Amery Defends Indian Army Against Mercenary Charge
Secretary of State for India Amery rebutted Drew Pearson’s claim that India's two million strong army is mercenary. He said Indians fight for a just cause to repel German and Japanese rule, highlighted divisions in Italy and Burma, and noted India’s industrial and tariff autonomy supporting the war effort. He dismissed the mercenary accusation as muckraking.
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London
India
Amery
Drew Pearson
Britain
Pearson
Lord Hawki
Italy
Burma
Stilwell
Germany
Japan
Canada to Launch Seventh Victory Loan Amid Postwar Strain
Finance Minister Tisley warned Canadians that postwar easing is unlikely as war expenditures plus private spending may curb jobs. He presented Oct 23 as the opening of the Seventh Victory Loan with a $1.3 billion objective, urging continued price controls, taxation, and victory bonds to curb demand amid expected scarcities.
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Dory
Toronto
Germany
Tisleyemia
Canadian Association of Personnel
Eaters
Tisley
Canada
Tiley
Heavy Shipments Canada to Britain Reach Massive Beef Total
Canada has shipped 51.4 million pounds of beef to the United Kingdom since last fall and aims for 100 million pounds by year end. The program, announced by Agriculture Minister Gardiner in July, stems from a fan agreement and contract progress remains underway in the British context with 70.31 million pounds purchased to Sept 23.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Gardiner
House of Commons
William Mahane
Ministry of Food
No Plane Losses Transport Command Flies 29000 Wounded
The RAF transport command reports nearly 29 000 wounded soldiers moved from France and the Low Countries to Britain since D day without a loss of a plane. A third of the recent casualties to British hospitals in three days are from American units. De Gaulle cautions that the European war may not end before next spring despite advancing French forces on the Belfort front.
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London
RAF Transport Command
France
Low Countries
Britain
Belfort
Charles de Gaulle
Admiral Land urges Allies seize German trade to crush enemy
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land testifying in Washington argued that Allies should divide and deny German and Japanese foreign trade. He said denying world commerce would end modern industrial nations and favored restoring Germany to an agricultural state with ships only for domestic use.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
America
Admiral Land
Treasury
Morgenthau
Germany
House
Japan
Overrun Rocket Sites by First Canadian Army Reported
Canadian officer estimates at least 300 rocket site overruns in France by the First Canadian Army as British and Polish forces push the German position. Extra sites found in Belgium. Scotland mentions possible others. The note appears in the Weekly Newspaper Meet from Vancouver.
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France
Belgium
Stotland
RAF Airlift to Yugoslav Partisans Surpasses Five Thousand Tons
The Allied air command revealed that over the past two years the RAF flew more than 5,000 tons of guns ammunition and supplies to Yugoslav partisans and patrols in central and southern Europe. Secret landing grounds spread to Greece Albania and other countries with many air ports. The report credits gun supply runners for aiding Tito's army noting the cargo ranged from antitank guns and vehicles to needles paper clips and thread. First operations began in the Middle East in summer 1942.
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RAF
Europe
Rome
Allied Air Command
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Royal Air Force
Tito
Ant ‘Ank
Balkans
Middle East
Peace Memorial Park Planned on Ontario Manitoba Border
Ontario and Manitoba governments will jointly build a permanent peace memorial park on the border 30 miles west of Kenora Ontario. The project follows years of planning with approval secured from Manitoba and Ontario officials. The site will include visitor facilities for tourists and travelers.
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Manitoba
Ontario
Toronto
George H. Douce
Doucett
Winnipeg
Eric Willis
Public Works
Kenora
Ont
Churchill Vows No Escape for War Criminals in Postwar Drive
Churchill told the House of Commons he would exert every resource to prevent war criminals from escaping, noting Spain is not among neutrals promising asylum. He referenced a potential UN conference after his Quebec trip and warned no commitments were made at Dumbarton Oaks. Lords debated occupation and punishment in Germany with mixed views on postwar policy. London Sketch reports German life insurers planning self destruct indemnities amid rising suicides.
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London
Church
House of Lords
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Churchill
House of Commo
Spain
Quebec
Roosevelt
United Nations
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Lord Vansittart
Reich
Lord Cranborne
Lord Strabolgi
Labor Party
House of Commons
Prohibition on Argentine Port Stoppages for Northbound Ships
The U S state department announces that after et 1 American ships northbound from South America will be prohibited from stopping at Argentine ports.
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Washington
U.S. State Department
South America
Argentine
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DE Gaulle
Horrocks
Bernard L. Montmery
Prince Bernhard
The
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Haseen
George S. Currie, Cmg Dso
Ross
Vancouver
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Lang Sands
British Columbia
C. V. Charters
Brampton
F. P. Galbraith
Red Deer
Alta
Konigsterg
Norway
H. H. Hepburn
Edmonton
Alberta
Canadian Medical Association
Uondon
Luftwaffe
Moscow
Union of Polis
Princess” Juliana
England
Juliana
Crown Princess of
Holland
Queen Wilhelmina
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