Canadas air arm expands to Far East fronts
Canada’s air force grows stronger as airdrome units extend to the Far East. Wing-Cmdr Johnny Plant’s flying boat squadron, after weeks of prep from a secret Northern Ireland base, completed a perilous voyage with many patrols and convoy escorts. Two crewmen, Birchall and Onyett, hailed as among the war’s greatest Canadian fliers, sighted the Japanese fleet off Ceylon and disappeared after signaling the base.
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Lepeton
Canada
Dominion
Democracy
Far East
RLCAF
Wefe
Oriental War Theatre
United Kingdom
Johnny Plant
Ottawa
Northern Ireland
Grouml
Britain
Sqdn
L. J. Birchall
Saint John
N.B
Waraint
C. Onyett
Huntsville
Ont
Prisoner Aid Delivers Red Cross Parcels to Hong Kong
Canadian Red Cross outlines food and parcel shipments to Canadian prisoners in Hong Kong. Government outfits include medical supplies and mosquito nets. next of kin parcels allowed with gum but not food or chocolate. International Red Cross plans to visit the camp with permits from Japan.
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Hong Kong
Red Crees
Toronto
Canadian Red Cross Society
Red Cross
International Red Cross
H. Plumptre
Red Cross Inquiry Bureau
Ottawa
General Post Office
Deserted towns converted into model settlements for Japs in B C
Vancouver British Columbia ghost towns in the interior Slocan district are being turned into model settlements for Japanese families evacuated from the coastal defense zone. Greenwood Kootenay and Slocan report Japanese populations of 812 429 and 22 respectively. Sandon has two Japanese and a crew of 24 carpenters and laborers prepared sites for future settlement.
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B.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Slocan
Greenwood
Kanto
Sandon
Tokyo Raid Described as Massive Low Flying Assault
American airmen scored direct hits and great damage in a raid on Tokyo and surrounding targets. Brig Gen James H Doolittle led the attack, receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor at the White House. The strike hit a cruiser in flames near Tokyo and damaged the Mitsubishi factory at Nagoya and industrial sites at Yokosuka, Kobe, and Osaka.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
James H. Doolitule
Jimmy Doolitts
Roosevelt
White House
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Nagoys
Yokosuke
Kenagawa
Kobe
Osaka
Guard Against Beef Shortages In The Future
Ottawa announces plans to prevent beef shortages and stabilize prices for cattle producers. Three steps include paying producers the export price for cattle destined for the United States, creating a control body to buy and resell cattle in shortages, and permitting ceiling price adjustments for seasonal price shifts. The program aims to shield domestic beef supplies while maintaining export incentives.
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Ottawa
Canada
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade Board
United States
Gordon
Agriculture Department
Catte
Gerdon
Restrictions on Canada U S travel studied by committees
Ottawa reports that restrictions on travel between Canada and the United States are under consideration. The joint economic committee and other government agencies have studied and continue to study possible measures, a return tabled in the House of Commons indicates.
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Ottawa
Canada
U.S
Joint Economic Committee
Saki
House of Commons
Mexicans Push War Action as Axis Sinks Tanker
In Mexico City organized labor formally asks President Camacho to declare war on the Axis and offers 2000 fresh troops. Congress denounces Nazi Fascist piracy, urges patriotic meetings, pledges aid to the United Nations, and vows to follow the president into the trenches if needed.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Organized Labor
Camacho
Permanent Commission of Congress
Congress Commission
Axis
United Nations
Ambiguity over grain aid plan from Canada to Greece
London reports that London parliamentary secretary Dingle Foot said German and Italian replies to Britain's Canada Greece grain scheme are ambiguous. He noted a need for further clarification as Germany excluded famine‑stricken islands from participation in the proposal backed by Britain Canada and the United States.
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London
Dingle Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
House of Commons
Canada
Greece
Britain
United States
Britons save shipping space by eating new brown loaf
London authorities estimate that eating the new brown loaf for four days frees 6,500 tons of shipping space. In a year this implies releasing about 600,000 tons of shipping capacity.
