Canada Plans Expanded Steel Ship Building Program
A Canadian press release from the Munitions and Supply Department outlines a surge in steel ship construction and component manufacturing. By next March close to 60,000 workers will be employed, with over 17,000 already in shipyards and 3,000 more needed at peak. The plan includes 9,300 ton freighters, corvettes, and Tribal class destroyers, with destroyer construction taking about two years as keel laying begins.
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Munitions and Supply Department
Canada
Britain
900 Conchies Are Doing Good Work
About 900 conscientious objectors willing to work are in remote woods clearing trails and building roads under the alternative service plan. Authorities praise their camp performance but noting some fail to report, face court orders and jail. Meth and lodging are provided while clothing and toilet articles must be supplied by the men.
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Justice T. C. Davis
National War Services
Lincoln Letter Recalled From London Evening Standard
The London Evening Standard recalls Abraham Lincoln’s 1860 letter to the people of Lancashire. It notes Lincoln’s wish for lasting peace and friendship between the two nations, despite future misfortunes.
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London Evening Standard
Abraham Lincoln
Lancashire
England
Reconsecration Week Opens Canada War's Third Year
Canada marks the third year of war as September 10 to 17 is proclaimed reconsecration week. Defence of shores tightens with expanded forces, higher arms spending, and increased aid to Britain. Canadians pledge to persevere for victory and a just peace.
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Canada
Voices Against the German People and War Talk
A selection of editorial snippets argues that the war aims and leadership in Germany implicate the German people themselves. It criticizes Nazism, calls for ruthless victory, and contrasts Kaiser era rhetoric with today’s regime.
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Junkers
Kaiser
Hitler
Germany
Windsor Daily Star
Reading the News The Press and Public Judgment
Brantford Expositor quotes editors on distinguishing reports from rumors and urges readers to rely on discernment to interpret news. Emphasizes careful reporting and reader judgment as essential to understanding current events.
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Brantford
Conscientious Objectors in Britain Highlight Liberty
The Chatham News notes 20 tribunals review cases with 60 000 men registered as conscientious objectors and about 45 000 dealt with. It argues this liberty underpins Britain’s wartime struggle versus a hypothetical German hearing.
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Britain
Great Britain
Germany
Chatham News
PEP METHODS Aims to Boost War Supplies
The British government enacts pep methods to raise production. Production managers address workers and factory posters urge higher output. A bomb-filling station placard states You make the best bombs Our airmen drop them.
Hendrik Van Loon on God helping end evil
Willem Van Loon writes that God tires of Hitler and will disappear. The Financial Post notes a provocative idea that Christian philosophy does not forbid humans aiding divine removal of evils.
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Hendrik
Willem van Loon
Hitler
Financial Post
Ontario Election On Hold Says Premier Hepburn
Premier Mitchell Hepburn says no Ontario election is planned at the moment. He notes in an interview that an election with Conservative leader Lt. Col. George Drew in England would be unethical and unsportsmanlike.
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Mitchell Hepburn
Ontario
George Drew
England
Industrial employment in Canada hits record 1941 level
May 1 1941 saw 12 542 establishments reporting 1 450 542 people at work up from 11 970 firms and 1 117 547 workers on May 1 1940 in official data.
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Canada
Reconsecration Prayer for Courage and Freedom
A solemn prayer asks for endurance against dark forces and mercy for the stricken. It seeks divine truth, consolation for the bereaved, eternal rest for the fallen, and guidance for children to serve the Christian light. A reconsecration grace thanks the Lord for fighting courage and the defense of freedom.
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Lord
The Blind Man's House by Hugh Walpole
Julius Cromwell, a blinded World War veteran, returns with his wife to Garth in England. Jealousy fractures their marriage as she misreads his world. He helps villagers with their problems yet faces strain in his own relationship before finding a path to harmony.
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Sir Hugh Walpole
Julius Cromwell
Garth
England
Julius
Hugh Walpole
McClelland & Stewart
Toronto
En Zedders Choose 10 Letter Headline Term
Ottawa gains three New Zealanders who landed a copywriter job by crafting a 10 letter descriptor for themselves. They chose En Zedders over Newzies amid approval from officials and primed by headlines.
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Ottawa
Fraser
Langston
Urge Medical Test For Auto Licenses
The British Medical Journal urges that driving license applicants undergo medical examinations and hold a medical certificate as obligatory as passing the driving test. The proposal underscores road safety and medical fitness as prerequisites for licensing.
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The
British Medical Journal
British Medical Association
Paler stamps brighten wartime postage to aid export
Britain plans lighter shades for postage stamps up to three pence to conserve dyes for export to India and the Far East. Daily production exceeds 20 million, reducing dye use and wear on printing cylinders.
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Britain
India
Far East
Germany
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