Britons cheer air and sea successes as war tensions rise
Britain lauded air and sea successes amid Prime Minister Chamberlain's bold reply to Germany. A German submarine wreck washed ashore near Goodwin Sands off Deal as air losses were reported. Viscount Halifax warned Russia over Poland and discussed broadening Anglo Soviet trade. Britain called for volunteers across cavalry infantry artillery and engineers with age limits 22 to 35 in Britain and 20 to 35 in Northern Ireland. Volunteers to report by November 15.
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Loden
Chamberlain
Germany
Dover Strait
Goodwin Sands
Air Ministry
North Sea
Lord Halifax
Russia
Britain
War Office
Great Britain
Northern Ireland
Soviet Protest Over British Contraband List
Tass reports Soviet foreign affairs assistant commissioner Vladimir Potemkin handed the British ambassador a note declaring Britain’s Sept 6 contraband list violates international law. It denounces including fuel, food, clothing, and other essentials as war contraband, warns of disruption to neutral trade and civilian suffering, and states the USSR rejects the British note.
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Tass
Vladimir Potemkin
William Leeds
Therussian
Great Britain
People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
U.ss.r
Campaign Of Hate Stirs Lines Against Britain
An informant with deep Nazi knowledge says Adolf Hitler told his leaders at a recent conference to launch a heavy hate campaign against Great Britain. He asserts Germany will apply full propaganda force to England, reminiscent of Gottstrafe England from World War I.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Reich
Adolf Hitler
Great Britain
Hitler
Germany
England
Britain
Quebec Election Party Standings Compared With Prior Result
The Canadian Press reports the final Quebec election standings contrast with the previous vote. It notes total funding or spending figures and a redistribution bill that reduced the number of seats.
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Quebec
Canadian Press
Jews barred from textile trade in occupied Poland centers
Deutsche Lod z newspaper reports Polish Jews are forbidden by the German occupation to trade in textiles, leather, or leather goods. Jewish factories in textile hubs may sell only to non Jewish customers.
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Lodz
Poland
Deutsche Lodser Zeitung
Remembrance Day Observed With Added Solemnity
The Ontario poppy committee says Remembrance Day should be observed with added solemnity due to the war and the King and Queen's care for veterans. W. Wray Fairweather notes that poppy proceeds fund needy veterans and families. last year 74 cents of every dollar supported relief, 11 cents covered labor and costs, the remainder funded overhead.
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Toronto
Canada
Canadian Legion
W. Wray Fairweather
Ontario
Increase Food Production London Measures approved for royal estates
The King’s government aims to boost domestic food output. Fifty acres of grassland were plowed at Sandringham, with another fifty either completed or ongoing since the wartime outbreak. Ninety acres at Norfolk farm Windsor Park were approved for plowing, and royal gardens will convert significant areas to vegetables.
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London
Ministry of Agriculture
King
Sandringham
Norfolk Farm
Windsor Park
Alberta's First Entry For Chicago Grain Show
Desjarlais resident Tom Mynzak entered Alberta's team for the International Grain and Hay Show at Chicago Stock Yards from December 2 to 9. He will exhibit Victory oats in the Alberta exhibit effort associated with the International Livestock Exposition.
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Chicago
Alberta
Tom Mynzak
Desjarlis
New Railway Equipment Contracts Totalling 25 Million Announced
Ottawa reports on defence procurement for war emergency railway needs. Contracts total about 25 million dollars split between the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The orders cover 4,575 freight cars with 3,275 to CNR and include 49 locomotives.
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Ottawa
Defence Purchasing Board
Canadian National Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian National
Quebec Shows Canada Is United In War Effort
Prime Minister Mackenzie King praised Quebec cabinet members for a Liberal victory in Quebec. He cited unity with Canada and Britain in the war effort. Premier-elect Adelard Godbout thanked electors and spoke of responsibility to restore Liberal governance and financial stability.
