Thousands of Canadian Troops Arrive in Britain for New Front
Thousands of Canadian soldiers and hundreds of Royal Canadian Air Force ground crew arrive in Britain after a smooth Atlantic crossing. The force includes infantry, tank reinforcements, ordnance troops, forestry and service corps detachments, engineer and medical units, with a few pilots among air crews. Hal Mills of Moose Jaw, a Legion sports officer, says the Legion will provide essential support for troops on return.
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Britain
Birge
Canada
al Pront
Forestry Corps
Army Service Corps
Air Force
Atlantic
English
Hal Mills
Moose Jaw
Sask
Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Air Force
Legion
Mills
Ottawa restricts paint colors to tighter shade limits
An order by Mrs. Phyllis G. Turner as administrator of oils and fats reduces allowable color shades for paints and varnishes. First quality house paint drops from 32 to 14 shades, second quality to 10, third to six. Shingle stains and shingle paint total 10, varnish stains 4 per quality, barn and roof paint four.
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Ottawa
Phyllis G. Turner
Radio workers deemed essential to wartime industry in Canada
Ottawa reports privately owned Canadian radio stations fall under section 15 of national war services regulations. The War Services Minister may provide war services boards with lists of activities essential to wartime prosecution. Employers in listed activities are designated as war industries.
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Ottawa
National War Services Regulations
War Services
Thorson
National War Services Boards
Vancouver rivet record set by Johnny Gorenko gang
Johnny Gorenko a west coast rivetter in Vancouver led a crew to drive 1226 rivets in a seven hour ten minute graveyard shift. The previous Canadian record was held by B Hanson another rivetter from the west coast shipyard.
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Vancouver
Johnny Gorenko
West Coast
Gorenko
B. Hanson
Manitoba plans federal rail rate help for harvest workers
Manitoba agriculture minister Hon Douglas Campbell says the province seeks federal government approval for special railway rates to move harvest help during the coming season.
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Winnipeg
Douglas Campbell
Manitoba
New British Secret Anti Aircraft Guns Tested In Moonlit Raid
Britain tested its latest secret anti aircraft guns during a night raid under a full moon. The defenses were highly active with both male gunners and Auxiliary Territorial Service women operating advanced predictors amid unfamiliar twangs in the fire. German forces dispersed to avoid concentrated damage, failing to achieve a decisive strike.
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London
Britain
England
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Casualties In Hong Kong Said To Be Lower
Defence officials discounted estimates from Lourenco Marques that 50 to 60 percent of Canada's 1,985 Hong Kong force were casualties. Japanese reports listed 1,689 Canadian prisoners. Red Cross notes praised good prisoner health and care at camps in North Point Shamshuipo and Argyle Street with housing food and services deemed satisfactory.
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Ottawa
Defence Department
Lourenco
Department of External Affairs
International Red Cross
Hong Kong
Geneva
E. L. Maag
International Red Cross Committee
Northpoint
Shamshuipo
Dutch destroyer Isaac Sweers crew awarded for bravery
Six officers and men from the Dutch destroyer Isaac Sweers received high British decorations for bravery in the Mediterranean. The Sweers aided British destroyers in a night action that sank two Italian cruisers and a torpedo boat, with a second Italian torpedo boat severely damaged.
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London
Isaac Sweers
Mediterranean
Sweers
Prairie lumber plea shapes BC support for grain boom
Vancouver report cites D. Rosenberry promising a desperate effort by British Columbia to aid prairie producers with lumber for grain storage facilities. Delegation members A K Godfrey R J Gourley J T Davies W A Snider Norris Stoltz A E Critchley Ed Stacey urged coast mills be allocated to urgent needs for farm granaries livestock housing and larger feed storage as prairie grain crops rise in scale.
