Four-Ton Bombs Shape Allied Air War Tactics
The article details four-ton bombs used by Allied forces to strike Axis targets across vast distances from the Middle East to the Solomon Islands. It contrasts heavy aerial ordnance with earlier 16-pounders, notes the range of bomb types including delayed action and armor piercing types, and describes their devastating blast effects as part of Britain's evolving air offensive capabilities.
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Axis
Middle East
Solomon Islands
Reich
St James’ Park
Britain
Canada begins circulating new blackout nickel coin
Ottawa reports shipments of the 12 sided copper zinc nickel to fill orders for five cent pieces. First consignments went to Halifax Vancouver and other Bank of Canada agencies. The new coin should be in circulation in many centres within days as shipments arrive.
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Canada
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Halifax
Vancouver
Christmas Parcels to Soldiers Overseas Last Mailing Day
Toronto officials said November 10 is the last mailing day for Christmas parcels to soldiers overseas to reach delivery by Christmas. The base post office expects a heavy surge as mail and parcels are sorted for many destinations, and senders are urged to ship parcels in units of 11 pounds or less to ease space constraints.
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Toronto
Postal Department
Post Office
Lost His Gold as Abbas Pasha Escapes France
French frontier police seized about 400 thousand dollars in gold ingots from Abbas Pasha the former ruler of Egypt while he attempted to transfer wealth to a luxury yacht. He had been living on the Riviera since being dethroned by Britain in 1914.
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Cannes
France
Abbas Pasha
Monte Carlo
Riviera
Britain
German Prisoners From Rommel’s African Corps Arrive in Canada
German tank troops from Rommel’s Africa Corps, nearly 1000 strong, arrive at a Canadian port and are housed in internment camps after landing. Officers describe them as fanatic enemies but well-guarded and orderly during the sea voyage. Polish soldiers are praised for behavior. one German shows covert anti-Nazi sentiment but is restrained.
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Ronmels African Corps
Canada
Canadian
Rommels African Corps
Th Port
Cairo
Rommel
Mediterrane
Nana
Engh
Civil service training plan eyed for stenographers and clerks
Winnipeg civil service commissioner James H. Stitt says acute staff shortages have prompted study of in service training schemes for stenographers and accounting staff. He notes about 120000 civil servants with 31000 hired last year as onward hiring continues.
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James H. Stitt
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Civil Service Commission
Stenographers
Set on Revenge Chinese Soldiers Train in Burma War Tactics
In a Himalayan village near Burma, Chinese soldiers retreating from Rangoon to Mandalay receive modern warfare instruction from white officers. They study the latest weapons with aim of returning home via the Burma invasion route. The scene contrasts a peaceful setting with rising wartime resolve as they seek revenge. A German pilot surrendered in Soviet lines, saying he refused Nazi victory and did not want to shed blood for Hitler.
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Burma
Himalayan
Rangoon
Mandalay
Moscow
Russian High Command
Adolf Hitler
Protocol Signed On Military Aid To Soviet Union
The United States Great Britain and Russia signed a protocol in Moscow to continue or interrupt the delivery of military equipment munitions and raw materials to the Soviet Union. Sumner Welles signed for the United States Sir Ronald Campbell for Britain and Ambassador Maxim Litvinov for the Soviet Union.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow
Sumner Welles
Ronald Campbell
Unen
Maxim Litv
Manion Warns Canada Faces Air Attacks Before War Ends
Ottawa fire prevention talk by Hon RJ Manion, director of civil air raid precautions, predicts inland and coastal Canadian cities will likely be attacked from the air before the war ends. He blasts the lack of adequate firefighting equipment as a crime against national life, in remarks prepared for CBC Fire Prevention Week broadcasts.
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Manion
Canada
Ottawa
RJ Manion
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Government Eyes Expanded Voluntary Services Across Wartime Drives
Ottawa considers boosting voluntary organizations active in national wartime campaigns. The plan aims to raise effectiveness in drives like salvage and attract more workers to support these services across the country.
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Ottawa
United Nations Sets Probe Into Nazi War Crimes
London reports that the United Nations plan a commission to investigate Nazi crimes in Occupied France and beyond. Lord Simon said the scope includes atrocities ordered by Germany, covering all offenders regardless of rank, with Allied support to hold individuals criminally responsible.
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London
China
India
Roosevelt
Washington
Simon
Germany
France
Hite
Still a danger as winter aids Japan in Siberia invasion
Observers in India warn a Japanese attack on Russia is likely this winter. They say hard ground and frozen rivers help invasions, Vladivostok ice immobilizes Russian submarines, and winter would hinder Allied reinforcements to Russia's eastern air force. Japan reportedly has half a million elite troops in Asia, with Siberia their paramount objective.
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Japan
Siberia
Bombay
India
Russia
Vladivostok
Flotill
North
China
Asia
Manchukuo
Far Eastern
French Resistance Turns More Violent Against Nazis
London observers say French opposition to German occupation and Vichy is rising. They link the shift to Laval’s labor conscription decree and a sweeping anti Semitic campaign, calling these moves folly that could provoke stronger French reaction.
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London
France
Oecupiers
Vichy
Laval
Record Awards for Canadian Airmen Reach New High
A record number of decorations were awarded in the Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force Central, RCAF overseas headquarters announced. The honors include gallantry in the Dieppe operation and exceptional service by bomber crews, featuring 37 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 12 Distinguished Flying Medals, raising total Canadian airmen decorated since the war began to 202.
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RCAF
Raf Cemter
Overseas Headquarters
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