Air training plan speeds up as intake rises in Canada
Ottawa announced a further acceleration of the air training program. The elementary course will drop to 14 weeks and intake for pilots observers and gunners will rise to five to seven. The move aims to pass more men through British Commonwealth air schools in Canada while overseas flight training may lengthen.
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Ottawa
Power
Alr
Canada
James J. Duncan
W. A Bishop
V.C
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
New Zealand
Pacific
Major Power
Duncan
R.C.A F
Italians push into Egypt face heavy desert losses
In the Western Desert the Italians press toward Sidi Barrani from Sollum as British forces delay a full counter. Halifya Pass sees machine gun fire and destroyed lorries while Italian mechanized losses run around 200. British sappers disrupt advances and a French unit earns high praise for harassing the enemy.
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Western Desert
Egypt
Graziani
Sollum
Sidi Barrani
Libya
Halifya Pass
War Savings Certificates Issued in Canada
The national war savings committee announced over one million Canadians hold war saving certificates. Total issued now 1,042,262 with a record 29,960 applications in one day. The Smash Hitler campaign aims to enlist 2,000,000 savers across Canada, with strong support from provincial chairmen, especially school children.
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Ottawa
National War Savings Committee
Canada
Co operation Called for by Mackenzie King at Boston Conference
Prime Minister Mackenzie King urged cooperation among English speaking peoples at the 12th Boston conference on distribution. He said such unity would ensure the ultimate realization of sanity, decency and good faith in human relations.
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Boston
Mackenzie King
Boston Conference On Distribution
Laurier relative sworn Ontario minister of mines
Robert Laurier Ottawa lawyer and nephew of Sir Wilfrid Laurier is sworn in as Ontario minister of mines. He succeeds Hon. Paul Leduc who leaves cabinet to become registrar of the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Toronto
Robert Laurier
Ottawa
Wilfred Laurier
Ontario
Mines
Paul Leduc
The
Supreme Court of Canada
Need More Workers Ottawa War Plants Train Women
Canada faces a manpower shortage as Ontario war plants train women for welding and other production roles. Unofficial estimates suggest about 140000 new industrial jobs, with 110000 in war production and 30000 in subsidiary industries, amid a government plant extension program of 235 million dollars. The labor squeeze and expanding armed forces, with air and naval growth planned, shape the war economy.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Department of Munitions and Supply
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Canada
Army
Navy
Air Force
Restrict Sale of Cars in London
The Ministry of Transport announced a new rule restricting automotive purchases to individuals engaged in work of vital national importance. The measure aims to boost the number of cars available for export and is described as necessary for national needs.
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London
Ministry of Transport
China Fights On Chungking
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek in a national address vows that increased foreign aid will prevent Japan from ending hostilities. He rejects Japan's “peer order in East Asia” and pledges continued resistance.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Japan
East Asia
Canadian takes control of Nazi freighter Weser in prize court
The German express freighter Weser, seized by HMCS Prince Robert at Manzanillo Mexico on September 26, was requisitioned by Canada for immediate service to the crown. Chief Justice M A Macdonald, acting as prize court judge, granted the order on behalf of the crown, with J B Clearihue acting for the crown and Sheriff H W Goggin overseeing court possession of the vessel.
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Victoria
Manzanillo
Mexico
Government of
Canada
M. A. Macdonald
J B. Clearihue
K.C
Sherff
H. W. Goggin
Near East tension looms as axis eyes Turkey and Romania
British war leaders fear near eastern developments may spark a broader axis conflict. Mussolini possibly seeks equal standing with Hitler while German model army incursions heighten tension in Turkey and Greece. Britain pledges aid to Greece and Turkey on call, with Russia complicating the balance as oil lines and Mediterranean routes face pressure.
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Washington
Far East
Burma
United States
Britain
Far Pacific
Hitler
Mussolini
Brenner Pass
Near East
Il Duce
Mediterranean
Romania
Turkey
Greece
London
Russia
Rumania
North Sea
Germany
Bevin Promoted to War Cabinet Post
Ernest Bevin, formerly a dock worker and labor leader, is elevated to a post in the War Cabinet under Prime Minister Churchill. He joined the government last May as Minister of Labor and his strong efforts produced immediate and satisfactory results.
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Ernest Bevin
Churchill
Bevin
Government Seeks to Halt War Labor Shortage in Canada
Maj Gen L R LaFleche announced administrative boards may delay compulsory military training for essential workers in key war industries. The list, drawn up by the Department of Munitions and Supply and National Labor Supply Council, enables postponement within a 12 month period to maintain production and workforce stability.
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Ottawa
L. R. LaFleche
National War Services
Department of Munitions and Supply
War Services Department
National Labor Supply Council
LaFleche
Canada
Government to requisition coastal and short sea liners
The Ministry of Shipping announced plans to requisition coastal and short sea liners. Minister of Shipping, in talks with owners’ representatives, outlined a scheme similar to the early war requisition of deep sea liners.
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London
Ministry of Shipping
Minister of Shipping
War Casualty List 58th Regiment Released
London reports the War Office casualty list for the 58th Regiment. It records 130 names including 18 killed, 61 wounded, 15 died of wounds, nine died, five previously listed as missing now prisoners, two reclassified as new prisoners, and 20 prisoners of war.
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London
War Office
Conditions In France News Report From New York
The piece outlines unoccupied France living under hardship with limited rations and fear for the future. It notes nearly 2 million French soldiers are prisoners of war and 100,000 families mourn missing or fallen loved ones, with food restrictions for prisoners' families and widespread privation across occupied territories.
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New York
France
Germany
Eagle Squadron to Lead RAF Front Lines
The first Royal Air Force fighter squadron entirely made up of United States pilots will shortly join Britain's defense. It will be called the Eagle squadron and be commanded by Squadron Leader William Erwin Gibson Taylor of Fort Leavenworth Kansas.
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London
Royal Air Force
United States
Britain
Archibald Sinclair
Eagle Squadron
William Erwin Gibson Taylor
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
Churchill selected Conservative leader in wartime unity bid
London reports Prime Minister Churchill was unanimously elected leader of the Conservative party succeeding Neville Chamberlain who resigned the post and left the war cabinet due to ill health. Churchill pledged unity above party politics and vowed to defend Britain and its empire while uniting democracy and tradition amid the wartime crisis. He received a tumultuous reception with the meeting rising in cheers.
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London
Churchill
Conservative
Neville Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Britain
Mr. Churchill
Forging Ahead Ottawa
Vice Admiral Alfred Englefield Evans, head of the British Admiralty technical mission in Canada, praises Allied war effort as Dunkirk marks a turning point. He notes the navy leading, air force rising, army advancing, and recalls active service aboard merchant ships and a torpedoed freighter incident. A Norwegian platinum fox fur sale fetched $11,000, the highest price yet.
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Ottawa
Alfred Englefield Evans
Dunkirk
Navy
British Admiralty
Canada
Navy. Two Months Before the War, Admiral Evans
Con Voys
Krey
Admiral Evans
Baved
Canada Moves To Strengthen Pacific Defense
Defence Minister Ralston announced a Pacific army command with Maj Gen R O Alexander as commander overseeing British Columbia and Alberta. The new command coordinates coastal and fortress defence with the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force on the Pacific coast. Alexander departs Toronto to take command. details on units for the Pacific command remain under study.
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Ottawa
Ralston
Pacific Army
R O Alexander
British Columbia
Alberta
Alexander
Toronto
Canada
Atlantic Army Command
W. H. P. Elkins
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