Australia plans fuel substitutes and ration reforms for 1942
Consumption shows August down 13 million gallons from March with private motorists dropping to 1.5 million monthly and other non military use at 2.6 million. Supply Minister George McLeay outlines a four point plan to increase reserves, spread supply through 1942, coordinate civilian use with New Zealand and South Africa, and seek immediate tanker quotas.
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Australia
aleady
George McLeay
New Zealand
South Africa
Dominions
Anglo-American Tanker committee
CH LEFI HAND Continued on Back Page
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LEFI
Price-Wage Plan Sets Up Farmer Aid
The Ottawa government moves to apply ceiling controls on prices and wages to stabilize the wartime economy. Measures require permission for wage increases, extend cost of living bonuses, and aid western wheat growers and eastern livestock raisers to balance agricultural conditions.
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C. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
King
S Broadcasting Corporation rational network
To Cooperate In Pacific Front as Curtin Reports
Canberra reports completion of negotiations for a united Pacific front among Britain, United States, China, the Netherlands East Indies, Australia and New Zealand. Prime Minister Curtin says cooperation will be substantial despite a continued Far East war risk and notes ongoing talks between Japan and the United States. He disclosed a call with Air Marshal Brooke-Popham and discussions with Casey and Page on the war outlook.
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CANBERRA
C.P
united Pacific front
Britain
United States
China
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
New Zeaand
John Curtin
Far East
Japan
Stobert Brooke-Popham
Richard Casey
Washington
Earle Page
London
Destroyer Kearny Hit Off Iceland By German Submarine
US Navy says the destroyer Kearny was torpedoed early Friday morning and reached port with 11 missing and two seriously or critically injured. It marks the first time the attack is attributed to Germany and crews’ next of kin have been notified.
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WASHINGTON
United States navy
Kearny
navy department
navy
Germany
U.S
Iceland
A. L. Danis
Brooklyn navy yard
German General Holtz slain in Nantes France
In Vichy France on October 20 a German general Holtz who commanded the Nantes region was shot and killed by two assailants as he traveled to his headquarters in Place St. Pierre. Both attackers fled and authorities launched a search. Holtz was a senior official of the German occupation forces in France.
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CALGARY
Pacific coast command
Alberta
Canadian Army
Miliary District No. 13
Robert W. Phipps
Victoria
B.C
Lethbridge
Cyril W. Barker
R.C.A
Edmonton
Phipps
B.C. Coast Brigade
96th Battery
Barker
55th
VICHY
France
Holtz
Nantes
Place St. Pierre
Invasion of Crete Teaches Germans a Lesson
Lt. John E Minter Jr of the 501st Parachute Battalion argues Crete’s costly German victory warned against invading Britain. He estimates about 13 000 Nazi parachutists were dropped on Crete, many killed, and says the episode caused the Nazis to rethink invasion plans.
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U.S
Crete
WASHINGTON
Britain
United States
John E Minter, Jr
Plover 501st
Fort Benning
Lieut
Mitter
infantry journal
England
Minter
Captured Hun Commander Killed in Escape Attempt
Lieut. Bernhardt Berndt, 25, commander of German submarine 570, captured in the Atlantic by a British patrol bomber, was shot dead today while attempting to escape from a lake district prison camp after breaking away from Home Guard and pursuing captors.
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LONDON
C.Pj
Atlantic
lake district
Bernhardt Berndt
408 Construction Contracts Are Set
Ottawa reports the department of Munitions and Supply awarded 408 construction contracts in the quarter ending Sept 30 valued at 37,777,151. Air force accounts for 312 contracts totaling 29,307,145. army 70 contracts at 4,784,149. navy 26 contracts at 3,685,557. From July 14, 1939 to now, total contracts amount to 1,558 with expenditures of 148,053,920.
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OTTAWA
department of Munitions and supply
Air force
army
navy
Legion Executive Meeting Held Behind Closed Doors
The Orsinion executive council of the Canadian Legion met in camera today chaired by President Alex Walker. A brief will be presented tomorrow to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and today’s issue concerned its preparation.
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LEGION EXECUTIVE
OTTAWA
C.P
orsinion executive
the
Canadian Legion
Alex Walker
Mackenzie King
Missing party found safe near Ottawa
Newsman reports Bishop Joseph Trocellier and about a dozen companions who had been missing for several days in the northern wilderness were located safe today.
