Britain Pushes On With Russia Trade Talks Amid Wider Moves
Britain continues international discussions with Soviet officials aiming for a broad trade agreement that would benefit both nations and curb Russia’s potential economic aid to Germany. Parallel talks with Turkish envoys on an Anglo French Turkish treaty proceed as war cabinet rounds begin with empire representatives. Meanwhile allied reports claim wartime contraband seizures total over 500 000 tons, with 9 percent foodstuffs containing oils and fats aiding German munitions, and most seizures aimed at war materials.
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London
Vyacheslaff Molotov
Great Britain
Empire
Liverpool
Bronte
Cuba
Cross
Soviet
Russia
Cross Sai
Nizia
Dutter
Lord Nuffield Appointed Director General of RAF Maintenance
Lord Nuffield the London millionaire and automobile manufacturer is named director general of maintenance in the British Air ministry. He will supervise supply services for the Royal Air Force to coordinate with the repair service and will serve without pay.
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London
Lord Nuffield
British
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Ottawa air mechanics training program announced
Hon Norman Mc Larty minister of labor announced that more than 700 young men aged 16 to 25 are now in training as air mechanics under the Air Force facial youth training project.
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Ottawa
Air Mechanics
Air Force
Norman McLarty
Britain seeks permission for Tirana consulate post
Britain requests authorization to establish a consulate general in Tirana the capital of Italian occupied Albania. Italy seized Tirana in April and Britain, like most nations, has no consular representative there since then.
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Rome
Italy
Tirana
Albania
Great Britain
Three German Soldiers Executed Over Von Fritsch Death
Reports from refugee circles claim three German soldiers were executed after the assassination of Col-Gen Werner von Fritsch during Poland campaigns. Official accounts say he died barring outside Warsaw on a reconnaissance patrol, with no explanation of his patrol role.
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Bucharest
Germany
Werner von Fritsch
Reich
Poland
von Fritsch
Warsaw
Adolf Hitler
Czech settlers harvest bumper crops in Peace River block
T. O. F Herzer of Winnipeg reported that Czech settlers at Tupper Creek BC in the Peace River block will harvest 20 000 bushels of oats 2000 of Darley 700 of wheat and 4000 of potatoes from their tract. The 500 members and 152 families are plowing and have housing ready for winter.
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Edmonton
Tupper Creek
Peace River
T. O. F Herzer
Winnipeg
Herzer
Canada Colonization Association
Canadian Pacific Railway
Nland
Gro
Dominion may seek 100 million loan for repatriation funds
Ottawa reports the Dominion government may seek a 100 million loan within six months. About 86 million of the total would repatriate the old Canadian government bond issue in England amounting to £19,300,000 to provide Britain with funds for war supplies in Canada. Observers say Canada will gain financially and redeem the issue as a patriotic duty, with an estimated overall profit near 5 million.
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Ottawa
England
Canada
No Butter Shortage to Of Statistics Reports Canada Has Ample Supply Ottawa
The Dominion bureau of statistics reported Canada has a satisfactory butter supply. Based on September to April factory output in 1998 29 the visible and prospective supply for the next eight months would exceed domestic needs by about 13 million pounds, assuming demand holds.
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To of Statistics
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada may become creditor nation after war says economist
Dr. Heilperin, a Polish born economist, told an audience in Montreal that through sending supplies to the Allies in the war Canada could emerge as a creditor nation similar to the United States after the 1914-18 conflict. He noted credits received for these goods could boost the Dominion's external finances.
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Montreal
Canada
United States
Heilperin
Proof Exposes No Gas Exports To Poland War Office Says
The war office announced proof that no poison gas had been sent to Poland as claimed by Germany after a detailed examination of the board of trade export license lists. Licenses maintain strict control and record of all munitions exports.
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London
War Office
Poland
Germany
Board of Trade
Red Cross clears POW identities at Geneva hub
London Paris and Berlin coordinate with the International Red Cross to compile lists of captured and killed servicemen. Berlin Paris London delegates forward British French and German prisoner lists to Geneva, forming a clearing house for exchange. Names include British French POWs in Germany and German crews, Polish prisoners and refugees in Hungary and Romania. Central contact remains the Geneva Central Agency for Prisoners of War.
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Red Cross
Geneva
London
Paris
Berlin
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
Germany
Hungary
Roumania
Red Cros
Europe
Dominion
Ottawa
Britain to ration bacon and butter starting mid December
Food minister Morrison announced limited rationing will begin in mid December with four ounces of butter and eight ounces of bacon per person weekly. Ration books and prerequisities will be distributed while general rationing remains avoided and meat and margarine supplies are reported adequate. Morrison urged households to avoid waste and monitor purchases.
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Britain
London
WSMI
Fuer
Morrison
The
Commons
No Change In Policy In Il Popolo D Italia Editorial
Mussolini's Il Popolo D Italia asserts no shift in policy followed the cabinet shakeup and rejects foreign interpretations. The piece on page one ridicules claims Italy is drifting toward Germany, calling such views puerile and incompatible with a unitary regime where leadership follows a single will.
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Ussolini
Mulan
Italy
Mussolini
Il Popolo D'Italia
Germany
Ti Popolo
Prediction of new Chinese regime by end of November
The Kokumin newspaper reports that Japan will delay talks with Great Britain and the United States until a new central government is formed in China. Foreign office spokesman Yukichiro Suma forecasts the regime's establishment by the end of November.
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China
Tokyo
Great Britain
United States
Kokumin
Yukichiro Suma
Foreign Office
Finland vows to defend freedom amid Soviet talks
Helsinki declares it seeks a far-reaching settlement with Soviet Russia while preserving neutrality and the right to self defense. Foreign Minister Erkko outlines readiness to strengthen Leningrad’s safety and Gulf of Finland security, while insisting Finland will be neutral and act to prevent attacks from third parties. He stresses the principles of natural rights and self defense as the basis of Finland’s stance.
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Helsingfors
Finland
Russia
Erkko
Molotov
Leningrad
Gulf of Finland
Balkan
Securiy of
German airmen buried with full honors in Portobello
Two German airmen killed when their bomber crashed off the Scottish coast on October 28 were buried in Portobello cemetery with full honors alongside two fellow Germans. German flags draped the columns and wreaths were laid by officers and men of the Royal Air Force. An RAF escort and a firing party accompanied the cortege.
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Fainburgh
Portobello
Royal Air Force
RAF
Stamp Found Aboard Torpedoed Liner In Toronto Exhibit
A stamped envelope postmarked via SS Athenia was shown at the annual dinner of the Toronto Hamilton and Buffalo stamp clubs. Authorities believe the letter rode the torpedoed ship to reach Toronto and was saved by the purser.
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Toronto
Hamilton
Buffalo
Vancouver Plea for Planes Factory Feasibility
Vancouver trade officials submitted a brief to federal authorities arguing British Columbia offers superior conditions and facilities for economical airplane manufacture and should receive favorable consideration in Canada’s aircraft production plans.
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Vancouver
Barred From Canada Prevents Social Justice Magazine
The Department of National Revenue notified in memorandum that the weekly magazine Social Justice has been added to the list of Publications forbidden entry to Canada. The weekly is sponsored by Father Charles Coughlin of Royal Oak Michigan.
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Ottawa
Department of Naional Revenue
Collectors of Customs and Excise
Social Justice
Charles Coughlin
Royal Oak
Mich
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Peace
Gordon O'Brien
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Pam Drivis
Pamela Barton
Pam
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