Hitler Survives Munich Beer Hall Blast
Adolf Hitler escaped death minutes before an explosion at the Munich beer hall that killed six and wounded more than sixty. Authorities blamed foreign agents while Britain was accused in a Berlin paper. A 500000 mark reward was offered for those responsible as security tightened across the Reich.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Clurs
Fement
Carus
Zwoelf Am Blatt
Great Britain
Hitler
Nazi
Wilhelm Frick
Julius Streicher
Ter Pia
Havas
Amsterdam
Hess
Goering
Reich
Associated Press
Pro- Prietor
Port Ley and
Siside
British and French War Purchases Coordinated in United States
The embassy announced plans to coordinate British and French wartime purchases in the United States. An unofficial estimate suggests Allies may place about 1,000,000 in orders soon as talks on close coordination proceed. Arthur B. Purvis, a Montreal industrialist, named director general of British war purchases in the U S by Ottawa officials.
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Tes
France
Unitedates
Aimes
Dominions
Arthur B. Purvis
Montreal
United States
Ottawa
Ratification of Anglo Franco Turkish Mutual Aid Pact in Ankara
The Turkish national assembly unanimously ratified the mutual aid pact signed in Ankara on October 19. It pledges Anglo French assistance to Turkey against aggression or a Mediterranean war and commits Turkey to aid Britain and France in a Mediterranean war, while exempting it from armed action against Soviet Russia.
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Ankara
Turkish National Assembly
Turkey
Mediterranean
Britain
France
Roumania
Russia
War Gift from Cape Province Residents to United Kingdom
The Jasonville district in Cape Province South Africa offered 1 000 head of sheep as a war gift and the food ministry accepted. The War Office via the Dominions Office thanked Johannesburg mayor for the first fruits of a fund raising 1 000 000 to supply comforts for troops including 1 000 000 cigarettes and other gifts.
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London
Massey Offer For Convalescent Hospital Under Review
Hon Vin cent Massey Canadian high commissioner in London and Mrs Massey offer to equip and maintain a convalescent hospital for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The offer is receiving fullest consideration and has been turned over to the defence department for consideration by the Canadian government.
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Vincent Massey
London
Masas
Massey Foundation
Massey
Defence Department
Britain to Trade Timber for Rubber Under Anglo Soviet Charter
Six consignments of Russian timber have arrived in England under the Anglo Soviet charter agreement. Britain plans to send rubber and tin to the Soviets in return and has chartered 29 ships to transport timber from Russia.
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Sendon—Simster
Ese W
Burgin
England
Britain
Russia
German Steamer Seized in Finnish Reprisal Action
Helsinki authorities detained a German steamer in what was described as retaliation for the capture of the Finnish steamer Orava by a German armed vessel or submarine. The Orava’s seizure in the Gulf of Bothnia sparked strong resentment according to reports.
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Helsinki
Gulf of Bothnia
British Labour Envoy H. H. Evin Delegation Warned Allies
British trade union envoy H. H. Evin heads one of two delegates from the Trades Union Congress to Canada and the United States. They carry messages showing the British working class movement’s firm support for the government in the war against Hitler.
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H. H. Evin
Trades Union Congress of
Great Brittain
Canada
United States
Trades
Hitler
Distributing Centre Portal To Become Tractor Parts Hub
Portal North Dakota will host a regional distributorship for tractor parts. Irvings Tractor Log Co of Galesburg Illinois arranged to secure Midwest Lumber Co yards and offices at Portal for distribution across North Dakota Montana Saskatchewan Alberta and western regions. Parts will enter Canada duty free and employ eight to ten workers with payroll estimated from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars.
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Portal
Westerth
Irvings Tractor Log Co
Galesburg
Midwest Lumber Co
North Dakota
Montana
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Mayor endorses western air bases for Empire Training Scheme
Prince Albert mayor George B. tells Winnipeg crowds western airports offer clearer flying weather and more flying hours than eastern sites for the Empire Training Scheme. He urged the Dominion government to set an airport at Prince Albert as organizers race against time.
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Prince Albert
Winnipeg
George B
National
New Zealand Pilot Fights German Bomber Over France
RAF reports its second victim of the day, a German reconnaissance bomber, shot down behind the Maginot line. The craft crashed in a village, three crew killed, a New Zealander credited with the late attack sequence. A barn burned and two women injured.
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London
Royal Air Force
France
New Zealand
American seamen vacancies ride wartime freight and passenger service
United States lines advertise for British seamen and other deck officers engineers electricians and stewards to serve on vessels between the United States France and Great Britain. The US office says new neutrality law may cause temporary dislocation but a schedule of freight sailings and passenger service cancellations will be announced soon.
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WS. Lines
London
United States
France
Great Britain
United Sv
German Vessel Captured and Seized by British Warships
London reports another German vessel, the 600 ton ste phenfely, has been seized and taken to Freetown on Africa’s west coast. The ministry of economic warfare notes 39 American ships detained by the British contraband control, 32 released, seven under investigation. Ottawa notes changes in army rules. death penalty remains as maximum for murder mutiny and treachery.
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London
Stephenfely
Freetown
Africa
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Ottawa
Fas
Defence Department
Spokman
Ottawa Revises Military Pay Schedules
The Air Force and Navy pay and allowances are under consideration with schedules being adjusted to align with the recent upward military pay revision. The reform aims to standardize compensation across the armed forces.
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Ottawa
Navy
Air Force
Canada to Receive War Material Orders for Aircraft and Armaments
Ottawa reports orders for war materials will include aircraft fuselages built in Canada with engines imported for testing, shipboard ammunition and artillery barrels. Col. Greenly notes uncertain total bu量 but expects heavy orders, with large numbers of fuselages produced domestically and engines rotated through test cycles for overseas deployment.
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Ottawa
Col. Greenly
Canada
United States
England
Britain
Canada builds first military hospital in England at Taplow
Construction starts at Taplow Buckinghamshire on Lord Astor estate for No 1 Base Hospitals a 200 bed temporary facility funded by the Canadian Red Cross. Planned operations include operating rooms and full equipment with costs around 50 000 and will be turned over to the Canadian army medical corps upon completion.
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Toronto
Taplow
Buckinghamshire
Canada
England
Canadian Red Cross
No. 1
Ed Croft
Rt Bennett
Foward Peacock
Sanker
Cliveden
Lord Astor
London
Massey Foundation
Vincent Massey
Canadian Army Medical Corps
Space expansion for National Defence Dept in Ottawa post office
The National Defence Department will receive extra office space in the new Sparks Street post office building. Demand for expanded space due to war needs is met with the department occupying the upper floors while the postal service uses ground and basement levels.
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National Defence Department
Ottawa
Sparks Street
Department
Postal Department
British War Ministers Call for Enlistments
London reports voluntary enlistments surge as About 60,000 men have entered the British army since the war began. War ministers urge patriotic duty and urge further enlistments when the time comes to fight.
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London
Leslie Hore-Beisna
Germany Sees More Motor Cycles Than Automobiles
The report notes a shift in Germany where motor cycles surpass passenger cars in numbers as manufacturing trends favor two wheelers over four. Analysts cite industry data from the latest year showing increased bike registrations and a gradual decline in car sales across major cities.
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Vincent
Duke OF Windsor
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Viscount Gort
New York
Germany
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