Weather delays harvest as prairies struggle for labor
Adverse conditions in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba slow threshing with 75 percent in Alberta and Saskatchewan and 56 percent in Manitoba. Rain and light snow delayed work by a week to a month. Saskatchewan seeks 5000 eastern harvesters. Alberta needs about 2000. Manitoba has beet workers needed and Saskatchewan to receive 600 University of Saskatchewan students assistance. Grain quality declines as weather hampers progress However forecasts say improving weather may ease the harvest.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Departments of Agriculture
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Prairies
Agriculture Department
Edmonton
The
Unemployment Insurance Commission
University of Saskatchewan
Canada must guard against economic nationalism says MacKinnon
Edmonton. Hon J A MacKinnon minister of trade and commerce warned against economic nationalism and isolationism saying foreign trade is vital to Canada. He argued self sufficiency would damage Canada’s economy even in wartime and stressed Canada cannot export surplus without imports in return.
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Edmonton
J. A. MacKinnon
Trade and Commerce
Canada
Mr. MacKinnon
London Times urges unified Allied plan for second front
The London Times condemns public debate on a second front in World War II. It calls for a comprehensive coordinated Allied strategy and warns that open disagreement within Allied ranks signals a flaw in United Nations wartime organization.
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London
London Times
the Times
United Nations War Organization
German Pilot Surrenders to Soviet Lines
A German pilot landed in Soviet territory and surrendered to the Red Army after declaring he had no faith in Nazi victory and did not want to shed his blood for Adolf Hitler. The Russian high command confirmed the event.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Air Raids Seen Attacks On Canada Warned
Hon R R J Manton director of civil air raid precautions says Canadian inland and coastal cities may be attacked from the air before the war ends and less than half have adequate fire fighting equipment. He spoke in a Fire Prevention Week address prepared for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Ottawa
R. J. Manton
Canada
Hfe
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Four-Ton Bombs Push Axis Targets Across World War II
The article describes Allied use of four ton bombs to strike Axis targets from the Middle East to the Solomon Islands. It notes the shift from 16 pounders to massive warheads with delayed action and armor piercing varieties. An airman likens dropping 8,000 pound bombs to a brick hitting water.
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London
United Nations
Axis
Middle East
Solomon Islands
Air Ministry
Royal Air Force
Reich
St. James’ Park
Britain
Christmas Parcels Last Mailing Day For Soldiers Overseas
Toronto officials set November 10 as the final mailing day for Christmas parcels to soldiers overseas. The base post office reports a Christmas avalanche of mail as parcels are sorted for all parts of the world. Senders are advised to keep parcels under 11 pounds to save shipping space.
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Toronto
Postal Department
Post Office
Shortage of Civil Servants Prompts Training Plan Study
Winnipeg James H Stitt western commissioner on the civil service commission says the civil service staff shortage is acute and a training scheme for stenographers and accountants is being studied. He notes about 125000 civil servants with 31000 hired last year.
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Winnipeg
James H. Stitt
Civil Service Commission
New Scholarship Created From Carman Royalties
Dr. Lorne Pierce of Ryerson Press turns over all royalties from Bliss Carman works to the University of New Brunswick to establish the Bliss Carman scholarship in English at Fredericton.
German Prisoners Arrive In Canada At East Coast Port
About 1,900 German prisoners from Rommel’s Africa Corps land at an East Coast Canadian port and are interned in camps. Polish guards ensure order during the voyage from the Mediterranean. One German prisoner publicly repudiates Nazism, feeling liberation in captivity.
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Rommel
Alliance protocol secures continued aid to Soviet Union
Washington reports that the United States Great Britain and Russia signed a protocol to continue delivering military equipment munitions and raw materials to the Soviet Union by Britain and the United States. The accord formalizes existing supply arrangements from the Moscow conference a year earlier with Sumner Welles Sir Ronald Campbell and Maxim Litvinov signing for the three powers.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Soviet Union
Britain
Moscow
Sumner Welles
Ronald Campbell
Maxim Litvinoff
Greece Receives Food Under Greece Britain Agreement
Under an agreement between Greece and Britain a number of food ships were sent to Greece. The ships carried mainly grain and their supplies have been distributed among the population.
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Greece
French Resistance Grows in Vichy France and London
London observers note rising French opposition to both Nazis and Vichy. Reaction is said to harden as Laval decrees conscription and anti semitic measures provoke backlash among Catholics and the wider public. France remains defeated without arms but morale improves as resistance strengthens.
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London
France
Vichy
Laval
Ottawa eyes stronger wartime volunteer networks
The government considers further development of voluntary organizations that already support nationwide wartime economy campaigns. The aim is to boost effectiveness in drives such as salvage and to recruit more workers into these voluntary services.
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Ottawa
Set on revenge Chinese troops learn tactics in India camp
Chinese soldiers driven from Rangoon to Mandalay gather in a Himalayan village to be trained by white officers in modern warfare. They study the latest weapons and battle tactics with the aim of returning home through Burma to exact vengeance on the Japanese forces.
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India
Burma
Himalayan Mountains
Rangoon
Mandalay
United Nations To Investigate Nazi War Crimes
The British government proposed a United Nations commission to investigate Nazi war crimes including acts in occupied France. Viscount Simon said nations including Russia China the Dominions India and the Fighting French were invited and Roosevelt announced U S cooperation. The scope would cover offenders of all ranks and identify those truly responsible.
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London
United Nations Commission For
Viscount Simon
House of Lords
Lord Simon
Russia
China
Dominions
India
Roosevelt
Washington
U.S
Germany
France
Hitler
Canadian Naval Forces Aid in Aleutian Islands Action
Ottawa announced a five warship Canadian force joined a United States operation in the Aleutians. U S Navy said positions in the Andreanof group were occupied with naval support. Macdonald praised Canadian cooperation and noted offensive action against Japan.
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Ottawa
Macnonaid
United States
Aleutian Islands
United States Navy
Washington
Andreancs
Aleutians
Aleutian
Macdonald
United Nations
Atlantic
Pacific
Still a danger Japan could invade Siberia in winter
Bombay observers warn a Japanese winter assault on Russia is likely and could be aided by cold weather. They note hard ground, frozen rivers, Vladivostok ice immobilizing submarines, and hampered Allied reinforcements. Japan reportedly has half a million top troops in Asia and aims to seize Siberia.
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Bombay
Siberia
India
Russia
Vladivostok
Flotila
China
Asia
Manchukuo
Japan
SINK NAZI SHIPS
New York reports that the United Nations have sunk or seized 218 Nazi merchant vessels totaling over 1,000,000 tons since the war began. The losses slow the German war effort as salvage drives along Europe increase and Germany starts a program to build standardized merchant ships modeled after the Liberty ship plan.
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New York
United Nations
Europe
Abbas Pasha Loses Fortune While Evading France
French police intercept about 400000 dollars in gold ingots as Abbas Pasha the former ruler of Egypt tries to flee to his luxury yacht. He planned to reach Monte Carlo after living on the Riviera since 1914 dethronement by Britain.
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Forture
Egypt
Cannes
France
Abbhas Pasha
Monte Carlo
Abbas Pasha
Riviera
Britain
Health of Workers in Canadian Plants Improves
Dr. C. F. Blackler, Ottawa head of industrial hygiene for pensions and national health, reports substantial improvement in general health conditions across Canadian industrial plants over the past year in a Winnipeg interview.
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Edmonton
C. F. Blackler
Ottawa
Department of Pensions and National Health
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Remrhel
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Naval Service Headquarters
Navy Staff
England
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