjourn for the National Conservative conference which meets tomorrow Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the house He said the affairs of our Conservative friends are in their own hands and all parties wish to conclude this sitting quickly Also listed Soldier Edward Eugene Lund of Medicine Hat is reported seriously ill overseas in today s casualty list CANBERRA November 5 Australian Bristol Beaufort torpedo bombers have joined active service with the Australian air force squadrons announced officially today
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Mackenzie King
J. F Potiliot
Lib
Temiscauata
Mr. King
Edward Eugene Lund
Medicine Hat
CANBERRA
German Assault Pushes From Crimea Across Sevastopol Front
Nazi and Romanian forces push along a broad front from Yalta to Feodosiya and claim to have shattered Soviet defenses as they threaten the Crimean coast. Berlin reports sinking three troopships and damaging several merchant vessels in the Black Sea area while Leningrad faces bombardment. Soviet raids hit Moscow outskirts and Russian factories sustain damage. The theatre may shift toward Rostov Astrakhan as oil resources loom.
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BERLIN
Crimea
Yalta
Feodosiya
Sea of Azov
Caspian Sea
Russia
Crimean
Leningrad
Adolf Hitler
Sevastopol
Red fleet
Black Sea
Gulf of Finland
Moscow
Gorkl
Rostov
Don
Astrakhan
Volga
Caspian
Caucass
Special B and G Herald Tabloid Out on Friday
The 24 page tabloid dedicated to No 8 Bombing and Gunnery school of the Royal Canadian Air Force will appear in the Herald Friday edition. It coincides with the official opening at Lethbridge on Saturday at 3 p.m. Air Commodore A T N Cowley will declare the school open and present wings to the first graduating class. The Herald photographer contributed many ground and air shots to be reproduced. Copies will be useful keepsakes for Lethbridge citizens and school personnel.
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No. 8
Royal Canadian Air Force
Herald
Lethbridge aiston
A. T. N. Cowley
No. 4 training command
Lethbridge
Parliamentarian News Bulletins Ottawa November 6
Ottawa reports from Parliament include Air Minister Power stating air personnel reach 9 percent of 100,000, RC A F strength at 90,000 with 31,000 civilians. Mackenzie King seeks steps to curb lumber workers leaving Canada to prevent shortages. Defence Minister Ralston refuses to reveal correspondence on military appointments. he rejects defeatist views and stresses total commitment. Finance Minister Ilsley says provincial tax withdrawals likely agreed within weeks.
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OTTAWA
department of national defence
air
Power
house of commons
RCAF
Mackenzie King
Canada
King
Leonard O'Brien
Con
Northumberland
O'Brien
United
Odlum Named Canadian High Commissioner to Australia
In the house of commons Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Maj-Gen Victor W. Odlum, commander of the 2nd Division overseas, will be Canada’s high commissioner in Australia. King cited the orient situation and said Gen Odlum is best qualified if he accepts. The report notes other recent diplomatic postings and the Newfoundland vacancy created by Burchell.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Victor W. Odlum
Australia
King
Odlum
King reviewed other appointments to the diplomatic service of
Canada
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Eire
Newfoundland
Charles J. Burchell
Gen. Odlum
Litvinoff Succeeds Oumansky as Soviet Envoy to U.S.
Maxim Litvinov, former Soviet foreign minister, was reported in diplomatic circles to be chosen to replace Konstantin Oumansky as Soviet ambassador to Washington. Oumansky departed for Moscow amid a widened U.S. inquiry into Russia’s war needs, while Madame Oumansky stayed at the embassy. Litvinov helped negotiate U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union in 1933, restoring diplomatic relations after about two decades.
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WASHINGTON
Maxim M Litvinoff
Constantine Oumansky
Oumansky
Russia
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Presiden
R Roosevelt
Blitzkrieg Has Failed Says Stalin
Stalin declared on Moscow radio that Russia fights a war of attrition against Germany with Britain and the United States aid, lamenting lack of a second European front while noting German casualties at four and a half million since June 22. He claimed Hitler’s policy is slaughter and plunder and asserted the Red Army fights to destroy the Germans to the last man. The German army has scrambled to build bases on hostile soil as Russia fights on its own territory. Continued on page five.
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LONDON
Russia
Germany
Great Britain
United states
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
Stalin
Red army
Trainees Get Equipment at Camp Borden Ontario
Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons that 20 of the most modern tanks are available for the Armored Fighting Vehicle Training Centre at Camp Borden. He said all training centres now possess essential equipment of all types except for two or three items with a deficiency. All units of the active army had trainees.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Ralston
house of commons
Camp Borden
Ont
Hans Falling Back From Moscow Front
London reports German air force withdrawing many planes from Moscow and northern fronts while land forces remain to defend in a winter campaign. Sources indicate Germans expect to abandon serious aims at Moscow or Leningrad, with Luftwaffe withdrawal extending to the retreating fronts. Continued coverage notes the Moscow front retreat and evolving war stance.
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LONDON
Moscow
Leningrad
Moscow front
C.P
Shaposhnikov Named Chief of Soviet General Staff
Marshal Boris N. Shaposhnikov has been named chief of the Soviet general staff to succeed General Zhukov, who was recently named commander of the Red armies on the central front. The marshal will oversee defense of the hard-pressed capital.
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Boris N. Shaposhnikov
Zhukov
Roosevelt declares unlimited pledge for world order after war
President Roosevelt told 250 delegates at the International Labor Office session in the White House East Room that Americans have made an unlimited commitment to a postwar world order and urged free nations to plan for a sound social and economic system. He criticized some industrial and labor leaders for placing personal gain over national welfare and warned that American liberty and security depend on arming Britain, Russia, and China. The speech framed a choice between realism and those who think business can coexist with Hitler while emphasizing immediate defense production.
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WASHINGTON
A.P
Roosevelt
United States
International Labor Office
White House
BERLIN
Bern
Hitler
Britain
Russia
China
tonday
Lethbridge Cardston and Fernie Men Graduate in Calgary
Nov 6 reports list L. Brown Fernie C Godfrey Coteman W Hillen Maclead C A May Cardston and D G McKean Lethbridge as graduates from No 2 wireless school in Calgary. Also news of Gladiolus sunk and Litvinoff appointed envoy to the United States. Free French raid over occupied France reported by Vichy information secretariat. Roosevelt authorizes a billion dollar lend lease to Russia. Calgary elevator operator James Borthwick dies after fall from a fire escape. Carbide and Carbon plant explosion in South Charleston with two bodies recovered. RCAF missing three engined flying boat near Patricia Bay. British freighter Cingalese Prince torpedoed in South Atlantic. 57 lives lost.
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LETHBRIDGE
CARDSTON
FERNIE
CALGARY
No. 2 wireless pehoel
L. Brown
Godfrey
Coteman
W. Hillen
Maclead
C. A May
D. G. McKean
GLADIOLUS
LONDON
C.P
admiralty
oday
LITVINOFF
KUIBYCHEY
Maxim Litvinoff
United States
FRANCE
Vichy
Paris
ETee French aviation
RUSSIA
WASHINGTON
Roosevelt
Rusaix
Nev
C P
James Borthwick
BIG CHEMICAL WORKS
CHARLESTON
W. Va
A-P
big Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
South Charleston
R.C.A.F
VANCOUVER
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
pline
Patricia Bay
Victorly
Castillo De Montjuich
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