Army Officers Must Graduate From The Ranks
Ottawa reports tougher tests for prospective Canadian army officers under a reorganization plan discussed in the House of Commons by Defense Minister Ralston. Recruits face four months of preliminary training, then progress through a cadet course, with 12 weeks of instruction earning a second lieutenant commission, followed by advanced training. Promotions to captain and major require further courses at the Royal Military College, and senior officer courses for lieutenant colonel. Officers in reserve units also face stricter qualification.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Defence
Ralston
Defence Department
Department
United Kingdom
Royal Military College
Foodstuffs For Overseas Washington
President Roosevelt said the United States has abundant food supplies and has asked the agriculture department and the public health service to prepare lists of foods needed by Britain and other nations. Britain will receive a major share, Spain may receive some, and the Red Cross will help ship two cargoes of grains to unoccupied France. Concentrated vitamins will be included in Britain’s supplies.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
Public Health Services
Great Britain
Britain
Spain
Red Cross
France
Wreckage Trapping Woman Saved After Bomb Blast
London moans echoed from a Clydeside tenement wreck 132 hours after a bomb shattered the building. A physician burrowed to aid a trapped woman, gave injections, and she was rescued alive. She died six hours later in hospital.
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London
Clydeside
German force estimated in North Africa fuels Libyan front
A London source estimates Germany controls about 409 vehicles including tanks armored cars and support equipment to bolster Italian lines in western Libya. Earlier figures suggested parts of three German divisions are in the North African colony.
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London
Germany
Libya
Mrs Jeph Stephen 103 Dies in Fall River Home
Mrs Jeph Stephen aged 103 died at her Fall River Nova Scotia home recently. Her son Ralph Stephen lives in Saskatoon. The obituary notes her long life and ties to Issi where she was born in the year Queen Victoria began her reign.
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Fall River
N.S
Issi
Victoria
Jeph Stephen
Ralph Stephen
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Wheat as Egypt of the Modern World
Donald McNiven of Regina urged Ottawa to treat Saskatchewan wheat stocks as a strategic asset and argued for broader war industry expansion across provinces. He noted Saskatchewan’s 1,000,000 potential workers, undeveloped power, coal resources, and calls for more trade and training schools to boost war effort and postwar recovery.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan
Egypt
Donald McNiven
Lib
Regina
House of Commons
Joseph
McNiven
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Armored Division
Orders Reach Billions Washington
The United States Congress received a summary of Britain's wartime finances from Harold D. Smith. Britain has orders totaling $2.7 billion with about $1.682 billion paid. Cash payments were standard, with 25 percent upfront. Remaining liabilities will be covered by dollar resources, including U.S. securities sales, gold, and Britain exports proceeds. None of the $7 billion aid appropriation will fund pre lease-lend orders.
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Washington
United States Congress
Britain
Harold D. Smith
Smith
United Kingdom
U.S
United States
Refugees Flocked To Nice Holiday Haven With Escaped Europe
In Nice refugees from across Europe flock to a sunny resort once better years. Theatres and cabarets entertain while gambling grows. promenades along the Promenade des Anglais bustle with multilingual visitors. Prices and shortages persist. a black market for butter exists at steep costs.
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France
Whch
Europe
Mediterranean
Athens to Honor Roosevelt with City Street Name
The municipality voted to name a principal Athens thoroughfare after President Roosevelt in gratitude for U S assistance to Greece. Roosevelt received a gold medal and life‑long freedom of the city in recognition of Greece’s struggle for honor and freedom.
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Athens
Tne Municapes Sutindle
Roosevelt
United States
Greece
Permanent Peace Through Negotiated Settlement Path
Senator Claude Pepper urged at the Canadian club that after international culprits are chained to stocks nations must build international machinery to settle common problems by negotiation. He advocated imprisoning culprits, disarming aggressors, and seeking peace through good will, noting past missed opportunities to save the peace.
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Ottawa
Claude Pepper
D. Fla
Pepper
Canada
Radio Men Recruited From National Registration
National War Service Minister told the House of Commons that nearly all air force radio men for new night bombing devices in Britain came from last August's national registration. He cited 1,500 men found in one city. He answered a question on cooperation between departments to locate men for industries.
