Canada sees air supply improving but training planes still scarce
Ottawa reported Air Minister Power noted aircraft supply overall more satisfactory though not all requirements are met. Spare parts in the air force were better and improving while Canada would add fighters to coastal squadrons as available. Preference remains for United States type aircraft, with British types still produced in the Dominion.
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Ottawa
Power E
Canada
Power
United States
Britain
Dominion
Major Power
Air Force
Canadian Legion Plans Remembrance Day Ceremonies
Nation to mark Remembrance Day November 11 as a statutory holiday per the Secretary of State. Legion president Alex Walker calls on citizens to join ceremonies nationwide with provincial commands to tailor plans locally. Thousands expected to participate along with Veterans Guard detachments. Arthur Heming, famed Canadian artist and illustrator, dies at 70 in Hamilton. He gained fame portraying wildlife and voyageurs and had recently announced a return to painting. Heming is survived by three sisters and two brothers. Meanwhile the Norwegian Telegraph Agency reports violent demonstrations against Norway’s new order in Bergen and Trondheim.
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Ottawa
Canada
Secretary of State
Alex Walker
Calgary
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Legion
Veterans’ Guard of Canada
Hamilton
London
Norwegian Telegraph Agency
New Order
Norway
Bergen
Trondheim
Blairmore Mine Workers Petition Ottawa Over Coal Shortage
Blairmore No 18 of the United Mine Workers of America asks Ottawa to have the labour minister study western Canada coal fields where miners allegedly work two days a week while foreign coal imports rise. The petition urges curbing imports until western mines run at capacity and notes U S coal imports have increased by hundreds of thousands of tons since 1939 while Blairmore and Bellevue mines operate on short time.
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Blairmore
Alea
Blairmore Local No. 18
United Mine Workers of America
Ottawa
Minister of Labor
Canada
United States
Bellevue
Plant Under Construction Ottawa Aims Bomb Production
Munitions Minister Howe announced a new plant under construction somewhere in Quebec will start producing 500 pound aerial bombs next February. The plant will exceed 106000 bombs annually, marking Canada’s first significant aerial bomb manufacture. The program will expand to all sizes from 40 to 1000 pounds and include high explosive and armor piercing bombs.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Howe
Transitions Department
Canadian Entries Flood 1940 International Livestock Exposition
Prominent Canadian stockmen from Alberta Saskatchewan and Ontario are among the entrants for the 1940 International Livestock Exposition at the Chicago stockyards November 30 to December 7. Saskatchewan Clydesdale exhibitor William Fleming of Drinkwater will show in pure bred and gelding classes, with geldings in pairs and four horse teams. Other Clyde exhibitors from Saskatchewan include R. and E. Williams and Rhys Williams of Melville. Entries for the International Grain and Hay Show, where Canadian exhibits have won consistently, close November 10.
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Chicago
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
William Fleming
Drinkwater
R. and
E. C. Williams
Rhys Willams
Melville
Earl of Athlone Becomes Ottawa Legion Regular Member
The Earl of Athlone already grand president of the Canadian Legion has now become a regular member. The governor-general signed his application with the Ottawa branch, noting his two war service in the South African War and the First Great War.
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Earl of Athlone
Ottawa
Canadian Legion
The
Legion
Car&a
Ian Legion War Services Headquart
Petain declares sovereignty in axis collaboration talks
Vichy leader Henri Philippe Petain asserts France retains sovereignty under a German axis deal. He says collaboration aims to ease suffering, unite the nation, and stamp out Free French in the colonies, while promising negotiations will define future concessions. He stresses he acted alone and that administration and feeding of occupied territories can be improved.
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Vichy
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Hitler
Axis
Petain
Stern
Germany
Pierre Laval
Petan
Old Postmaster Dead at Peggy’s Cove
Wesley Crooks a longtime resident of Peggy’s Cove Nova Scotia died at his home aged 95. A retired postmaster he managed mail from his dwelling for 70 years and was believed to be Canada’s oldest postmaster at retirement.
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Peggy's Cove
N.S
Wesley Crooks
Canada
Scottish Clans officers present $3300 for ambulances
Officers of the Order of Scottish Clans from Canada and the U S gathered in Hamilton Ontario presented the Canadian Red Cross with a cheque for 3300 dollars to fund ambulance purchases.
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Hamilton, Ont
the Order of Scottish Clans
Canada
United States
Canadian Red Cross
Berlin Air Raids Bring Berliners to Weariness with War
A young German Jewish refugee aboard the Heian Maru described Berlin’s reaction to British raids. He said Berliners are sick of war, tired by air raids, and losing homes as nightly bombings continue while Goering’s boast is proven wrong.
