Canada to Observe Reconsecration Week Across Nation
Military religious civic and educational bodies across Canada will co operate for reconsecration week September 10 to 17 with individual ceremonies in communities culminating in mass gatherings on September 17. A wreath laying each morning at 11 and open air service September 14 at 11 15 am EDT will be led by dignitaries including the Earl of Afgnone and Prime Minister Mackenzie King with CBC broadcasting daily addresses and features.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Justice T C Davis
national war services
Justice Davis
departments of education
Canadian Council of Education for Citizenship
Church of England
National War Memorial
Earl of Afnlone
Mackenne King
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
British Officials Begin Long Return From Finland
A 61 member British partyleft Helsinki by tram for a rail and boat route to Luebeck Germany to reach Hamburg then Lisbon and London. They will embark Turku for the voyage. 50 more Britons join in Stockholm. A sealed German train and possible flight over Germany were arranged due to Finland Britain break. Left behind were 112 Barons including an army captain who allegedly joined the Finnish army in protest.
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HELSINKI
Finland
Luebeck
Germany
Turku
Stockholm
Finnish radio of &0
legation
Great Britain
Hamburg
Lisbon
London
Churchill
Mass exile ordered for Volga German population
Moscow reports a state decree to move the German derived population of the Volga region into Siberia amid accusations of sabotage. About 571,089 inhabitants in 1926, two thirds German, will be relocated to areas in Novosibirsk and Omsk regions, the Alatau of Kazakhstan, and neighboring land rich localities with land and state aid to start anew.
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MOSCOW
Siberia
Volga
Germany
Catherine the Great
Russia
Caspian Sea
Volga River
national defence council
Joseph Stalin
Novosibirsk
Omsk
Alua
Kazakhstan republic
Iran must answer quickly to avert allied pressure
London dispatch reports that no deadline is set for Iran to accept British and Russian demands. An authoritative source says a favorable response must come in a very short time to prevent stern measures, including possible occupation by British and Russian forces.
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LONDON
Iran
Alberta to study cost of living bonus for workers
Premier Aberhart announced early consideration of a cost of living bonus for Alberta government employees. A special committee led by Mark W. Robertson, civil service commissioner, is examining salary revisions and will report to the government as soon as possible.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Aberhart
Mark W. Robertson
Tas
Windsor couple to spend two hours in Washington
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor will spend two hours in Washington on September 25 and 26 before continuing to their ranch in Alberta. The British embassy announced the brief stop as part of their travel itinerary.
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WASHINGTON
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Alberta
Antifreeze Rationing Shocks Saskatoon Dealers
Saskatoon dealers report drastic anti freeze rationing with supply volumes only about one third of former shipments. The cut affects local garages and motorists as the city experiences tightened fuel and automotive supplies.
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SASKATOON
Third American Tanker Arrives at Vladivostok
The third American tanker sailing from the United States to Russia arrived today in Vladivostok, according to a Sydney radio broadcast reported by NBC.
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VLADIVOSTOK
NEW YORK
Russia
United States
Sydney
Australia
NBC
Plan for new federal party in Quebec meeting
A closed Quebec meeting discussed preliminaries for forming a new federal political party. J Sasseville Roy helped organize the gathering, about 300 attendees from 45 of 64 counties. Delegates formed a committee to study national questions and report back, with a resolution condemning Tory policies left on the table.
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QUEBEC
J. Sasseville Roy
house of commons
Sam Gobeil
Dotominion
Alberta Cheeses Win Prizes At Vancouver Expo
Alberta cheese factories won honors at the Vancouver exhibition with Burns and Co. Ltd. Round Hill taking three firsts and a third, Bruderheim two seconds, Coaldale one second and one third, and Burns and Co. Bawi among other winners. For the seven months to July 31 cheese production rose 10.7 percent from last year to 1,691,866 pounds, with Alberta and Quebec the only provinces showing gains.
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EDMONTON
Alberta
Vancouver
department of agriculture
Burns and Co. Ltd
Round Hill
Bruderheim
Coaldale cheese factory
Bawi
Quebec
Eddie O'Keefe to Join Niagara Falls Senior Team
Edmonton journalist notes Eddie O'Keefe the Edmonton Flyers center will move to Niagara Falls Ontario to play in the Ontario Hockey Association senior circuit for the upcoming season. He logged 62 scoring points last year as his team finished fourth in a 30 game schedule and set a league record.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Eddie O'Keefe
Edmonton Flyers
Niagara Falls
Ont
Ontario Hockey Association
Saskatoon
Winnipeg convention urges standard compensation act
Major C. K. Newcombe of Winnipeg, president of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, urged 200 delegates at the 28th annual convention here to name a committee to draft a standard compensation act.
