Canada's Place In Empire Air Transport Plan
Lt Col George A Drew Ontario's premier designate told the 24th annual Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association convention that postwar aviation requires a unified empire air transport system. He warned Canada must join an empire air partnership to build needed aircraft, arguing geography offers unique opportunities. Roy P. Maclean credited weekly papers with rural support and morale in backing Victory Loan objectives.
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Toronto
George A Drew
Ontario
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Drew
CBC
Canada
Col
Roy P. Maclean
Kelowna
B.C
Courier
Dominion
Daily Press
Submarine attack off St Lawrence foiled by freighter captain
The Trish, a cargo freighter under Capt. Ross Sinclair of Toronto, dodged a torpedo fired at her during a St. Lawrence assault. Capt. Mac Lamoureux of Montreal steered clear as the torpedo exploded on the south shore, while the submarine later vanished after a collision believed to sank it.
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Montreal
Ross Sinclair
Toronto
St. Lawrence
Sume
Mac Lamoureux
Women Mail Handlers Take Major Role in North
Dominion and provincial postal officials report women are playing a major part as mail handlers after a 4500 mile inspection trip through the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. The party visited McMurray Canal project Fort Nelson Dawson City Fort Nan and included G Herring Major J B Corley G H Clarke and T J Reilly.
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Edmonton
Dominion
N.W.T
Yukon
McMurray
Fort Nan
Fort Nelson
Dawson City
G. Herring
Ottawa
Dominion Postal Department
J. B. Corley
Calgary
Allied gunners aid Malta defenses in new cooperation
In Malta American anti aircraft units are assisting the island’s defenses as part of broadened Allied cooperation. The report cites updated evidence showing U S personnel taking a hands on role in manning batteries and coordinating with local forces.
Viscount Halifax Arrives in Britain With Lady Halifax
Viscount Halifax British ambassador to the United States and Lady Halifax have arrived in Britain.
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London
Viscount Halifax
United States
Lady Halifax
Britain
Huge Nazi Army Built Up To Steady Morale
London reports Adolf Hitler has launched a massive expansion of the Waffen SS to avert a coup or morale collapse. Estimates place 15 to 20 divisions or more than 500,000 men, with elite units in major cities and young Hitler Youth recruited. Leadership under Kurt Daluege and Himmler, with divisions including Das Reich Totenkopf Viking and Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler supporting operations.
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London
Adolph Hitler
Nazi Party
Waffen SS
Hitler
Mussolini
Norway
Denmark
Holland
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Kurt Daluege
Prinz Eugen
Europe
Axis aircraft captured in Sicily prompt Allied haul
Allied air command reports 999 Axis aircraft recovered from Sicily air fields in Allied territory. Among them 232 Messerschmitt 109s, many wrecked on discovery but a surprisingly large number still serviceable and flown to salvage centers for processing.
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Sicily
North Africa
Allied Air Command
Large cash and goods cache found in Montreal home
Police discover a stash worth about ten thousand dollars in a north end Montreal house. The cache includes five to six thousand Canadian dollars, twenty five pounds of silver, one hundred fifty US dollars, jewelry, and over fifty pounds of sugar in a cupboard under a sink.
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Montreal
United States
Canada Eyes Seed Supply For Postwar Rebuilding
Ottawa reports seed from Canadian farms will aid world reconstruction with a focus on forage crops. Officials urge rapid collection of Alsike clover seed as targets falter, and growers are told to use licensed dealers and obtain profit participation certificates for seed resale profits. Seed export office in Lindsay, Ontario, authorizes certificates.
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Ottawa
Lindsay, Ont
King Calls Sept 3 National Day of Prayer in War Anniversary
Buckingham Palace announced His Majesty the King directs Friday September 3, the fourth anniversary of the war, to be observed as a national day of prayer and dedication. The statement emphasizes a day of prayer and national devotion.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Seed Production Outlook Cited by Canadian Officials
Agriculture department notes at the special products board highlight Canada’s seed output as vital. Roy F. Hendrickson, deputy administrator of the U S war food administration, says there is no fear of excess seed production. Further growth is needed for domestic needs, U N allies, and liberated areas during and after the war.
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Agriculture Department Special Products Board
Roy F. Hendrickson
United States War Food Administration
United Nations
Subsidy Planned for Civilian Lumber Users in Canada
Ottawa prices board announces subsidies for civilian buyers of lumber to keep retail ceiling prices in timber. Subsidies apply to personal use purchases by farmers fishermen fruit and vegetable growers trappers and other individuals for trade occupation or maintenance. Excludes dwellings contractors industrial users and hardwood or sash mouldings millwork. Subventions on soft wood products apply to sales over ten dollars with preapproval required for over two hundred dollars. essentiality certificates are needed per sale. Rate fixed at ten percent but may change. Existing producer and retailer subsidies end August 16 and will be offset by higher maximum prices.
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Ottawa
Bomb statistics show RAF and US forces heavy bombing of Germany
Official air ministry data tally 136100 tons of bombs dropped on Germany from Sept 3, 1939 to July 31, 1943 by RAF and RCAF. Ruhr receives 68700 tons, 44700 in first seven months of 1943. Mediterranean raids total 28000 tons since June 1940, with 22700 in first half of this year. Nazis drop 71000 tons on Britain, only 2000 in recent period.
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London
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Germany
Air Ministry
Ruhr
United States
Mediterranean
Italy
Britain
Berlin government to evacuate city officials report
Zurich based Dagens Nyheter correspondent said a German traveler reported Berlin preparations to evacuate government offices. Stockholm had no other confirmation. The despatch said ministries were preparing to move with a secret destination as non essential civilians already evacuated since August 1.
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Stockholm
Zurich
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
Berlin
Coal Output Falls in June for Canadian Mines
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports Canada produced 1,346,851 tons of coal in June, down from 1,386,452 tons a year earlier. For the first half of the year the total is 3,853,962 tons, a 6 percent drop from the prior six months.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Submarine Statement Postponed by Agreement in July
Washington report says the Office of War Information postponed a statement on July anti-submarine operations by agreement of the president and Prime Minister Churchill. OWI did not expand on the announcement.
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Washington
Office of War Information
Churchill
O.W.I
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Empire Air Transport Plan
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North Country
Malta
D. F. Macdonald
No. 1
Instrument
Deseronto
Ont
Harry Gibson
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Macdonald
Gibson
Airlines
Nelson Young
Mr. Young
Sir Andrew Cunningham
DAY OF Prayer
Waves
D.C
Kathleen M. Fournier
Windsor
Canadian Women's Army Corps
D. Loretta Owens
Yeoman
Seattle
Wash
U.S
U.s.c.g.r.;sergt. Helen E. Katona, U.S.M.C.R., of Denver, Colo
Wren E. J. Rodany Moyra
Eng
Beth Rowane
Bethune, Sask
Royal Canadian Air Force
Moira Stone
Bristol
England
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Ethel D. Smith
U.S.N.R
Des Moines
Iowa
Wren Kathleen McCormack
W.A.C.N.S
Quebec
Mabel Stenner Carney
W.A.C
Camden, N.J
Directorate of Personnel Selection
G. Brock Chisholm
W. Line
T. P. Sutton
D.P.S
T. W. L. MacDermot
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
J. M. D. Griffin
R-C.am.c
W R Wees
N. W. Morton
H. P. Spaulding
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