Unemployment Insurance Bills Move Through Commons
Supplementary estimates totaling 3.197 million dollars were tabled by Finance Minister Ilsley to cover administration costs for unemployment insurance through March 31, 1941. The house concurred in senate amendments, paving the way for royal assent before prorogation. The act imposes no employer or worker contributions until Canada Gazette notice.
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Ilsley
Ottawa
House of Commons
Senate
Canada Gazette
100 German Cities And Towns Bombed by R A F In Three Month Period
British bombers hit more than 100 German cities and towns in three months. Hamburg port, Bremen docks and aircraft plants, and Cologne communications hub were heavily damaged. Krupp works at Essen, depots, airdromes, and four synthetic oil plants were attacked last night per the air ministry.
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London
English
Hamburg
Bremen
Cologne
Krupp
Essen
Germany
Air Ministry
Nazis Blamed For Japanese British Split
London reports cite Gestapo involvement in Japan’s interior ministry as a factor in worsening Anglo Japanese relations. Sources say Tokyo may avoid all out war to dodge wider conflict with the United States and Russia, while tensions rise with British interests in the Far East.
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London
Germany
Gestapo
Hans Huber
Japanese Ministry
Interior
Japan
Britain
Far East
Tokyo
United States
Russia
Hese
Aity
Western Canada to Add Elevators for 1940 Wheat Crop
Construction of new elevators and annexes rushes across Western Canada as the 1940 crop year opens. Projects add about 6 million bushels of storage at an estimated cost of 15 million dollars with over 300 annexes and at least 15 new elevators under construction.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Canada
Saskatchewan
Canadian Wheat Board
Prairie Provinces
Board of Grain Commissioners
Dominion
Citizens Invest War Savings Stamps Total in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat residents have invested 238,346 in War Savings stamps and certificates through the local War Savings Committee. Chairperson Percy Yeo said the figure from the committee, not including direct Ottawa purchases, reflects a strong and steady response.
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Medicine Hat
Focal War Savings Committee
Percy Yeo
Ma. Yeo
Ottawa
Vancouver Man Gets One Year For Robbing Elderly German
Fred Ellwood, 26, pleaded guilty to stealing Gottfried Lehmanns life savings of 1850. Lehmann, who came to buy a farm for retirement, had most of the money recovered. Ellwood was sentenced to one year in jail in a police court.
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Vancouver
C.P
Fred Ellwood
Gottfried Lehmann
Lehmann
National Census To Be Taken June 2 1941
Ottawa announces the national census will be conducted on June 2. It marks the eighth decennial tabulation of Canadians with emphasis on major industries and agriculture. Draft farms seek approval to gather full data on farming activity and production details.
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Ottawa
J. A. MacKinnon
Britain buys record 100 million bushels Canadian wheat
London reports the Ministry of Food and the Canadian Wheat Board agreed to purchase 100,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat for the 1940 41 cereal year. Canada is described as Britain's No 1 granary with additional Australian wheat possible. Prices and prior purchases not disclosed.
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London
Ministry of Food
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
Britain
Australia
Gunfire Interrupts German Press Conference
Berlin August 2 gunfire interrupted a daily press conference for foreign journalists as anti aircraft guns fired from the foreign office roof. The brief alarm sent janitors and officials scrambling while Wilhelmstrasse was cleared. Unidentified plane reportedly flew at about 5000 feet with Nazis claiming it was a stray German aircraft.
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Berlin
Foreign Office
Wilhelmstrasse
Anth
Cooper's Snoopers Defended in Commons Speech
London August 2 Alfred Duff Cooper Minister of Information defended himself against charges that Cooper's Snoopers were like the Gestapo. He said the campaign was a press stunt started by one press and that snoopers are employed by the press. He noted the canvass used experts from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and argued governments should not rely solely on the press for information.
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London
Alfred Duff Cooper
Cooper
House of Commons
National Institute of Haconomic and Social Research
Commons
Cmdr
Archibald R. J. Soutby
Flying School Planned for High River by RCAF Aerodrome
District Airway Engineer A. H. L. Somerville announced the establishment of an elementary flying training school at High River using the former RCAF aerodrome. The facility mirrors the program now operating in Lethbridge and will open as soon as possible.
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Lethbridge
C.P
High River
Ready for German Invasion Turning to Offensive Defence
Britain shifts to offensive defence under General Sir Alan Brooke. Road blocks and barriers are being removed to speed mobility as Britain concentrates on a trained army and home guard, turning the island into an armed camp. Northern England sees elimination of double road blocks and reduction of single ones.
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C.P
Atlantic
United Kingdom
Victor Odlum
Germany
Britain
London
Alan Brooke
England
Canadian Active Service Force Casualties Announced
Ottawa reports the 10th CASF overseas casualty list with seven deaths. Four previously missing soldiers are now safe. Two are dangerously ill and three seriously ill. Total CASF overseas toll stands at 38 dead and four missing.
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Ottawa
C.P
National Defence Department
C.A.S.F
De Gaulle appeals to French Canadians to help France
General Charles de Gaulle addressed British and Canadian listeners urging French Canadians to aid France in rebuilding after World War II. He praised sacrifice in the First War, warned of renewed peril if aid is withheld, and framed liberty’s victory as a global effort with American continent support crucial.
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London
C.P
Charles de Gaulle
France
Britain
British Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
Thieves Prefer The Bowes Brand
Paul Zehren of 4 Montgomery Apartments reported his 1929 Plymouth coach stolen with license 18 902 and serial CP25IP while a同year Plymouth was stolen yesterday. City police and RCMP quickly found the abandoned car near Tilley after prompt investigation.
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Paul Zehren
Montgomery Apartments
Plymouth
Zehren
R.C. M.P
Ciy
Tilley
Wheat Policy Debate Stalls as Commons Adjourns
After more than thirteen hours of argument over wheat marketing policies, the Canadian House of Commons adjourned at 12:30 a.m. without progress on amending the Wheat Board Act. Resources Minister Crerar sought a late adjournment rule suspension, but Agricultural Minister Gardiner defended the government stance, leaving the bill unfinished as M. J. Coldwell called for adjournment.
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Ottawa
C.P
House of Commons
Wheat Board
Crerar
Gardiner
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Ragetown-Bigzgur
English War Guest Receives Glass Ring Gift
Mrs Custerson and her daughter Merle arrived in Medicine Hat after leaving England weeks ago. The ring from a German bomber windshield carries the initial M and a control-room inscription, a memento from wartime Britain. The family reports a quiet sea voyage and relief at reaching Canada with husband and father awaiting.
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Canada
Cours
Casterson
Britain
Custerson
Red Cross
Merle
Médicine Hat
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House
R.C.A
Yorkton
Sask
R.A.F
Scottish
Bush
Local War Savings Committee
U.K
J. L. Ralston
Snoopers
Minis
Flying
Urges
GFN
London Refuge
BOWES
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