Canada to supply Britain with pork cheese and eggs in 1944
Ottawa reports consideration of contracts for 1944 to ship bacon totaling about 675 million pounds along with 150 million pounds of cheese and 63 million dozen eggs to the United Kingdom. Officials say shipments may adjust with conditions, assisted by west grain reserves and wartime price policies. Beef may be added if market conditions allow.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion
Britain
West
United Nations
Occupation Of Azores Reported In Progress
London views the Azores agreement as an early Allied victory in isolating Germany. British troops reinforce Terceira as RAF crews establish air bases. Lisbon reports naval escorts and incursions to secure key Atlantic positions.
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Azores
London
Germany
Russia
Turkey
Balkans
Levant
Greece
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Lisbon
Churchill
Portugal
Madrid
Terceira
mid-Atlantic
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
R.A.F
Lifeboat voyage survives 30 days to Madagascar
Nine seamen from a Norwegian tanker sunk by a Japanese raider crossed the Indian Ocean in a lifeboat. Of nineteen who began the voyage, ten died from wounds and exhaustion. A capsizing was survived as four died, then six more perished before land sighted on the 30th day at Madagascar.
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London
Indian Ocean
Madagascer
Oranges for Britain to Aid Children’s Diets
London reports 84 million oranges allocated for Britain to feed children. Food Minister Lord Woolton specifies two pounds per child up to age five and one pound for ages five to 16. Retailers must reserve five days for youngsters before selling the rest freely.
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London
Britain
Lord Woolton
Problem Solved Automatic Gadget in Bomber Defense
London reports a rapid gunner-less defense where British bombers use automatic gadgets to sever balloons on contact. Plugs along the wing trigger explosive charges, driving chisel pins to cut cables, allowing unimpeded flight. Inventor James Baker, a former wartime plant manager, patented the device.
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London
James Baker
Fascist regime orders death penalty for civilians in northern Italy
The Mussolini government, aligning with Nazi occupiers, decreed the death penalty for Italians who disobey German and Fascist decrees as part of a program to crush patriot activities in northern Italy. Numerous summary executions were reported as underground activity threatened troop movements to the Italian front.
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Mussolini
Italy
Alaska Highway assignment for Canadian painters
A. Y. Jackson dean of Canadian painters on a government assignment to document the Alaska highway and other road features. He is accompanied by H. G. Glyde head of the art department at the Institute of Technology Calgary. They work under the National Gallery of Canada.
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Ottawa
A. Y. Jackson
R.c.af
Alaska Highway
Mr. Jackson
H. G. Glyde
The
Institute of Technology
Calgary
National Gallery of Canada
Film Director Richard Rosson to Receive Navy League Medal
Richard Rosson, director of Corvette K225 about the Royal Canadian Navy corvettes, will receive the Award for Service medal of the Navy League of Canada during his Ottawa premiere of the film.
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Ottawa
Richard Rosson
Royal Canadian Navy
Navy League of Canada
Danish Nazi Leader Arrested by Germans
Shows True Colors reports Fritz Clausen head of the Danish Nazi party was arrested by German forces and sent to the eastern front for diverting 100000 Danish crowns given to his party by Berlin.
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Stockholm
Fritz Clausen
Berlin
Channel Islands Tea Price Soars Under Occupation
Nazi occupied Channel Islands residents pay about £25 per pound for tea and coffee or endure acorn coffee and bramble tea. London sources note supplies come from the black market as ordinary stocks ran out two years ago. Germany also shipped the islands’ tomato crop to France for sale at two pence per pound.
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London
Channel Islands
France
Churchill Praises RAF and US Eighth Air Force Victory
Prime Minister Churchill sent congratulatory messages to the Royal Air Force and the United States Eight Air Force, pledging that Allies will inexorably defeat industrial Germany and declaring their bombing shifted German air power from offense to defense, aiding Allied arms worldwide. He noted RAF and USAAF achievements in the Battle of Germany and the war cabinet’s view of the strategic impact.
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London
Churchi
R.A.F
United States 8Th Air Force
Germany
Churchill
RAF
War Cabinet
Four Allied Fighters Defy Odds At Wewak New Guinea
Allied planes engage a Japanese force above Wewak New Guinea. Four Allied fighters, facing odds of eleven to one, shoot down eight confirmed Japanese planes and possibly two more. The enemy squadron of 32 fighters and 12 bombers is said to be broken up with no Allied losses.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Wewak
New Guinea
Searchlight beams halt Nazi raider over Humber coast
Beams from two searchlight crews in the river Humber area caught a Nazi raider as it crossed the coast. The bomber immediately dove and crashed to the ground.
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London
River Humber
Rescue Plane To Reach Fort Ross Soon In November
Supplies for three white men and a woman at Fort Ross, a fur trading post, may reach the settlement in early November. Plans call for a U S Army Air Force plane to airlift relief if weather allows, else parachute drops. If landing succeeds, the post staff expect to be evacuated. otherwise the post may close until a relief ship arrives next year.
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Winnipeg
Fort Ross
United States Army Air Force
H. Chesshire
Hudson's Bay Company Fur Trade Department
Chesshire
Churchill
Manitoba
Arctic Circle
W. A. Heslop
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Babs Irwin
D. W. Munroe
Clanwilliam
Man
C. L. de Lisle
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Ottawa
Giant Air Liner Planned To Be Built In Britain
Britain approves the Bristol Aeroplane Company project to build a massive air liner dubbed the Queen Mary of the skies. The 130 ton craft will use 20 000 horsepower, cruise at 250 mph, carry 150 passengers across the Atlantic in about 15 hours, with fares near 200 dollars.
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London
Britain
Bristol Aeroplane Company
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Leslie G. Frise
London Calling
BBC
Atlantic
Protection of art works in Italian territories announced
Sir James Grigg told the reconvened House of Commons that British and American experts in occupied Italian territory were taking over the protection and supervision of ancient monuments, museums and art works. He said wartime damage was being repaired.
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London
James Grigg
House of Commons
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Lonely Fur Post
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