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Vancouver
Berlin
Nazi Germany
United States
Must Carry Original Certificate Not Recognized By Law
Mr Justice T C Davis warns Canadians that photostatic copies of national registration certificates do not satisfy the law. He notes reports of people making copies, but cites regulations requiring the original certificate. Photostats are surplus material and not legally acceptable.
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Ottawa
T. C. Davis
National War Services
Justice Davis
Cancer Control Toronto appoints honorary president
The Canadian Society for the Control of Cancer announced the Earl of Athlone governor general of Canada accepted the office of honorary president. Dr. J. S. McEachern of Calgary was re elected president.
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Toronto
Canadian Society For the Control of Cancer
Earl of Athlone
Ceneral
Canada
J. S. McEachern
Calgary
Plans to Bring UK Men to Canada for Shipbuilding
Deputy Minister G Kingsley Sheils told the Optimist Club that plans are under way to bring men from the United Kingdom to Canada to build cargo ships as part of wartime munitions and supply efforts.
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Toronto
G. Kingsley Sheils
United Kingdom
Canada
Trawlers Wave Flower and Joseph Buxton Sunk
The Admiralty reports that naval trawlers Wave Flower and Joseph Buxton were sunk by enemy mines. The loss follows minefield encounters in wartime waters.
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London
Admiralty
Wave Flower
Joseph Buxton
Aviator Campbell Freed After Greece Invasion Role
Canadian born Acting Flight Lieutenant William Weir Campbell known as Deadeye Dick was freed from internment in Greece after the London Italy invasion. The 28 year old Royal Air Force pilot sank two Italian submarines in the Mediterranean within 48 hours last summer and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for gallantry. He had been held at Athens since August under neutrality laws before release with 18 other RAF members.
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London
Italy
Greece
William Weir Campbell
Deadeye
Mediterranean
Campbell
Revelstoke
B.C
Royal Air Force
Ital
Athens
Polish Troops in Scotland Visited by Polish Leader
The Polish Telegraphic Agency reports Prime Minister Chargehill sent a message to Generalissimo Sikorski, commander in chief of the Polish army, during his visit to Polish troops in Scotland. The message asserts the Polish people will ultimately win their independence despite occupation.
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London
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Chargehill
Ipates Sikorski
Scotland
Donations to War Effort Reach Large Sum in Canada and U S
About 1,000 residents in Canada and the United States have contributed 903000 to the war effort through the finance department. Non-interest bearing loans total 2810382 toward a 10000000 goal. Contributions come from diverse groups including foreign language communities and pensioners from the First World War. Institutions like Eaton Co and Bronfman firms support research funds. Canada has floated two war loans totalling 550000000, both oversubscribed.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Finance Department
Air Ministry For Research
Dunkirk
Britain
Pacific
California
Anglo- Hellenic Educational Progressive Association
Timmins
Ont
Balmoral School
Calgary
Toronto
Air
Power
T. Eaton Co
Samuel Bronfman
Montreal
International Nickel Company of Canada
Canadian Pacific Railway
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Record bacon shipments keep pace after UK deal ends
Ottawa reports hog marketings at all time highs as the bacon agreement with Britain expires. Producers expect a new pact before Agriculture Minister Gardiner departs, with shipments around 7.84 million pounds weekly and prices near 18.01 dollars per hundredweight. Domestic demand and wartime prosperity may sustain the level.
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Ottawa
United Kingdom
James C. Gardiner
Seaboard
Bacon Board
Dominion
United States
Defence Services
Freighter St. Malo Sunk While Flying Canadian Flag
The former French freighter St. Malo: sunk by enemy action while under the Canadian flag. 28 crew members are missing, most of them Canadians, with 16 survivors landed in the United Kingdom. The 5 770 ton vessel carried a general cargo en route to the United Kingdom and was requisitioned by Canada after France capitulated. Next of kin have been notified.
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Ottawa
St. Malo
Transport Department
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Germany
Secret Bomb Sight Mystery Drops From Hull Remarks
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told reporters he knows less about the movements of the famed U S secret bomb sight. He denied confirmed transfers, saying he hears reports of it sailing here or there but personally knows less of its movements.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Princess Elizabeth Dies in London at Wilderness House
Princess Elizabeth, 53, niece by marriage of the late Czar Nicholas of Russia, died at Wilderness House Hampton Court Palace London. The death was announced with French and English ceremonial acknowledgement.
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London
Elizabeth
Nicholas of
Russia
Wilderness House
Hampton Court Palace
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