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London
Cause for War If Russia Aids China
Toshio Shiratori, former Japanese ambassador to Italy, warned that Russian arming of China could trigger a war. He noted reports of arms shipments extending from Turkestan into Central China for years, though current flow is uncertain as Russia is heavily engaged.
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Rome
Russia
China
Toshio Shiratori
Italy
Siberian
Turkestan
Pudding Used by Queen Victoria Auctioned for War Fund
A tinned plum pudding from a consignment sent by Queen Victoria to British troops in South Africa during the Boer War was auctioned to raise funds for the Red Cross prisoners of war relief.
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London
South Africa
Red Cross
Immigration drops 22.9 percent in year to March 31 1941 Ottawa
Immigration to Canada declined by 22.9 percent in the year ending March 31, 1941. A total of 11,496 newcomers entered Canada, including English Irish Scottish Welsh and Americans to Ontario 3,255 settling, while Quebec, British Columbia and Nova Scotia also received sizable numbers.
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Ottawa
Department of Miin and Resources
Canada
United States
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Study Farm Unit To Assist Wheat Board On Quotas
Dr. T W Grindley told the House of Commons that farm sizes in Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan cluster around 121 to 200 acres and 281 to 360 acres with Manitoba reporting 3 454 farms in 121 to 200 acres and 4 017 in the same range plus 4017 in 281 to 360 acres Saskatchewan shows 11 301 farms 281 to 360 acres and 8 560 121 to 200 acres Alberta lists 9 260 of 30 798 in 121 to 200 acres and 8 805 in 281 to 360 acres The wheat board is studying farm units to help set an equitable quota delivery system The 1941 42 wheat deliveries were 230 000 000 bushels and for 1942 43 80 000 000 will be accepted by the board Dr Grindley said the system has drawn more compliments than complaints and small farmers have not suffered P E Wright noted possible future hardship Dr D A MacGibbon outlined railway car allocations by the car control committee which distributed cars to elevator points based on permanent space in elevators and the local distribution eased after July 1941 with conditions improving
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
T. W. Grindley
Canadian Wheat Board
House of Commons
Grindley
Wheat Board
Canada
West
P. E. Wright
C.F
Melfort
D. A. MacGibbon
Board of Grain Commissioners
Car Control Committee
MacGibbon
New Sense Of Values In Britain After War
London reports Britons rethinking life after war with a mix of individualism and social aims. They prize reconstruction and fair wealth distribution while avoiding a leftward shift, embracing a “glad to be alive” attitude and increased political economic awareness among millions working in factories and paying higher taxes.
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Canterbury
England
Hitler
Himmler Tours Holland Amid Nazi Crackdown
London reports Heinrich Himmler chief of the Gestapo arrived in the Netherlands to curb rising anti Nazi resistance. He visited Reinhard Heydrich who now runs police in Occupied France. Field Marshal Rundstedt also reportedly visited Holland as anti German activity intensifies with 96 alleged resistance leaders executed and over 2,000 Dutch officers arrested plus 460 hostages seized.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Holland
Aneta
Himmler
Netherlands
Reinhard Heydrich
France
Gerd von Rundstedt
Dominion fire loss rise noted at 1941 meeting
W L Clair mont, Dominion fire commissioner, reported 1941 fire loss rose by 5,307,643 to total 28,042,007 across Canada. He disclosed figures at the annual Dominion Fire Prevention Association meeting held at Seigniory Club in Quebec W. L. Clairmont directed remarks on rising losses and fire prevention need.
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Que
W. L. Clairmont
Dominion Fire
Canada
Dominion Fire Prevention Association
Smuts Arrives in Cairo After 2000 Miles Travel
Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, prime minister of South Africa, arrived in Cairo after a 2000 mile journey by plane and car in 10 days. The British Broadcasting Corporation said he visited base camps and hospitals during the trip.
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London
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Cairo
British Broadcasting Corporation
Smuts
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