Canadian Army Leader Tours British Isles Front
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton, commander of the army corps including the Canadian 1st Division, says Canadians have a positive defence task and are building an offensive capability. He notes Britain gains manpower, industry solves supply issues, and the 2nd Canadian Division under Maj Gen Victor Odlum trains well in Britain. Reporters tour a Canadian machine gun unit from Saskatchewan and observe engineers, a mobile laundry, and a light anti aircraft battery.
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England
AG L McNaughton
Army Corps
McNaughton
Duke of Gloucester
Saskatchewan
Hbb
Britain
Victor Odlum
Canada
GOC
CR. McCullagh
Saskatoon
Britain’s Secret Method Aims at Nazi Planes
Britain tests a new defense method to bring down German aircraft. Report notes it defends small vital areas and is not a gun, ray, or balloon based. Device remains undisclosed for security, but is cheap, easy to manufacture, and requires few operators.
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Britain
London
London Barrage
Bookings Institute survey on German labor regimentation
A Washington notice notes the Bookings Institution published a survey stating German labor regimentation has progressed to a point where the worker has less freedom in some respects than the serfs of the middle ages.
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Washington
Death of Edward H. Bostock Barnum of Britain
Edward H. Bostock age 81, famed circus figure known as the Barnum of Britain, died. He retired in 1931 selling his animals to the London Zoological Society. His family began in the business in 1805.
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Jamous
Glasgow
Edward H. Bostock
Barnum of
Britain
London Zoological Society
Joint Defence Talks Tie US Canada to Mutual War Roles
Ottawa-born NYT correspondent John MacCormac outlined a joint defence study that would bind Canada to defend the United States while the US could establish bases in Canada for both continental and offensive action. He warned that in certain cases Canada might join any US war, complicating broader imperial commitments and suggesting possible future pacts with Britain Australia and New Zealand.
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Toronto
United States
Canada
John MacCormac
Washington
New York Times
Andi
Japan
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Secret British Tank Weapon Claimed Superior To Nazis
A London briefing reports British defense leaders rate armored forces highly, hinting at a secret tank or weapon. An informant says British tanks now have superior armor, improved since German upgrades, with a gun able to penetrate German armor. He cites a small force in France with armor immune to anti-tank guns and capable of penetrating German armor.
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London
Britain
France
Restrictions Lifted on American Citizens Naturalization
Ottawa reports the lifting of general restrictions on naturalization papers for American citizens in Canada. Applications previously set aside during wartime precautionary review will now be processed for those residents who have nearly completed naturalization and have in order documents.
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Ottawa
Secretary of State's Department
Canada
Floods Devastate Savoy Region In France
Heavy rains sweep across the Savoy region around Vichy causing roadbeds to be swept away and mountain villages to be cut off. Torrents flood riverbeds, isolating an area over 500 square miles with damage estimated at 20 million francs.
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Savoy
Vichy
France
CBS London Office Bombed by German Bombs
Edward R. Murrow reports from London that the CBS European staff office was partially wrecked by German bombs. The bulletin, heard in New York, notes damage at the London operation and updates on the situation.
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New York
London
Columbia Broadcasting System
Edward R. Murrow
CBS
Support For De Gaulle Increases In Unoccupied France
Reuters reports rising French support for General de Gaulle in unoccupied France as many soldiers join his Free France cause. An escaped Irishman in Spain described growing gatherings in Marseille and other towns. Food shortages intensify with potato crops gone and sabotage hindering relief efforts while Germans move into Paris to dodge Allied bombings.
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France
London
Reuters
Tespaten
Charles de Gaulle
Free
Britain
Spain
de Gaulle
Fe de
Dud German Bombs Victoria
A Victorian in Northampton reports a bomb dropped by German raiders over England was made in Nazi annexed Czecho Slovakia. The letter describes a bomb that fell in Northampton, did not explode, and was found stamped as from Czecho Slovakia and filled with sand.
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Victoria
England
Czecho- Slovakia
Northampton
London Bomb Raids Face Limited German Aims
British observers report Berlin air attacks on Warsaw, Barcelona, and Madrid show two aims of disorganization of London's communications and civilian demoralization. London has suffered heavily, with observers noting greater ruin than Rotterdam in the past 11 days. The issue sparked a secret Commons session debating the raids and Germany's air force strategy.
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Ermany
London
Warsaw
Barcelona
Madric
Rotterdam
Luftwaffe
Pusition
Germany
Britain
House of Commons
New Camps in Ontario to Replace Escapes
Defence minister announced two new internment camps to replace existing facilities in northwestern Ontario after two escapes. A special board under Col. PA Pare recommended improved escape prevention and prisoner identification methods, which were accepted and will be implemented. A Ber prisoner who escaped near Toronto was later captured near Burlington. Paderewski awaits permission to cross unoccupied France and Spain en route to the United States where he hopes to spend the rest of his life.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Defence
Inser
JL Ralston
Minater
PA. Pare
Canadian Provost Corps
Toronto
Burlington
No Class Distinction Warns Of War's Social Shift
Lady Mayo-Robson of London told a women's club that the war has erased class distinctions and left all values altered. She said no longer is there any class distinction as everything has lost its value.
British airmen hold edge over Nazis in blitz
London reports German losses of 1,867 planes to 621 for Britain and its allies in the Luftwaffe blitz. Sir Archibald Sinclair says German air crews near 4,000 last tally while RAF losses run around 600. He notes heavier German daylight losses in the Middle East and asserts British pilots and morale will prevail despite Germany's numerical advantage. He mentions a Kent airdrome crater from a bomb piece likely taken from a French dump.
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London
Germany
Archibald Sinclair
Sinclair
Middle East
Royal Air Force
Saclair
Britain
France
Low Countries
Rla.f
Kent
Navy Admiral Urges Mosquito Boats for Britain Aid
Admiral Standley and columnist Dorothy Thompson urged the United States to provide an adequate number of mosquito boats to Britain to counter German U-boats in the Atlantic. Speakers included Douglas Fairbanks Jr and Maury Maverick at a Chicago meeting sponsored by the Chicago chapter of the committee to defend America by aiding the Allies.
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Chicago
Britain
Atlantic
Eagle Squadron Formed By London Air Minister
Sir Archibald Sinclair announced Col. Charles Sweeney plans an Eagle squadron of American volunteers to fly for Britain. The unit mirrors the Lafayette escadrille Sweeney helped organize in the last war before U.S. entry.
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London
Archald Sinclair
Charles Sweeney
United States
Lafayette Escadrille
Britain
Sweeney
Serum to Aid Britain Shipped From Ada
Anti tetanus serum packages for lockjaw prevention among air raid victims in Britain will be shipped from Ada immediately per National Red Cross HQ. Washington reports bans by American Red Cross and Agriculture Department to send multiple cargoes of agricultural products to Finland for its needy.
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Toroinu
Britain
Ada
Canadian Red Cross
Washington
American Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
Finland
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New Canadian Congress of Labor
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway Employees and Transport Workers
Czecho
Slovakia
East
Densor
Eagle Squadron
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