War Production Costs Reaching Large Figures in Canada
Ottawa reports war construction and production since Sept 1939 totalled $6.509 billion, with $720 million in new factories and land sites financed by government. Canada’s five year war effort shows $5 billion in completed munitions, $250 million in imported war goods, and $65 million in prefabricated housing for workers. By year end, Canadian output includes 750 ships and 10,000 aircraft, 600,000 military vehicles, 35,000 armoured vehicles, 100,000 guns and mounts, 1,000,000 tons of explosives, and 3 billion rounds of small arms ammunition.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Sesh Department
Department
Howe
Munitions Department
United Nations Agree On Plans For World Peace
Britain and the United States near a joint plan to preserve military collaboration after the war. The combined chiefs of staff would stay intact through a transition before a peace treaty, with other nations’ leaders likely added to broaden representation. A high Allied source says a cooling-off period between hostilities and a peace accord is planned, with force ready if needed. Buy War Savings Stamps Regularly.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Chiefs of Staff Committee
United Nations
Churchill
Cambridge
Mass
Chiefs-Of-Staff
Bahamas Opens First War Savings Plan Bonds
The Bahamas offers three per cent war savings bonds totaling £50,000 to fund loans to Britain interest-free during the war. The legislature also considers raising a further £250,000 for the same purpose.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Britain
Parcel mailing deadline set for Ottawa post office
The post office department announced a November 1 deadline for parcel mailings to Canadians at home and abroad as Christmas shipments ramp up.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Fear Air Raids Prompt Government Transfers in Brate lava
A Budapest dispatch to Der Bund reports that Slovak capital Bratlava and all nonessential personnel are being moved abroad amid fears of imminent Allied air raids. The plan targets ministries and other officials as a precautionary measure.
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Berne
Budapest
der Bund
Bratelava
Slovakia
Japan Vow to Crush Allies Amid Surrender News
Tokyo radio broadcast recorded by U.S. monitors reports Italy's unconditional surrender to the Allies. It says Japan remains resolved to crush America and Britain to the very end, with Emperor Hirohito at ease.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
United States
Italy
Japan
America
Britain
Hirohito
Canadian Brigadier Gostling Served In Iceland And Led Infantry
Brigadier Guy Standish Noakes Gostling, 42, commands a Canadian Infantry brigade overseas. Born in England, he was educated in English and American schools and at the University of Toronto. Commissioned in 1925, he served in Iceland as a major, led an infantry battalion in April 1942, and in November became Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General of a Canadian Division. In civil life he was an executive with Moore Corporation in Toronto.
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Guy Standish Noakes Gostling
England
Brig
Gostling
University of Toronto
Winnipeg
Iceland
Moore Corporation
Toronto
Soviet Purchases Ottawa Houses for Attaches
Ottawa report states the Soviet government bought two houses to serve as residences for its commercial and military attaches at the legation, signaling moves to bolster representation in Canada.
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Ottawa
Legation
Plans Air Service Expansion By Cunard After War
The Cunard Steamship Company plans an extraordinary meeting in Liverpool on Sept 27 to consider shifting postwar funds into air transport. The move would authorize changes to its memorandum to build transport airliners and airfields for passengers and freight, aiming to run global air services independently or with partners.
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London
Cunard Steamship Company
Liverpool
Snarchokers
Place & Prop Sal
Rationing rules expand book holder allowances
Prices board issues consolidated order enabling holders to leave ration books cards or sheets with retailers. The left with stub must be signed. Retailers detach coupons each sale to cover delivered quantity and apply to cash and charge customers including regular housewives and telephone orders.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Plan for Empire Good Pattern Suggested by Curtin
Australian Prime Minister Curtin advocates a permanent imperial consultative body for shared economic and political interests. He envisions a council modeled on the existing Pacific War Council where Britain and the Dominions would regularly confer.
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Australia
Pacific War Council
Sydney
Curtin
Britain
Dominions
Italy’s unconditional surrender ends Axis hold in Europe
The news that Italy capitulated to the Allies comes as the culmination of allied planning since December 1941. Churchill and Roosevelt, guided by Allied staffs, had shaped strategy from Casablanca to now. The surrender raises hopes other Axis states may follow, while Finland and others might consider separate peace. The war department received the development with official silence.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Roosevelt
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Churchill
Mediterranean
Casablanca
United States
Quebec
Germany
Itan
Italy
Finland
Russia
Europe
War Department
Canada Plans to Ship One Million Tons of Flour to Britain
Ottawa reports Canada began arranging a massive flour shipment to the United Kingdom totaling about 1,000,000 tons, larger than the Australia grant. Trade Minister MacKinnon said production is being boosted to meet demand as Britain builds stocks for Europe’s liberated areas. The plan ties to a $1 billion mutual aid bill, with purchases settled in Canadian dollars effective Sept. 1. Negotiations for the shipment were completed between the British and Canadian governments.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Australia
MacKinnon
Britain
Europe
Mutual Aid Board
Mac Kinnon
Chamber head lauds England on war effort and mass production
Ereic A. Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, praised England after a visit, saying the country is mastering mass production. He highlighted women's strong participation, noting some factories employ up to 92 percent women, and commended their cheerfulness and spirit.
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Spokane
Wash
England
Ereic A. Johnston
United States Chamber of Commerce
Johnston
Damages From Army Exercises In England Reported
A British white paper cites 1940 spring maneuvers by Canadian and British troops causing about $517,500 in damages. The War Office claims commission has since November 1940 handled 419,706 cases with over $12 million paid to claimants. The report does not specify Canadian responsibility.
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England
British Government Committee On National Expenditure
War Office Claims Commission
British Films Ready for Continental Invasion
Britain prepares a wave of British films for immediate release on the continent. Proponents argue German influenced pictures will fade and that home produced cinema will prevail abroad.
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London
Britain
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