Collision Inevitable in Far East Says Knox
Navy Secretary Frank Knox warned a group of munitions makers that a collision in the Far East is virtually inevitable if Japan pursues expansion. He cited three supply routes to Russia Archangel Vladivostok and via the South Atlantic and Africa to Persia while calling Archangel the best despite its northern challenges.
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WASHINGTON
Navy
Frank Knox
Far East
U.S.A
Russia
Knox
North Atlantic
Arctic
Archangel
Pacific
Vladivostok
South Atlantic
Africa
Persia
Bulgars to Get Loans to Rebuild Homes in Aegean Coast
The Bulgarian government announced plans to restore the Bulgarian character in the area. Several thousand Bulgarians will receive land and loans to establish homes in former Greek territory on the Aegean coast.
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SOFIA
Bulgaria
Aegean
Calgary fire chief details Wales hotel annex blaze report
Fire chief Alex Carr stated no fire exit doors were locked during the Wales hotel annex fire on October 1 and water reached three hose lines within ten minutes. Appliances were found in order during August inspection. remarks were made at the city council meeting.
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CALGARY
Wales hotel
Alex Carr
Shipyard Sponsor Chosen For Royal Navy Vessel
Walter Ayton of Esquimalt is thrilled as his wife RS Walter Ayton is selected to sponsor H.M.C.S. Vancouver, a Royal Canadian Navy corvette. Yard workers voted through a draw to honor the couple, preferring a worker’s wife over a dignitary’s. The event marks pride in shipbuilding and community effort at Yarrow’s yards.
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Esquimalt
Ayton
Vancouver
Royal Canadian Navy
Norman Yarre
Yarrow’ Yards
lues
seel
Petain Signs On as Hostage Rumor Surfaces
VICHY Oct 24 FIFTY French hostages died in mass reprisal at Bordeaux and Nantes as three German officers were killed. A brief communiqué said Marshal Petain’s cabinet would not comment on rumors he wished to surrender to avert executions. Additional hostages at Bordeaux and Nantes won brief reprieves as Germans extended time to capture the assassins.
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VICHY
Petain
Nantes
Bordeaux
Borden
Australian air strength rising to first class force
Air Minister A. B. Drakeford said in Canberra that 60,000 men serve in the Royal Australian Air Force, with total strength about twenty times its size at the war outset. He stated the government will continue expanding the air force to be a premier defence unit and a powerful striking force.
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GANBERRA
AA PS
Bomb Naples Third Time Bomb Naples Third Time
Rome reports the British Royal Air Force conducted a third night raid on Naples with slight damage and five wounded. The communiqué notes a larger hit on a coastal acetylene center last Tuesday and cites earlier Naples casualties.
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Royal Air Force
Naples
acyste
Talians
Crotone
Gulf of Taranto
Italy
Bengasi
Homs
Trimat
North Africa
high command
Tobruk
Mirabba
Valletta naval base
Malta
Mediterranean
Beet growers to receive $84,000 sugar payment
From Our Correspondent Raymond Oct 24 cheques go out for 1940 beet deliveries at 23 cents per ton totaling $84,000. A further December payment covers last year's beets. Total for 1940 beets to date is $6.95 on 3940 beets, with 1039 beets final payment $7.46. Initial 1941 deliveries paid Nov 6 for beets checked by Oct 20. Sugar campaign grows. harvest moves toward finish. sales strong.
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RAYMOND
Alberta
Ing
Senate Favors Armament of Merchant Ships in Seas Roll
An informal administration poll shows at least 55 senators would vote to amend the armed ship bill to allow U S merchant vessels to sail anywhere. A maximum of 60 members would back removing neutrality act limits on entering belligerent ports or combat zones. The administration aims to broaden the bill after Senate hearings conclude.
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WASHINGTON
United States
seven seas
house of representatives
senate foreign relations committee
Pattullo Rejects Rush Act Plan For Coalition
Victoria October 24 Premier T. D. Pattullo said attempts were being made to push a Rush Act coalition and he would not act while away in Ottawa. He will discuss surrendering British Columbia's income tax rights to the Dominion for the war duration. Writs certify Tuesday's election with 21 Liberals 14 CCF 32 Conservatives and one Labor in the new assembly.
