Nazis Claim Breakthrough Near Moscow in War Bulletin
Berlin reports German forces broke through outer defences southwest and west of Moscow, reaching about 38 miles from the city. The claim follows heavy bombardment and widespread fighting as Russian resistance stiffens on approaches to Leningrad and Donets basin.
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BERLIN
Hillor'y
Moscow
Red army
Donets
Leningrad
LONDON
Russia
Caucasus
Verdun
cetteral
Jess Chan
Pravda
Tavestin
Britain Needs Dairy Products in War Exports Drive
Canada’s Agriculture Minister Gardiner urged greater winter milk production and announced contracts for boosted exports to Great Britain during WW II. He spoke at an Inter-American group luncheon of the Dairy Industries Supply Association, noting Britain’s demand for compact, nutritious food.
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TORONTO
Gardiner
Canada
Dairy Industries Supply Association
Great Britain
Birth of a daughter alters Norfolk dukedom line
The Duchess of Norfolk Lavina Strutt gave birth to a third daughter at Arundel Castle. With no sons, the heir presumptive becomes the 86-year-old Viscount Fitzalan. The duchess, 24, is the daughter of Lord Belper. the couple married in January 1937.
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NORFOLK
Lavina Strutt
Arundel Castle
vic yie
Viscount Fitzalan
Derwent
Arundel
Surrey
Fitzalan
Oswald estre
Maltravels
England
Lord Belper
Coalition Of Old Parties Seen In B C
Liberals and Conservatives form a likely path out of the deadlock in British Columbia as the Liberal party holds twenty seats in the 48 member house. The report notes a potential coalition dynamic shaping the provincial balance of power and governance strategy.
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B.C
Liberal Conservative Coalition Talks in B C Election
Vancouver report notes Liberal Premier T D Pattullo leads in Prince Rupert with a close race against CCF opponent George Weaver. As votes trickle in, Liberals hold 26 seats, Conservatives 12, CCF 14, Labor 1, with Nelson Creston tally as the latest declared seat and coalition discussions intensifying.
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VANCOUVER
C. P
British Columbia
T. D. Pattullo
CCF
Labor
Prince Rupert
Pattullo
George Weaver
Pattuilo
West Kootenay
Nelson-Creston
Plane Falls In Flames Four Killed In Nova Scotia Tragedy
A Royal Air Force two engine training plane crashed into Great Village Nova Scotia shortly before dawn and exploded killing four British airmen on board. The incident, reported by the RAF training school at Debert, sent shock waves through the village as debris scattered over the field and nearby homes. Names of the crew were not released pending next of kin notifications.
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GREAT VILLAGE
N.S
Royal Air Force
RAF
Debert
QUEBEC
L'ABORD A PLOUFFE
Que
C.P
Night Land Raids On Hun Held Coasts Urged
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons that closer contact with fighting services and better information would help judge the war, noting British defences were weak last summer and equipment was sent to Russia at the expense of Britain. He pledged to aid Russia to a common victory but warned specifics would aid the enemy. Aneurin Bevan accused Viscount Hulfax of tipping Hitler. Night Land continued on page three.
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LONDON
Eden
house of commons
dle
Italy
Red army
Ukraine
Russia
Rusia
Aneurin Bevan Labor
Viscount Hulifix
United States
Hitler
Rhineland Raided by British Bombers Across Rhine
British bombers raided the Rhineland targeting Mannheim and attacked docks at Le Havre and Brest. Five planes missing, German fighters exchanged fire over North Wales and Merseyside. Three Nazi raiders shot down. Berlin acknowledged RAF strikes on western and southern German cities with civilian casualties.
