Plan for World Peace Retains Military Chiefs of Staff
Washington and London near a virtual postwar agreement to preserve military cooperation through a transition until a comprehensive peace treaty is signed. The combined chiefs of staff would stay in place, possibly with other UN leaders joining, to maintain security and deter aggression.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Combined Chiefs of Staff Committee
United Nations
Chiefs of Staff Committee
Churchill
Cambridge
Mass
Combined
Chiefs-Of-Staff Committee
Governor General Pilots Bomber Flight Toward Alaska
Prince Rupert B C The Governor General piloted part of the way northward from Prince Rupert in a large amphibian bomber of the Royal Canadian Air Force He and the Earl of Athlone visited an air base outpost in southeastern Alaska He expressed delight with the expedition and its early evening return He saw a display of US Canadian cooperation in Pacific coast defense and inspected a Canadian manned base with anti aircraft fire demonstration
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Ernor
Alaska
Prince Rupert
B.C
Royal Canadian Air Force
Earl of Athlone
United States
Canada
Pacific Coast
Australia Flour Trade Boon for Britain Revealed
Commerce Minister W. J. Scully announced Britain will take 500000 tons of Australian flour in the coming year. He noted Britain had previously sourced most of its flour from Canada, highlighting a shift in trade.
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Australia
Sydney
Austalia
W. J. Scully
Britain
Scully
Canada
Preparing Films In London For Invasion Era Screen Debuts
A wave of British films is being prepared for immediate release as the invasion of the continent looms. Britain argues German influenced pictures will not win public favor, predicting strong support for homegrown cinema when the war effort accelerates.
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London
Britain
Rain and ruin grim in bombed Berlin report
Stockholm reports from travellers that Allied bombing transformed Berlin into rubble and paralyzed services and entertainment. A Lokalanzeiger note says seven thousand are fed daily via a public kitchen in a southwest suburb. Witnesses describe burning clothes, trapped basements, and people fleeing in panic.
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Trevelier
Berlin
Stockholm
Sweden
Lokalanzeiger
R.A.F
Prices Board Issues Ration Rules for Book Holders
Ottawa outlines a consolidated rationing order allowing holders to leave their ration book card or sheet with retailers. The item left must bear the consumer’s signed stub, and retailers must detach coupons to cover each sale. Applies to cash and charge customers and to homemakers who shop with the same retailer or via telephone without carrying books.
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Prices Board
Ottawa
The
Army Manoeuvres In England Cause Large Damages
A British white paper reports damages from Canadian and British army exercises in England last spring. About $517,500 in damages occurred on agricultural land under free manoeuvre. Since November 1940 the War Office claims commission processed 419,706 claims and paid over $12 million to claimants, with no specified share assigned to Canadian forces.
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England
British Government Committee On National Expenditure
War Office Claims Commission
Plan for Empire and Pacific War Council Idea
Australia Prime Minister Curtin proposes a permanent imperial consultative council to manage common economic and political interests of Britain and the Dominions. He envisions a structure similar to the current Pacific War Council with regular consultation among Britain and the Dominions.
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Australia
Pacific War Council
Sydney
Curtin
Britain
Dominions
Army Leader Brigadier Gostling Services Overseas
Brigadier G. N. Gostling 42 commands a Canadian Infantry brigade overseas. Born in England he studied in English and American schools and at the University of Toronto. Commissioned in 1925 in Winnipeg, mobilized for war, served in Iceland as a major, led an infantry battalion in 1942, and became Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of a Canadian Division in November. In civilian life he was an executive with Moore Corporation in Toronto.
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N. Gostling
Guy Standish Noakes Gostling
E.D
England
Brig. Gostling
University of Toronto
Winnipeg
Iceland
Moore Corporation
Toronto
Plans Air Service Expansion by Canan Steamship Co
Plans to supplement sea routes with air services after the war were outlined for Canan Steamship Company shareholders in Liverpool. An extraordinary meeting on Sept 27 will consider altering the memorandum to allow building transport airliners and airfields for passenger and freight work. The proposal signals the firm may run global air services independently or with partners and possibly establish repair depots and acquire shares in aircraft interests.
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Canan Steamship Company
Liverpool
Bahamas War Savings Plan Seeks Loans to Britain
The Bahamas offers three percent war savings bonds up to £50,000 to be loaned interest-free to Britain for the war. The legislature considers raising another £250,000 for the same purpose.
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Bahamas
Britain
Nassau
Japan vows to crush America and Britain to the end
New York dispatch notes Tokyo radio broadcast recorded by US monitors says Italy's unconditional surrender to the Allies is regretted by Japan. The message asserts Japan remains resolved to defeat America and Britain, with Hirohito portrayed as confident despite the turn of events.
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America
Britain
New York
Tokyo Radio
United States
Italy
Japan
Hirohito
Fear Air Raids Sentences Government to Bratislava
A Berne despatch in Der Bund reports Slovak capital Bratislava is transferring government ministries and nonessential staff to safer locations amid fear Allied air raids are imminent. The move reflects wartime cautions as tensions rise in the region.
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Berne
Budapest
der Bund
Bratislava
Slovakia
Italy Surrenders as Axis Faces Break in War Front
Churchill and Roosevelt welcomed news of Italy's unconditional capitulation reported from Eisenhower's North Africa HQ. The move, seen as the culmination of Allied strategy since Casablanca, could presage further Axis surrenders and shift momentum in the Mediterranean theater. Officials at the War Department received the news with cautious silence.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
Mediterranean
Casablanca
United States
Quebec
Casablanc
Germany
Italy
Finland
Soviet
Russia
Europe
War Department
United States Chamber chief lauds England for mass production
Erek A. Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, praised England after a visit. He said England is mastering the art of mass production and highlighted the significant role of women on pay rolls, noting some factories employ up to 92 percent women with cheerful spirit.
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Spokane
England
Erek A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Men Needed in Edmonton Construction and Mines
A. C. MacLachlan acting manager of the employment and claims branch says Edmonton faces a shortage of about 3,000 common laborers. He cites need for highway and airport construction, packing plants, coal mines, lumber camps, and farm work.
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Edmonton
A. C. MacLachlan
Employment and Claims Branch
Nazi coins surface among bus tokens in Binghamton
In Binghamton New York a driver found three Reichspfennigs among bus tokens and said others reported similar discoveries. The coins match the size and weight of typical tokens, suggesting a broader circulation mystery among riders.
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Binghampton
N.Y
Parcel mailing deadline to speed Christmas mail
Ottawa post office announces a November 1 deadline for parcel mailings to reach more Canadians abroad and at home, aiming to move more Christmas mail to every corner of the world.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
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