Ottawa reports recruiting success in war effort
Defence Minister Col Ralston announced 34 625 active army enlistments since May 12 to meet a 32 000 quota, with 48 000 volunteers previously rejected for medical reasons. Navy and air force enrollments exceed 15 500, and a steady monthly intake of about 7 000 is planned.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Ralaton
Col Ralston
Citizens’ Committees
National War Service Department
Canadian Women's Army Corps
Sth
Armored
United States
Veterans Guard
United Kingdom
Tham
Col. Ralston
M.D. No
London
Ont
Montreal
M.D
Royal Canadian Air Force
Navy
Air Force
Army
Ralston
Manitoba Wheat Stands Tall With Mixed Moisture Outlook
The Free Press crop report shows Manitoba's wheat stands at 27 inches on average, heavier than Saskatchewan and Alberta, with 58 percent of Manitoba fields in good moisture and Saskatchewan and Alberta lower. Manitoba faces poorer moisture in Interlake while eastern Alberta and southern Saskatchewan report better conditions.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Free Press
Interlake
Harvest Leave Arranged for Canadian Soldiers
National Defence Headquarters announced limited harvest leave for Canadian soldiers not on active duty or in essential training. The four week leave may be cancelled at any time, carries no travel pay, and suspends hospitalization, dental, medical care, and related allowances during the period.
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Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
German labor shortage prompts Nazi decree on work
In Montreal the Nazi labor ministry decree sent to the international labor office requires retired workers under 70 to take any job matching their former duties or training. Edmonton school board reports children raised 13 628 25 for war funds via war savings stamps during the year, per Superintendent Ross Sheppard.
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Montreal
Germany
Nazi Labor Ministry
International Labor Office
Edmonton
Dominion
Ross
Sheppard
Soviet Grain Harvest Declared Richest In History
Soviet fire-commissar for foreign affairs Lozovsky announced at a press conference that the 1941 grain crop would be the richest in Soviet history. He cited last year’s total of 7,300,000,000 goods (about 4,430,000,000 bushels) and an eight percent increase planned for this year.
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Moscow
S.A. Lozovsky
Rusa
London Food Minister Affirms War Nutrition Stand
London Food Minister Lora Wee Ton told the house that despite air raids the nation remains healthy with fewer people suffering malnutrition at the end of the second year of war than in peacetime days.
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London
Lora Weeton
The
House of Jords
Thanksgiving Day in Ottawa Set for October 13
Hon. P. F. Casgrain secretary of state announced Ottawa will observe Thanksgiving on October 13 the second Monday in October a proclamation naming the day of general thanksgiving will be issued soon.
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Ottawa
Canada
P. F. Casgrain
Grim Part Is Ahead Says Lord of the Admiralty
At a luncheon Lord of the Admiralty warned the grimmest part of the war lies ahead in the Atlantic. He cited defeating U boats and long range aircraft as key to building strength, and claimed recent reports show several U boats destroyed with many more likely sunk at sea.
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Lomenay
Mveaauuer
Admiralty
Alexander
Germany
Italy
Freighter Sank Ottawa Survivors Tell of Sinking
Survivors of the freighter Ottawa recount how a submarine surfaced after firing a torpedo that struck the vessel. The ship’s hull began to tilt as 60 shells were fired, the crew reaching lifeboats within seven hours before rescue. The keel pointed skyward as the ship vanished.
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Ottawa
Prisoners In France Report Clears British Detentions
The House of Commons was told there are no British war prisoners in occupied France. The BBC stated all British personnel in unoccupied France are held at one camp with favorable conditions.
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London
Wsrusa Srowacasting Corporation
House of Commons
France
BBC
Victory in Syria Confro Moslem World in Support of Our Cause
An authoritative summary praises Allied victories in Syria and says the Moslem world will back our cause. It outlines goals including denying Axis penetration, basing British air power to defend Cyprus, linking with Turkey, and forming a Turkey Libya defence line. The note pledges Arab nationalist unity and independence.
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London
Syria
Sted
Middle East
Cyprus
Turkey
Libya
Mediterranean
Britain
Revolts In Italy Resentment Against Nazi Domination
Maurice C. Boyd, returning from Italy, reports minor revolts against Fascist rule due to food shortages. He says many Germans are present and Italians oppose the war, with revolts in Florence and Milan last winter suppressed by German troops.
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New York
Italy
Maurice C. Boyd
Hoya
Bloomfield
N.J
Florence
Milan
Boyd
Lisbon
Air Ministry Says Senior RAAF Officers Return With War-Era Insights
Canberra dispatch quotes Air Minister John McEwan stating senior RAAF officers are returning from theatres of war with information that will influence the future of air training instruction. The remarks underscore planned shifts in training based on wartime experiences and strategic needs.
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Canberra
Iudratia
John McEwan
Royal Australian Air Force
Soviet Leaders Outline Multi-Front War Against Axis
Lozovsky described fronts from Arctic to Western Europe and within Germany, urging worldwide patriotism against Hitler. Maisky vowed Moscow’s Industry dispersal would sustain the Red Army even if the city falls, while noting Leningrad’s region was not vital and predicting a long supply route to the front. British observers highlighted German bomb targets shifted by distance and dispersal.
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Lozovsky
Germany
Arctic Ocean
Black Sea
Europe
Norway
Iceland
Brish Isles
Spain
Hitler
United States
China
India
London
Ivan Maisky
Soviet Union
Red Army
Maisky
Urals
Leningrad Industria
Narva
Pakov
Tipperary
Russia
France
Britain
Red Air Force
Ney
Special Badges Considered for Young Canadians Faces Medical Rejections
Defence Minister Ralston outlined plans to create special badges for young Canadians rejected for medical reasons when joining the army. He noted a badge could grant moral immunity to certain cases while a different button might be offered to men who served and were sent home because of disability or wounds. Reports from Cairo indicate New Zealand forces in Egypt have been reinforced to offset losses in Greece and Crete.
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Defence Department
Defence
Ralston
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Iter
Strensto Auckland
Cairo
Egypt
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Crete
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