Regional price offices to open across Canada
Wartime price and trade board plans 19 regional offices with representatives from Vancouver to the Atlantic. Officials say local officers will assist price stabilization across commodities from bread to potatoes. The board progresses with new appointments as offices rise in Ottawa and across the country. F W Prendergast of Imperial Oil leads the setup with Ken Wilson Fred Griffin and Carl Reimke among an expanding staff to inform and enforce the program.
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Ottawa
Vancouver
Atlantic Coast
Price and Trade Board
Confermedia
Canada
Imperial Oil Company
Ken Wilson
Fred Griffin
Toronto Star
Carl Reimke
Prisoners Recaptured After Airmen Escape and Theft
An official inquiry will be held into the escape of two German airmen who broke from a British prison camp and stole an airplane in an apparent bid to return to Germany. They were recaptured after posing as Netherlanders. the aircraft type is unclear, but the Daily Express suggested a bomber and a forced landing over 100 miles from the takeoff site.
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London
Germany
Ministry of Information
Daily Express
Atole
Royal Air Force
The
Supplies For Free French Get U S Aid
The United States has been supplying Free French forces in North Africa for about three months under an informal Britain-backed arrangement. The lend-lease extension to Gen Charles de Gaulle’s armies was announced, with deliveries redirected to the Free French after handing goods to British authorities in the Middle East. The aid includes tanks trucks and ordnance among other items.
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Washington
United States
North Africa
Britain
Charles de Gaulle
Middle East
Prisoner of War Ryder Camped in Germany After Escape
London Wing Commander E N Ryder DFC and bar, once escaping a Hurricane trap while 30 feet underwater, is a prisoner of war in Germany. Ryder later escaped the sea by releasing his parachute which floated to the surface and pulled him from the cockpit.
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London
E. N. Ryder
Bar
Germany
Ryder
Geneve report questions Red Army losses and Bluecher fate
The Journal de Geneve disputed German claims of Red Army destruction and Westward war production, noting large Soviet reserves in the Far East. It alleged Marshal Vasily Bluecher still commands about 20 infantry divisions and heavy bombers, with whereabouts a three year mystery. The paper cites east of the Volga production totals and vast munitions stocks, enough for months of fighting.
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Marshal Bluecher
Far Eastern Command
Volga
Russia
Post Office hires rise to meet wartime vacancies
London reports that one in three post office workers have joined the armed or civil defence services, totaling 113000. To fill vacancies, 44000 extra women have been employed, bringing total female staff to 96000, the largest in history.
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London
Navy
Army
Air Force
Civil Defence Services
Home Guard
Planning for army strength for coming year in Canada
Ottawa reports Canada has completed 1941 plans for overseas units and, with Major General Crerar taking command of the second division, speculation grows on 1942 army structure. Toronto Star cites two corps under Lieutenant General McNaughton, potential full army status, and Crerar as deputy commander.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain
King
H. D.G. Crerar
Toronto Star
A. G. L. McNaughton
Toronto
McNaughton
Crerar
Airman Decorated for Italy Parachute Drops
A flying officer who piloted the craft dropping British parachute troops into Italy earlier this year was decorated by the King at Buckingham Palace. The award name and officer’s identity were not disclosed. The decoration was not linked to the Italy raid. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for daylight raids on Brest and La Pallice in Occupied France.
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London
Italy
Buckingham Palace
Brea
la Pallice
France
Mussolini May Visit Libyan Front To Encourage Troops
A Rome radio broadcast reported by NBC claims Mussolini could depart Rome to boost morale of Italian troops on the Libyan front. The message, picked up by American listeners, underscores leadership visits intended to rally forces.
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New York
Rome
Mussolini
NBC
Resignation of Wartime Assistant W Breckington
W Breckington KC, the wartime assistant in Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s office, announced his resignation to return home from Britain. He will resume his legal practice and join the Ottawa firm Herridge Gowling MacTavish and Watt as counsel.