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Vancouver
D. Rosenberry
British Columbia
Prairies
Rosenberry
B.C
H. Steinthorson
Prairie
A. K. Godfrey
Winnipeg
R. J. Gourley
J. T. Davies
Charles Wentz
Saskatoon
W. A. Snider
Moose Jaw
Norris Stoltz
Lethbridge
A. E. Critchley
Calgary
Ed. Stacey
Edmonton
Secret Italian stores in Eritrea fuel US war plants
Cairo reports reveal Italian stores hidden along Eritrea's Red Sea coast containing guns ammunition machinery and other equipment now supplying scrap metal to war plants at the US base there. The stores were amassed over years for possible campaigns against Sudan Egypt and the Arabian peninsula.
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Cairo
Eritrea
Red Sea
United States
Sudan
Egypt
Arabian Peninsula
Air cooled tanks eyed for desert warfare study
London Oliver Lyttleton said the Ministry of Supply has formed a committee to study air cooled tanks for desert warfare to boost armoured capabilities.
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London
Oliver Lyttleton
House of Commons
Ministry of Supply
Beef Cattle Move To Supply Feeder Stock In Canada
J G Taggart wartime prices official told beef cattle advisory committee that the Wartime Food Corporation will seek an early decision to assure feeder cattle for east and west feed lots. The effort aims to coordinate eastern and western interests to maintain year round beef supply for Canadian consumers. George Ross of Aden Alta presented western rancher views, as president of the Short Grass Cattlemen's Association.
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Ottawa
J. G. Taggart
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Beef Cattle Advisory Committee
Taggart
Food Corporation
Crown Company
Prices Board
Mr. Taggart
George Ross
Aden
Alta
Short Grass Cattlemen's Association
Western Stock Growers’ Association
A Registration Of Women For War Industry
Officials consider a Dominion wide or local registration of Canadian women to recruit workers for war industry and replacement of men in military service. The plan aims to find 250000 workers in five months as part of manpower efforts. A prior registration of unemployed men will be repeated biweekly to monitor available manpower.
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Ottawa
National Selective Service
Elliott M. Little
Selective Service
Mr. Little
Canada
First Canadian glider plane passes test flights
De Havilland officials announce Canada’s first made glider completed flight tests with a two hour flight reaching 5 800 feet. The craft recovered from a forced spin and performed dives after being towed aloft by a Tiger Moth and released at 1380 feet.
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Toronto
de Havilland Aircraft
Plan To Tighten Canada Labor Supply Control
Ottawa prepares new orders to control manpower including a one week cooling off period after dismissal or resignation and removal of three days grace for reporting job changes. Regulations will require permits before hiring new workers, and absenteeism and rising female employment are targeted with improved conditions and active employer cooperation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Selective Service Officer
Queen Accepts Presentation From Women Of Canada
Seven mobile kitchens presented by the women of Canada were accepted by the Queen at an informal ceremony at Canadian Red Cross headquarters in Berkeley Square. Viscount Bennett stated the kitchens symbolized Canadian women's sympathy and pride in Britain’s wartime heroism.
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Women of Canada
London
Women of
Canada
Canadian Red Cross
Berkeley Square
Viscount Bennett
No Cut in Postage Seen for War During War
Ottawa Postmaster-general Mu lock told the House of Commons he held little hope for any postal rate reductions during the war. While reviewing post office estimates he noted suggestions for higher rates had been proposed rather than reductions.
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Ottawa
Mulock
House of Commons
Col
Eskimo Igloo Shelters Built for Air Raid Protections
In Kotzube Alaska Eskimos revive the ancient snow house craft to create air raid shelters near the Arctic frontier. The igloos serve as quick wind resistant refuges above frozen ground for wartime safety.
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Kotzube
Alaska
Government aims to enlarge Canadian merchant marine
Ottawa Munitions Minister Howe told the House of Commons that plans to grow the Canadian merchant fleet depend solely on available crews. He said manpower limits the expansion, not policy or funding.
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Ottawa
Howe
House of Commons
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Randolph Churchill
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U.S
Churchill
United Nations
F. Cyril James
McGill University
Dominion Association of Chartered Accountants
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Africa
Bluebeard’s Tower
Bourne Field
U.S. Marine Air Station
St. Thomas
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Caribbean
Bluebeard
Bluebird
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Merchant Marine
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