New Dominion Labor Code Sets Wartime Bargaining Rules
Ottawa introduces a national labor code applying to 2.5 million workers with compulsory collective bargaining and arbitration for war industries. A wartime labor relations board will certify bargaining agencies, oversee negotiations, and enforce penalties for illegal strikes or lockouts, with broad provincial applicability to follow.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Canada
Ontario
Percy R. Bengough
Trades and Labor Congress
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
Wartime Labor Relations Board
Pioneer Victoria Constable Patrick Burke Dies
Constable Patrick Burke aged 67 of the RCMP died after a short illness in Victoria. Born in Fort Pelly Saskatchewan he served in the Mounted Police in early Saskatchewan. He left the force for the South African war and later farmed on the prairies in Canada.
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Victoria
Patrick Burke
RCMP
Fort Pelly
Sask
Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
Canada
Prairies
Africans Run Theatre at Nairgzi Base
At an East African military camp African soldiers stage their own plays and sketches in spare time with minimal guidance from the camp commandant. The initiative shows cultural activity within the base community.
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Nairgzi
Ore East African
Canadian Indians Over 2,383 Enlisted in War Services
Ottawa reports 2,383 Indigenous Canadians serving in fighting forces including women in the war effort. Most enlistments are in Ontario 1,962 with Saskatchewan 382. Nova Scotia 92. British Columbia 243. Alberta 87. Manitoba 156. Quebec 164. New Brunswick 166. Prince Edward Island 24. Yukon 7.
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Ottawa
Hardy Warry
H. W. McGill
Indian Affairs
Resources Department
Canada
Navy
Air Force
Ontario
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Quebec
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
Yukon Territory
Pathfinders Improve Target Finding For RAF Bombers
The RAF Pathfinder force formed August 15 1942 in London coordinates heavy bomber strikes over Europe. Australian Air Vice Marshal Bennett directs crews using pyrotechnic signals to illuminate targets despite thick cloud and haze. Scientists developed navigation aids to ensure precise timing and accuracy in darkness and smoke. The first major success came March 5 1943 with the Essen Krupp attack overcoming Ruhr haze.
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London
R.A.F. Pathfinder
Germany
Pathfinders
D. C. T. Bennett
Botter Command
Essen
Krupp
Ruhr
Ottawa Air Minister says reductions in aircrew training
Air Minister Power told the commons that long term war plans include reductions in entrants to aircrew training in Canada and a gradual closing of several training units and schools. Skilled personnel will reinforce and enlarge operational units as available.
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Ottawa
Power
Commons
Canada
Help for Farms Ottawa Promotes Square Deal for Home-Defence Aid
In Ottawa E. F. Percy PC Qu Appelle voices that farmers deserve a square deal in obtaining assistance from home-defence units during major farm activities this year. He cites unfairness in last year’s draft by military districts and calls for more equality in numbers drawn from all areas. Western districts reportedly contributed more previously.
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Ottawa
Percy PC
Qu Appelle
Perley
Plot to dynamite Bordeaux bridge uncovered in Spain
German authorities made hundreds of arrests after uncovering an underground plot to dynamite the Bordeaux railway bridge. The bridge had long been a target for Allied bombers, according to travelers from France. The report also notes a North Pole air route connecting Chungking and Chicago.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Bordeaux
France
Noted Canadian Veteran J W Whittall Recalls War Career
Never Veteran Lieut J W Whittall D S C R C MR of Vancouver who has returned to Canada a veteran of three invasion landing operations and anti submarine warfare with the Distinguished Service Cross the 1939 43 Star and a mention in dispatches to his credit.
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J. W. Whittall
D.S.C
R.C
Vancouver
Canada
Dieppe Defences Recast After August 1942 Raid
Nazi broadcasts reported Dieppe defences were thoroughly overhauled after the August 19 1942 raid. The Transocean correspondent George Schroeder claimed fortifications on the French Mediterranean coast were strengthened as well, with divisions and forces moved from the east.
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London
Dieppe
George Schroeder
Nazis Transocean Agency
Ministry of Information
Alberta license plates to stay in use next year
Hon. A. J. Hooke announced that the 1943-44 Alberta automobile license plate will remain in effect for the 1944-1945 license year starting April 1. The plates will be used with a windshield and rear window sticker bearing the same number.
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Edmonton
A. J. Hooke
Alberta
Blue Book Of War Damage Kept By RAF
The RAF keeps a large document known as the Blue Book of Damage, a detailed record of bombing results against Germany. It tracks targets like Berlin Cologne Essen Hanover and Coventry with maps, photos, and built destruction diagrams to measure blast impact and reconstruction pace.
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R.af
London
R.A F
Bomber Command
Arthur Harris
R.A.F
Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Essen
Hanover
Brunswick
Coventry
Canada to Loan Officers to Britain Amid War Staffing
Defence Minister Ralston announced a plan to loan many Canadian junior officers to the British army for a minimum three month period. The transfers would be voluntary, limited to the Mediterranean and European theatres, and officers would be infantry trained with a captain for every eight lieutenants. Promotions would follow British recommendations with Canadian approval. A reserve of about 6000 officers exists, and boards are reducing overall officer numbers to fit needs.
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Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
Commons
Canada
Howard Green
P.C
Vancouver South
Pacific
Col. Ralston
Green
Sahara Desert Extends 3000 Miles Across Africa
The Sahara stretches about 3000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, spanning northern Africa. This vast arid region covers multiple nations and serves as a defining geographic landmark of the continent.
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Sahara Desert
Atlantic
Red Sea
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Board of Bargaining
Cairo
Chungking
Chicago
North Pole
Andian Army
National Gallery
Dominion
E. A. Deacon
Tom Miller
Toronto
F. Haziehurst
CPR
Sf.t.s. R.c.af
Vulcan
No. 4 Construction and Maintenance Unit
C.P.R
C. A. Davidson
No. 4 Training Command
F. C. Manning
No. 4 Construction
Lac
R. C. Chapman
Amherst
N.S
Britain
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