Allies Talk Post War Unity Among Small Nations
London dispatch reports postwar relief and recovery plans by governments of Belgium Czecho Slovakia The Netherlands Norway Poland Greece and Yugoslavia. These exiled states urge coordinated effort across Europe as they chart a future after Allied victory.
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DEWITT 3iACKENZIE
LONDON
Europe
Hinev
Belgium
Czecho- Slovakia
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Greece
Yugoslavia
pounirleés
Rattlesnakes in Ontario See Rare Records and Local Raids
The Royal Ontario Museum confirms two rattlesnake species in Ontario, with authentic records showing no known snakebite deaths in recent years. Snakes are scarce and largely destroyed. sightings cluster near Georgian Bay, Lake Erie, and Prince Edward County.
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Ontario
E. B. S. Loguer
Royal Ontario Museum
Georgian Bay
race Peninsula
Lake Erie
GEORGE
Sonsor Daily Mail
Harescod
Yorkshire
Princess Royal
Ger
Lasceles
Lord Harewood
Five VCs for Australians in present war
Australian military forces have earned 1705 honors and awards in the present war. Five Victoria Crosses are included among these decorations, won mainly in the Middle East campaigns with a small number in Singapore and Malaya.
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CANBERRA
Gct
Middle East
Singapore
Malara
Indian Stand Is Upheld By House Of Commons
The British House of Commons voted 360 to 17 to uphold the government's Indian policy against an opposition motion calling for censure. L S Amery insisted there can be no negotiations with the All-India Congress Party while it pursues its present course, stressing continued firm policy until disturbances attributed to Congress are quelled. The debate featured Arthur Greenwood warning that failure to settle the Indian issue risks compromising the Atlantic Charter. Continued on Page Three.
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DOUGLAS AMARON
LONDON
C. P.Cable
house of commons
India
James Maxton
Lebor pary
Arthur Greenwood
L. S Amery
All- India Congress
AMERY
C.P
L. S. Amery
all-India Congress Party
Seven United States fliers rescued after drifting for seven days
Separated from their B-17 in the South Pacific, seven US Army airmen survived seven days on a raft with scant water and a daily ration of chocolate. Two crewmen died of exposure. the survivors, led by Lieuts James P Van Maur of Missoula, recount shark encounters and a makeshift raft nicknamed spider.
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CHARLES McMURTRY
Associated Press
PACIFIC FLEET
United States army
South Pacific
dama wellR
James P Van Maur
Missoula
Mont
Japs Flee Outer Isles in Aleutians
Washington reports Japanese withdrawal from Ali and Agattu in the western Aleutians after heavy American air and sea bombardment. Allied fighters claimed hits on seaplane hangars and several enemy planes, with Kanadian air and ground forces aiding the Alaska defense.
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WASHINGTON
Aleutian
Ali
Agattu
Kiska
United States
Navy department
Alaska
Andréenos Islands
Aleutian Islands
Aleutians
isla
Canadians in Dieppe Prisoner Chain Threats
British authorities warned that if German captors do not release Dieppe prisoners, an equal number of German POWs will be manacled at noon Saturday. The warning followed a war office communique after reports that Canadians and Britons captured at Dieppe had their hands chained. Britain denied Nazi claims of Dieppe prisoners’ shackling and called the German ultimatum blackmail.
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Loess
C P
Dieppe
war office
LONDON
Berg _lin
Britain
Soviet Relief Drive Gains Momentum As Stalingrad Holds Out
Soviet army reports indicate tank forces broke into the German left flank north of Stalingrad, forcing veteran Prussian units to shift from other fronts to halt the relief push for the Volga city. Germans suffered heavy losses while Reds consolidated positions and repulsed attacks in northwest and city sectors, with key plants like Red October and Stalin factory areas under Russian control.
