Survey Parties Start On New Air Route To Alaska
Northward expansion of the Mackenzie river valley air network advances with RCAF and transport department survey teams setting sites along a new Yukon to Alaska trail. The plan adds fields at Gold Hope Arctic Red River and McPherson, linking Fort McMurray to Norman Wells and extending a wartime route used by U S machines since 1941.
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Ottawa
Alaska
Northwest
Edmonton
Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Mackenzie River
McPherson
Yukon
Rcaf and
Transport Department
Information Board
Fort McMurray
Alla
Norman Welty
N.wt
Gold Hope
Arctic Red River
Edmonton-Whitehorse
United States Army
United States
Canada
Mackenzie
Fort Norman
Embarras
Fort Smith
Fort Resolution
Hay River
Fort Providence
Mills Lake
Fort Stimpson
Wrigley
Norman Wells
Camp Canal
Peace River
Metis
Alberta
Northwest Territories
Wartime Information Board
Ottawa extends coal miner training and enlistment ban
Labor Minister Mitchell announced an extended blanket postponement of military training for men employed in coal mining to August 1, 1944. The ban on voluntary enlistment of coal miners in any armed force is also extended, originally set May 17, 1943 and effective to February 4, 1944.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Dominion Construction to build 20 banding barges
John Tucker secretary of the Dominion Construction Company said the firm expects to start work soon on an order for 20 self-propelling banding barges. The news notes the planned production and company involvement without additional details.
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Vancouver
John Tucker
Dominion Construction Company
British Empire Medal Awarded to CWAC Pte Quinlan
Alta-Pte Mary Lil Hat Quinlan 22 a CWAC member attached to Red Deer army training centre has received the British Empire Medal for courage in a July accident near Sydney Nova Scotia. Acting in a rear of a loaded truck she treated casualties, summoned help, and hobbled a mile on a sprained ankle to call police and a priest. Her prompt action helped save two lives. Home Holyrood Conception Bay enlisted Halifax August 1942. Churchill says Britain well supplied by United States with armored equipment and confident tank production. Eisenhower meeting noted.
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Red Deer
Alta
Mary Lil Hat" Quinlan
CWAC
Red Dever
Sydney
N.S
Quinlan
Comerter
Pte. Quinlan
Holyrood
Conception Bay
C.w.ac
Halifax
Britain plans postwar civil aviation with empire bases
Lord Beaverbrook told the House of Lords Britain designs a 50 passenger plane for transatlantic flight in 15 hours and seeks an international postwar aviation conference. He said Britain will join discussions immediately, awaiting American surveys, and stressed empire bases to support global air routes and the right of passage and refueling for all nations.
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London
Atlantic
Britain
Lord Beaverbrook
House of Lords
Lord Privy Seal
Churchhfl
Roosevelt
Western Canada Fairs elect officers at convention
Frank E. Clark of Carman Manitoba was chosen president of the Western Canada Fairs Association at the annual convention closing meeting. D. F. Lacroix of Prince Albert Sask first vice president and A. W. Shaw of Vegreville Alta second vice president named. Victor Bjorkland of Red Deer Alta served as executive chairman.
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Winnipeg
Frank E. Clark
Carman, Man
Western Canada Fairs Association
D. F. Lacroix
Prince Albert
Sask
A. W. Shaw
Vegroville
Alta
Victor Bjorkland
Red Deer
Gestapo Agent Influx Stirs Danish Sabotage Fears
Stockholm dispatch says 6000 German Gestapo agents landed in Copenhagen by sea and rail from Czechoslovakia Belgium and processed in Denmark. Danish sources warn a fresh sabotage wave linked to Gestapo imports while occupation authorities fault police for insufficient cooperation in stopping incidents.
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Denmark
Stockholm
Free Danish Press Service
Copenhagen
Czecho- Slovakia
Belgium
Gestapo
Loss of Hunt class destroyer Tynedale announced
London reports the Admiralty confirms the loss of the destroyer Tynedale, a 904 ton Hunt class ship completed in 1940. It carried four 4 inch anti aircraft guns and eight smaller weapons. No further details are available.
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London
Admiralty
Naval Bases Expansion Bill Approved by House
The House sent to the White House a bill authorizing expenditure of 281,060,000 dollars to expand United States naval aviation facilities on the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
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Washeingtor
House of ‘Representatives
White House
United States Naval Aviation
Pacific
Atlantic
Health Uncertain General McNaughton Son
Squadron leader Andrew R L McNaughton says his father Lt General A G L McNaughton is in uncertain health after five months overseas on temporary duty. He cannot confirm if the former Canadian army overseas commander will return to Canada soon.
