Post War Plans Emphasize Full Employment for All
Dr F Cyril James of McGill told the Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants that post war reconstruction in Canada must guarantee full and secure employment for every man and woman who desires it. He outlined three policy sections: national, transnational, and international cooperation to achieve broad societal improvement.
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Calgary
Canada
F. Cyril James
McGill University
Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants
James
Dominion Committee of Reconstruction
Production Board Raises Shipbuilding Target for Year
The U S war production board aims to exceed President Roosevelts shipbuilding goal of 8,000,000 dead weight tons by about 100 percent and boosts the yearly target near 9,000,000 tons. The Maritime Commission approval sets a plan to build perhaps 90 additional cargo vessels, with steel supplies pledged to support the higher output. July had the best record with 11 ships totaling 790,000 dead weight tons, and the monthly average must top 1,000,000 tons to reach the new schedule.
Belgians Fined to Pay Large Sum for Nazi Attacks
The Free Belgian Agency says Brussels was fined 8,000,000 francs by the Germans for eight armed attempts against the Nazi regime in 10. One attack involved dynamite that damaged property of the Black Brigade, the Flemish Nazi group. A Brussels paper noted that Brussels University may close due to hostile Belgian professors.
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London
Free Belgianne Agency
Brussels
Black Brigade
Stockholm
New Mailing Rules by U S and Canada on Printed Matter
War Services Minister Thorson announced new U S Canadian rules restricting printed matter sent to neutral European countries after September first. The order bans redt from Canada and the United States unless dispatched from specified stations and applies to clippings and full publications. Censorship agencies from both countries coordinated the arrangements.
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U.S
Canada
Ottawa
Europe
United States
War Services
Thorson
Washington
Nen
Experts Doubt Japs Can Build Air Fields in Aleutians
An army air force officer says Japan used seaplane fighters in the Aleutians and may have failed to establish land runways on Kiska and other islands. Some experts believe the rockier terrain, described as hard and glassy, hindered excavation and required filling depressions rather than leveling peaks, making runway construction lengthy and difficult.
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Kiska
Aleutians
US Army Air Force
Earl Haig Missing and Believed Prisoner in Middle East
London reports 24 year old Earl Haig son of the British commander in chief is missing and thought prisoner of war in the Middle East. His sisters have been informed. He joined the Scots Greys in August 1939 and bought War Savings Certificates.
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London
Earl Haig
Scots Greys
Early European Winter Signs Spark Fuel Worry
Reports from central and northern Europe indicate an unusually early winter with frost hitting villages in northern Sweden. In Taasjoe frost damaged potato plants and hindered grain growth, while Jamtland saw extensive crop damage from snow, signaling potential fuel supply strain and possible impacts on military campaigns.
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Europe
Bere
Switzerland
East Front
Sweden
Taasjoe
Jamtland
Stockholm
Axis Prisoners Rise in Egypt Says Auchinleck
In a farewell message General Sir Claude Auchinleck says Rommel has lost thousands of Axis troops to captivity in Egypt over the past two months. He credits Allied forces with halting the enemy as Gen Harold Alexander assumes command in the Middle East and American troops bolster Allied reserves for the next phase.
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Isriush
Egypt
Cairo
Stn
Claude Auchinleck
Erwin Rommel
Middle East
Harold Alexander
Britain
United States
Churchill, de Gaulle Hold Cordial Cairo Talks on Co operation
London reports Prime Minister Churchill had a long, cordial discussion with Gen Charles de Gaulle leader of the fighting French in Cairo. The Fighting French press service announced the talks covered all subjects related to French British cooperation in the Middle East and were very positive.
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Churchill
London
Churchil
Charles de Gaulle
Cairo
Middle East
Hamilton plants to start conderized tin substitute
Construction is under way at two Hamilton Ontario steel plants to produce conderized steel a substitute for tin. Production is to begin early in October following a year of use in the United States where the product has shown success.
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Hamilton
Ont
United States
Transfer To The U.S. Forces Now Complete
An exchange of notes publicly released shows more than 2000 US citizens who had served in the Canadian armed forces have transferred to the US armed forces under a bilateral transfer agreement reached last March. The Canadian note dated July 10 to Cordell Hull says the transfers are virtually complete, with Hull viewing the move as goodwill ambassadors. Air Minister Power quotes the note praising American volunteers for aiding the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
External Affairs Department
Washington
Hull
Air Minister
Power
Mackenzie King
Excess Sugar Check-Up Reports Canning Purchases
Wartime Prices and Trade Board questionnaires sent to Vancouver housewives checked sugar purchases for canning. A Vancouver spokesman warned some women may be diverting sugar for noncanning uses and noted similar inspections have revealed infractions in other parts of Canada.
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Vancouver
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Arrest of Gandhi’s Son Under Defence Of India Rules
Devadas Gandhi son of Mohandas K Gandhi Hindustan Times managing editor was arrested under the Defence of India Rules in Delhi. His father was previously taken into custody by British authorities on August 9 after the All-India Congress called for a civil disobedience campaign for immediate Indian independence.
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Wdhi
Defence of India
Delhi
Devadas Gandhi
Hindustan Times
Mohandas K. Gandhi
All-India Congress Party
Roosevelt Orders Takeover Of South Boston Plant
President Roosevelt directs War Secretary Stimpson to seize and run the 8. A. Woods Machine Company plant in South Boston Massachusetts after a management labor dispute impeded war production.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry Stimson
8. A. Woods Machine Company
South
Boston
Mass
Canadian writers arriving in Britain for news services tour
A first group of 12 Canadian writers representing newspapers and magazine groups has landed in Britain as part of a visit to accompany news services, daily and weekly papers during a cultural exchange.
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Britain
London
Halifax Thieves Take Only Sugar In Rationing Era
In Halifax the burglars who broke into Mrs. George M. Keating’s store escaped with a single 100 pound bag of sugar. In Broke-On-Trent, two thousand pottery artists have been recalled for war work after a government ban ended their decorated pottery jobs.
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Halifax
George M. Keating
Broke-On-Trent
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Lord Beaverbrook
Benes
J. A. F. MacLachlan
1St Canadian Parachute Battalion
R. F. Routh
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H. D. Proctor
Thomas W. R. Brier
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