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Stalingrad
Timoshenko
Northwest
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Wester
OSCOW
A.P
Staat
Volga cit
Volga
Pravda
Red Star
Stalin
Red October
bureautine
Redany
central Caucasus
Mozdolok
nork
Moscow
asam
Red
New Guinea Front Tough Sees Supply Struggles Persist
Allied troops after driving the Japanese from the Owen Stanley Range face ongoing supply difficulties similar to those faced during the Port Moresby push. A war bulletin notes almost insuperable logistical problems slow progress, with virtually no Allied losses as they expelled the invaders from near Teri baiwa, 32 miles from Port Moresby, and moved to control the pass in the high mountains.
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ALLIED
Australia
New Guineas
Owen Stanley Mourt
Port Moresby
Teribaiwa
Port Moertsby
toe
Five Die In Fire At Porc Anson Station
Fragmentary report from Montreal and Porc Anson noting a deadly fire at St John’s Ndod Gabie Mrs Thor and five children perished. One adult, Mr Smith, reportedly died earlier in the incident. Fire losses and car water tax figures quoted for 1942 show totals around 221000 dollars.
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St. JOHN'S Ndod
Thor ana
Porc Anson
Smith
aoison
Larry Allen recounts action with Mediterranean fleet
Associated Press writer Larry Allen, attached to the British Mediterranean Fleet, details his perilous voyage and censorious experiences from Sept. 12 through a dangerous Tobruk raid. He recalls dives, shelling, and the fleet’s vast movements as he survives multiple near fatal incidents and the Taranto raid.
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Larry a ten
Associated Prec
Allen
liaitons
Tobruk
Atlantic
Sy LARRY ALLEN
Associated Press
McLarty Denies Canadian Press Is Controlled
McLarty denies a claim Canada’s press is controlled and says it remains free. In a statement to the Chisago Sun, he asserts Canadian press cooperates with government in voluntary centership and prosecutions against papers are rarely needed.
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co. ER. sears
Chiesso Tribune publs
Canada
press of Canada
McLatty
Chisago Sun
Awarded D.F.C. Regina in October RCAF member attached to the Maka FO
Wing details note HO Wallace son of J. Aren MeLech awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He was attached to the Maka force and is described as being guarded the Dus n Cross.
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REGINA
RCAF
Maka
HO Wallace
J. aren
MeLech
Held by Nazis Vichy Fr hemes of wo men were the Germans
A fragment reports women held by German forces in Vichy era territories. The sentence is incomplete, but indicates Nazi custody or control over female detainees in a Vichy context. No clear names, dates, or locations are provided.
Beef Cattle Price Gains 75 Cents A Hundred
An announcement by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board notes a roughly 35 cent per hundred rise in gross cattle value. Grass tuber steers formerly sold for 3869 in Calgary will now fetch 9.53 per hundred in the province. Gordons statement, echoed by officials, signals limited relief for wartime marketing pressures while wholesale carcass prices rise 1.50 per hundred, with producers still facing core cost challenges.
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Prices and Trade Board
fawa
Calgary
Gordons me
Alverza eration
McKenzie
EL W. Brurs
Gordon
whelessie
carle
i. Gordon
Federation
Mr. Gordon
Prosecutions Under Wartime Board Rise in Ottawa
The War Time Prices and Trade Board reports 1175 persons charged last month for rental, heating and rationing violations. Eighty five prosecutions arose from violations of rental orders and ten cases from other disruptions. A Toronto woman paid fines for hoarding and price infractions, with penalties issued for tea and sugar.
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OTTAWA
Ger
Shere
end Trade Board
Firemen Answer Odd Call For Help Moving Furniture
North Bay Ont Oct 3 Firemen declined a curious request when a woman phoned for two men to assist her in moving furniture as part of house cleaning.
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NORTH BAY
Ont
department
House passes large war funding bill in 1942 session
The House of Representatives sent to the Senate a 5226,236.521 supply bill funding naval planes and wartime projects including development efforts amid a broader push for military expansion. Reports from London and Washington noted Nazi violence and Allied efforts in key theaters, with updates on early battles and strategic bombings.
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S. HOUSE
WASHINGTON
house of representatives
senate
SURWAY
LONDON
Trondheim
Oso
SFALENGRAD
otis
staligrad
Russias
Veiga
CHINES
Egypt
Asis
Mediterranean
Jeane
GUADALCANAL
Free
Rexist
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