New Wartime Labor Code Extends Across Industries
Ottawa reports a new dominion labor code creating a wartime labor relations board with a 9 member panel, certification of bargaining agencies, compulsory negotiations, and conciliation. It targets 2.3 million Canadian industrial workers, allows provincial expansion, and imposes penalties for illegal strikes and bribes. Ontario stands apart in initial acceptance.
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Ontario
Percy R. Bengough
Trades and Labor Congress
A. R. Mosher
Canadian Congress of Labor
Ilegally
Labor Relations Board
Pioneer Victoria Constable Patrick Burke Dies After Illness
Constable Patrick Burke, 67, of the RCALP, died in Victoria after a brief illness. Born in Fort Pelly Saskatchewan, he served with the Mounted Police in early Saskatchewan, left for the South African War, and later farmed on the prairie after returning to Canada.
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Victoria
Patrick Burke
RCALP
Fort Pelly
Sask
Mounted Police
Saskatchewan
Canada
Prairies
East African soldiers run own theatre at Namroli-Ail base
At the Namroli-Ail camp in East Africa soldiers form a theatre group. They write plays and sketches, perform with minimal guidance from the camp commandant, using spare time to stage their productions.
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Namroli-Ail
Senmandant
Serving Country Indians on Active War Service in Canada
Ottawa reports over two thousand three hundred Indian volunteers serving in various branches. In Ontario alone 1962 enlistments are listed, with Saskatchewan 382, British Columbia 243, Alberta 57, Manitoba 156, Quebec 144, New Brunswick 168, Prince Edward Island 24, Nova Scotia 92, and seven from the Yukon Territory. Dr Ho W McGil notes many enlistments reflect home front essential work, with some women in services.
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Ottawa
Ho W. McGil
Indian Affairs
Canada
Army
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Quebec
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Jnland
Nova Scotia
Yukon Territory
Help for farms Ottawa urging square deal on farm relief
E. E. Perley in Commons urged farmers receive a square deal on obtaining assistance from home defence units during major farm activities this year. He criticized last year’s call-up as unfair and called for more equal draw from military districts with Western districts having contributed more than others.
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Ottawa
E. E Perley
Quippelie
Perley
Plots Trigger Massive Arrests in Bordeaux Bridge Plot
Report from France says German authorities arrested hundreds after uncovering an underground plot to dynamite the Bordeaux railway bridge, a long standing Allied bombing target. Travelers describe a straight air route from Chungking to Chicago across the North Pole.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Arresia
Bordeaux
France
Chungking
Chicago
North Pole
Air Pathfinders Forge Target Finding For Bomber Crews
London reports on the RAAF Pathfinder force formed August 15 1949 as a key spearhead in European bombing. British Canadian crews use pyrotechnic flares and lights to guide main force despite thick cloud and haze. Pathfinders led by Air Vice Marshal D C T Bennett improve navigation and timing for precision attacks on Essen and Krupp works after earlier March 1943 efforts.
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London
Raa.f. Pathfinder Force
Germany
Pathfinders
D. C. T. Bennett
Reductions Planned for Canada Aircrew Training
In Ottawa Air Minister Power announced in parliament that long term war plans call for certain reductions in entrants to aircrew training in Canada and a gradual closing of training units and schools. Skilled training personnel will be reassigned to reinforce and expand operational units as available.
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Ottawa
Power
Commons
Canada
Dieppe Defences Overhauled After 1942 Raid
London reports that Dieppe fortifications and garrisons have been thoroughly overhauled after the August 19 1942 raid. German broadcasts claim additional strengthening along the French Mediterranean coast and redeployment from the east.
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London
Dieppe
George Schroeder
Wnazis Transocean Agency
Ministry of Information
Alberta license plates to carry on in 1943 44 year
Hon A J Hooke provincial secretary announced that the 1943 44 Alberta automobile license plate remains in effect for the new license year starting April 1. The plates will be used in conjunction with a windshield and rear window sticker becoming the same number.
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Edmonton
A. J. Hooke
Alberta
Blue Book Of War Damage Kept By RAF In London
The RAF preserves a large blue leather bound volume titled the Blue Book of War Damage. Favored by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, it records bombing progress against Germany with detailed aerial photos and diagrams. Pages note targets like Berlin Cologne Essen Hanover and Coventry, showing destruction and destruction proportion in industrial areas.
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London
RAF
Arthur Harris
Ralf
Germany
Berlin
Cologne
Essen
Hanover
Broonawick
Coventry
Canada to Loan Officers to Britain in War Plan
Ottawa reports a large number of Canadian junior officers will be loaned to the British army under a plan effective immediately. Officers volunteered for at least three months, to serve in the Mediterranean and European theatres, with pay and pension rights on Canadian scale. Promotions would be British receiving Canadian approval. Canada aims to deploy about 6,000 subalterns as a surplus reserve while boards select the best.
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Ottawa
Ralston
Commons
Mediterranean
Canada
Howard Green
P.C
Vancouver South
Pacific
Col.Ralston
Col. Ralston
Green
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Industrial Deputes Inquiry
Dominion
Mitchell
Gunow
Square Deal
Bay War Savings
J. W. Whittall
D.3.c
R.C.N.V.R
Vancouver
Canada 4
Aly
War Savings Stampa
National Gallery
E. A. Deaton
Tom Miller
Toronto
Hazlehurst
C.P.R
S.F.T.S
R.C.A.F
Vulcan
Air Force
No. 4
C. A. Davidson
No. 4 Training Command
F. C. Manning
No. 4 Construction and Maintenance Unit
Amherst
N.S
Britain
Sahara Desert
Atlantic
Red Sea
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