Stalin vows Russia will fight to the finish in war talks
New York reports Joseph Stalin told Harry Hopkins that the battle line would stay west of Moscow and Russia would fight on. Hopkins described Stalin as resolute, revealing personal hatred for Hitler and Russia’s intent to wage war with Soviet manpower.
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Stalin
Russia
New York
Rermain
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Current American
Hopkins
Hitler
Germany
United States Army
Postwar Plans in Britain for Manpower and Peace
Clement Attlee told the International Labour Organization conference that Britain must align postwar plans with a broader world order. He outlined two aims: immediate relief measures to ease wartime shortages and longer term arrangements to improve living standards and nutrition. He cited Sumner Welles on early war planning and stressed not neglecting economic and social questions after victory.
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New York
International Labor Organization Conference
Britain
Clement R. Attlee
Sumner Welles
United States
United Kingdom
Attlee
Base Gasoline Restrictions Eased as Tankers Ready
The petroleum coordination office says 12 U S tankers finished their last voyage for the British service and can resume normal American operations including east coast oil movement. Interior Secretary Ickes announced that 40 of 80 to 100 borrowed tankers would be returned by Nov 30 and gasoline restrictions in the east would be lifted.
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United States
Washington
The
Petroleum Coordination Office
Ickes
Ramsay Resigns as Winnipeg Grain Board Chairman
E B Ramsay of Winnipeg submits resignation as chairman of the board of grain commissioners with Ottawa saying the appointment of a successor will be handled shortly. Ramsay, head since 1929, has been in poor health and will retire after a trade mission in August. Dr D A McGibbon serves as acting chief commissioner. C M Hamilton remains a commissioner.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
E. B. Ramsay
Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners
Ramsay
South America
Western
Canada
Great Lakes
Free French Sub Says It Sank a 4000-Ton Ship in Convoy
A Free French submarine damaged by depth charges reached a British port after claiming to have torpedoed the largest ship in a convoy. The crew described creeping near shore to stalk the convoy and firing two torpedoes before the craft could dive again.
Four-motor B 24 completes Pacific round-the-world hop
A four-engine United States Army bomber landed at March Field after an unheralded round-the-world flight. The crew, part of the aid-to-Russia mission, reported 30 bullet holes in the wings from combat over warring nations. The Hawaii to Pacific leg marked the first B 24 to fly the Pacific. many bombers have crossed the Atlantic to Great Britain.
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San Diego
Calif
March Field
Warring Na
Hawaii
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Great Britain
Croat Leader Seeks Italian Collaboration Amid Obstacles
A Zagreb dispatch quoted Ante Pavelic asserting collaboration with Italy faces obstacles that will be overcome by the will to collaborate. The Croat chief of state described the friction as hindering cooperation between Rome and Zagreb.
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Rome
Stefani
Zagreb
Ante Pavelic
Plane Rescues Men From Ice Stranded Barge
A search plane located Johnny Johnson, manager of Transport Limited, and Ted Daubert, two days overdue from a Schist lake trip. They were taken off a small barge stuck in ice and brought to safety.
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Flin Flon
Johnny Johnson
Transport, Limited
Ted Daubert
Schist Lake
Freighter Mount Evans Turned Over to Russia
The 6,267 ton United States vessel Mount Evans has been transferred to the Soviet Union under lend-lease. Now in Boston, the freighter is being armed and will sail under the Soviet flag.
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New York
United States Maritime Commission
Mount Evans
Russia
Marine Circles
Boston
Russia Needs More Planes To Challenge Nazi Air Superiority
Observers in Teheran say the Soviet air force has suffered heavy losses and relies on outdated aircraft while Germany fields vastly more planes. U S attache Col. Ivan Yeaton arrived to report on the Russian military, noting no immediate peace talks but a hope for a winter slowdown.
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Teheran
Iran
Russia
Germany
Kuilbyshev
Ivan Yeaton
United States
Moscow
Persian Gulf
Washington
Red Air Force
Canada War Effort Criticism Report Disputed in Montreal
Hon. R. B. Hanson said there was absolutely no adverse criticism of Canada’s war efforts during his month long England tour. He spoke in Montreal after returning from a Liberator bomber landing and re entering Canadian soil for the first time since Sept. 12. The report notes a contrasting scene of U S tool shipments moving from Moscow toward Kuibyshev in October, with rusting American machine tools observed in carloads as trains passed in opposite directions.