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OTTAWA
Joseph Trocellier
Ralston Visits With Beaverbrook in London
Canadian defence minister J. L. Ralston returned to London after a weekend with Lord Beaverbrook in the country. Maj. Gen. H. D. G. Grevar and Maj. Gen. P. J. Montague, along with Lt-Col. G. 8. Crfis, accompanied Ralston, who conferred with Gen. Sir Alan Brooke, commander in chief of the home forces, at the war office and stayed for lunch.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
J. L Ralston
Sir Alan Brooke
home forces
war office
Japan's Tojo calls for iron unity amid encirclement
Tokyo dispatch reports Premier Tojo urging total sacrifice and unity of armed forces and people to meet foreign pressure. He spoke at a war office address warning of a crucial hour but indicated few policy changes, while Tokyo papers note foreign reports portray the cabinet as militaristic, sharing principles with its predecessor.
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TOKYO
Japan
Eiki Tojo
Tojo
war office
premaier
Japan Times and Advertiser
foreign office
Domel
Free Masons Be Ordered To Surrender Rings In Oslo
In German occupied Oslo on October 20 the curb on distribution of men’s warm trousers was paired with a police order demanding Free Masons surrender their Masonic rings, mostly gold. Authorities estimate about 2,200 such rings exist in Norway.
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OSLO
Norway
Cier- Tans
City Becomes Vast Bristling Fortress As Germans Near
German advance toward Moscow triggered a siege mood as Stalin proclaimed a state of siege for the city. Moscow radio quoted Nazi losses nearing four million killed or wounded while battles raged on two western fronts Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets.
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ONDON
C.P
Pravda
Moscow
LONDON
Prenmuéer
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Moscow radio
Mozhaisk and
Maloyaroslavets
Mozhaisk
Vysatia
Kaluga
Stalin declares siege in Moscow and orders strict curbs
Moscow proclaims state of siege to curb espionage and ensure defense. The decree assigns western front commander Jukov and city defense to Lt Gen Artimiev, enforces no traffic between midnight and five am, and authorizes immediate military court trials for disturbers. Stalin calls workers to aid the Red Army and maintain order. Russia may seek US wheat due to Ukraine losses. no confirmation of talks yet.
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MOSCOW
Joseph Stalin
western front
Jukov
garriecns
Artimiev
government committee for defence
Comrade Smilov
Red army
Germans claim successful eastern offensive near Donets basins
Berlin reports axis forces pushing east toward the Donets industrial area and within 30 miles of Rostov, with German, Italian, Hungarian and Slovak divisions advancing in the southern eastern front. Moscow front sees Red counterattacks repelled as German wedges widen the Soviet defence. Taganrog reportedly captured, boosting rail links Rostov Kharkov. Royal Navy personnel doubled in 18 months.
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BERLIN
Donets
Rostov
CauCAsUS
Moscow
Red army
high command
Taganrog
Sea of Azov
Arbitration Refused By Railway Unions
CHICAGO Oct 20 — Five big railroad unions with about 360000 members rejected arbitration offered by President Roosevelt’s emergency fact finding board on the wage dispute. The five-man board proposed arbitration, the railroads agreed to place their case with the board, and non operating unions with 900000 members also refused when previously offered. The board’s recommendations require both sides to accept. The railway express agency also favored a board settlement.
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CHICAGO
Roosevelt
Frank Mulholland
unlets
railway express agency
Former Pincher Creek teacher dies at coast
Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Miss Mary Ellen Bull, 71, who taught school for many years at Pincher Creek, Alberta. Alster, Mrs. W. H. Jackson, lives at Pincher Creek, US.
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PINCHER CREEK
coast VANCOUVER
Mary Ellen Bull
Alberta
Alster
W. H. Jackson
JERSEY CITY
A P
Excalibur
Lisbon
LONDON
Felix Lobilegols
Paris
HELSINKI
Finland
Lapland
WALTER MONCKTON
TERERAN
Iran
ministry of information
Teheran
Russia
BRITAIN
C.P
HARRIMAN
HYDE
PARK
N.Y
A.P
W. Averell Harriman
Roosevelt
U.S
MOSCOW
KUIBYSHEV KUIBYSHEV
United States
Laurence Steinhardt
Volga river
Henry C. Cassidy
Robert Magidoff
Associated Press
Moscow bureau
WINNIPEG
Alice Dilton
Dufalt
J. &. Adamson
king’s bench
MARSHAL TIMOSHENKO
BELRENE
Switzerland
Ankara
Vichy
PANAMA
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Victorian
R. W. Phipps
MAJ
C. W. BARKER
Pacific
United Front
U.S.S. KEARNY
A. L. DANTS
HMN
Ralston
Beaverbrook
Gen. Tojo
HMNS COMMANDEER
FREE MASONS’ RINGS
yester
Ukraine
agriculture department
ROSTOV CITY
Mariupol
Kharkov
NAVY SERSONNEL
admiralty
Royal Navy
U.S. TRANSPORTATION
Newspap
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