CBC Plans National News Service Over CBC Stations
The CBC board approves a national news service to launch Jan 1, edited by CBC staff with Don McArthur as chief editor. Bulletins will be produced in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax for CBC and selected private stations without sponsorship or advertising.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Glad- Gene Murray
CBC
Naional
CRC Ia
Don McArthur
Toronto
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Montreal
Halifax
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Arthur
Murray
CBC Natonal
Toronto Globe
MacLean Publishing Company
Ontario
Peter McArthur
Canadian Press
More Storage Space Ottawa
Anticipated 1941 wheat crop market influx may spur extensive elevator annexes at the head of the lakes. Prairie elevator companies negotiate to cooperate in temporary storage at Fort William and Port Arthur. Private ventures would provide the space with no direct federal government involvement.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Fort Willam
Port Arthur
Coat of Registration Costs for National Register
A Commons table shows it cost a little over ten cents to record age occupation and ability for each of the 7 883 472 people registered in the National Registration last August.
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Ottawa
Canada shifts to wartime industry says Howe
Munitions Minister Howe cited a speech by Arthur Greenwood noting Canada is becoming an industrial nation ready to turn natural wealth into war materials. He outlined production surges from 1939 to 1940 with cars up 294 percent and iron and steel up 148 percent, as contracts exceed 360 million dollars and daily output rises across auto, shipbuilding, and chemicals.
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Canrade
Ottawa
Canada
Howe
Arthur Greenwood
House of Commons
British Columbia
Department of Munitions and Supply
British Empire
CBC Report Shows 1940 Surplus With Royal Visit Grant
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation classed its fiscal year ending March 31 1940 with income of 3 752 061 and expenditures of 3 494 071 leaving a net operating surplus of 253 990 License fees totaled 2 906 605 Other income 700 967 72 653 24 485 and 47 449 grant for the royal visit Expenditures include programs 1 150 658 station network 685 308 engineering operations 610 482 administration 162 939 commercial 105 119 areas and information 63 539 interest on loans 28 837 and 316 274 for depreciation A total of 29 889 broadcasts were presented occupying 10 473 hours about 28 percent of daily broadcast time up from 18 810 broadcasts 7 420 hours in 1938 39.
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Ottawa
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
C.B.C
Greeks Grateful for RAF Helps in Greece Visit
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore returned to Cairo after inspecting British air force ops in Greece and conferring with Premier Metaxas and General Papagos. He met King George and said Greek leaders thanked the RAF for swift adaptions and assistance.
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Cairo
Egypt
Arthur Longmore
Cain
Greece
John Metaxas
Alexander Papagos
King George
RAF
Viscount Rothermere Buried in Bermuda Graveyard
Viscount Lord Rothermere, Britain's publishing magnate, died in hospital and was buried in a Bermudian graveyard 3,000 miles from home. The 72 year old founder of a newspaper chain received a brief service at St Paul’s Paget parish with few attendees. His body was shipped here as flowers arrived from around the world.
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Bermanda
Hamilton
Bermda
Viscount Rothermere
Britain
Bermudas
St. Paul's Church
Paget
Lord Rothermere
St. Paul's
Henry Marriott
Britain Looks to Canada for Arms Supplies
Britain debates wartime arms sourcing as Arthur Greenwood says output remains insufficient and Canada could become a second arsenal. He notes increased U S and Canadian cooperation to meet needs while critics urge self-reliance and full mobilization to defeat Germany.
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Britain
Canada
War Leaders Clash Over Labour Policy During Bombing Crisis
Chief of Canadian Naval Staff and British figures debate manpower strategy. Hore-Belisha notes rising unemployment at a critical moment. Bevin counters that conscription of labor would risk defeat, calling compulsory measures ineffective. He cites chaos in industry at start of war and claims tests show growing war production despite bombing.
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Hore-Belisha
Ernest Bevin
Bevin
British science foresees wartime shift in Canada
Dean Mackenzie of the Engineering Institute of Canada told Washington engineers that British scientists, organized via a wartime research council, quickly solved the magnetic mine and prepared for gas and other threats. He urged Canada to think in terms of war and offence to remain potent.
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Britain
C. J. Mackenzie
Engineering Institute of Canada
Dean Mackenzie
Washington Society of Engineers
France
Maginot Line
Canada
Windsor man dies after police shooting injury
In Windsor Ontario 19 year old Roland Croson died in hospital after a police Constable G. Fitzgerald discharged his service weapon while chasing a suspected prowler on Langlois Avenue. The incident occurred when the officer slipped on icy pavement.
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Windsor
Bulgaria Refuses to Join Triple Alliance Under Soviet Influence
Reports from Moscow highlight Bulgaria’s refusal to join the tri partite pact and note a Soviet diplomatic mission in Sofia. The article claims Stalin uses Bulgarian nonalignment to signal Slav victory while Bulgaria ends blackouts and expresses satisfaction at avoiding war. Russia reportedly guided Bulgarian policy amid German efforts to win Sofia’s adhesion.
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Risin London
Russia
Middle East
Moscow
Sofia
Stalin
Turkey
Suez
Move in Britain to Speed Tempo of War Effort
In the British Commons debate, Mr J Bull urged immediate aggressive action against German Italian foes. Greek successes against Italy and German bombings fueled a push to offensive action, signaling a shift in tempo and possible early-break opportunities against the Axis.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
J. Bull
Hitler
Mussolini
United States
Berlin
Atlantic
Great Britain
Home Guard
Mediterranean
Greece
East
Labor Federation Adopts Anti Racketeering Resolution
The American Federation of Labor approves a resolution denouncing labor union racketeering and authorizes its executive council to intervene if unions fail to meet their responsibilities.
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New Orleans
American Federation of Labor
Labor Urges Sacrifices as War Demands Rise in Canada
Ottawa reports Labor Minister N A McLarty argues for possible lengthening of the Standard work week from 44 to 48 hours or more due to wartime production and looming labor shortages. He stresses cooperation with unions, warns against rigid standards, and cites Local 353 in Toronto and Local 1867 in Regina as examples of willingness to work longer hours for government war effort.
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Ottawa
Canada
N. A. McLarty
House of Commons
Coventry
Birmingham
Bristol
Southampton
McLarty
Costa
Mr. McLarty
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Toronto
Regina Carpenters
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Canada’s Steel Output Reaches Record October Level
Canada’s steel furnaces operated at 921 percent capacity in October, hitting a record production level. Ingots and castings totaled 186,091 tons, up from 164,515 last month and 149,890 a year earlier, per the Dominion bureau of statistics.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Alsatian press reports Nazi camps for 18 Alsatians
The Strasbourg Neustenachrichten claims eighteen Alsatians were sent to German concentration camps for irreverence by words and gestures toward Nazi Germany. The German censorship newspaper in Strasbourg notes the Alsatian capital operates under occupation.
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Basel
Switzerland
Strasbourg
War effort drive asks Hamilton motorists to scrap plates
Hamilton motorists can aid the war effort by leaving their 1840 license plates at service stations and garages for pickup as scrap metal by patriotic organizations. The plan offers an easy way for residents to contribute to national needs.
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