Canada promises better prices for farm products in 1942
Ottawa agriculture minister Gardiner forecasts improved revenue for farmers as hogs butter cheese and eggs can be produced with assured markets. He notes a lighter feed shortage, plans a conference on moving feed grain east, and cites expanded cheese and egg export targets to Great Britain along with a new bacon agreement.
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Tne
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Gardiner
Ada
Great Britain
Britain
Bacon Board
United States
Atlantic
Mininter
Canada
Nus
Oil Controller Warns of Long Gasoline Curtailment Ahead
Canada faces sharp gasoline curtailment with limited oil reserves and rising wartime demands. Cottrelle says Canada’s tanker fleet is stretched, imports to Britain strained, and Montreal could be left high and dry if Portland Menow pipeline isn’t finished swiftly. He notes west production underestimates demand, but no funds will be spent on new wells.
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Cottrelle
Canada
Britain
Montreal
Portland Menow
German Fuehrer Allegedly Becomes Moslem Fascist Spy
Red Star reports German efforts to win Iranian sympathy by claiming Hitler has converted to Islam and is called Heidar. The paper notes the tactic was sensational but Hitler remains unpopular in Iran.
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Moscow
Red Star
Iran
Hitler
Overseas Instructors To Be Released For Overseas Service
Ottawa group captain J A de Nenerville announces that flying instructors in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan will be released for overseas service. The policy will release a portion of instructors month by month beginning in the coming months.
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Ottawa
J. A. de Nenerville
Earby Uplands
Dependents Cheques Totaled 11.5 Million in July
Ottawa reports 218000 cheques issued to dependents of Canadian active army and Royal Canadian Air Force personnel in July. The cheques amount to 11.5 million dollars, per monthly statements from the comptroller of the treasury office.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Comptroller of the Treasury
Churchill shows V sign after Iceland cheers
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, icon of the British Commonwealth, makes the V for victory gesture as he departs Iceland. The trip culminated in the historic meeting with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States.
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Winston Churchill
Iceland
Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Halifax may become protected area under Defence of Canada Rules
RCMP Chief Wood announces Superintendent A N Eames named in charge of Halifax. The post, created by order in council on August 20, requires a three month report on declaring Halifax a protected area under the Defence of Canada Regulations to control entry for safety and prosecution efficiency.
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Halifax
Ottawa
T. Wood
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
A. N. Eames
R.cmp
Defence of Canada
Daylight RAF Raid Over Cologne Knapsack Power Station
Dramatic two frame record shows RAF bombers dropping to under 100 feet during an August 12 raid on Cologne's Knapsack power station. The top image captures the city and distant aircraft amid anti aircraft fire as smoke rises from air raid missiles. The bottom frame shows the same plane lower still for close views of the damage and direct hits.
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Knapsack
Cologne
Germany
Indian Army Units Strengthen Malaya Front Amid War Mobilization
The Malay force receives reinforcements from Indian infantry signalmen and a British artillery contingent with tractor-drawn guns. Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham reviews the convoy as Australia arrives in a massive convoy August 15, described as the largest since the war began.
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Malaya
Robert
A New Flag For Europe Linked To Axis Leaders
Popolo d Italia reports Mussolini and Hitler united Europe under a new banner. The article says on the battlefield their collaboration blends the colors of European nations, unfurling the flag beside Axis forces at the head of armies and fleets.
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Hitler
Europe
Rome
Mussolini
Popolo d'Italia
Duce
Axis
Free French Stop Failed Coup In Tahiti
Reports say Vichy sympathizers tried to seize Tahiti from Free French rule but failed. Free French governor-general Richard Bruot arrested several citizens who were likely to be deported.
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Vichy
Tahiti
Sydney
Australia
South Pacific
Richard Bruot
Anniversaries Spurred Press Sermons in Occupied France
The second anniversary of France entering the war was largely ignored by papers in unoccupied zones, while the occupied areas used the date to deliver sermons to readers.
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Vichy
France
Battle turning toward victory says air minister in wartime update
London an air ministry tabulation marks two years of war with Axis losses totaling 6 020 planes and British losses at 3 089. Sir Archibald Sinclair reports the Battle of the Atlantic improving but warns at a heavy, extended effort ahead. He cites U boat battles, coastal command gains, and calls for American bomber production to hasten victory.
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London
Air Ministry
Archibald Sinclair
Air Secreary
National Defence
Sir Archibald
Britain
Churchill
Rationing Widened to Portrait Photographs in Britain
British rationing of photographic materials now extends to studios. Photographers limit customers to three portraits of one pose, with no proofs allowed. Wives and sweethearts struggle to obtain images for men in the forces as men on leave cannot easily book sessions.
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Britain
London
Women workers' rest urged in war industry study
A resolution discussed by congress proposed reorganizing employment for women in war industries to prevent fatigue from excess hours. It states a weekly rest day will protect national output and was referred to the general council.
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Fdinburg
General Council
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