Canada to Build Short Wave Station for World Coverage
Canada plans a Sackville New Brunswick short wave station with two 500 kilowatt transmitters and three directional antennas to broadcast international and domestic news. CBC officials, external affairs, and wartime information board writers will develop programs, targeting languages and regions while leveraging Canadian experts and volunteers.
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War Services
Thorson
Augustin Frigon
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC
Gladstone Murray
Mervices
Wartime Information Board Organization
Charles Vining
The
Information Board
Public Information Bureau
Frigon
Dr. Frigon
Ali
British Broadcasting Corporation
Canadians Pass Exam Totals Near Double for St John
Ottawa reports that the number of Canadians who passed St John Ambulance Association examinations up to June 30 this year was nearly double the previous total, reflecting growing participation in first aid training across the country.
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Ottawa
St. John Ambulance Association
Victory produce plan lets farmers share in War Loan
The rational war finance committee describes a produce for victory plan opening Oct 19 where Canadian farmers pledge proceeds from farm products to the Victory Loan. Farmers, including family members, can sign victory tickets authorizing buyers to deduct shares and forward them to provincial offices in exchange for Victory Loan bonds.
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Victory
Ottawa
Rational War Finance Committee
War Finance Committee
National War Finance Committee
Aliens in Canada’s forces may gain swift naturalization
Ottawa announces an order under the War Measures Act relaxing naturalization for aliens in Canada’s armed forces serving overseas. Aliens overseas may obtain citizenship at the secretary of state’s discretion after applying, regardless of five year residence. Machinery to process requests is not yet in place, so a delay of weeks is expected. In a separate incident, police fired on a mob raiding a police station in Erum, Cuttack, killing twenty five.
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Ottawa
Canada
Secretary of State
Cuttack
India
Erum
Hitler Speech Aims to Reassure Germans on War Progress
British and other observers read Hitler's address as an effort to steady troops and citizens that the war is satisfactory. They noted cheers for promises of retaliation against RAF bombings and Goebbels' claim that America hates Nazi Germany. Some saw morale impact from hints on U.S. role and reduced talk of destroying Russia.
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Frepie
London
Germany
Hitler
Ra.f
Goebbels
America
United States
Europe
Gestapo official Alois Gruber reportedly killed at Prague
Reuters dispatch from the German frontier cites Prague reports that Alois Gruber a high ranking Gestapo official was killed there while fighting the enemies of the Reich in the protectorate. In Canada six women have begun light work in National Railway car shops as men remain assigned elsewhere.
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Gestafo
London
Reuters
Alois Gruber
Gestapo
Prague
Protectorate
Canadian National Railway
War Contracts Improve in Prairie Region
G. E. Carpenter of Winnipeg, secretary of the prairie division of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, reported improved placement of federal contracts in the prairie provinces over the last two months. He said he has been in close touch with Ottawa and that the department of munitions and supply is making its best effort to send war orders to the west.
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Prairies
Edmonton
Prairie Provinces
G. E. Carpenter
Winnipeg
Prairie
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Canadian wheat in store for week ended Sept 24
Canadian wheat in store for the week ended Sept 24 totalled 406,912,145 bushels, up from 406,319,198 the prior week, and down from 474,228,341 bushels on Sept 24, 1941, according to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Labrador is identified as the mainland point closest to Europe.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Labrador
North America
Europe
Ferry Pool third anniversary marks vast ATA aviation feat
London air transport auxiliary celebrates three years with over 100000 aircraft delivered and 225000 hours flown. From North America to Malta and Africa the ATA handled about 117 aircraft types. About 100 pilots perished. Daily traffic exceeded one aircraft per working day.
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London
Air Transport Annillary
A.T.A
North America
Africa
Middle East
Malta
Trafic
France
One-Third Of Convoy Work By Canadian Navy
Ottawa reports that this summer the Royal Canadian Navy has sunk four U boats probably sunk two more and conducted many other promising attacks. The navy now has nearly 500 ships and about 46 000 personnel with 1100 officers. Losses include the patrol vessel Raccoon and corvette Charlottetown in the Gulf of St Lawrence. The Assiniboine destroyed a submarine and survivors were rescued.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Macdonald
Assiniboine
Naval
Royal Navy
Raccoon
Charlottetown
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Canadian
Canada
Europe
Canadians urged to join national war effort drive
Elliot M. Little, director of national selective service, told the Canadian Chamber of Commerce that every citizen must fit into a national plan of action for total war. He cited manpower shortages in copper mines, coal, steel, plane spruce, and farming, warning of growing inconvenience and hardship and urging curtailment of less essential work along with more women entering war roles.
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Que
Elliot M. Little
National Selective Service
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canada
Little
Sudbury
Ont
Mr. Little
Niagara Peninsula
Ontario
Canadians may obtain extra sugar without doctor’s note
The wartime prices and trade board ruled that requests for extra sugar for health reasons including babies will be decided by ration officers, removing the need for a doctor’s certificate.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Canada Speeds Up Ship Production To One Every Three Days
Ottawa officials announce merchants ships are being launched at three day intervals. This week the 51st 10,000 ton cargo vessel was completed in Canada, with only one completed earlier in 1941.
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Ottawa
Canada
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External Affairs Department
Norman Robertson
Victory Produce
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J. H. Stubbs
Kaslo, B.C
Canterbury
Church of England
H.M.C.S
Hm.c.s. Assiniboine
Ine
Evy Canadnadian
Odessa
Moscow
Asia
Black Sea
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