Post War Plans Optimistic Split
Montreal pa A Canadian Chamber of Commerce poll shows optimism about postwar Canada from coast to coast. Findings note plans to reinstate ex service personnel, uncertain hiring due to policy and materials, and a push to engage the physically handicapped.
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Montreal
McFarlane
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Boards of Trade
Chambers of Commerce
Cnada
Ita
French Patriots Berne Intensify Sabotage Burns Fields
Reports from London indicate French patriots in Bern have intensified sabotage against German supply lines. They burn crops and threshing machines despite Vichy orders, with Lyon radio noting flour mills and agricultural works set ablaze to prevent crops reaching Germany.
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Berne
Vichy
Lyon
United States Office of War Information
London
South Coast AA Gun Downs German Raider at Extreme Range
A Mequad or London report describes a south coast anti-aircraft gun scoring a direct hit on a Messerschmitt 109 at 36,000 feet. An anti-aircraft officer hailed it as the first time a tahell has met and blasted a German raider at such an extreme range with heavy guns.
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London
Ontario Premier hints at open committees on agriculture and labor
Premier Drew of Ontario announced committees to study agriculture and labor questions with members from opposition parties, to be appointed soon. He did not detail their roles but suggested possible regrouping of government departments. He ruled out wholesale civil service dismissals, aiming to retain competent workers.
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RR Geven
Drew
Ontario
Red Cross plan for neutral camps for long term POWs
In a debate in London Sir Jocelyn Lucas pressed Foreign Minister Eden about setting up neutral camps via the Red Cross in Sweden Switzerland and Turkey for ailing long term prisoners of war. The plan aims at repatriation of badly wounded Britons and transfers of others unsuitable for return but still affected by captivity while Britain would swap German long term prisoners for interned foes in neutral camps if Germany agrees. Canada’s Dieppe captives could be among those affected. Meanwhile sixty thousand alarm clocks arrived from the United States but the Board of Trade has not decided how to distribute them to war workers.
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Red Cram
London
Red Cross
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Britain
Germany
Jocelyn Lucas
Eden
Dieppe
Alarm Clourd Arriv
United States
Board of Trade
Air Attacks Aimed at Clearing German Fighters
Allied air operations against Germany intensify to clear airspace of Luftwaffe fighters. Attacks target aircraft plants, disperse fighter strength by new fronts, wear down German squadrons through day and night missions, and strike air bases to enable unopposed day and night bombings.
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London
Germany
Luftwaffe
Britain
France
May Wave Spoils Sinkings Hint Atlantic U-boat Shift
Washington analysis suggests German high command redirected many U-boats to the South Atlantic after Allied ship sinkings. The move appears aimed at dodging strong anti submarine patrols along northern convoy routes.
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Washington
South Atlantic
Germans Watch Allied Air Attacks Amid Sicily Withdrawal
Berlin reports say Nazis view heavy daylight raids on French air fields as tied to a broader invasion plan. Meanwhile, Germany claimed to have evacuated 35,000 troops and 4,500 wounded from Sicily and to have salvaged thousands of tons of ammunition, cars, guns, and tanks.
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Stockholm
France
Berlin
RAF
Germany
Leven
Ska Dagbladet
Marseille
Sicily
Dagens Nyheter
New Medicos Sweep Medical Council Exams Ottawa
Dr J F Argue registrar of the Medical Council of Canada announced 180 successful candidates in the councils examinations. About 95 percent are entering the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps with many already serving and receiving government aid. The list includes John A McFadden of Dauphin Manitoba. Washington Brazil.
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Medial Council
Ottawa
J. Fenton Argue
Medical Council of Canada
Medical Council
Argue
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
R.C.A.M.C
John A. McFadden
Dauphin
Man
King Visits Home Fleet Aboard Duke of York and Malaya
The King completed a whirlwind visit to the British Home Fleet, taking part in sea exercises aboard the Duke of York and boarding the Malaya where he once served as a junior officer. He spoke with Raj Wall, an Indian Punjabi chief yeoman of signals, who raised the royal standard on the first Indian vessel to do so. The voyage included diverse crews of Brahmins, Muslims, Hindus, Parsees, Pathans, Sikhs, Punjabis, and British imperials aboard.
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Malaya
Royal Navy
Eet
India
Godavri
Raj Wall
Signals
Awards to Canadians for bravery in raids over Germany
London reports from the Air Ministry announce one Distinguished Flying Cross and three Distinguished Flying Medals to Canadians for exceptional bravery during raids over Germany. Recipients include Flying Officer Earl Frank Reid of Westmount Quebec and Sergeants Ray Charles Elliott Ottawa Wilfred Harold Roach Rosthern Sask James Downey Watts Vancouver. The Paris radio notes Hungary Premier Nicholas Kallay traveled to Berlin for talks amid rising anti Axis sentiment and a perilous position at home.
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London
Air Ministry
Earl Frank Reid
Westmount
Que
Ray Charles Elliott
Ottawa
Wilfred Harold Roach
Rosthern
Sask
James Downey Watts
Vancouver
Germany
Munuanz
Paris
Nicholas Kallay
Hungary
Berlin
Turkey
Kallay
Blood transfusion saves life on Guadalcanal record
Seventeen quarts of blood plasma, believed to be a record for one person, saved the life of Pte. Charles F. Oats of Baltimore after a shell burst wounded him on Guadalcanal on January 16. In Jack Rabbit story, Wilfred Clark survives a rabbit’s leap into a binder. Canadian nurses begin return to Canada after 15 months in South Africa under Capt Ruth MacLellan.
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South Pacific
Charles F. Oats
Baltimore
Oats
Guadalcanal
Wilfred Clark
Clark
New York
South Africa
Ruth MacLellan
Maritimes
Ontario
Fear Japan invasion feared in Australia, editor says
C P Smith, managing director of two western Australian newspapers, warned in an interview that Australians are fearfully uneasy about a Japanese invasion threat. He noted many now doubt a full-scale invasion is possible, expecting only small attacks or invasions.
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Edmonton
C. P. Smith
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