Quebec shows Canada united in war effort
Prime Minister Mackenzie King praised Quebec cabinet members for the Liberal victory and unity with other provinces in supporting Britain and France in the war. Premier-elect Godbout vowed joint effort to restore Liberal leadership and strengthen finances of Quebec.
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Quebec
Canada
Ottawa
MacKenzie King
Union Nationale
Duplestia
Britain
France
R. J. Manion
House of Commons
Manion
Adelard Guilbout
Liberal Party
Godbout
Liberals
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Liberal
Staud
Soviet Protest Over British War Contraband Lists
Moscow declared that Britain's unilateral list of war contraband violates international law and harms neutral trade. The USSR noted fuel, food, clothing and other everyday goods cannot be deemed contraband and warned of severe disruption to civilian life and health if such measures were allowed. The Soviet government refused to recognize the British note of Sept. 6.
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Informa
Great Britain
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
Tass
Vladimir Potemkin
William Leeds
People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Ussr
Restrictions on Jewish Trade in Polish Textiles
The Deutsche Lod Zeitung reports that the German occupation administration forbids Jews in Poland from dealing in textiles, leather, or leather goods. Jewish owned textile factories in the Lodz area may sell only to non Jewish customers.
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Lada
Embargo Extended on Western Canada Grains to Elevators
Railway officials announced the wheat embargo from western Canada farms to terminal elevators at the end of the lakes has been extended to coarse grains for an unspecified period.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada Farms
British War Loan Card Encourages Late Christmas Shopping
The British government urged the public to delay Christmas shopping as a war loan was announced. The message emphasized supporting the war effort while consumers waited for new loan opportunities to fund national needs.
Remembrance Day Observed With Solemnity in Toronto
A message from W. Wray Fairweather honorary secretary of the Ontario provincial poppy committee urges solemn Remembrance Day in Toronto amid war. The committee raises funds through poppy sales with 74 cents per dollar to veteran relief 11 cents to costs and the rest to campaign and overhead.
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Toronto
Canada
Canadian Legion
W. Wray Fairweather
Ontario
Nizam of Hyderabad Offers Large Monthly Contribution
The Nizam, the wealthy Indian prince, promised the Viceroy of India a monthly grant of £11,250 toward maintaining Hyderabad state cavalry and infantry units that could be deployed outside the state. He has already contributed £100,000 to the air ministry for aerial warfare and previously for anti submarine warfare in 1917.
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London
Nizam
Hyderabad
India
Air Ministry
Increase in Food Production on Royal Estates
Measures approved by the King to boost domestic food output on private estates were announced by the ministry of agriculture. At Sandringham 50 acres of grassland were plowed, with a further 50 acres added since the war began or planned. Ninety acres at Norfolk farm Windsor Park have permission to be plowed, and royal gardens across estates will plant substantial vegetable areas.
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London
Ministry of Agriculture
King
Sandringham
Norfolk Farm
Windsor Park
Japan Increases Purchases Of U S Goods
The Wall Street Journal reports Japanese purchases in the United States have risen by about one third with demand concentrated in petroleum machinery and iron and steel. Some orders avoided Europe, notably Germany, and Tokyo’s decision to link the yen to the dollar is partly due to higher U S purchases.
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United States
New York
The
Wall Street Journal
Japan
Europe
Germany
Borah Rates U S Canada Ties High in Mutual Respect
Senator Borah told the Senate and a Miss Helen McPherson letter that Americans greatly respect and admire Canadians. He argued relations are peaceful and cooperative with no seeds of estrangement and urged letting both nations attend to their own business.
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Borah
Washington
United States
Canada
Rep
Idaho
Senate
Helen McPherson
Vulan
Alta
Cuda
Japanese Immigrant Joins Canadian Army in Edmonton
Walter Senmatus Nishikawa a native of Japan and former resident of Calgary and Winnipeg serves as lance corporal in the Edmonton regiment He is a qualified dental mechanic with five years of first aid experience and is detailed to the medical section to support Canadian forces.
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Canadian Army
Edmonton
Walter Senmatus Nishikawa
Japan
Canada
Nishikawa
Calgary
Winnipeg
Direct Hit Dsle Battleship Gneisenau Split by Bomb
An eyewitness quoted in Arbeider Bladet claims the German battleship Gneisenau was split in two by a direct hit from a British air bomb during the RAF raid on Wilhelmshaven on September 4, the war's second day. Gneisenau, 26,000 tons, was launched May 1938 after prior launch attempts and damage. It is sister ship to the Scharnhorst, launched October 1938.
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Dsle
Arbeider
Scharnhorse
Norway Naval Base at Narvik Hinted by Moscow Demands
Amsterdam reports diplomatic sources say Russia may seek concessions from Norway to allow a Soviet naval base at Narvik, a key strategic port on Norway's northwest coast.
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Amsterdam
Russia
Norway
Narvik
Norwegian
Unity of Purpose Manifested in Spirit of Empire
Antoni Buen as dominion's secretary proclaims unity of empire war aims. Allies will pursue victory until the system feasting on broken promises is ended. Eden discusses Canada as air force hub while Nazi treachery and German troop invasions echo shattered pledges.
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London
Anthony Buen
Dominion
Great Britain
France
Faden
Eden
Canada
Stain
Wareav
Prague
Fach Isa
Nazi Threat Berlin Promises Bombardment Of Britain
The National Zeitung of F claims Germany will rain bombs on the British Isles as England’s war aims trigger a relentless response. The paper, seen as close to Hermann Goering, urges patience end, warning Britons of severe retaliation.
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Berlin
Germany
England
National Zeitung
Hermann Goering
Zeitung
Railway Equipment Contracts Worth 25 Million Announced
Ottawa announces war emergency railway contracts totaling about 25 million dollars. The Canadian National Railway will receive about 15 million and the Canadian Pacific Railway about 10 million. The orders cover 4 575 freight cars with 3 275 allocated to CN and include 49 locomotives.
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Ottawa
Defence Purchasing Board
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National
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Hugo Osterman
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