Britain plans measures for German control
Lord Cherwell told the House of Lords Britain will curb Germany’s war potential with scientific help and necessary steps, including deindustrialization of key German industries after the war. Lord Vansittart urged appointing a scientists’ committee to plan control of heavy industry and aviation, while others proposed limits on aircraft, ships, submarines, tanks and strategic metals.
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London
Britain
Lord Vansittart
Cherwell
Germany
Lord Strabolgi
Europe
Earl of Perth
Liberated Areas Not Yet Seeking UNRRA Aid
Parliamentary assistant Brooke Claxton told the commons that Russia had not requested UNRRA relief for liberated areas. He noted UNRRA would not lead reconstruction but focus on rehabilitation to enable self-help, citing North Africa Sicily and Italy as past experience.
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Russia
United Nations
Ottawa
Brooke Claxton
Mackenzie King
Commons
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Grote Stirling
P.C. Yale
UNRRA
Stirling
Claxton
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
British Shipyards Produce Man for Man Tonnage Review
The Financial Times notes British shipyards are producing manpower equal to American tonnage. It argues the British outlook isn’t as bleak as the emphasis on American tonnage might suggest. The editorial expects many war-built tramp ships to be scrapped or laid up after the war.
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London
Financial Times
Riches of North Fed To Hold More Minerals Than Any Other Part of World
Calgary report on pre-Cambrian field spanning from Great Bear to Great Slave lakes, east of Fort Smith, and into northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Col. Harry Snyder says this area contains every metal including tin, vast timber, major water power, and good farming land. He also recounts a 1934 Northwest Territories expedition to locate the wood bison.
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Calgary
Great Bear Lake
Great Slave Lake
Fort Smith
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
de Hared
Harry Snyder
FRGS
Col. Snyder
Red Deer Valley
Olds
Northwest Territories
Change Is Made Winnipeg Open Delivery Quota Authorized
The Canadian wheat board announced an open delivery quota at all delivery points effective immediately. Producers must record oat deliveries in their permit books and deliver at the designated point unless special arrangements are made. They may market all oats up to the space available.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Sailor Wilfred Greenwood Faces Shore Leftover Blues
22 year old LS Wilfred Greenwood RCNR of Goderich Ontario cannot adjust to life on land after nearly four years at sea. He served aboard ships during wartime service and now recovers ashore while awaiting next assignment.
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Ings
Wilfred Greenwood
Rcnr
Goderich
Ont
New Spitfire Improves Low Altitude Fighter Performance
London reports a new Spitfire variant with clipped wings and a heavier engine now in RAF service. The design enhances maneuverability, speed, and climb rate at low altitudes for anticipated invasion duties in support of ground operations.
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London
RAF
Europe
STILL A MENACE Likely To Use Submarine Again Says British Commander
Lieut Norman Jewell a noted British submarine commander says German U boats remain a very definite menace and likely to renew attacks. He notes a lull may stem from morale and the need to concentrate submarines for continent invasion and cites recent Tirpitz and Scharnhorst blows as influential. Maj Gen F Worthington returns to Canada to take command at Camp Borden.
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Ottawa
Lieut
Norman Jewell
Britain
Lieut. Jewell
Tirpitz
Scharnhorst
Canada
Montreal
F. Worthington
Worthington
Camp Borden
Department of National Defence
Bank of England picks Catto as new governor
London. Lord Catto elected governor of the Bank of England succeeding Montagu Norman who retires due to illness and age after leading the bank for a quarter century Basil Gage Catterns is reelected deputy governor.
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Bank OF England
London
Lord Catto
Montagu Norman
Norman
Basil Gage Catterns
Empire Should Unite On Air Power Says Empire
Victoria shows Premier George Drew of Ontario urging the British empire to unite in developing future air power. He argues collaboration would knit empire and commonwealth closer, notes U.S. openness to strong empire partners, and warns against joining an international air system.
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Empire
Victoria
British Empire
George Drew
Ontario
Kiwanis -Canadian
Commonwealth
United States
U.S
Tense Strike After Nazi Killings in Sonderborg
German troops dispersed thousands of Danish protesters in Sonderborg during a general strike following a killing by German naval guns. Crowds accompanied the coffin to Central station and sang at the Nazis. Police with German help manned streets as barbed wire barricades went up and arrests were reported.
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Stockholm
Sonderborg
Copenhagen
Jutland
Oil Conference Aims at Shared Resources Study
A joint study conference opened with ten Americans and eleven Britons to examine international oil resources of common interest, focusing on Middle East reserves and U S plans for large scale production within a British political and economic framework. The London and Washington governments ordered the talks to pave the way for a later meeting of high officials including Secretary of State Cordell Hull to craft a joint oil policy or coordinate responses if other nations like Russia join.
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Britain
America
Washington
Middle East
United States
London
Cordell Hull
Russia
Vatican radio calls Nazi rumor about Sistine Chapel a pure sensation
New York report quotes Osservatore Romano via Vatican radio labeling a Nazi originated rumor about a time bomb in the Sistine Chapel as a pure sensation. No further details provided.
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New York
Vatican
Osservatore Romano
Vatican Radio
Sistine Chapel
Air Ministers say transport planes for Canada ready in 1944
Power announces in the commons that transport aircraft for moving troops to defend Canada will be available in 1944, a year earlier than previously expected. This signals accelerated wartime aviation plans and improved logistics for the defence effort.
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Ottawa
Power
Commons
Canada
Russian doctors split by gender with women half
Report notes that about half of Russia's doctors are women. The statistic highlights gender balance in the medical workforce and its implications for healthcare access and professional opportunities.
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Russia
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