Army Personnel Placed in Civilian Jobs In Canada
Ottawa reports a new order in council allowing home defence and active army members not needed for combat to take civilian positions while remaining in the army. These workers would be on leave but recallable for service, receiving military pay and pensions-act protections. About 200 men mobilized under the National Mobilization Act are slated for a Toronto shell filling plant amid a wartime labor shortage.
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Ottawa
Home Defence Army
Army
Home Defence
Wiley Cochnane
Toronto
Overseas Parcels Crackdown On Dangerous Shipments
Postmaster General Mulock announced action against individuals who include matches or lighter fluid in parcels sent overseas. He cited fires on ships in Montreal and Saint John that damaged hundreds of overseas bags. salvaged parcels were found to contain matches and lighter fluid. The department of justice will decide the penalties.
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Ottawa
Mulock
Col
Montreal
Saint John
N.B
Department of Justice
Claims Proved RAF Bomb Damage To Aachen
Photographs from the 2nd Tactical Air Force in Belgium corroborate RAF claims of heavy damage to Aachen. The city, struck by about 7,000 tons of bombs between July 13, 1943, and its fall on October 20, is shown by photographic reconnaissance to match pilots’ reports.
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R.A.F
Aachen
2Nd Tactical Air Force
Belgium
R.A F
Brockington Returns From Europe With Message For Troops
Ottawa’s L W Brockington KC a prominent Canadian barrister and orator returns from a six week mission to European battlefields. He states Canadian troops are in good heart and health but face a grim task ahead. He praises soldiers as both fighters and civilians' gentlemen and notes strong medical services and epidemic control. He hints at French Canadians aiding in France’s liberation before the invasion.
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Ottawa
L. W. Brockington
Canada
Europe
Antwerp Seen as Potential German War-Ending Port Blow
A captured German order from Gen. Gustav von Zangen warns that after Antwerp's capture as a supply harbor, Allied forces could land material in a fortified harbor and strike north toward Berlin before winter. It notes Antwerp as Europe’s second largest port after Hamburg and recalls Churchill’s failed 1910s defense plans. The document cites delays caused by supply routes through Cherbourg.
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Holland
Gustav von Zangen
15Th Army
Antwerp
Germany
Berlin
Schelde
Leopold Canal
Belgium
Admiralty
Churchill
Cherbourg
Canadian Red Cross appeals for 5000 daily blood donations
Dr. John T. Phair, chair of the National Blood Donors committee, urged Canadians to donate blood. He warned that 5,000 donations per day are needed to maintain a sufficient supply for battle front casualties in Europe.
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Toronto
John T. Phair
Canadian Red Cross National Blood Donors Committee
Canadian Red Cross
Europe
Canadian shipbuilding eyes Pacific action
A munitions department spokesman said at least 87 ships now under construction in Canadian yards will likely see combat in the Pacific. The fleet includes 21 maintenance vessels 50 transport ferries and 16 coastal cargo ships.
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Ottawa
Pacific
Munitions Department
Fantastic Reports On Britains Damage Repair Vessels
The piece outlines maintenance vessels described by Churchill as floating workshops built on the west coast at about 2 million dollars each to repair ships far from yards. It notes large Canadian built transport ferries for amphibious use, with security restricting details. It also discusses Japanese aviator claims about US fleet damage and Admiral Carney's caution on the reports.
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Churchill
House of Commons
West Coast
THIRD
Philippine Sea
United States
Japan
Western Pacific
Robert Carney
Washington, D.C
William F. Halsey
Formosa
Tokyo
Imperial Fleet
Canada’s September External Trade Rises From August
Canada’s external trade excluding gold totaled 427.051 million dollars in September, up from 416.51 million in August and 384.64 million in the same month last year, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Victory Loan Car Tours Canada On CPR Lines
The Victory Loan observation car in white and silver tours the Dominion on CPR western lines to promote the loan. It will cover 8,646 miles in three round trips, bearing slogans Invest in Victory and Buy One More Than Before with the British 8th Army dagger emblem. In Winnipeg it was greeted by officials including W. A. Mather Mayor Garnett Coulter and Moray Sinclair, with Flight-Lieutenant H. A. Walker presenting a Greater Winnipeg Victory plaque as Major General E. Panet and others joined the journey.