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Ottawa
Aw. Uardiner
National War Service
House of Commons
Air Force
Britain
T. C. Douglas
CCF
Weyburn
War Services Department
Italy Prisoners Describe Discontent Rising At Home
A CBC broadcast quoted Italian prisoners in Greece saying discontent is growing in Italy. They admitted being fed on false rumors and that the public spirit at home is turning depressing as conditions worsen.
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Ottawa
Athens
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Greece
Italy
Lane of Destroyers Proposed to Patch Atlantic Convoy
New York shipping sources report U S experts urged Britain to abandon the convoy system and set up a continuous lane of destroyers across the Atlantic. A rotating force of about 50 destroyers would patrol a 2000 mile Great Circle route from Labrador to the British Isles, with 40 on watch and 10 at port or en route. Each destroyer would cover a 50 mile sector ten times daily, ensuring a patrol every two to three hours and keeping any merchant ship within an hour’s reach of a destroyer. Advocates say this constant patrolling would deter German raiders and provide adequate protection.
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New York
United States
Britain
Atlantic
America
Great Circle
Labrador
British Isles
Oppressed Nations Paid Hefty Nazi Occupation Sums
In the House of Commons, R A Butler stated five occupied European countries paid the Reich about £1,050,000,000 annually beyond losses. Norway led per capita at £25, Denmark £8, Belgium £8, Holland £8, and France £20, with figures for Czecho Slovakia Poland Romania and Bulgaria not available.
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London
R. A. Butler
House of Commons
Germany
Reich
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
France
Czecho-Slovakia
Poland
Rumania
Bulgaria
Butler
Defence of Britain Warns Civilians to Stand Firm
London Home Secretary Herbert Morrison urged Britain's civilian population to stand firm in the event of an invasion. He stressed military planning relies on the public not yielding to terror and not becoming refugees, warning against aiding the Nazis as in 1940.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Britain
Harvard President Seeks UK US Defence Science Exchange
Dr James B. Conant, president of Harvard University, told a parliamentary meeting he is pleased with broad willingness to cooperate on British American exchanges of scientific information on defence. He expressed optimism about future collaboration between nations.
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Exchange of Informatic London
James Isryant Conant
Harvard University
Canadian officer dies saving nurse in London blast
Lieut. J. D. Wright of Sarnia shielded nurse Miss Thelma Stewart of Toronto from a bomb blast at a London restaurant. He died from injuries while Miss Stewart was only slightly hurt.
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Nero
London
Lieut
J. D. Wright
Sarnia
Thelma Stewart
Toronto
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Miss Stewart
Start Drive to Keep Food From Reaching Nazis
London and Britain seek full United States aid to block food and war materials reaching the Axis. Prof. Noel Hall, heading to Washington, discusses collaboration forms such as export licensing. Britain limits shipments to unoccupied France to medical supplies under Red Cross supervision as the situation remains fluid.
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London
Britain
United States
Noel Hall
Washington
Hall
France
Red Cross
Europe
St Lawrence Seaway Plan Signed Amid Defence Aim
The United States and Canada signed an agreement to start the St Lawrence seaway and power project in the international rapids section, a joint defence effort. The plan, to be funded largely by the U S, aims to provide power and open navigation for Great Lakes ships, with approval required by Congress and Parliament.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
Canada
Roosevelt
United States Congress
International Rapids
St. Lawrence River
Panama Canal
Senate
House of Congress
W. L. Mackenzie King
Great Britain
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Ontario committee amends jurors act on exemptions
Toronto report notes dental surgeons editors reporters and printers would be exempt from jury service under a proposed amendment. The committee also raises the age limit for jurors from 65 to 70 before the bill reaches the legislature.
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Toronto
Ontario
British Air Commission Accepts 1000th Harvard Trainer
North American Aviation Corp announces the British Air Commission has accepted its 1000th Harvard advanced trainer. The first unit was delivered 15 months ago.
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Los Angees
North American Aviation Corp
British Air Commission
Ottawa wheat price steady at 51 cents in 1940-41
In the first five months of the 1940 41 crop year Ottawa reports that the average price received by Canadian wheat producers stood at 51 cents per bushel. The figure was recorded in a return tabled in the House of Commons.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
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