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VICTORIA
Pattullo
British Columbia
Patullo
RAF Blasts Hun Ports And French Bases In NW Germany
London report says powerful RAF forces attacked ports and naval bases in northwestern Germany despite bad weather and raided Brest Cherbourg and Le Havre. German communique claims Hamburg Kiel and civilians killed or wounded with limited damage. One bomber down. Dundee port attacked with fires. North Scotland bomb causes very slight damage.
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LONDON
R.A.F
Germany
Brest
Cherbourg
Le Havre
air ministry
BERLIN
Hamburg
Kiel
Dundee
Scotland
Reds Throw New Troops Into Fight
Berlin reports say Russians are throwing troops to halt the German advance toward Moscow with street barricades and mines. Berlin sources claim Nazi spearheads reach near Moscow suburbs while German officials caution on progress. The D N B bulletin says Russians blast buildings to clear routes for gunners as German forces press the capital.
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BERLIN
A.P
Moscow
Moscowi
D.N.B
high command
Flying Twin Missing in Calgary Airman George Marr
Cal gar y's Flying Twins report 21 year old George Frederick Marr missing after air operations overseas. Sergeant air gunner, son of Mr and Mrs A W Marr, Calgary, he and twin brother Bill volunteered with the first Royal Canadian Air Force squadron never to leave Canada for active service. His father served in World War I with the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery.
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CALGARY
George Frederick Marr
A. W. Marr
RC.A.F
Gloucester
England
George
Bill
Royal Canadian Air Force
Dominion
Canada
France
Royal, Canadian Horse Artillery
Isolationists Demand Britain Repay $1 Billion in Cash
Washington October 24 Senator Arthur Vandenberg Rep Michigan urged immediate cash repayment from Britain for 1 ,000,000,000 in food under the lend lease program approved by the Senate The measure would siphon nearly 1 billion from the U S treasury into the British treasury Taft warned Britain may not repay and called the loan a gift La Follette and others joined in opposition to the bill increasing the no votes from nine to twelve across the party lines
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Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Britain
United States
senate
Vandenberg
Vanderberg
Robert Taft
Chies
works progress Administration
Great Britain
Taft
Guy La Follette
Wisconesin
Wages Stabilization Plan Details Delayed Again
Ottawa Ottawa officials announced last minute revisions to the wages stabilization order delaying the public release. Labor Minister McLarty canceled a 2:30 p.m. press conference and said details would be released at 9 a.m. E.D.T. tomorrow in a new briefing.
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OTTAWA
Qet
Labor
McLarty
E.D.T
Reds Hold Approaches To Moscow
Pravda reports two new German thrusts south of Rostov were turned back with heavy casualties as Red Army forces recaptured two villages. Red Star notes critical fighting near Stalino and Makeevka with fierce attacks and mounting losses on both sides as German forces push toward Rostov and the Donets.
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Pravda
ningrad
Red army
Tasa
hrbade
Velye
Amer vic
Kolmy
Kiwalmy
Pravde
Timon
Vorkney river
Lake fimen
Nevadoga
Red Star
Mancwhie
Aciaby
Berce
Stalino
Makeevka
Nac
Rostov
Germans Need France, Laval Says in Le Monde Note
Pierre Laval told Le Monde that Germany needs France as no starting point for talks, in a remark quoted as nations reassess postwar alignments. The report notes cautious reactions in Washington and London amid shifting European diplomacy.
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VICHY
Praner
Pierre Laval
Le Moniteur
America
Elected President Receives City Club Support
Harold of Regina formerly led Toronto West Club receives backing from Organizing Committee in Ontario and provincial ranks including Elizabeth Gould, Larne Glover, Cornel, Calgary.
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Regina
Toronto
Jsex Gould
Elizabeth a
Larne Glover
Cornel
Calgary
Seven RAF shot down seven German pursuit planes in France
London reports the Royal Air Force engaged north ern France and downed seven German pursuit aircraft. No British losses in those air battles, though one plane was lost on a patrol later.
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Alta
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Turner Valley of Hell
George Granger Brown
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Michigan
petroleum and natural gas conservation board
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Berlin
raten Wang
Ivar Dueland
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Romania
Grogojeanu
Odessa
BRITAIN
OTTAWA
T. C. Routley
Toronto
Canadian Medical Association
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