Submarine Attacks by Demon Squad and RAF Liberator
London reports a Wellington bomber from the Canadian Demon Squad destroyed a German submarine attempting to reach Atlantic lanes. A RAF Liberator, piloted by FO D A Willows, damaged another U boat 4350 miles north of the Arctic Circle, with depth charges.
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London
Demon
North Atlantic
RAF
Arctic Circle
Coastal Command
FC Lorne Bateman
D F.C
Winnipeg
Liberator
FO. D. A. Willows
Regina
Churchill reshuffles cabinet naming Sandys minister of works
Prime Minister Churchill assigns Col Duncan Sandys as minister of works to oversee housing for bombed Britons and names Sir Edward Grigg as British minister resident in the Middle East. Lord Moyne’s successor is noted after his Cairo assassination. New posts include West Africa and supply ministers.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Duncan Sandys
Col Sandys
Lord Portal
Edward Grigg
Middle East
Lord Moyne
Cairo
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Lord Selborne
Germany
10 Downing Street
Harold Balfour
Ottawa
West Africa
Viscount Swinton
R. A. Brabner
House of Commons
Hythe
Capt. Balfour
John Wilmot
M.P
Kennington
Col. Sandys
Ministry of Supply
England
Memorial Garden proposal in Guelph honors Col. John McCrae
A group of business men and war veterans in Guelph Ontario propose a memorial garden for Col. John McCrae author of In Flanders Fields. Property has already been donated and the site lies next to the cottage where McCrae was born.
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Guelph, Ont
John McCrea
Guelph
Flanders Fields
Col. McCrae
Eisenhower praises Canadian and British armies for Schelde estuary clearance
General Eisenhower lauds the First Canadian and British Second Armies for clearing the Schelde estuary to open Antwerp port. He praises their gallant actions on Walcheren island and commends the navy for its role.
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Eisenhower
Schelde
Antwerp
Walcheren
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Belgium
Himmler Takes Reins In German Leadership
Heinrich Himmler, commander-in-chief of the Nazi defensive forces, has taken over the reins in Germany for the duration of Adolf Hitler's indisposition, according to current reports.
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Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Allied forces tally prisoners taken since D-day on western front
United press totals show Allied armies capturing at least 691,989 prisoners since June 6. Breakdown includes First Canadian Army 95,132 Second British Army 94,794 interior French forces 20,000 US First Army 200,138 Third Army 117,400 Seventh Army 50,916 Ninth Army 55,70 and French First Army 57,939.
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London
Western Front
First
First Army
Third Army
Seventh Army
U.S
Ninth Army
British Drivers May Keep Left as Officials Study Change
British officials study whether motorists should switch to right side driving but indications point to no change. A government statement is expected later. Westminster Abbey’s Poet’s Corner features a bust of Longfellow and tablets honoring Lowell and Walter Hines Page.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Longfellow
Lowell
Walter Hines
Chiefs of Belgium Resistance Agree to Surrender Arms
Belgian resistance leaders meeting with Maj Gen George Erskine and Allied officials agreed to hand over all arms to the Allied armies. They accepted surrender procedures and pledged to deliver weapons at a designated depot in response to the Belgian government order triggering protests nationwide.
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Brussels
Belgium
George Erskine
Supreme Allied Headquarters Mission
Bidault Hails De Gaulle Moscow Visit as Essential for Europe
Foreign Minister Georges Bidault told the consultative assembly that De Gaulle and his Moscow trip is essential to France and world peace. He said it concerns Europe and that no Europe can exist without Soviet collaboration. He noted Roosevelt was expected to visit Paris soon.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
Consultative Assembly
Moscow
Gen. de Gaulle
France
Europe
Roosevelt
Germans Evacuated to VAUGHT Camp Amid Grim Reminders
German civilian evacuees live in a large former concentration camp once run by Nazis near Helland. About 30,000 Dutch civilians were believed killed there and the crematory witnessed over 13,000 deaths. The evacuees, mostly farmers and Roman Catholics, are under a Catholic priest who leads per colonel’s orders.
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Vaught
Helland
Netherlands
Germany
Soviet Breakthrough On Oesel Island Opens Gulf Of Riga
Soviet communique reports a breakthrough on Oesel island dominating Riga port entrance. Germans pull back to southwest tip of island as Soviets push along Liepaja and Ventspils fronts. five Hungarian towns seized, while Budapest siege continues.
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Moscow
Oesel
Riga
Gulf of Riga
Sworbe
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Ungvar
Tokaj
Latvia
Ventspils
Liepaja
Berlin
Verpelet
Eger
Budapest
Mounted Police Patrol Ottawa Reports Vast Territorial Travel
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police patrolled the Northwest Territories and the Yukon for 245,949 miles in the year ending last March 31. Dog teams covered 49,812 miles, with the remainder by boat, airplane, automobile, rail, and 566 miles on foot.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Northwest Territories
Yukon
R.C.M.P
Allies Press West Front Progress Amid Weather Boost
British and American forces advance on the western front with substantial ground gains and more Siegfried line crossings. The First Canadian Army helped pave the way, while weather has improved for anticipated air operations, though no end to the war is expected soon.
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London
Eisenhower
Western Front
Canada
Normandy
Germany
Rhine
Reich
Low Countries
Budapest
Belfort
Tactical Air Force
Plans for Early Big Three Meeting Shift to 1945
Washington reports that plans for a premature meeting of Churchill Roosevelt and Stalin have shifted. The best prospect now is a parley early in 1945 as the European war continues full scale into winter and likely into spring, altering the previously expected year end gathering.
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Washington
Messrs
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
StocksHigher For Canned Fruits In Canada
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports stocks of canned fruits and vegetables held by canners wholesale dealers and chain store warehouses on Oct. 1 were higher than the same date last year.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
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Allied Supreme Headquarters
Dwight Eisenhower
Himmler
Pan-American World Airways
Pan-Am
Monty
Vainode
Mounted Police
Pebec! Stations
Pecess
Lady Nelson
Halifax
Dominion
Siegfried Line
Lower Rhine
Nijmegen
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