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Dominion
Canadian Pacific Western
C.P.R. Victory Loan
Winnipeg
National War Finance Committee
Railway
8Th Army
Canadian Pacific
W. A. Mather
Canadian Pa
Cific Western Lines
Garnett Coulter
George C. MacLean
St. Boniface
H. E. Sellers
Manitoba
Moray Sinclair
J. D. Perrin
E. S. Fraser
Coulter
Greater Winnipeg
H. A. Walker
E. de B. Panet
Canadian Pacific Investigations Department
Montreal
Panet
Mather
Sinclair
MacLean
Seffers
Lt. Walker
Perrin
Fraser
No Change Debated In Japan Front After Stilwell Exit
Washington reports stark divisions over reuniting the Japan front after Gen. Stilwell’s removal. American commanders insist on preserving separate British Chinese and American theatres to honor allied leadership and keep the Pacific war as an American effort. Chiang Kai-Shek currently leads the China theatre joining British forces in north Burma.
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Washington
Stilwell
Asia
Japan
Nimitz
MacArthur
Halsey
Pacific
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Burma
Australia Enlists Eight of Ten Men Aged 18 to 35
Report from Canberra states eight of ten Australian men 18 to 35 have joined the fighting services with 963000 having served. Canada reports 952472 enlistees or enrollees aged 18 to 45, about 37.9 percent of its 2,474,000 military age males, amid a population of 11,419,896.
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Canberra
Forces of Australia
Canada
Wartime Information Board
Canadian Forces
Canada to begin CBC short wave service from Sackville
Ottawa reports the CBC will begin its first short wave test from Sackville New Brunswick next month with O Canada and a Canadian accented introduction. The broadcast will run 5 45 am to 8 15 am Central May include news reports talks and a CBC version of the BBC newsreel for overseas listeners. Regular troop broadcasts and Christmas overseas plans are in early stages.
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Ottawa
O Canada
Canada
World Airways
CBC
Sackville
N.B
Dominion
Europe
Maritimes
Prince Edward Island
BBC
Western Canada
Wayley
C.C.T
Parachute Search Unit Formed by North West Command
North West air command announces a parachute search and rescue division to cover the Edmonton to Whitehorse route. The para searchers are trained to give advanced first aid including blood plasma, with portable radio, medical kits, and food supplies to boost survival chances for downed air crews.
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Edmonton
North West
R.C.A.F
Whitehorse
V.T
North West Air Command
Wedemeyer Arrives in Chungking to Lead American China Force
Major General Albert Wedemeyer arrived in Chungking to assume command of American forces in China. He takes over the role after General Stilwell relinquished the post upon recall to Washington.
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Chungking
Albert Wedemeyer
China
Stilwell
Washington
Liberia Granted U S Permission for Bases in West Africa
Liberia, the west African republic, has granted the United States authority to establish and operate naval, ministry, and air installations within its borders in a notable extension of defense cooperation.
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Washington
Liberia
United States
Canada Seeks Three Million Purchasers for Victory Bond Drive
The article argues that mastering the war will require three million Canadians buying Victory Bonds in the Seventh Victory Loan. It stresses larger individual purchases to provide the necessary support for soldiers, sailors, and airmen in the final blow to Germany.
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Germany
Canada
Ship harbor fire damages overseas mail in Saint John
Postmaster General Mu lock reported 245 bags of overseas mail damaged or destroyed in a harbor fire on a ship at Saint John New Brunswick. Thirty one bags were destroyed. 20 bags were damaged by water. 194 bags were water damaged to a lesser degree.
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Ottawa
Saint John
N.B
Mulock
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Says L. W. Brockington
France
His
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Courtney H. Hodges
Walter S. Woods
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Mr. Woods
Department of Pensions and National Health
Fantastic Reports
Australia
Sergt. S. L. Shaw
H. L. Adams
Charlottetown
PEL
Pte. R. Shea
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