Shortage of Timber Declared Gravest in Canadian History
Ottawa reports Canada faces the gravest timber shortage in its history and unveils an eight point government program. Production in 1941 reached about 5,060,000 feet, with 1942 output likely lower due to shortages, while remaining wartime deliveries total 1.04 billion board feet for four months.
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Howe
Canada
Britain
United States
A. Nicholson
National Selective Service
Eliot M- Littles
Pacific Coast
Dominiorn
Prices Land Trade Board
United States Pacific Coast
Commodity Prices Stabilization Corporation
Soviet Report Details Broad Axis Breakthrough Reverses
The Soviet bureau of information reports heavy Axis losses on the Russian front from May 1 to August 31. It cites 54 German divisions routed including infantry, motorized, SS, mountain, tank units, plus Romanian, Hungarian, Italian forces and a Danish Legion. It also notes 21 German infantry divisions suffered 40 to 50 percent losses.
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Soviet Bureau of Information
Bombing in Brussels Triggers Hostage Arrests
London dispatch reports fifty Belgian citizens arrested as hostages after a bomb was thrown during a cinema showing in Brussels. One girl killed, many wounded. German authorities order damages to the cinema and payment of 5,000, Wiecle to the Germans.
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London
Newvers
Stockholm
Brussels
Wieycler
Zones Extended Tighten Atlantic Coast Military Restrictions
Lt Gen Hugh A Drum announced a proclamation from Governor's Island extending zones along 16 seaboard states. He will exclude any person deemed dangerous to national defense and set 1,136 prohibited or restricted zones. Regulations cover forts arsenals airports dams factories and key military installations from Maine to the Florida Keys.
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New York
United States Atlantic Coast
Hugh A. Drum
Seaboard
Eastern Defence Command
1St Army
Governor's Island
Drum
Maine
Florida Keys
Anti Sub Campaign Under Way Against U Boat Raiders
London officials announce a new Allied anti submarine campaign that will attack German and Italian underwater raiders from sea and air throughout their patrols. A proposal to switch all war material shipments to air freighters is dismissed as ineffective. The source notes Mediterranean losses and limited replacement capacity for Axis vessels. Benoni Post War Soldier Employment Plan. The Benoni council weighs a 2 million pound discharge soldier employment project after the war.
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London
Germany
Mediterranean
British Gun Factory Dismantled and Shipped to United States
The six month old gun factory in a scarred English city was dismantled and sent to the United States. Edward R. Stettinius Jr noted in the Saturday Evening Post that lend lease is no longer a US only route. Britain provided missiles, balloons, and weapons to aid Allied war efforts, while stressing repayment by the damage these guns would deliver to Germany and Japan.
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United States
Philadelphia
England
Edward R. Stettinius
Stettinius
Saturday Evening Post
Britain
US War Transport Agency Seizes Control Of Commercial Vehicles
The United States Office of Defense Transportation will assume sweeping control of millions of commercial vehicles on November 15. A war necessity certificate will be required for fuel tires tubes and accessories for about 5,000,000 trucks 150,000 buses 50,000 taxicabs and similar vehicles. The move aims to conserve equipment for war needs. London reports Danish saboteurs caused a blaze and false alarms to maximize damage.
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United States
Washington
Office of Defence Transportation
O.dt
Establish War Time Board of Information in Canada
Prime Minister King announced the creation of a War Time Board of Information in Ottawa. The board, chaired by Hono. F. Philippe Brais with members including Georges Bouchard Henry Borden KC KB Bryce T. C. Davis Col. H. A. Dyde A. D. P. Heeney Elliot M. Little L. B. Pearson L. Clare Moyer and others, will guide policy and supervise expenditures while information operations are carried out by its staff. The public information division of National War Services is now part of the board. The goal is an informed understanding of Canada’s war effort and its UN partnership.
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Ottawa
King
Charing
F. Philippe Brais
Georges Bouchard
Agriculture
Henry Borden KC
Conse Munitions and Supply Department
KB Bryce
Fineance Department
Justice T. C. Davis
National War
Col. HA. Dyde
Defence Council
Vining
National War Services Department
G. Herbert Lash
War Services
Thorson
United Nations
Was Grateful Canadian Soldier Adopts Gallant British Sailor
W. Emperingham, a Canadian soldier, adopts Liverpool seaman G A Thomas in gratitude for saving his life at Dieppe and enabling a last word with his dying son. Emperingham, who moved to Saskatchewan after WWI, returned with three sons to Canada. Thomas carried Emperingham to his ship after finding him wounded on the Dieppe beach. When Emperingham learned Thomas’s parents were killed in an air raid, he chose to adopt him to replace the son who died.
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London
Dieppe
W. Emperingham
G. FA. Thomas
Liverpool
Emperingham
Canada
Britain
Saskatchewan
Thomas
Empering
Experingham
Thoma
Fisheries Minister Seeks Large Pack of Canadian Canned Fish
Fisheries Minister Michaud explains Canada will organize a large pack of canned herring and salmon for Great Britain and armed forces overseas. He notes only fresh, frozen, salted and pickled salmon and herring will be available to Canadians, while other varieties may be canned for export.
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Canada
Saint John
Great Britain
Michaud
Pacific
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C.D. Howe
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