Alaska Highway Will Be Of Great Strategic Value
Delegate Anthony Dimond told the House Alaska offers the best route to defeat Japan by striking at its homeland from the Aleutians. He cited Alaska as a short line to the United States and proposed a committee to study extending the highway toward the Bering Sea and possible connections from Prince George to Whitehorse.
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Anthony Dimond
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House of Representatives
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Dimond
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Solomon Islands
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Japan
Aleutians
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Bering Strait
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Nome
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Whitehorse
Fort St. John
RAF salvage corps snatches crashed planes amid desert war
Royal Air Force salvage teams in the Western Desert recover valuable parts from downed aircraft under fire. They salvage engines radios and guns from crashes near enemy lines, sometimes tugging intact planes from minefields and contested zones. In one month a corporal and four aircraftmen salvage spare parts and scrap from 25 crashes.
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Royal Air Force
Western Desert
Royal Air Force Salvage Corps
Rommel
No Man’s Land
Ger
Howe Says Canada At All-Out War Effort In Munitions
Munitions and Supply Minister Howe told a service club dinner in Port Arthur that Canada is delivering about 50 percent of its production to Britain and war fronts, 20 percent to Allied and neutral theatres, with 30 percent used at home. He warned the war may continue long and urged gold miners to stay at work.
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Port Arthur
Howe
Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Russia
United States
China
Australia
Pacific
National Selective Service
Canadian King Delighted By Labour Minister Audience
Humphrey Mitchell reports a 45 minute meeting where the King expressed strong knowledge of Canadian affairs and discussed Dominion figures freely. The King recalled contacts from his Canada visit and asked after Mitchell Hepburn, former Ontario premier. Bay War Savings Certificates.
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London
Humphrey Mitchell
Dominion
Canada
Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
British Labor Leaders Criticize U S War Plant Speed
In Cleveland two British union chiefs say American war production is not moving quickly enough. Jack Tanner of the Amalgamated Engineers Union and Arthur Bryan Roberts of the National Union of Public Employees doubt the urgency and pace of U S munition output compared with Britain.
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Cleveland
U.S
Jack Tanner
Amalgamated Engineers Union
England
RAID CREATES PANIC IN GENOA AS italians FLEE SHELTER
London reports panic among ten thousand Italians during an R A F raid on Genoa. Four hundred fifty four people were trampled or crushed to death at the shelter entrance as troops tried to restore order, but caused further confusion.
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London
R.A F
Genoa
Switzerland
Emergency training figures in Ottawa program
The labor department reports 2,735 men and 1,28 women enrolled for instruction in modern industrial practice across 48 plant schools established during wartime emergency training to overcome manpower shortages.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Germans Extend Labor Quota Deadline Amid French Threat
London reports that German demands for a 150000 worker quota for Nazi war industries were met with a threatened general strike by French workers. Underground leaders gave Vichy until October 17 to abandon conscription plans. after three days of talks the threat eased and the deadline was moved to December 31.
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London
Daily Mail
Vichy
Economy Move For Reduction Of Expenditures
Ottawa reports a government drive to cut controllable costs as Finance Minister Ilsley seeks 3.9 billion dollars for the year. Col John Thompson orders ceasing routine dictation and form letters. Military meals will use identical equipment with 18 dinnerware items eliminated. Officials urged tight estimates and minimal waste on essential war-related work.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Ilsley
John Thompson
RAF Coastal Command in Northern Russia Aids Arctic Convoys
The British air ministry reports RAF coastal command aircraft have been stationed in northern Russia since summer to protect UN convoys along Arctic sea lanes to Murmansk and Archangel. Catalina flying boats are used for anti submarine bombing and reconnaissance. it is unclear if Canadian personnel join the airmen.
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London
British
Air Ministry
R.A.F Coastal Command
Russia
United Nations
Murmansk
Archangel
R.A F
Catalina
National War Service Rules Clarified for Manitoba Students
Dr. Sydney Smith president of the University of Manitoba says Ottawa clarified the new national war services regulations. The rules make university students liable to immediate call on failure to pass examinations, though a single failed subject will not trigger call. Each university will decide what constitutes failure for now.
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Winnipeg
Sydney Smith
University of Manitoba
National War Services Regulations
Records to Track Price Control in Canada
More than 400000 women are issued blue price books to log purchases from Sept 15 to Oct 11, 1941. They compare current prices with the basic period to help enforce price controls and protect consumers. Reports from Winnipeg and North Battleford show corrections when price rises are found. Women are urged to log prices and report increases to local prices board offices.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prices Board
The
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North Sattleford
Sask
Winter Training for Canadian Parachute Troops
Under a near completion reciprocal agreement Canadian parachute troops will train in the United States this winter. Canadian training facilities at Shilo Manitoba will be used by the U S army for cold weather tests. The nucleus of Canada's first parachute battalion was sent to Fort Benning Georgia and returned to organize at Shilo. Volunteers were drawn from Canadian and overseas units to blend British and US training for the new Canadian units.
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Ottawa
U.S
Shilo
Man
Defence Department
Canada
Army
Fort Benning
Georgia
Saskatchewan pilots promoted to flying officer rank
London reports Royal Canadian Air Force headquarters promoted several Saskatchewan officers to flying officer. Named are J. B. Higham DFC of Assiniboia and R. A. Adams of Regina, plus G. G. Cann Gull Lake L. A Stewart Fairy Hill W. H. Parks Verwood R. R. Ferguson Fort San R. R. Burgess Biggar N. W. Mapes Watson and G. C. Abee Yorkton.
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London
Royal Canadian Air Force
Saskatchewan
J. B. Higham
D.F.C
Manitoba Dairy Association Cancels 1943 Convention
For the first time in 58 years the Manitoba Dairy Association cancels its annual convention set to be held in January 1943. Winnipeg will not host the gathering this season.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Dairy Association
Dutch Nazi plan to Germanize Holland language policy
London reports that Dutch Nazis have agreed to Germanize Holland by replacing Dutch with German as the official language of the country. The claim notes this as a step toward broader Germanization policy in the Netherlands.
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London
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