Canada Lays Plan for British Commonwealth Air Routes
Montreal talks map four main groupings for postwar air transport linking Canada Britain Australia and South Africa with Bermuda and the West Indies. Canada seeks trans Atlantic and trans Pacific shares while Australia and New Zealand show limited Atlantic interest. Officials deny an all British world service and describe reciprocal use of facilities among Britain Canada Australia New Zealand and South Africa.
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Montreal
British Commonwealth
North Atlantic
Australia
New Zealand
Atlantic
Canada
Britain
South Pacific
India
South Africa
Cape Town
C. D. Howe
Ottawa
R.C.A.F. Transport Command
T.C.A
Rla.f. Transport Command
British Overseas Airways Corporation
Canadians In Italy Rally for Victory Bonds Drive
Canadians in the Mediterranean theatre show resolve to fund post war aims by buying victory bonds. A week-long campaign reached 2 percent of its 3,000,000 directive by Oct 22, with 26,267 subscribers totaling 2,469,700 dollars. Soldiers already maxed out, reducing their monthly personal allotment to 7.50 dollars after a special exemption allowing 2.50 toward bonds.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Victory
New speed record set by Mosquito flight to Toronto
De Havilland official Miller reports that Jim Follett, chief test pilot, established a new speed record flying a Mosquito from Fort William to Toronto, covering 610 miles in 1 hour 23 minutes at an average 410 mph.
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Toronto
A Miller
de Havilland Aircraft of Canada, Limited
Jim Follett
Fort Willam
Aftermath Of Warsaw Loss For Liberty At Oswiecim
Reports from underground sources describe a grim German plan at Oswiecim, where Polish civilians evacuated from Warsaw after the uprising were killed in gas chambers. About 12,400, largely women and children, died on Oct 14, with many males sent to Germany for slave labor. estimates place Warsaw’s population and casualties at hundreds of thousands in the 63 day fighting.
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Warsaw
Oswiecim
Germany
Polisd Committee of National Liberation
Pruszkow
Lodz
Spanish Situation Combat Critiques Censors on Franco Aim
Combat denounces censor cuts on Spain coverage, alleging Franco seeks to discredit De Gaulle while depicting south France as unsettled. It claims about 40,000 armed Germans with Spain pose a threat to France and the stability of the region.
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Paris
Combat
de Gaulle
South
France
Spain
Russia Develops Wheat Fit for Irrigated or Dry Land
Russia announces development of both hard and soft wheat varieties adaptable to irrigated and non irrigated farming. The new wheat aims to improve resilience and yield across diverse growing conditions. Researchers highlight versatility for farmers and potential market impact.
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Russia
France to Regain Prestige As De Gaulle Govt Recognized
London reports brisk British press approval of recognizing De Gaulle's provisional government by Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. The move is seen as restoring France's political status, voice in postwar peace, and capacity for social and economic reforms, with editorial emphasis on an economic revolution following occupation.
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London
de Gaulle
France
Britain
Dumbarton Oaks
The
Manchester Guardian
De Gaulle and the new feudal order in finance
The Guardian notes De Gaulle’s warning about the lords of finance and industry forming a new feudal class and stresses the risk of misreading France’s vigor. It argues allied sympathy matters and urges avoiding chauvinist irritation as France’s position is recognized and the revolution faces potential disorder.
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de Gaulle
the Guardian
Darlan
Giraud
France
Britain
The
Guardian
Prisoners in Japan to receive Allied relief supplies
Canada will share in 1500 tons of relief food clothing and medical supplies gathered October 28 at a Siberian port for 1600 Canadian prisoners of war in Japan. The shipment, picked up by a Japanese ship, follows Allied efforts to arrange a freighter to Vladivostok. External Affairs called the plan a welcome provision for prisoners in enemy hands.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Siberian
Vladivostok
Washington
External Affairs Department
British Policy Toward Enemy Is Unchanged
London prime minister reaffirmed in the House of Commons that unconditional surrender remains the government’s policy with no bargaining with the enemy. He urged heed to the May 12 three power declaration to Axis satellites and declined a foreign affairs debate, promising later discussion after his Moscow report.
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London
Churwilt
House of Commons
Germany
Moscow
Richard Law
Britain
Russia
Balkans
Bulgaria
Return to Canada Ottawa war returnees from front fronts
A large Ottawa movement brings soldiers sailors airmen and women back to the Dominion for duties or treatment after service across the Atlantic. War brides travel with servicemen while many returnees carry children and some travel with spouses. The RCAF includes 22 recipients of distinguished flying cross or medal.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Atlantic
Britain
R.C.A.F
Repatriated Empire Soldiers Return via Northwest Port
Britain welcomes 1,118 service men repatriated from Switzerland after escape from German and Italian camps. They form the first group of more than 5,000 Empire soldiers and airmen released in weeks by the Swiss, with some Canadians among the detainees.
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Empire
Britain
Switzerland
Two All-Canadian Transport Squads Forming in India
Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick Bowhill said two all Canadian transport squadrons were being formed in India to operate against the Japanese in Burma and other Far Eastern theatres. He gave no further details, noting the units would be completed shortly and would consist only of crews.
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India
Montreal
Frederick Bowhill
R.A.F. Transport Command
Burma
Far Eastern
Frederick
Flying bombs hit Brussels amid Allied advance
Report from Belgium indicates widespread air raid debris and lingering planes as Allied forces push forward. Flying bomb attacks were disclosed, shaping the post advances in the region.
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Brussels
Preas
Belgium
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C.B
M.M
Audrey Boulton
Elsie Freedman
R. H. Jackson
Canadian Eevator Equipment Co
Krakow
RCAF
Willa Walker
M.B.E
R.c.af
Air Force Headquarters
A. A. Magee
Walker
Winnifred M. Taylor
Maurice A. Pope
Pope
War Committee
Chiefs of Staff
Canadian Army Staff
D.C
Canadian Joint Staff
Keller
RF. Keller
Stig Sessa
Windsor
Normandy
Arnest Walford, Cbe
Aandian Army
Kaler
Léivut
C. G. Yate
Army
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