Azores Agreement Marked First Allied Victory in Europe
London reports the Azores pact as a first Allied victory aimed at isolating Germany. British troops reportedly landed on Terceira as part of a broader force buildup with RAF aircraft dispersed to Azores airfields. Telegraphs note potential Turkish parallels and strategic moves into the Balkans.
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London
Azores
Germany
Sergers
Russia
Finland
Turkey
Balkans
Levant
Greece
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Lisbon
Churchill
Portugal
RAF
Coastal Command
Madrid
Terceira
mid-Atlantic
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Churchill predicts final victory with Allied air forces
London reports Prime Minister Churchill congratulated the RAF and the US 8th Air Force, saying they will inexorably beat industrial Germany and hasten the day of final victory. He credited Allied airpower for shifting Germany from offense to defense and aiding overall victory.
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Churchill
London
Churchim
RAF
United States
8Th Air Force
Germany
War Cabinet
Oranges For Britain Aimed At Children In Shortage
London reports that four million dollars worth of oranges have arrived for Britain to aid children. Food Minister Lord Woolton announces two pounds per child under five and one pound per child aged five to sixteen. Retailers must reserve five days for the youngsters before selling leftovers.
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Britain
London
Lord Woolton
Canadian Pacific Airlines expands northern routes and fleet
LB Unwin, president of Canadian Pacific Airlines, returns to Montreal after a 10000 mile inspection trip. The company plans larger faster planes on the Vancouver Victoria run and on the prairie route from Regina to North Battleford. CPA reports strong traffic to the Mackenzie region and Norman Wells as part of the $140 million Canal project aligning with continental defence efforts.
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Montreal
Canada
Vancouver
Edmonton Whiteholme
LB Unwin
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Vancouver Victoria
Mr. Unwin
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
North Battleford
Unwin
Northland
CPA
Edmonton
Mackenzie
Norman Wells
Alaska
Tea and coffee scarce in Channel Islands under occupation
Channel Islands residents must pay about £25 a pound for tea and coffee or drink acorn coffee and bramble tea. London sources say supplies come only from black market as ordinary stocks are exhausted. Germans reportedly sent the islands tomato crop to France for sale at two pence a pound.
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London
Channel Islands
France
Searchlight beams trap Nazi raider over Humber coast
Beams from two searchlight crews in the river Humber area caught a Nazi raider as it crossed the coast. The bomber immediately dived and crashed to the ground.
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London
River Humber
Bomber gadget cuts balloon cables midflight
In London the device uses wing edge plugs that snag cables as planes speed by. A trigger explodes in the wing, driving a pin to sever the cable against a hard anvil. Invented and patented by James Baker, a prewar airplane plant manager.
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London
James Baker
Norwegian seamen survive 30 day Indian Ocean voyage
A Norwegian tanker crew of nineteen survived a 2800 mile raft voyage after their ship was torpedoed by a Japanese raider near Australia. Ten died from wounds and exhaustion. six more died when the lifeboat capsized, but the survivors reached Madagascar on the thirtieth day.
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Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Army barge Mahone Bay first sectionally built
A new world first, the Minca freight barge, built in six prefabricated sections, tests in Mahone Bay show it can be shipped overseas in sections and assembled with a two and a half horsepower outboard motor. Designed by W W Roue of Dartmouth, N S, the vessel will carry invasion gear and supplies. Film director honored in Ottawa Richard Rosson will receive the Navy League of Canada Award for Service at the premiere of Corvette K22 the story of the Royal Canadian Navy corvettes.
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Mahone Bay
W W. J. Roue
Dartmouth
N.S
Ottawa
Richard Rosson
Royal Canadian Navy
Navy League of Canada
Alaska Highway assignment for A Y Jackson and H G Glyde
Dean of Canadian painters A Y Jackson on a government mission to document the Alaska highway and Royal Canadian Air Force works. He travels with H G Glyde head of the Institute of Technology art department Clary. Both operate under the National Gallery of Canada.
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Ottawa
A. Y. Jackson
R.C.A.F
Alaska Highway
Danish Nazi Leader Arrested and Sent to Eastern Front
Fritz Clausen head of the Danish Nazi party was arrested by German authorities and sent to fight on the eastern front accused of diverting 100,000 Danish crowns supplied to the party by Berlin for party use.
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Stockholm
Fritz Clausen
Ber- UN
Giant Air Liner Planned To Be Built In Britain
Britain grants go ahead for Bristol Aeroplane Company to begin plans for a giant air liner intended to fly at 250 mph with 150 passengers on Atlantic routes in about 19 hours. The craft, weighing 130 tons, will use 20 000 horsepower and fly in the stratosphere to reduce winds and bumps.
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Britain
London
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Ministry of Air Raft
Leslie G. Frise
An Fon
BBC
Atlantic
Allied fighters overpower overwhelming odds in New Guinea clash
Four Allied fighter planes engaged a vastly superior force above Wewak New Guinea airfield. The Allied communique says they shot down at least eight Japanese planes and probably two more. The enemy squadron of 82 fighters and 12 bombers was broken up with no Allied losses.
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Apane
Wewak
New Guinea
Death Penalty Ordered for Italian Patriots at Northern Front
Mussolini's government issued a death penalty decree for Italians who disobey German and Fascist orders at the Swiss Italian frontier. The move is part of a crackdown on patriot activities in northern Italy, with numerous summary executions reported to disrupt troop movements toward the Italian peninsula.
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Ussolini
Mussolini
Italy
Protect Works of Art in Occupied Italian Territory
War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the reconvened House of Commons that British and American experts in occupied Italy are taking over protection and supervision of all ancient monuments, museums, and art works. He said war damage is being repaired.
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London
James Grigg
House of Commons
Air raid deaths in Britain reach lowest September toll since 1940
Civilian air raid fatalities in Britain during September were the lowest in over three years, with five killed or missing and 11 seriously injured. The record compares with May 1940 when injuries occurred and no deaths were recorded.
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London
Britain
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