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WINNIPEG
C. K. Newcombe
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions
King Minsters Gratitude Message From Britain to Canada
Prime Minister Mackenzie King issued a statement on returning to Canada from Britain praising British resolve and the united effort of free nations against Nazi tyranny. He conveyed heartfelt greetings from the King and Queen and noted Canada’s strong aid to Britain, including troops, ships, and supplies, and the close wartime cooperation with Churchill and Roosevelt.
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KING
MONTREAL
Mackenzie King
Canada
United Kingdom
Britain
Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Roosevelt
England
Queen Mary
Millman Injured as Grizzlies Prep for Opener
Vancouver Sept 8 Chuck Millman of the Vancouver Grizzlies suffered a badly sprained ankle in practice becoming the first casualty of the week as the team prepared for their opening Western Interprovincial Football Union game against the Regina Roughriders next Saturday. Millman is expected to be fit for the game. The Grizzlies added two American linemen, Bob Campbell of Washington State and Burdett Kindred of the University of Washington, to strengthen the squad.
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VANCOUVER
Chuck Millman
Imeman
Vancouver Grizzlies
Western Interprovincial Football Union
Regina Roughriders
Millman
Grizzlies
Bob Campbell
Washington State College
Burdett Kindred
University of Washington
Strike Continued At Price Brothers Mills
Six hundred workers at Price Brothers mills in Rimouski Quebec kept absent from work after a company official said a 10 cent an hour wage increase would not be granted until after discussion with federal authorities in Ottawa.
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RIMOUSKI, Que
Price Brothers mills
Ottawa
Labor's Stake In War Very Great
A R Mosher of Ottawa, president of the Canadian Congress of Labor, told Hamilton workers that labor has a major stake in the war and must avoid industrial strife especially in war industries. He urged public support to strengthen labor's position in Canada’s economic and political life and warned against anti labor attacks by newspapers.
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HAMILTON
Ont
A R. Mosher
Ottawa
Canadian Congress of Labor
Mosher
Hitler
Canada
Germany
Japan
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
British Commonwealth
Russia
United States
Mosner
thew
Mr. Mosher
Bakers to supply pennyworth meat pies at pitheads
In Cardiff Wales bakers in colliery areas will collect miners supplementary ration of a pennyworth two cents worth of meat and pool it into pies to be sold at the pitheads for miners during hard times.
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CARDIFF
Wales
Canadian Auxiliary Territorial Service Orders at Lethbridge 1941
Orders issued by L C McKlvena commanding officer detail duties for the week ending Sept 15 1941. It lists orderly officers A 2 Lt Wilson and A Lieut Gregory plus B next for duty. Parades on Sept 9 at 7 30 PM at Collegiate and training route march led by L C McIlvena.
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CANADIAN AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE
Lethbridge
L. C. McKlvena
Comanding
Ill-considered action blamed for Arvida strike
Montreal counsel at the royal commission argues the July five day walkout at the Aluminium Company of Canada Arvida plant stemmed from the actions of three young potmen Adrien Dufour Rene Belanger and Edgar Tremblay. He called the strike illegal noting the broader causes including the bonus system plant expansion new workers and tax deductions from pay.
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D'ARCY O'DONNELL
CHICOUTIMI
Quc
Stuart MacDougall
Montreal
royal commission
Aluminium Company of Canada
Arvida
MacDougall
Adrien Dufour
Rene Belanger
Edgar Tremblay
Perkins Sees Strikes Harmless Next To Injuries
US Labor Secretary Frances Perkins said in Winnipeg that lost working days from strikes are negligible next to injuries. She noted one year of injury time equals 800,000 men’s work days, with slips and falls as main causes. She urged balanced economy linking industry and agriculture for long term peace.
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WINNIPEG
Misa Frances Perkins
United States
Alberta minister travels to Ottawa for feed conference
Hon. D. Bruce MacMillan Alberta Minister of Agriculture departed Sunday for Ottawa to join a conference called by federal agricultural minister J. G. Gardiner to discuss the feed situation in the Dominion.
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EDMONTON
D. Bruce MacMillan
Alberta
Sunda
Ottawa
J. G. Garediner
Dominion
Predicts Alberta to be premier hog producing province
Edmonton Sept 8 Alberta is forecast to become the leading hog producer within months. E W Brunsden Calgary secretary of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture said this while en route to Ottawa to discuss Canada feed shortages with federal officials. L Hutchinson of Duhamel federation president accompanies him. They will present Alberta's stance due to light oat and barley crops this season and the expected winter feeding of wheat to hogs.
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EDMONTON
C.P
Alberta
E. W. Brunsden
Calgary
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Ottawa
Canada
Brunsden
L. Hutchinson
Duhamel
federation
J. G. Gardiner
Mr. Brunsden
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