Convoys Used by U S to Deliver Goods
Secretary Knox said the United States employs all methods to safeguard shipping including convoys escorted by combatant ships. He noted Atlantic fleet ships and planes escort cargoes, and refused to detail operations off Iceland. He added there have been no clashes with Axis raiders since the start of the capture or destroy phase. He also mentioned a possible Axis raider in the South Pacific near the Galapagos that remains unfound.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
United States
Goode
Great Britain
North Atlantic
Iceland
American Legion
Milwaukee
South Pacific
Galapagos
All Classes Threaten Hostage Reprisals In Paris
German authorities announce that hostage shootings in reprisal for attacks on Germans will extend to all classes of Paris population. A non commissioned officer died from bullet wounds after an assailant defied prior executions. The policy, posted in Paris papers, warns of increasing hostage killings if attacks continue.
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Nasis
Paris
Army of Occupation
Elevators Repairs Ottawa Licenses All Grain Work
Ottawa announces all grain elevator construction extensions and repairs must be licensed by the controller of construction under an order in council upon recommendation of Munitions Minister Howe. Previously licensing depended on cost thresholds, but confusion over interpretations led to a uniform license requirement for all elevator work.
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Ottawa
Howe
London Viscount Mantax Reveals Washington Return Soon
In a radio interview London Viscount Mantax the British ambassador to the United States said he would return to Washington shortly. He added that he would carry back a favorable report of his observations in the United States.
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London
Mantax
Isrtish
United States
Washington
America
Radio Location Training Builds Canadian Air Defense
The first class of young Canadians completed training in locating enemy aircraft at Canadian universities. A smaller second class is ready to start. About 2,500 men completed 16 weeks of study, with many to go overseas for further training or join training schools in Canada. Some will receive commissions and attend the officer's administration course at Trenton. Over 1,000 Canadians are already serving overseas in radio location duties supporting British night defenses.
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Ottawa
Canada
Trenton
Air Force
Britain weighs bombing Rome amid Cairo attack link
The Press Association said Britain may bomb Rome in response to an Axis attack on Cairo. Rome is not viewed as a major target now, with RAF aims focused on aiding Russia and striking German industry. The agency noted Italy has British bombs to drop on Vatican City to blame Britain for church damage.
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London
Press Association
Britain
Rome
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Russia
Vatican City
WANTS More Woodsmen Britain Exhausted Skilled Labor
Sir James Calder a wood supplies adviser says Canadian Forestry Corps men are thriving in Britain and that timber production is fifty times higher than in peacetime. He notes all available skilled labor has been exhausted, with large stands of timber still untouched in the United Kingdom under Brig-Gen. J.B. White at Montreal.
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Montreal
James Calder
Ministry of Shipping
Canadian
Forestry Corps
United Kingdom
Britain
United
Kindom
J.B. White
Typhoon Gre Impacts Hong Kong Damaging Ship Traffic
A typhoon skirting Hong Kong drove a 14 000 ton steamship and three smaller vessels aground causing widespread damage around the city. Ferry street car and bus services were suspended in mid morning with no casualties reported.
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Hong Kong
Canadian Flyers Named Prisoners in Nazi List
A Nazi origin list of Royal Air Force members captives includes seven Canadians. Frt. Lt. Edwin Charles Capel of Victoria is named among the prisoners.
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London
Royal Air Force
Edwin Charles Capel
Victoria
Duke of Kent Praises Air Training Plan Growth
The Duke of Kent, returning from Canada, praised the Commonwealth Air Training Plan and urged Britain to recognize its rapid expansion. He called it a vital war industry combining mass production with skilled individual training and noted its two year transformation from plan to essential effort.
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of Kent
London
Duke of Kent
Canada
Dominion
Britain
Scores Of Soldiers Return Invalided To Montreal
Scores of invalided Canadian soldiers arrived in Montreal aboard five trains from the east coast. They landed recently from the United Kingdom in good spirits and glad to be back home. Some bore air raid scars or injuries from accidents, others were incapacitated by illness. Many planned to go overseas again.
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Montreal
United Kingdom
Soviet Missin Vint Canada To Purchase War Supplies
A Washington delegation of Russian trade and military experts will visit Canada to negotiate additional war supplies. Canada already works on Russian orders. officials say Russia is limited in American dollar resources. Jesse Jones announced a $100 million US program to finance Russian war material purchases via Amtorg, a Russian agency, treating it as a contract for minerals rather than a loan.
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Canada
Washington
United States
Russia
Jesse Jones
Jones
Roosevelt
Defence Supplies Corporation
Amtorg Corporation
Wheat Milling Course Aids Returning Canadian Farmers
Former wheat farmers in the Canadian Army are studying British wheat milling to gain information for postwar farms. The course, organized by J B Sturdy of Saskatoon with the Canadian Legion, involves British milling interests and a revamped program for Canadians. Soldiers will later work in mills to learn grinding blending and caill feeds.
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Canadian Corps
London
J. 3. Sturdy
Saskatoon
Canadian Legion
Sturdy
Prairies
Canadian bacon and cheese pledge to hold markets after war
Deputy minister of agriculture Dr. Barton told the WII Hold Markets Seignory Club before the Canadian Chamber of Commerce convention that high quality bacon and cheese shipped to Britain will strengthen Canada’s postwar market position.
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Seignory Club
Que
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
H. Barton
Britain
Red Army crushes German panzer forces near Bryansk
Soviet communique reports massive Red counterattacks defeat German panzer units commanded by Col Gen Heinz Guderian near Bryansk. Claims 80 000 German casualties in two days, with 20 000 dead or captured, plus 500 tanks 70 armored cars and 195 airplanes among losses. Russian totals contrast German claims of three Soviet armies destroyed in Lake Ilmen area.
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Moscow
Red Army
Heinz Guderian
Lake Ilmen
Yartsevo
Semeon Timoshenko
Cotral
Leningrad
Odessa
Four New Branches Formed for Department of Munitions
The Munitions and Supply Department announces four new branches in Ottawa Gun and tank production Ammunition production Munitions contracts and industrial planning and engineering The industrial planning and engineering branch will coordinate work from the former army engineering design division with a newly formed industrial planning division
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Ottawa
Munitions and Supply Department
Army Engineering Design Division
Syria declares independence and elects first president
A new Republic of Syria proclaims independence and names Tajeddine Hassani as its first president. Free French and British authorities had pledged independence for the former French mandate once Axis forces were ousted and stability restored.
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Syria
Damascus
Tajeddine Hassani
Republic of
Canadian workers protected rise to 2.6 million
Ottawa figures from the unemployment insurance commission show about 2.6 million Canadian workers now covered by unemployment insurance. Employers registered 131,003.
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Ottawa
Unemployment Insurance Commission
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