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R. B. Hanson
Canada
England
Montreal
Moscow
Kuibyshev
Officials Are Freed in Bombay Under Policy Move
As part of a general policy the government of India released Bal Gangadhar Kher and Morarji Desai from jail. Both were arrested in November 1940 under defense of India regulations.
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Bombay
India
Government of India
Bal Gangadhar Kher
Morarji Desai
Defence of India
Russia to receive U S munitions under aid plan
Washington reports that Soviet Russia will gain first claim on planes tanks and grams ordered originally for the U S army. The army may relinquish prior delivery rights to avoid delays in the Russian aid program amid Moscow conference understandings.
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Washington
Russia
U.S Army
Wing Commander Foss to Take Command at Newfoundland Airport
Wing Cmdr R H Foss, who went overseas with the RCAF No 1 Fighter Squadron last year, will assume command of the world’s largest airport in Newfoundland. He has served as senior administrative officer since last August and is a two war veteran who won the Italian Croce di Guerra with the 28th RAF Squadron in Italy in the first Great War.
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Halifax
R. H. Foss
Royal Canadian Air Force
Newfoundland
Eastern Air Command
Cmdr. Foss
R.A.F
Italy
Britain warns against leak of war information from US
London reports grave British concern over the free circulation of military data in the United States. Washington is urged to shield war matters, citing disclosures about tank output, Boston as a Russia supply port, a new torpedo, and aircraft production figures. The British government condemns closed hearings leaks and recent Washington reporting.
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United States
Britain
Russia
Rus
London
Washington
Germany
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Boston
North Atlantic
Maritime Commission
House of Representatives
Appointment of Burton as Retail Trade Administrator
Trade Administrator Ottawa. Edgar Gordon Burton of Toronto, general manager of Robert Simpson Company Limited, is named administrator of retail trade by the wartime prices and trade board. He will supervise retail prices and oversee board branch offices nationwide. He serves without remuneration.
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Ottawa
Edgar Gordon Burton
Toronto
Robert Simpson Company Limited
Prices and Trade Board
Burton
Canada
King sends greetings on Turkey republic anniversary
The King sent a telegram of warmest greetings and good wishes to President Ismet Inonu of Turkey on the 18th anniversary of the republic’s founding.
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London
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Canada praised for wartime effort by British visitors in Montreal
A British delegation including MP George Isaacs and W. Lawther lauds Canada for its war effort in Montreal. They toured munition plants in Canada and the U S, noting top speed production and stronger output than Britain. Isaacs says Canadians have nothing to be ashamed of and praises Empire air training.
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Montreal
George Isaacs
Mr. Isaacs
Printers’ and Operators
W. Lawther
British Mine Workers’ Federation
Canada
United States
Roosevelt
Dominion Department of Munitions and Supplies
Mr Isaacs
Lawther
Britain
England
Farm Bonus Rules Limit Landlord Sharing
Western farmers will receive 75 cents per acre on half cultivated acreage with a 200 acre cap under a national plan to freeze prices and wages. The payments go to the actual farmer and are not shared with landlords, says agriculture officials. The bonus adds to Prairie Farm Assistance Act grants and is announced by Agriculture Minister Gardiner.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Agriculture
Gardiner
Canadians Secure U S Steel for Tribal Class Destroyers
Munitions Minister Co D Howe told a North American supply council meeting that steel for two Tribal class destroyers under construction at an east coast Canadian port has been assured from United States sources. He said Canadian steel needs, including tonnage for the first destroyers built in Canada, have been confirmed by U S priority officials.
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Washington
Co. D. Howe
United States
Federation of Agriculture Meet Set for Calgary in January
E. W. Brunsden of Calgary, secretary of the Alberta section, announced the 1942 annual meeting of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture will be held in Calgary in January. Delegates from across Canada are expected to attend.
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Calgary
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
E. W. Brunsden
Alberta
Canada
End of Music War Reached by ASCAP NBS CBS Pact
The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers announced a contract signing with National Broadcasting Company and Columbia Broadcasting System to end their 10 month music war with the radio chains.
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New York
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
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