Wheat surplus called blessing to the Empire
Winnipeg minister J G Gardiner labeled Canada’s large wheat surplus a blessing to the British Empire. He urged farmers to sustain output of related foodstuffs, warned against withholding products for higher prices, and stressed maintaining outside markets while considering government control of bacon. He cited 500,000,000 bushels total with 125,000,000 needed domestically and argued every bushel will be needed in peace or war.
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Winnipeg
J G Gardiner
Canada
Noah” Addrera
United Grain Grow Era
Dominion
Mr. Gardiner
Europe
Waid
Northern
Fort William
Gardiner
Britain
Dominic
London
T. A Crerar
Mines and Resources Mineter
Gardiner Eded
Royal Air Force Ottawa Pilots Volunteering for RCAF
Practically all pilots in Canada have volunteered to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, it was learned here as wartime recruitment gathers pace and air crews shift allegiance to strengthen the RCAF.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Smuts Wins Two By-Elections on Neutrality Policy
Johannesburg Prime Minister Smuts declares war policy decisive as United Party gains in Brakpan and Pretoria by-elections. Malan and Hertzog split the Nationalist vote while Smuts stresses South Africa's Commonwealth ties and independent destiny after the polls.
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Johannesburg
Emuty
J BM Hertzog
Union of South Afric
Hert
Bloemfontel Giad
Smuts
United
J. H. Malan
Hertzog
Brakpan
Victor Ash
United Party
GF. Froneman
G. Gulkillan
Labor
Roth
Pretoria
South Africa
British Commonwealth of Nations
Great Britain
General Smuta
General Smuts
Joint War Effort London Seeks Allied Arms Purchases
London gears joint war effort and discusses overseas arms purchases with France. Finance Minister Paul Reynaud, returning to Paris after talks with Sir John Simon, reported on huge Allied buys of war material in the United States and a balance of gold reserves. Reynaud sought British cooperation to repair France’s economic losses from mobilization and asked for flexibility in foreign exchange for French luxury purchases as arms orders flow.
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London
Paul Reynaud
Paris
John Simon
Ening News
United States
Evening News
John
France
M. Reynaud
Britain
Food Supplies in Britain Promise Broad Provision
London reports ample provisions with bacon and sugar potentially affected by future rationing. Bread, fats, milk, and fresh meat are plentiful for home use and troops. Government contracts with New Zealand and Ireland aim to boost butter supplies for next season.
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London
British Isles
New Zealand
Eire
Finnish envoy attends embassy party marking anniversary
Finnish Minister to the United States Hjalmar Procope attended a party at the Russian Embassy in Washington to mark the 22nd anniversary of the revolution. He is pictured entering the embassy as part of the reception amid ongoing European tensions over Russian demands on Finland.
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Finland
Hjalmar Procope
United States
Washington
Procope
Thyssen Flees Germany to Swiss Locarno Hotel
Fritz Thyssen, Ruhr steel magnate and Nazi backer, is reported resident at the Locarno hotel in Lucerne Switzerland after leaving Germany. He telegraphed that he would make an indefinite stay with his wife and one child, citing Switzerland's laws for political remarks.
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Weel
Ruhr
Switzerland
Lucerne
Fritz Thyssen
Adolf Hitler
Locarno Hotel
Captain Plunkett to Develop Soldier Talent for Troop Concerts
Ottawa Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Webb announced Captain Merle Plunkett will head efforts to develop new soldier talent for concert work in the Canadian Active Service Force. Auditions will be held at various military camps where the Legion war services operate. Selected talent will form self contained concert parties to entertain their own units while on active service.
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Plunkett
Ottawa
Ralph Webb
Legion's War Services
Merle Plunkett
Candian
Canadian Legion War Services
British and French Navies Seize Vast Contraband Totals
The British navy seized more than 400000 tons of contraband and the French navy 223207 tons in the first nine weeks of the war, reported by Blockade Minister Georges Perrot to the foreign affairs committee of the French chamber of deputies. Perrot said German prize courts of 1914 18 refused to distinguish between goods for civilian populations and those for enemy armed forces.
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Paris
Georges Perrot
Foreign Affairs Committee
French
Chamber of Deputies
Perot
Peace Proposals and Dutch-Belgian Tension Report
Von Ribbentrop announces Germany will not issue a formal peace reply. The Netherlands consult with Belgium on next moves as tension eases slightly. Belgian paper reports 60 Dutch officers arrested in a plot to smuggle 5,000 uniforms into Germany, some recovered from German spies.
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von Ribbentrop
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Mi Bentrop
Hint
Ster
Joachim von Ribenherled
Fuehrer
Vingtiem Siecle
Poland May Seek Settlement After Allied Victory
Diplomatic circles say Poland, after an Allied victory, may demand compensation from Germany for territories lost to Russia. Wladyslaw Sikorski and August Zaleski arrived in London and met Viscount Halifax. Polish war effort is sizable, with ships operating with British units and a Polish army growing in France. The Bank of Poland gold is safeguarded on Allied soil for postwar use.
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Poland
Germany
Aled
London
Russia
Wladyslaw Sikorski
August Zaleski
Viscount Halifax
Foreign Office
Sikorski
Zaleski
France
Bank of Poland
Jer-In-Exile
Four Ford brothers reach Montreal after Arctic trek
Four young men from Arctic Bay undertake a 3500 mile journey by dog team whaleboat and steamship along the Eastern Arctic to join a Royal Canadian Artillery field battery. William Ford 26 lands in Montreal for the first time since age 16. with him are Patrick Baird an Cambridge University graduate geologist Jack R. Ford a former Hudsons Bay fur trader from Pond Inlet and Jack T D Ford from Ungava. The Fords are related.
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Montreal
Hitler
Arctic
Royal Canadian Artillery
William Ford
Civilization
Arctic Bay
Patrick Baird
Cambridge University
Jack R. Ford
Hudson's Bay
Pond Inlet
Jack T. D. Ford
Ungava District
Fords
Training in British Tank Service
A censored photograph from an Artillery School in England shows a Manchukuoan fleet of 15 armored light tanks moving through smoke over a frozen river.
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England
Czech Students Clash With German Police in Prague
Two thousand Czech students shouted free dom and were dispersed by Nazi guards after a protest near the unknown soldier statue. About 16 Czechs were arrested. Rioting Oct 28 left four dead and many injured as Prague faced German restrictions. President Emil Hách was reported held at Lang Castle after rejecting autonomy terms. Pro‑Nazi dissidents, posters, and storm troops marked the tense aftermath.
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Prague
Pone
Havas
Emil Hach
Lang Castle
Konstantin von Neurath
Bohemia and
Moravia
Viagka
Russia
Stalin
Storm Supers
Battleships And Sea Power London
Jane's Fighting Ships almanac reports Germany would face severe handicap from a limited sub fleet if it renewed U boat warfare against England. It notes Soviet Russia leads in submarines with at least 150 submersibles and catalogs 34 capital ships under construction worldwide, including USA and UK builds.
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London
Germany
England
Soviet
Russia
United States
Japan
Health statistics plan for Canadian forces announced
Up to date statistical methods will be used to monitor the health of the Canadian active service force. The director-general of medical services considers compiling medical statistics. Records will be coded and provide the public with constant information on force health.
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Ottawa
Department of National Defence
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Ntraband
Eastern
Czech University
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