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Ottawa
L. W. Breckington, KC
Mackenzie King
Britain
United
Canada
Brockington Wrade
King
Herridge Gowling, MacTavish and Watt
RCAF Squadron Makes First Operational sortie over France
The Royal Canadian Air Force on army co operation duties flew its first operational sortie with new equipment. Wing Commander H. W. Kerby of Toronto led the mission with PO. G. CH. Jackson of Edmonton on an offensive reconnaissance over the coast of occupied France.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Alc.a.f
H. W. Kerby
Toronto
PO. G. CH. Jackson
Edmonton
France
Atlantic Ferry Plans Involving U S Army Air Corps
Informants say the U S Army Air Corps ferry command may soon fly military planes across the Atlantic to Britain. The RAF ferry command already transports bombers and fighters. the Air Corps would supplement, not replace, RAF efforts. A War Department release notes the ferry command helps stage planes to take-off points, prompting debate on wider belligerent port access.
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Washington
United States Army Air Corps
Ferry Command
Atlantic
Britain
Royal Air Force Ferry Command
American Aircmen
RAF Ferry Command
War Department
Air Corps Ferry Command
Congress
United States
Chocolate flavored bill poster's paste fined in London
An analyst described a chocolate flavored malted milk as a fee charged for advertising and sale. The company was fined the equivalent of 150 dollars. The product was said to contain 10 percent cocoa and 90 percent weakened flour.
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London
Farm products exempt from price ceiling in wartime rule
Ottawa reports the war time prices and trade board will not apply the general price ceiling to sales of farm products and fish between primary producers and dealers or processors. Retail prices remain capped at the base period, with dairy, eggs, honey, maple syrup, fish, and fresh fruits and vegetables largely exempt from the new ceiling. Milk sold by farmers to manufacturers remains exempt.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Anti Nazi Violence Surges in French Areas Amid Curfews
In occupied France anti Nazi actions escalate with Paris reporting 5 pm curfews for four days and a 1000 franc fine on municipalities. Nazi commander Lieut Gen Erest von Schaumburg warns execution for explosives possession as sabotage hits Abbeville and Noyelle near rail lines. In Paris a bomb near Montparnasse kills no one but damages property with cafés along Latin Quarter closing at 5 pm.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Erest von Schaumburg
Abbeville
Noyelle
Germany
Montparnass
Latin Quarter
Boulevard Saint Michel
Boulevard Montparnasse
Joint Convoys To Tighter US Britain Naval Cooperation
Washington sources say the North Atlantic convoy system will be reorganized soon to boost cooperation between the United States and Britain navies. Steps may formalize joint action, mirroring the successful late war practice of mixed convoys under both nations escorts. The current informal plan shields US flag ships to Iceland as well as British merchants halfway across the ocean.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Iceland
Farmers urge federal purchase of scrap metal for war savings
A resolution endorsed by the United Farmers of Alberta central co operative board urged the federal government to buy scrap metal directly from farmers using war savings certificates. The farmers object to selling scrap to junk dealers so others may profit by selling it to the government.
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Calgary
The
United Farmers of Alberta Central Co-Operative
Ottawa appoints Justice Davia to travel and tourist advisory panel
War Services Minister Thorson announced the reassigned post for Hon. Mr. Justice T. C. Davia as chairman of the reorganized extended advisory committee on the travel and tourist industry, in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
T. C. Davia
National War Services
War Services
Thorson
Australia to Build Beaufort Planes Daily in 1942
The Australian minister of aircraft production told BBC that in 1942 Australia will manufacture a Beaufort aircraft every day. He called the Beaufort the latest type of the craft and indicated strong wartime output prospects for the program.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
Australia
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R.C.A.F
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Calais
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Royal British Marines
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Mitchell
Hull
White House
Saburo Kurusu
Pacific
Cordell Hull
Kichisaburo Nomura
Roosevelt
Atlantic Ferry
Air Corps
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