Canada Not Left Out In Air Scheme At Montreal Conference
Canada participates in four main Commonwealth air route groupings under discussion at Montreal. The trans Atlantic trans Pacific and western hemisphere links involve Canada, Britain, Australia, and others while Australia and New Zealand show limited interest in Atlantic routes. Officials deny claims Canada is excluded and note reciprocal access among British nations. Canadian RCAF transport command and TCA cooperate with British RAF transport command and BOAC on Atlantic operations.
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Montreal
British Commonwealth
Fountain
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
Bermuda
British West Indies
Austral
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
Britain
North Atlantic
Atlantic
RCAF
Transport Command
TCA
R.af. Transport Command
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Canadians in Italy pour funds into victory bonds drive
Canadians in the Mediterranean theatre show strong support for the post war effort by buying victory bonds. The week long campaign reached 82 percent of its 3 000 000 dollar target on October 22, with 26 267 subscribers contributing 2 469 700 dollars. Many had reached the maximum under regulations, so an exemption allowed 2 50 of the monthly 10 dollar allotment to bond purchases, reducing personal allowances to 7 50 a month.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Army
Victory
De Havilland Mosquito Sets Toronto Speed Record
Jim Follett, chief test pilot for de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited, flew a Mosquito from Fort William to Toronto covering 610 miles in 1 hour 23 minutes. The average speed was 410 miles per hour.
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Toronto
Miller
de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Limited
Jim Follett
Fort William
Finest trained Montreal division praised after D-day
Maj. Gen. R L F Keller, former leader of the Third Canadian Division, lauds the unit as the finest trained force taken into an assault operation during the invasion of France on D day.
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Montreal
France
R. L. F. Keller
Aftermath of Warsaw's Lost Fight for Liberty
Soviet backed reports describe mass deportations and killings following Warsaw resistance. Polish civilians including women and children feared to number in the thousands were moved to Oswiecim where gas chambers carried out executions. Large numbers of Poles were sent to labor camps as well.
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Warsaw
Moscow
Oswiecim
Krakow
Germany
Polish Committee of National Liberation
Pruszkow
Lodz
Struvel
Combat Critiques Censors On Spanish Crisis View
The Combat newspaper accuses censors of deletions in Spain coverage and says Franco seeks to discredit De Gaulle by depicting turmoil in southern France. It warns about some 40,000 armed Germans in Spain threatening France and the Allies.
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Paris
Combat
de Gaulle
France
Spain
Russia Develops Flexible Wheat for Any Land and Irrigation
Russia reports development of hard and soft wheat varieties adaptable to both irrigated and non irrigated lands. The advance aims to boost grain yields and supply resilience across varied farming conditions.
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Russia
France to Regain Prestige as World Powers Recognize De Gaulle
London editorials hail recognition of De Gaulle's provisional government by Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union. Public opinion hopes France gains voice in postwar peace, the Dumbarton Oaks plan, and a push for social and economic reforms. The Guardian notes France must drive an economic revolution after occupation strains.
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London
de Gaulle
France
Britain
Dumbarton Oaks
de Gaulie
Manchester Guardian
The
Guardian
Darlan
Giraud
the Guardian
Staff Officer Major General Pope to serve prime minister
Major General Maurice A. Pope named military staff officer to the prime minister and military secretary to the war cabinet. He leaves command of the Canadian army staff in Washington and chairs of the Canadian joint staff there as of 1940. The Guardian comments on De Gaulle and France’s wartime alliances and political currents amid calls for national dignity and Allied support.
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Maurice A. Pope
Pope
War Committee
Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Canada Prisons in Japan to Receive Allied Relief
Canada’s 1600 prisoners of war in Japan will share 1500 tons of relief food clothing and medical supplies collected Oct 28 at a Siberian port by a Japanese ship. Washington dispatch says Japan agreed to freighter the aid. External affairs spokesman calls it a welcome arrangement providing badly needed relief to prisoners.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Siberian
Vladivostok
Washington
External Affairs Department
British Policy Toward Enemy Is Unchanged
Prime Minister Churchill restated in the House of Commons that unconditional surrender remains government policy. He warned allies to recall the May 12 three power declaration to Axis satellites and declined a foreign affairs debate, noting a Moscow report briefing would come later. Richard Law said Moscow talks did not fix zones of influence in the Balkans and Bulgaria remains technically at war with Allies.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Germany
Moscow
Richard Law
Britain
Russia
Balkans
Return to Canada Ottawa ladies and g mg with war brides
A large group of Canadians, including soldiers sailors and airmen, return home from wartime service across the Atlantic. Women’s branches and war brides travel with children and some spouses. The RCAF lists 22 Distinguished Flying Cross recipients among the returnees.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Atlantic
Britain
R.C.A.F
Repatriated British Prisoners Return from Switzerland
Britain welcomed home 1,118 servicemen repatriated from Switzerland where they had been interned after escaping from German and Italian camps. The group marks the first of more than 5,000 Empire soldiers and airmen released in recent weeks by the Swiss, with Canadians among the total but not yet identified among this batch.
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Britain
Switzerland
Bowhill: Two All-Canadian Transport Squadrons Formed
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill said in a press interview that two all Canadian transport squadrons were being formed in India for action against Japan in Burma and other Far Eastern theatres. He gave no further details and stated the squadrons would be completed shortly and would consist only of air crews.
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Montreal
Sir Frederick Bowhill
RAF Transport Command
Burma
Far Eastern
India
Frederick
Flying bombs strike Belgian towns as Allies advance
Widespread areas of Belgium that lay behind the Allied front are now under flying bomb attack as Allied forces push forward. The disclosure came from officials reporting the intensified bombardment affecting multiple regions.
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Brussels
Belgium
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