Canada to Open World Short Wave Station in Sackville
Ottawa reports Canada plans a high powered short wave station at Sackville New Brunswick to broadcast plain news worldwide. The project, costing 800000 dollars, will involve CBC leaders Dr Augustin Frigon and Gladstone Murray shaping programming with wartime information staff support.
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Canada
Ottawa
War Services
Thorsen
Augustin Frigon
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Gladstone Murray
Wartime
Information Board
Charles Vining
The
Public Information Bureau
CEC
Thorson
Frigon
British Broadcasting Corporation
United Kingdom
Europe
South America
West Indies
Northwest Territories
Japan
China
Aliens in Canada’s Forces May Fast-Track Citizenship
The War Measures Act order relaxes naturalization for aliens serving overseas in Canada’s armed forces, allowing secretary of state discretion to grant citizenship despite less than five years in the country. Applicants face a later setup period before processing begins. the policy excludes aliens serving in Canada. In a separate report from Cuttack, India, a police firing during a mob raid left twenty five dead.
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Ottawa
Canada
Secretary of State
Cuttack
India
Erum
Canadians pass record St John exams this year
Ottawa reports that the number of Canadians who passed St John Ambulance Association examinations up to June 30 nearly doubled the total for any full pre war year. The ambulance committee, chaired by Dr. H. A. Bruce of Toronto, notes the achievement as a record.
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Ottawa
St. John Ambulance Association
Association
H. A. Bruce
Toronto
Victory Produce Plan Opens for Farmers to Share Victory Loan
The Victory Produce Plan allows Canadian farmers to pledge a share of proceeds from farm products to the Victory Loan. Farmers will sell through regular bond channels, with deductions sent to provincial offices and converted to Victory Loan bonds. Family members including children and mothers can pledge portions of calves, pigs, poultry, eggs, and cream cheques.
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Victory Loan Committee
Produce For
War Finance Committee
Victory
National War Finance Committee
Hitler Speech Aims to Preserve Faith in War Efforts
London observers say Hitler used his address to reassure Germans that wartime progress is satisfactory while signaling a looming air raid retaliation against Britain. Goebbels claimed US hostility to Nazi Germany, suggesting morale effects from shifting global power. Hitler avoided predicting total victory and instead framed eastern Europe as already secured with resources to follow.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Goebbels
America
United States
Europe
Gestapo official killed reported from Prague
Reuters despatch from London cites Alois Gruber a high ranking Gestapo official killed in Prague while fighting enemies of the reich in the protectorate. London notes six women workers in Canadian National Railway car shops because men unavailable for filling jobs. Women take over light duties in the shops.
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London
Reuters
Alois Gruber
Gestapo
Prague
Protectorate
Canadian National Railway
War Contracts Edmonton Improve Prairie Orders
G. E. Carpenter of Winnipeg, secretary of the prairie division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, told reporters that federal contracts in the prairie provinces have improved in the past two months. He said Ottawa is pushing the department of munitions and supply to send war orders west and that he had kept close contact with Ottawa.
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Edmonton
Prairie Provinces
G. E. Carpenter
Winnipeg
Prairie
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Carpenter
Ottawa
Department of Munitions and Supply
Wheat in storage totals for week ended Sept 24
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended Sept 24 totaled 406,912,145 bushels, up from 406,319,198 the prior week and down from 474,228,341 bushels on Sept 24, 1941. The report notes Labrador as the closest mainland point to Europe.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Labrador
North America
Europe
Ferry Pool marks ATA third anniversary with 100000 planes ferried
London Air Transport Auxiliary's civilian ferry pool celebrates three years of operations delivering more than 100,000 aircraft and logging 225,900 flight hours. The force moved 117 aircraft types across North America Africa the Middle East and Malta with many pilots and women eligible to fly multiple machines and some losing their lives in the service.
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London —Air Transport Auxiliary
A.T.A
North America
Africa
Middle East
Malta
France
Royal Canadian Navy Dives Into U Boat War This Summer
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Navy has sunk four U boats this summer with two more probably sunk and many other promising attacks. One destroyer Assiniboine is credited with a submarine sinking and recovering survivors. The navy now counts nearly 500 ships and about 48 000 men. One third of convoy work between Canada and Europe is done by the RCN.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Macdonald
Assiniboine
Naval Headquarters
Royal Navy
Raccoon
Charlottetown
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canada
Europe
Every Canadian Must Be Used For War Effort
Elliott M. Little, director of national selective service, urged at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce that all citizens must join a total war plan. He warned of manpower shortages as industry delays and absenteeism constrain production, urging curtailment of less essential work and increased efficiency while deploying women in war work.
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Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Aoah
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Little
Sudbury
Ont
Mr. Little
B.C
Niagara Peninsula
Ontario
Ottawa wartime sugar rules loosen for health needs
Canadians may obtain extra sugar for health reasons without a doctor’s certificate as ration officers decide requests under wartime rules. The wartime prices and trade board leaves discretion to ration officers for health related needs including babies.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Canada accelerates merchant ship production during war
Ottawa announces Canada is launching one merchant ship every three days. This week the 51st of the 10,000 ton cargo vessels was completed, a pace that sees only one ship completed in 1941.
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Ottawa
Canada
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Norman Robertson
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J. H. Stubbs
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Church of England
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Odessa
Moscow
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