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Quebec
Canada
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Ernest Lapointe
C. G. Power
P. J. A. Cardin
Union Nationale Party
Duplessis
Britain
France
R. J. Manion
House of Commons
Manion
Adelard Godbout
Liberal Party
Union Nationale
Godbout
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Borah Praises U S Canada Ties Travel Path Of Peace
Senator Borah asserts in the senate that U S Canadian relations are friendly and need no quarrel or debate. He quotes a reply stressing peace friendship and commerce with minor trade adjustments and urges letting the people govern relations.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Borah
Idaho
Senate
Congressional Record
Helen McPherson
Vulcan
Alta
Increased Japanese purchases in United States
The Wall Street Journal reports Japanese purchases in the United States up about one third since the war outbreak. Orders focus on petroleum machinery and iron and steel, with some shifts from Europe, notably Germany. Japan links the yen to the dollar partly due to higher U S buying activity.
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New York
Wall Street Journal
United States
Japan
Europe
Germany
Direct Hit Claims Gneisenau Split by RAF Bomb
An eyewitness quoted in Arbeider Bladet says the German battleship Gneisenau was split in two by a direct British air bomb during the RAF raid on Wilhelmshaven on September 4, the second day of the war. The 26,000 ton ship was launched in May 1938 and is sister to Scharnhorst, launched in October 1938.
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Oslo
Arbeider Bladet
Royal Air Force
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Scharnhorse
Unity of Purpose Manifested in Spirit of Empire
Anthony Eden declares the empire stands for an international order with religious toleration and peace, vows to end aggressive nationalism, and outlines Canada as Empire air force training hub. He stresses war acceptance not for conquest but to end Nazi aggression and broken German promises.
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London
Anthony Eden
Dominion
Empire
Great Britain
France
Eden
Canada
Warsaw
Prague
Edmonton Welcomes Japanese Immigrant for Canadian Service
Walter Seamatus Nishikawa, born in Japan and raised in Canada, serves as a lance corporal in the Edmonton regiment. A trained dental mechanic with five years of first aid experience, he joins the medical section detail after moving from Calgary and Winnipeg.
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Edmonton
Walter Seamatus Nishikawa
Japan
Canada
Edmonton Regiment
Nishikawa
Calgary
Winnipeg
Russia seeks Narvik naval base concessions from Norway
Diplomatic sources predict Moscow will request concessions from Oslo to allow the Soviet Union to establish a naval base at Narvik, a strategic port on Norway's northwest coast.
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Amsterdam
Russia
Norway
Narvik
Norwegian
Britain mobilizes shoppers for wartime loan drive
London reports the government urging the public to buy Christmas gifts with a forthcoming war loan. The appeal frames wartime finance as a civic duty and warns of national need during the holiday season.
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London
Parity Price for Wheat Debated by Saskatchewan Pool
J H Wesson of Regina says a parity price tied to production cost is agreed between the federal government and the Saskatchewan wheat pool. He urges suspension of the futures market during the war and warns against profiteering while stressing healthy farm finances and wartime agriculture.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
Ottawa
J. H. Wesson
Regina
Wheat Pool
United Farmers of Canada
Saskatchewan
Wesson
Mr. Wesson
Great Britain
Nazi Threat Berlin Warns of Bombing Britain
The National Zeitung of Essen close to Goering warned that Germany may rain bombs on the British Isles as England pressures war. It urged the German people to unite and prepare for a relentless fight to secure their safety from Britain’s actions.
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Berlin
Germany
England
National Zeitung
Hermann Goering
Hyderabad Nizam Plans Large Monthly Contribution to British Forces
The Nizam of Hyderabad offers the Viceroy of India a monthly payment of £11,250 to maintain cavalry and infantry units of Hyderabad state forces for possible service outside the state. He already contributed £106,000 to aerial warfare and had given a similar sum in 1917 for anti submarine warfare.
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London
Hyderabad
India
Air Ministry
Embargo Extended on Western Canada Wheat and Coarse Grains
Railway officials announced the embargo on wheat shipments from western Canada to terminal elevators at the head of the lakes has been extended to coarse grains for an unspecified period.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada Farms
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Kent
Viscount Halifax
House of Lords
Lord Curzon
Moscow
Soviet
Renee
Hugo Osterman
Finland
U.S
Turkey
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