Surplus Cereal Grains Shrinking Amid Postwar Outlook
Ottawa reports the large cereal grain surplus is weakening as postwar needs grow and resources limit agricultural output. Wheat demand remains strong with expected smaller crops in Australia and Argentina. beef and veal supplies stay ample for civilian needs, and no hog surplus is anticipated under the new British bacon agreement.
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Ottawa
Agricultural Department
Agriculture Department
Australia
Meat Board
Canada
Spanish Blue Division to Join German Army in Russia
Reports say about 14 000 volunteers from the Spanish Blue division are being absorbed into the German army after withdrawal from the Soviet front. Only around 400, mostly wounded, have returned to Spain. The unit, once near Koenigsberg East Prussia, reportedly undertook oaths to Hitler and may have left Franco's preference aside.
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London
Blue
Soviet Union
Francisco Franco
Spain
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Franco
Grmany
Army to Double Food Deliveries in Bengal to Ease Starvation
DELIVERING FOOD NEW DELHI. With army assistance, food deliveries into outlying starvation districts of Bengal are being doubled. Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck said several thousand soldiers will soon work in Bengal distributing food where bottlenecks exist. Normal 900-1,000 tons daily rise to 2,000 daily, with limited medical aid to combat disease. 70-90 people die daily in Calcutta hospitals from starvation and illness.
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New Delhi
Bengal
Claude Auchinleck
Calcutta
Ottawa Music Fees Collected By Canadian Performing Rights
The Canadian Performing Rights Society collects fees for broadcast musical works via loud speaker systems, as stated by the secretary of state department.
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Ottawa
Canadian Performing Rights Society
Secretary of State Department
Allies Sink Five U Boats a Week in Last Three Months
London reports Allied forces destroyed about 60 U boats from August to October, bringing total U boat losses to over 150 in six months. The joint Anglo American statement says merchant ship losses in the period fell to less than half of the prior three months and October was the second lowest month for overall tonnage losses.
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London
United States
Churchill
Roosevelt
Liquor Tax Hike Proposed to $10 a Gallon
The Ways and Means Committee in Washington voted to raise the liquor tax from six dollars to ten dollars per gallon. The decision reflects federal efforts to boost revenue amid economic concerns.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Ways and Means
King Victor Emmanuel Asked Sforza to Form New Government
Naples report says King Victor Emmanuel asked Count Carlo Sforza, previously Italian foreign minister, to form a new government during a recent Naples visit, but Sforza reportedly refused. The account cites an unimpeachable source on the matter.
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Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Carlo Sforza
Assurance of steady winter supply of fresh fruits and vegetables
The prices board in Ottawa announced a program to assure Canadians of a reasonable supply of staple fresh fruits and vegetables this winter. It aims for adequate supply, fair distribution, and stable prices for domestic and imported goods, with current price ceilings set for potatoes onions turnips peaches pears plums grapes citrus fruits and bananas. The Wartime Food corporation is reorganized to handle government purchasing and imports, with imports now under import permit and general permits allowing usual trade without individual shipment permits. Canada expects a normal winter and early spring supply from the United States and other foreign sources, securing its normal share.
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Food Corporation
United States
Canada
Mountbatten Arrives in New Delhi for India HQ
British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in New Delhi to take up his role as supreme Allied commander in southeast Asia. General Sir Claude Auchinleck greets him as India’s commander-in-chief and welcomes him to the new headquarters.
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Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
New Delhi
India
Claude Auchinleck
Kassel Bombing Erases City in Nazi War Effort
Air ministry reports reconnaissance photos show Kassel nearly wiped out after combined Allied raids on Oct 2 and Oct 4 with 315 acres of built up area devastated. Fifty factories damaged or destroyed including three Henschel plants, major locomotive output and armor vehicle production affected.
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London
Kassel
Air Ministry
Ruhr
Henschel and Sohn
Germany
Krupp
Essen
Nazi Radio Station Destruction Off Greenland Island
The destruction of a German radio and weather base off Greenland was reported by Navy Secretary Frank Knox. The base, though small, appeared designed for permanent operation and included a radio station a power house an emergency generator a radio transmitter defensive machine gun emplacements and food supplies.
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Washington
Greenland
Frank Knox
United States Navy
Knox
Footwear output in Canada reaches 1942 high
Dominion bureau statistics show leather footwear production in 1942 at 33,066,389 pairs valued at 67,166,456 dollars. The average factory price per pair rose to 2.03 dollars from 1.80 in 1941, with 5 percent higher output than 1941. Most Canadian production comes from Quebec and Ontario.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
Vast Reconstruction Ministry Created In Britain
London reports Prime Minister Churchill formed a new reconstruction ministry to guide postwar rebuilding. Lord Woolton shifts from food to lead the program with war cabinet access, while Col. J. J. Llewellyn becomes food minister and Henry A. Willink takes the Duchy of Lancaster post. Lord Woolton’s move signals focus on planning Britain’s postwar economy and supply.
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London
Churchil
Britain
Lord Woolton
Food Ministry
Col
J. J. Liewellin
Washington
Liewellin
Ben Smith
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Ernest Brown
Henry A. Willink
Duchy of Lancaster
Lieut
A. T. Lennox-Boyd
Smith
Churchill
Fred Marquis
Commons
Sir William Jowitt
Manchester
Midlands
Building subsidy Ottawa shields farmers from lumber rise
The Prices Board says a 10 percent consumer subsidy will apply from August to lumber purchases by farmers for grain storage or livestock housing. The subsidy covers civilian buyers aiding primary food production, and extends to fishermen, cooperatives, unincorporated associations and incorporated farms.
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Ottawa
Prices Stability Corporation
Prices Board
Five Chosen to Succeed Hitler Named by Goering Himmler Goebbels
A Berne dispatch to Dagens Nyheter reports a quadrumvirate of Hermann Goering, Heinrich Himmler, Joseph Goebbels, and Martin Bormann chosen to succeed Hitler. The decision followed a Gauleiter meeting at Hitler's headquarters. Goering is said to head the group.
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Stockholm
Berne
Dagens Nyheter
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Joseph Goebbels
Martin Bormann
Hitler
Germany
Goering
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