New War Supply Board Formed With Broad Powers
Ottawa announces a new War Supply Board to mobilize industry and resources for war needs under the War Measures Act. Ford of Canada’s Wallace Campbell and Vaughan of Canadian National Railways will serve as chairman and vice chairman respectively, both unpaid, as the board replaces the defence purchasing board and coordinates UK war supply purchases with a view to broader state control of production and distribution.
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Ottawa
Wallace Ro Campbell
Windsor
Ontlet
Ford Motor Company of Canada
War Supply Board
Kenzie King
Vaughan
Defence Purchasing Board
Canadian National Railways
War Measures Act
Campbell
Red Cross
Fort Hin Windsor
Toronto' i
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Grand Trunk Railway
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Governm Merchant Marine
CNR
Apany
Cardboard gas container found in Suffolk village street
A Lomon woman evacuated to the country left behind a cardboard gas milk container bearing the inscription We must be prepared Inside it were a length of yarn knitting powder puff compact mirror chocolate bar handkerchief letters snapshots and a respirator.
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London
Onigiter
War News
Suffolk
Theatres and Attractions Reopen Across London
London wartime entertainment outlook brightens as cinemas stay open until 10 pm except the west end where close by 6 pm. Variety theatres and suburban playhouses resume. Suburban dog-race tracks reopen and Regent’s Park Zoo begins admitting visitors.
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London
Swanky
West End
Regents Park Zoo
Roosevelt Kin’s War Links Reflect Allied Efforts
Mrs Kermit Roosevelt reported no surprise at a briefing on allied war efforts. She cited a cable confirming her husband’s safe landing abroad and noted Roosevelt, brother of Quentin Roosevelt who died in the last war, turns 50 next month. He previously served in the British army as a captain.
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New York
Kermit Roosey
Theodore Roo
Roosevelt
Quentin
King's Message Bible Edition Issued During War
The British and Foreign Bible Society and Scripture Gift Mission issued pocket New Testament editions bearing the King's message. The text commands reading of the book to all serving in Britain's forces at sea and on land and to every person defending the realm. The aim is to provide comfort and strengthen faith in these momentous days.
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London
British and Foreign Bible Society
Scripture Gift Mission
Britain
Japan Campaign Aims to Reduce British French China Influence
Japanese campaign seeks to lessen Britain and France holdings in China amid rising war tensions with Germany. A Japan Bar Association resolution calls the presence of European belligerents' troops and warships in China illegal. It asserts neutrality by Japan and sponsored Chinese governments and supports withdrawal of armed forces of belligerents.
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Tokyo
Great Britain
France
China
Germany
Japan Bar Association
Japan
Marine Etiquette Report From German Submarine Incident
The British trawler Alvis crews recount a German submarine commander offering to sink them but allowing passage after considering crew safety in lifeboats. Only damage was a smashed radio.
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London
Germar
Wheat In Store Ottawa for Week Ended Sept 15
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended September 15 totalled 221,952,832 bushels, up from 31,902, the prior week. For the same week last year the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported Canadian wheat in the United States at 8,276,000 bushels, vs 7,330,000 the previous week.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Police study cellar spaces in New York buildings
The New York Police Department begins examining cellar and sub cellar facilities in large city buildings to prepare charts for protecting the city’s 7,500,000 residents in case of a bombing. The initiative aims to map shelter routes and determine safeguards for urban populations.
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New York
York
Air Force Canberra to Britain trained crews
Prime Minister RG Menzies told the House that Australia will send to Great Britain six full aviation squadrons by year end. About 550 personnel will serve in the expeditionary air force including 150 pilots 250 crew and 150 administrative staff with later ground staff. The force will total about 3 000 crews worldwide and will comprise four bombing squadrons and two squadrons of two seater fighters. Despatch will not reduce Australia’s own air force or fleet.
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Canberra
Great Britain
RG. Menzies
Houses Representatives
Expeditionary Air Force
F. Meni
House
Australia
Amps
Trans-Canada Air Lines Operates Fifteen Transport Planes
TCA planes carried 13,583 paying passengers from April 1 to August 31 after service inauguration. Average trip distance was 577 miles. Mail carried totaled 659,748 pounds and express weighed 16 percent of a ton. Fifteen transport planes are now operated by Canada's national airline.
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Trans-Canada Air Lines
Winnipeg
TCA
W. A. Straith
Canada
National Air Line
Contraband Seizures Rise During War Week
A wartime communique reports contraband valued over £500,4600 seized this week, totaling about 200,000 tons since the war began. Key goods include manganese ore petroleum products iron ore and aluminum ore. It clarifies that neutral ships are seized only for suspected contraband and released after unloading unless evidence links them to enemy support.
Wool export to Canada under wartime controls
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced the release of 750000 pounds of clean wool from UK stocks for export to Canada for military cloth and uniforms. DC Dick, named Canadian Wool administrator, said the wool would be used solely for military purposes and noted Canada has ample stocks to meet domestic needs while military production may increase wool use in the coming months.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
United Kingdom
Canada
D.C Dick
Can
Norn
British Government Plans Full Purchase of Australian Wool
The British government will buy the entire Australian wool clip but has not set a price. The Times notes recent prices have not covered Australian products and expects the agreed price to exceed current maximums.
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Australi
London
the Times
Heavy grain shipments create serious problem in Canada
Winnipeg reports heavy movement of 1888 grain from prairie farms to lakehead, with 7,748,000 bushels shipped in late Aug to Sept. Railways load over 56,000 cars in period, elevators at head of lakes rise to 7,366,000 bushels, stockpiles growing at about 2.25 million per day. Congestion limits unloading space, leaving about 39,000,000 bushels in cars and 28,000,000 in terminal stores awaiting relief.
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Winnipeg
Canada
J. A Brass
The
Railway Association of
Lakehead
Nazi Leaders Move Funds Abroad Says Daily Mail
The Daily Mail reports Nazi party leaders including von Ribbentrop Goering Goebbels Hess Himmler Ley and Streicher deposited 3 934 pounds in foreign banks and secured 2 640 000 pounds in life policies abroad, totaling 697 600 pounds, while Hitler has no credits in New York or other banks. The Mail claims a London Paris and New York secret inquiry disclosed these financial moves.
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London
Fne
Daily Mail
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
von Ribbentrop
Goering
Goebbels
Hess Himmler Ley
Streicher
New York
Paris
York
Bermuda imports seen rising with Canada trade boost
Bermuda legislator B. J. Howard Trott said imports from Canada could grow about 10 percent, roughly $1,000,000 annually, if sterling remains favorable for Bermuda. He noted the pound equaling $4.43 in Canada versus $2.017 in the United States, predicting more fruit vegetables canned goods and cured meats entering Bermuda.
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New York
Bermuda
Canada
B. J. Howard Trott
Food Supply Board
United States
Daylight Saving Extended in Britain to Nov Nineteen
In Parliament Sir John Anderson announced daylight saving would be continued in Great Britain until midnight November 19, extending the original October 8 end date. The extension aimed to provide city workers an extra hour of daylight to reach home before the blackout.
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London
Sir John Anderson
House of Commons
Great Britain
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Tages
Kermit Rocarvelt
British Ministry of
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Pires
Sean O'Kelly
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Western Front
War Office
Sir Edmund Ironside
Imperial Defence Staff
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