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LONDON
Rhineland
Mannheim
Le Havre
Brest
North Wales
Merseyside
Berlin
RAF
Dunkerque
Calais
Boulogne
English Channel
Further Reduction in Non-Essential Goods Curtailed
Ottawa October 23 report from H Carl Goldenberg associate director general for the economics and statistics branch munitions and supply department forecast further cuts in production of radios refrigerators washing machines stoves and vacuum cleaners to 75 percent of 1949 output This preliminary order hints at broader curtailment and notes materials may not be available even at the lower level Also studies are underway to eliminate window signs and display lighting and to stagger hours of trade to economize fleet use and power
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OTTAWA
H Carl Goldenberg
economics and Statistics branch
munitions and supply department
Germany and Italy merge economic systems
Rome reports German Economics Minister Walther Funk announced that Italy and Germany have virtually merged their economic systems. He said negotiations cleared up key war related questions and created a basis for expanded reciprocal economic relations. Funk noted both economies would be treated as a single unit and outlined plans with Italian expert Raffaele Riccardi to exploit Ukraine’s grain and steel for food and weapons, strengthening Axis forces.
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ROME
Walther Funk
Germany
reichsbank
Italy
Funk
Raffaele Riccardi
Italian economica
Ukraine
Hull Rouses Fascist Ire
A wartime-era clipping attacks United States Secretary of State Hull as a vulgar agent provocateur for backing neutrality act changes. It quotes Il Messaggero calling Hull a frantic organizer of crimes and a kurs solid axis provocateur, while Il Popolo criticizes his testimony as a grotesque Rooseveltian vituperation against the Axis.
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ROME
United States
Corde Hull
Bull
IL Messageero
Roosevelt
Roma
Hull
Germany
Italy
America
Stalin Receives Promises of War Material From U S and Britain
Lord Beaverbrook told the House of Lords that U S and British missions to Moscow pledged to replace Russian losses in tanks and planes with shipments. He said Stalin offered raw materials and agreed to supply metals, glass and chemicals as the Allies promised aluminum copper lead zinc and shellac. The talks covered Russian needs in textiles munitions and heavy industries and noted Stalin's remark that the war would be decided by tanks.
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Swirmingham Mail
Ireland
London
U.S
Stalin
Lord Beaverbrook
house of lords
United States
Russia
Joseph Stalin
Germany
Moscow
Great Britain
Fighting In Streets Of Kalinin City
Russian dispatches report fierce urban fighting in Kalinin, 95 miles northwest of Vitebsk, as fresh Hungarian and Romanian units join German efforts on the southern Donets front. Pravda coverage says Red Army repelled attacks for eight days with heavy tanks and massed infantry, amid thousands of Russian casualties in the Donbas and surrounding areas.
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Kalinin
Vioscaw
Avis
Tzvestia
Red army
Farm Foreman Fatally Crushed at Peck Farms
Sylvanus Green 25 foreman at Peck Farms was crushed between two trucks in a barn. He started a running truck, was pinned by another, and died instantly. Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigate with inquest undecided. Survived by widow and two children.
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Sylvanus. Green
Peck Farms
Green
tuck Green
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Martin Brothers
pictors
Nobliad
fill
Tory Chief Urges Union Government in British Columbia
VANCOUVER Oct 23 Maitland provincial Conservative leader urged a union government in BC formed by Liberals Conservatives and CCF to advance the maximum war effort. He said the three parties should unite as in England to govern for the war effort and the province.
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VANCOUVER
cr— RL
Maitland
British Columbia
CCF
England
IGB
Five Poles Executed for Railway Sabotage
Telegraphic reports from London say a Polish saboteur network struck German freight and military targets causing damage in the hundreds of thousands of marks. A special Poznan tribunal sentenced and executed Ivo Poles, amid wartime security measures.
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LONDON
Polish telegraphic agency
briteen
Berlin
Waraw
Poznan
VICHY
AFj
Ott von Steulpnagel
France
Bordeaux
CALGARY
Dorothy Ramberg
victor Christopher
Ramberg
SHANGHAI SHANGHAL
United States navy
Orient
United States
C.P
Moscow
Novgorod
Leniingrad
admiralty
Spragback
OTTAWA
McLarty
JUIBYSHEV
Russia
Red army
Maloyaroslavets
PETAIN
Marshal Petain
Darlan
Paris
sone
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