Britain reshuffles cabinet with Sandys in works post
Prime Minister Churchill assigns Col Duncan Sandys as minister of works to lead housing and bomb-damage repairs, appoints Sir Edward Grigg as British minister-resident in the Middle East, and disbands the ministry of economic warfare headed by Lord Selborne. Harold Balfour becomes minister-resident in West Africa. John Wilmot takes over supply ministry. Churchill cites housing urgency and a Commons needed ministerial presence.
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London
Church MM
Britain
Duncan Sandys
Col Sandys
Lord Portal
Edward Grigg
Middle East
Lord Moyne
Cairo
Churchill
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Lord Selborne
Germany
House of Commons
Hythe
Capt. Balfour
John Wilmot
Kennington
Col. Sandys
Ministry of Supply
Resistance leaders in Belgium agree to surrender arms
Chiefs of Belgium's resistance organizations decide to hand over all arms to Allied forces. They meet Maj-Gen. George Erskine and HQ officials and consent to a depot surrender procedure. The move follows the Belgian government's order and triggers organized protests nationwide.
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Belgium
Brussels
George Erskine
Supreme Allied Headquarters Mission
British Drivers to Keep Left After Study
High government officials study whether British motorists should switch to right hand driving but indications suggest no change. A government statement is expected later.
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London
Awards to airmen recall Distinguished Flying Cross honor
Three members of the Royal Canadian Air Force received the Distinguished Flying Cross for overseas service. The award went to Flight Lieutenant Don Laubman of Edmonton, Acting Squadron Sergeant Rodgerick Smith of Regina, and Flight Lieutenant George William Johnson of Hamilton.
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London
RCAF
Se Ing Overseas
Don Laubman
Edmonton
Roderick Smith
Regina and Fit. Ltd
George William Johnson
Hamilton
Eisenhower call to workers boosts Allied war production
General Eisenhower urged American workers to pour out shells and British factories have restarted or will restart production. The appeal has yielded a response as Britain plans to step up output.
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London
Eisenhower
Britain
RCMP Finds No Enemy Sabotage Evidence in Canada
Royal Canadian Mounted Police report covers the year ending March 31. Of 219 suspected sabotage cases investigated, no enemy activity was found. Fires at military training sites blamed on relaxed security and disgruntled personnel. Gasoline rationing offences lead to 1,600 investigations including 569 in Ontario and 374 in Quebec.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canada
RCMP
Ontario
Quebec
Himmler Becomes Acting Leader of German Forces
Reports say Heinrich Himmler assumes control of Nazi defense forces in Germany during Hitler's illness, taking the reins for the duration of the leader’s indisposition.
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Fewnenmanderin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Jon
Eisenhower Praises Allied Front for Antwerp Access
From General Dwight Eisenhower the Allied supreme commander comes high praise for the First Canadian and British Second Armies at the Schelde estuary. He commends the naval service and notes Walcheren Island as a gallant action in clearing the line and opening the great port for Allied shipping. The Canadian and British forces are lauded for their splendid and aggressive effort.
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
Dwight Eisenhower
Schelde
Antwerp
Walcheren Island
Plans for Early Meeting of The Big Three Changed
Washington reports that plans for an early meeting of Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin may shift to a parley early in 1945. The exact fate of the proposed year end summit is unclear as the European war drags on into winter and may extend into spring.
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Washington
Messrs
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
Germans Evacuees At Vaught Camp In Holland
German civilians housed in a vast camp once used as a Nazi slaughterhouse in Holland live under relatively comfortable conditions. The site recalls a grim past with about 30,000 Netherlands civilians believed killed and a crematory where over 13,000 perished. The evacuees, mostly farmers and Roman Catholics, are led by a Catholic priest appointed by the colonel.
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Vaught
Holland
Netherlands
Germany
League of Friendship Brings Xian-Canadian Ties to Brussels
A Brussels league named League of Friendship Brings Xian-Canadian Friendship has formed under burgomaster J van de Meul BROeck to foster ties across all activities.
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Brussels
J. van de Meulebroeck
Bidault Calls De Gaulle Moscow Visit Essential to France
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told the consultative assembly that De Gaulle's forthcoming Moscow trip is vital to France and world peace. He linked European peace to Soviet collaboration and warned against a western bloc excluding others. He noted President Roosevelt was expected to visit Paris.
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France
Paris
Georges Bidault
Consultative Assembly
Moscow
Gen. de Gaulle
Europe
Roosevelt
Maurice Chevalier Cleared by Purge Committee
Paris French stage star Maurice Chevalier, suspected of collaborationist activity during the German occupation, has been given a clean bill by the music halls purge committee.
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Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Allied armies on Western Front seize 691,989 prisoners since D-Day
The latest tally shows Allied forces, led by First Canadian Army with 95,132 and British Second Army with 94,794, have captured 691,989 enemy soldiers since June 6. Other totals include French interior with British and Canadian 20,000, US First Army 200,138, US Third Army 117,400, US Seventh 50,916, US Ninth 55,670, and French First Army 57,939.
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Western Front
London
First Canadian
First
Third Army
U.S. Seventh Army
U.S. Ninth Army
Soviet Advance Opens Gulf of Riga With Island Breakthrough
Moscow announced a Soviet breakthrough on Oesel island at the entrance to Riga port. The push cleared the Sworbe peninsula, opening the Gulf of Riga for shipping as Soviet offensives cut into German positions in Latvia and Hungary.
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Moscow
Oesel
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Sworbe
Czechooslovakia
Hungary
Ungvar
Tokaj
Latvia
Ventspils
Liepaja
Berlin
Verpelet
Eger
Budapest
Vest
Stalin
Vainode
Memorial garden proposed for Col. John McCrae in Guelph
A memorial garden honoring Col. John McCrae of Guelph who wrote In Flanders Fields is planned by local business leaders and war veterans. Property adjacent to McCrae's birthplace cottage has already been donated for the project.
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Guelph
Ont
John Mccrea
Flanders Fields
Col. McCrae
Mounted Police patrol total 296?k miles in year
The RCMP annual report discloses 245,949 miles patrolling Northwest Territories and Yukon, 49,812 miles with dog teams, and 566 miles on foot. The remaining travel was by boat, airplane, automobile, and rail.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Territories
Yukon
RCMP
German chiefs urge fight to Christmas front victory curb
Nazi authorities in London report that German commentators call for all out effort to halt an Allied victory on the western front by Christmas. A new oath to fight to the death is prescribed for German soldiers to drive total war.
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London
Western Front
United Grain Growers reports fiscal year profit rise in 1043
United Grain Growers Toronto and subsidiaries announce a net profit of 245,153 for the year ended July 31, up slightly from 244,769 last year. Operating profit rose to 1,137,188 versus 1,232,388 in 1043.
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Toronto
United Grain Gro Limited
Stocks rise in Ottawa canner stock report and relics note
The Dominion bureau of statistics says canned fruit and vegetable stocks with canner wholesale dealers and chain stores warehouses on Oct 1 are higher than a year earlier. Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Coro net features a bust of Longfellow and tablets to Lowell and Walter Hines Page.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canner
Westminster Abbey
Longfellow
Tableta
Lowell
Walter Hines
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Monty
Bernard Montgomery
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Belgiur
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