Bevin Defends British War Policy on Women in Industry
London reports Labor Minister Ernest Bevin replying to Commons concerns over slow female mobilization for war work. He cites Germany’s coercive methods and says Britain has applied near universal female entry, averaging 40,000 to 50,000 new workers monthly. Bevin notes a nation wide labor survey, wage reforms, and the aim to train a mechanically minded workforce similar to Russia.
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London
House of Commons
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Bevin
Russia
Nazi octopus on invasion of British Isles and US as unfinished business
Secretary Frank Knox called the Nazi iron octopus a looming threat as Hitler’s forces push toward Leningrad and Odessa. He warned invasion of the Near East and British Isles is a certainty once the octopus is ready, with the United States listed as the final item on the Nazi agenda.
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Chicago
Sevy
Frank Knox
British Isles
United States
Hitler
Leningrad
Odessa
Navy League of Canada thanked for gifts to soldiers
Halifax delegates of the Navy League of Canada were thanked by Arthur Randies for wartime efforts. The annual report shows 5,000,000 cigarettes, 150,000 chocolate bars and 20,000 dirt bags valued at $140,000 distributed to Canadian seamen in the last year.
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Halifax
Navy League of Canada
Arthur Randies
Dominion
League
Leningrad Commentary On Russian Confidence
London report from the Soviet siege area notes rising savings bank deposits in Leningrad with Deposits increasing steadily as new accounts are opened, transmitted via the British Broadcasting Corporation. The commentary reflects cautious optimism about civilian resilience and financial activity during the siege.
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London
Rsieged
Leningrad
British Broadcasting Corporation
Death Penalty Decreed for Plotting Against Italian State
Rome Mussolini issued a decree on October 3 fixing the death penalty for crimes against the state in annexed territories. The acts include insurrection, destruction, or terror aimed at overthrowing the state, with varying penalties from three to death years. Attempts against armed forces incur at least five years. life or death penalties apply for leadership or participation in armed bands.
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Rome
Mussolini
Acta
Shah of Iran Seeks Progress and Peace After War
Shah Mohammed Reza, 21, in Teheran, expressed confidence that Britain will safeguard Iran’s territorial integrity after the war and aid its progress. He told an American correspondent he bears no ill will toward England and hopes to visit the United States to meet American scholars and learn from a world of progress and invention.
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Teheran
Iran
Shan Mohammed Riza
Britain
Shah
England
Switzerland
United States
Rate Of Pay For Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force announces pay for the new Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force set at two thirds the RC A F rate. Senior officers and medical officers receive rates aligned with senior RAF-equivalents, with allowances for subsistence outfits transport clothing and personal effects matching RC A F provisions.
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Canadian Women's ‘Auxiliary Air Force
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force
RC A.F
RCAF
Air Minister outlines revamped overseas embarkation facilities
Air Minister Power announced complete revamp of embarkation facilities for men bound overseas at Hamax Koya. The new organization will include a representative of the Royal Air Force and the Australian and New Zealand forces, reflecting broader Allied coordination in the area.
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Hamax — Koya
Auawan Air Force
Power
RCAF
Royal Air Force
New Zealand
Communists In Canada Ottawa
Government weighs the status of the Communist party in Canada with no current change. The minister of justice notes the issue may come up when Parliament reconvenes. Cabinet discussions have occurred as several leaders and members remain interned under wartime policy.
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Ottawa
Communist Party
Canada
Ernest Lapointe
Russia
Stassen urges fewer stoppages in defence production
Gov Harold E Stassen told the 61st AFL convention there must be fewer stoppages in defence production. He urged voluntary wage and price ceilings by labor and agriculture to guard against inflation.
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Seattle
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
American Federation of Labor
Stassen
Labor
Young rider travels 1500 miles to San Francisco
Edwin Gothberg, 20, and his horse Trigger arrived in San Francisco after a 75 day trek covering 1500 miles from Casper, Wyoming. He followed trails of the old covered wagon days to learn what pioneers endured on the journey to the Pacific coast.
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San Francisco
Edwin Gothberg
Trigger
Casper
Wyo
Pacific Coast
New Canadian Highway Commission Proposed At Falls Meeting
At the 26th annual Canadian Good Roads Association convention in Niagara Falls Ontario Hon W A Fallon minister of public works for Alberta urged forming a federal backed Canadian highway commission. The aim is study of Canada highway system offer recommendations to the Dominion government and coordinate provincial programs with federal aid for key main highways.
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Canadian Good Roads Association
Niagara Falls
Ont
Canadian Highway Commission
W. A. Fallon
Public Works
Alberta
Fallon
Canada
Dominion
AML
Theodore G. Morgan
Association
Morgan
MacPherson
Canadian Broadcaster Gladstone Murray Returns From UK Tour
Major Gladstone Murray general manager of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation arrived by air from New York after a seven week tour of the United Kingdom. He spoke over a radio network in Portugal at the invitation of Information Minister Cunha. Portugal would broadcast Canada’s war news to South America and Canada would broadcast Portuguese recordings in Canada.
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Gladstone Murray Re
Britain
Ottawa
Gladstone Murray
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
New York
United Kingdom
Portugal
Cunha
Canada
South America
Britain Gains Upper Hand in Atlantic Battle
Washington reports indicate Britain is gaining the upper hand in the Atlantic struggle as Hitler focuses on Russia. Lords hear that Britain is receiving valuable American aid and holding bulk supplies like wheat and sugar. The reduction in insurance rates and fewer sinkings suggest Britain may soon release 10 to 15 American tankers diverted to Allied service.
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Washington
Britain
Hitler
Russia
Atlantic
United States
British Isles
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
London
Harry Hopkins
Lend Lease
White House
Portugal
Gibraltar
American Marine Insurance
Ickes
Salmon Pack Seen Reaching New High In BC Season
Major J. A. Motherwell, chief supervisor of fisheries, forecasts British Columbia’s salmon pack may exceed the 1,700,000 case estimate and approach 2,000,000 cases, with domestic and export needs in view. Dominion fisheries officials report talks with Britain for an extra 20,000 tons of canned BC herring, adding about 1,000,000 cases and lifting total BC herring orders for 1941 to 2,600,000 cases worth about $7,000,000.
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Vancouver
J. A. Motherwell
Yea
Dominion Department of Fisheries
British Columbia
Attlee to Represent Britain at International Labour Conference
Prime Minister in absentia Clement Attlee will travel to New York to represent Britain at the forthcoming international labor conference. Hon J A MacKinnon of Canada notes Brazil trade aims, seeking higher Brazilian coffee and cotton purchases.
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London
Churchim
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Privy Seal
House of Commons
New York
Britain
Brazil
Santos
J. A. MacKinnon
Dominion
Spinney to Lead National War Finance Committee
Ottawa finance department said G. W. Spinney joint general manager of the Bank of Montreal will initiate and organize a body to be called the National War Finance committee. New York reports a German radio broadcast announcing the death of Fritz Hess, father of Rudolf Hess.
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Finance Commi
Ottawa
Finance Department
G. W. Spinney
Bank of Montreal
National War Finance Committee
New York
Fritz Hess
Rudolf ‘Hess
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