West Coast Ports Poised for Surge After Quebec Conference
The Churchill Roosevelt Quebec meeting is expected to shift British and Canadian warships to the Pacific and boost merchant traffic. Navy and merchant fleets will strengthen at ports from San Francisco to Vancouver, Seattle, and Victoria area facilities at Esquimalt. The move aims to accelerate supply lines to the Far East as Germany falls, with Halifax and New York already booming.
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Pacific
Churchill
Roosevelt
Atlantic
European
Far East
Japan
United States
Canadian
Europe
Halifax
New York
Germany
San Francisco
Seattle
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
B.C
British Columbia
Southwest Pacific
Lord Leathers
Mr. Churchill
Emory
Land
United States War Shipping Board
London
Washington
Hitler warned London on eight week war limit
The Swiss Journal de Geneve reports German industrialists told Hitler through the Nazi staff that the army could not fight more than eight weeks. Field Marshal Walter von Reichenau and General Heinz Guderian conveyed the warning to Hitler amid fears of a looming crisis on the western front.
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London
de Geneve
Hitler
Germany
Walter von Model
Western Front
Heinz Guderian
Butter Coupons Delayed Again In Canada War Ration Plan
The prices board postponed the validity date of butter coupons for a fourth time this year affecting coupons 80 and 1 to Oct 12 and S and 89 to Dec 14. The move comes as butter stocks lag behind 1943 levels while sugar administrator Nobie reports no ration cut this year despite tighter world supplies.
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S. R. Nobie
Canadian Navy Delivers Crushing Blows on U-Boat Strongholds
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Navy is now striking back along the French coast and Biscay by destroying enemy ships and disrupting U-boat activity. Destroyers Haida Huron and Iroquois lead attacks around St Nazaire Lorient Brest and St Malo with escort groups joining. Since the France invasion the fleet has taken a toll on German vessels as U-boats flee coastal waters and ports.
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Ottawa
North Atlantic
St. Nazaire
Lorient
Brest
St. Malo
France
Biscay
Channel
Trance
Brittany
Unity Call Issued by King Peter for Yugoslav Unity
King Peter of Yugoslavia speaking from London urged Serbs Croats and Slovenes to unite and join the national liberation army led by Marshal Tito to strengthen resistance and liberation efforts.
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London
King Peter of
Yugoslavia
National Liberation Army
Marshal Tito
Allied Beaufighters scatter Japanese convoy off Ceylon
British Beaufighters engaged a Burma-bound convoy across the Andaman sea in a 23 hour battle. The 21 separate attacks began on Sept 9 and the Allied claim marks the greatest single air and sea victory in the theater with an enemy force of at least 15 ships dispersed across hundreds of square miles.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Andaman Sea
Canada doubles steel output in five years driving postwar position
Canada reports steel plant output has doubled since 1939, elevating the nation to fourth among UN producers led by the United States, Russia, and Britain. Alloy steel production rising up to five times prewar levels. U.S. share of Canadian steel dropped from one third to about one fifth of the 3 million tons needed this year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
United Nations
United States
Russia
United Kingdom
Rate Reduced Five Cents For Civilian Airgraph Mail
Ottawa Postmaster General Mulock cuts civilian airgraph postage from ten to five cents effective September 15. The rate now matches military airgraph terms to any country offering the service, including Great Britain Australia New Zealand the Middle East and parts of Africa. Military airgraph to France and Italy remains available. Airgraph letters on film were introduced in Canada in 1941.
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Ottawa
Mulock
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Middle East
Africa
France
Italy
Canada
Paper by air to reach New York Daily Express edition
The London Daily Express will be flown to the United States in limited quantities for daily distribution to American subscribers. V. R. Thompson, chief U S correspondent, said the paper with a reported daily circulation of 3,002,738 is published by Lord Beaverbrook. Thompson said it is the first London paper to inaugurate air mail subscriptions for regular editions.
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United States
London Daily Express
New York
V. R. Thompson
Daily Express
Lord Beaverbrook
Privy Seal
Thompson
London
Burma Casualties Report From Burma and Yunnan
The national military council says up to Aug 15 in northern Burma and adjoining Yunnan Chinese losses reached 4 980 killed and 1 167 British and American troops. Japanese deaths were listed at 21 140. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Chungking
National Military Council
Burma
China
Yunnan
Canadian infantry and armor praised for toughness in war
Ottawa reports Captain H A Hyman praising the First Canadian division and First Armored Brigade for fighting key battles from Sicily to Rome. General Leese calls them the world’s best infantry and armored formations as war reporters note frontline risks and none headline bias. Dieppe history noted.
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Ottawa
H. A. Hyman
Regina
Canada
Sicily
Eighth Army
Rome
Leese
Monty
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