Air Raids Need Mass Bomber Speeds Prewar Plan
London AI experts warn approaching bad weather cuts bombing days, urging thousands of British American bombers for one blitz. They cite Bremen raids as examples and say sustained all-out air power could soften Nazi war machine by spring. Weather limits Fortress precision and dispersal to other fronts hampers strike capacity.
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London
Hitler
RAF
Bremen
Continent
Germany
India
Egypt
China
Arthur T. Harris
Deportations Begin in Luxembourg as Nazis Target Loyalists
Reuters despatch reports Nazi rulers of Luxembourg start deportations to curb anti German activity. Nazi commissions draw black lists of Luxembourgeois loyal to the grand duchess. first batch rounded up. Germans say they are prepared to deport the entire 296,913 population if needed and bring in German workers to keep iron mines running.
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Luxembourg
London
Grand Duchy
Reuters
Brazil mobilizes as war expands in South America
Rio de Janeiro reports Vargas orders general mobilization across Brazil after declaring war on Germany and Italy on August 22. Brazilian sea and air forces now aid Allies to curb Axis maritime threat, with potential to field 250000 trained infantry. Belgian patriots undermine Jumet power station, disrupting iron works and coal output in the region.
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Vargas
Brazil
Germany
Italy
Gat
Jumet
Fur industry aids war effort in Canada through exports
The fur farming industry in Canada contributes to the war effort by earning foreign exchange via sales to the United States. C D Lang of Winnipeg, editor of Pur of Canada, reports on a Dominion Council of Pur Breeders meeting with government officials addressing military service and food supply issues. He notes markets for mink improving, with lower grades used for army clothing and maps. Archibald Campbell of Saskatoon named third vice president and secretary. JE Crawford of Fort William re-elected council president.
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Canada
United States
C D Lang
Winnipeg
Pur of
Dominion Council of
Lang
JE Crawford
Fort Wilam
Archibald Campbell
Saskatoon
Meatless days considered in Canada amid beef shortages
The wartime prices and trade board admitted meatless days may soon be needed to offset beef shortages in Canada. Previously denying such rumors, the board now says the measure is under consideration with no definite steps taken yet.
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Attawa
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
British United Press
France leaders warn Petain against dictatorship in crisis letter
Edouard Herriot and Jules Jeanneney sign a letter in the name of the French parliament accusing Marshal Petain of attempting an unlimited dictatorship and warning him not to drag France into war against the Allies. The missive says France faces its greatest crisis since the 1940 fall.
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Chamber of Deputies
Jules Jeanneney
Marshal Philippe Petain
France
Etter
Ottawa Peace Tower musician to join RCAF band
Dominion Crillon Robert J. Donnell will leave Parliament Hill duties for the duration to serve with the RCAF. He is expected to assist with arranging concerts for the Air Force band at Rockcliffe air station and will be attached as a manuscript copyist.
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Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Peace Tower
Dominion
Demand for Poultry Rises as Beef Shortage Looms
Ottawa notes a shift toward poultry amid meat shortages as officials report large increases in poultry and eggs for Britain. Stocks show turkeys dominating this year, with August cuts and cities like Montreal and Toronto unable to meet demand. Concerns rise over whether farms and packing plants can handle November and December volumes.
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Ottawa
Poultry Agriculture Department
Britain
Montreal
Toronto
Frelingburg to be renamed Lidice in Nazi tribute
The municipality about 40 miles south of Montreal intends to change its name from Frelingburg to Lidice to honor the Czech village razed by the Nazis last July. Lidice near Prague was destroyed with many killed and deported. A Lidice has already opened in Illinois two weeks after the event, with Mexico also adopting the name. In Tokyo Masayuki Tani becomes Japanese foreign minister succeeding Shigenori Togo who resigned Sept 1.
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Freligshburg
Montreal
Lidice
Frelighsburg
Prague
Czecho-Slovakia
Illinois
Mexico
Tokyo
Masayuki Tani
Board of Information
Shigenori Togo
Price Ceiling Control Must Be Maintained
Ottawa with a year of price ceiling control nearly done, Donald Gordon, chairman of the wartime prices and trade board, said adjustments for hardship and seasonal factors have been made and the board will resist further loosening. He warned that inflation remains a real threat during war and that Canada must maintain strict controls to stabilize prices despite pressure from higher taxes and potential U.S. wage and farm price policies. The board noted that prices from Sept 14 to Oct 11, 1941 set ceilings reflecting cost of living for Canadians, and most ceilings hold with some case-specific adjustments to ensure supplies.
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Ottawa
Donald Gordon
Na Time Prices and Trade Board
Gordon Sud
Canada
Dominion
CBC to sign off at 1120 pm across Dominion
Ottawa reports CBC will sign off at 11 20 pm local time in all regions starting next Sunday to cut wear on equipment. General manager Gladstone Murray says reduced broadcast hours will prolong life of many devices. All CBC stations except one will adopt the earlier end no later than CBK Watrous Sask. CBA Sackville NB may extend to midnight on some nights.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Cbceneral
Gladstone Murray
Murray
Dominion
CBC
CBS
CBY
Toronto
CBF
CBM
Montreal
CBV
Quebec
CBJ
Chicoutimi
CBR
Vancouver
CBK
Watrous
Saskatchewan
CBA
Maritime Province
Sackville
New Brunswick
BUILD DESTROYERS in Girls Are Employed In Halifax Shipyard
Six comely girls invaded Halifax shipyards to help make patterns for what will become Canada's newest Tribal class destroyers. Manager R J R Nelson calls the hiring an experiment that breaks old myths about women near fighting ships. The workers are shaping up well at Halifax Shipyard Limited as the craft take form.
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Halifax
Malifax
Canada
R. J. R. Nelson
Halifax Shipyard Limited
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