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Ottawa
Andrew R. L. McNaughton
RCAF
A. G. L. McNaughton
McNaughtoun
Canada
McNaughton
New Type Canadian Freighter Planned for British Columbia
Vancouver shipping officials announce a new type freighter under the 1944 program to be built in British Columbia shipyards. Details are scarce but the design will combine elements from ships built in Canada since the war began. New keels are planned to be laid around mid August as current contracts expire.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Canada
Canada records peak value in primary products in 1943
Canada produced an estimated 1.2 billion dollars in primary products in 1943, the highest in history, according to F S Grisdale deputy coordinator of primary products wartime prices and trade board. Despite a 25 percent drop in farm labor since 1939, production rose one third and monetary returns doubled. Grisdale called the achievement phenomenal, noting equipment was not plentiful.
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Calgary
Canada
F. S. Grisdale
Unprecedented Drouth Grips Plains Centered in Nebraska
The weather bureau reports an unprecedented winter drouth across a large Great Plains area, mainly hurting winter wheat production. The dry spell extends to the Rocky Mountains and western states, with mountain snowpack storage declining versus last year, impacting irrigation prospects for spring and summer.
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Washington
United States
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
Nebraska
Rocky Mountain
Bureau
Royal Canadian Navy Praised For War Role In Atlantic
London reports the Royal Canadian Navy now provides more than two-fifths of Atlantic ocean escorts. First Lord Alexander commended the force for expanding naval and air strength in the Battle of the Atlantic and for its deployment under severe weather, noting RCAF aircraft account for about a quarter of anti U boat air efforts. He cited a 42 fold peacetime manpower rise since 1939 and praised sailors from across the Dominion adapting to sea service with courage.
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London
Royal Canadian Navy
North Atlantic
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
the Atlantic
Alexander
Royal Canadian Air Force
Percy Hurd
Royal Navy
Sir William Mulock Celebrates 100th Birthday in Toronto
Sir William Mulock Canada's grand old man marked his centenary with a visit to Osgoode Hall to receive greetings from the judiciary and bar and a reception at his home attended by friends including Prime Minister King. He remained active serving as chancellor of the University of Toronto and officiated at a convocation conferring an honorary Doctor of Laws on Crown Prince Olaf of Norway.
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Toronto
Sir William Mulock
Canada
Osgoode Hall
Judiciary
Bar
King
William
University of Toronto
Olaf
Norway
Extra Returns To Hog Raisers Is Authorized
Ottawa authorizes expenditures exceeding 75000 to equalize returns to western hog producers whose hogs were shipped east for slaughter since October 1 due to prairie plant congestion. Agriculture Minister Gardiner cites war demand, doubled western production, and rate discrepancies as reasons. payments will be made via the Canadian Meat Board.
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Ottawa
Treasury Board
Agriculture
Gardiner
West
Western Canada
Éoast
Canadian Meat Board
Casualties heavy in Moro valley and Ortona battles
Unofficial tabulation covering Italian campaign up to Nov. 23 indicates December losses in Moro valley and Ortona were heavy. In the last four weeks casualties rose to about three times the prior period, 695 versus 284, signaling a rising tempo of operations since September 3.
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Ottawa
London
Ross Miro
Presa
Moro Valley
Ortona
Heligoland evacuated as fortification views rise again
Berlin radio reports all civilians have left Heligoland the German North Sea fortress. The island guarding Weser Elbe mouths serves Hamburg Bremen Cuxhaven and the Kiel canal with an estimated 2500 residents. RAF daylight raids have targeted it since the new war began.
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London
Berlin
Heligoland
North Sea
Weser
Elbe
Hamburg
Bremen
Cuxhaven
Kiel Canal
Treasure Tales At Swiss Italian Frontier
Reports from Turin claim conflicting accounts of the Savoy treasure seized by Germans and handed to the puppet regime. The coin collection of King Victor Emmanuel reportedly valued at over 1 billion Hre, about 10 million dollars, though some papers doubt it is the veritable treasure.
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House of Savoy
Victor Emmanuel
Turin
Savoy
King Victor to abdicate when right moment comes
In Bari an interview with Signor Vito Reale, acting interior minister, said King Victor Emmanuel of Italy will abdicate when necessary conditions arise. Reale expressed confidence the king will have the wisdom to make the gesture Italy expects.
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Victor
Bari
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Signor
Vito Reale
Pietro Badoglio
Dionne Quints See First Movie in North Bay
The Dionne quints five sisters aged nearly ten visited North Bay Ontario to watch Lassie Come Home. They were accompanied by their parents and appeared in a rare public outing at a local theater.
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North Bay
Ont
Dionnequints
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