Britain faces cold winter amid fuel limits and rationing risk
London reports a bleak Europe wide outlook for fuel with Britain seeing only 20 percent heat comfort reduction versus prewar levels. Officials warn conti nents may face two thirds peacetime warmth at best and general halving of fuel use. The fuel ministry bans central heating in flats until November, urging woollies and open windows as a save fuel measure. Sir Leonard Hill endorses the clothing approach.
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London
Britain
Department of Economic Warfare
Europe
Germany
Fuel Ministry
Sir Leonard Hill
Scrap Metal Essential For Armor Plate Production
Ottawa officials told a House wartime salvage committee that scrap metal remains essential for armor plate and cannot be replaced by pig iron. Officials warned that labor shortages and the need for converter equipment limit substitution, while Canada seeks new ore and scrap sources to keep steel plants operating.
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Ottawa
A. W. Brown
House of Commons
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Vancouver Island
Mr. Brown
British Columbia
United States
R. W. Mayhew
Victoria
B.C
Canada
Roy Graham
Swift Current
L. Levin
Brown
Mr. Levin
Old City
Two British Airmen Steal German Bombers in Desert Escape
Two British airmen shot down in Egypt trekked toward their lines and seized two German bombers from a desert airfield at night. They approached a guarded field, spoke German fluently, and, after a tense confrontation, started the engines and took off together back to their own side.
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Naesl Bosiker Amd Moebe Zerage
Cairo
Buchanan named assistant general manager at Winnipeg Air Observer School
Winnipeg Air Observer School Limited announces the appointment of W. 3. Buchanan as assistant general manager. The British Commonwealth Air Training post becomes effective October 1, per C. R. Troup, general supervisor of schools at Canadian Pacific Air Lines Limited.
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Winnipeg
Buchanan
Winnipeg Air Observer School Limited
C. R. Troup
Canadian Pacific Air Lines, Limited
Winnipeg Council Extends Free Tuberculosis Treatment
Winnipeg city council approved free tuberculosis treatment for all residents starting November 1 with concurrence from the Manitoba government. The program already operates free TB care in Saskatchewan and Ontario.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Ontario
British guest children in Canada near military age
Mrs. D S Archdale reports that among about 6000 British guest children in Canada under a government scheme only 1532 arrived under the program. In Alberta 111 children there, about seven near military age. Girls may return home at 18 or take war work in Canada, with parental consent for those in private schools.
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Ottawa
Canada
D. S. Archdale
Children's Overseas Reception Board
Britain
United Kingdom
Edmonton
Alberta
Lable
F. C. Flair
Missionaries Slain by Japanese Soldiers on Guadalcanal
Four Marist missionaries two priests and two sisters were bayoneted in the throat by Japanese soldiers on Guadalcanal in the Solomons, the British colonial office said. Victims were Father Arthur Duhamel 34 of Boston Maas Father Henry Engberink 33 of Utrecht Netherlands Sisters Sylvia and Odatya believed to be French. Sister Edmee escaped.
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London
Guadalcanal Island
Solomons
Arthur Duhamel
Boston
Maas
Henry Engberink
Utrecht
Netherlands
Sylvia
Odatya
France
Edmee
Boat Reaches Churchill After Rough Voyage
The Hudson's Bay Company schooner Fort Rosa limped into Churchill Manitoba last week battered from a rough voyage in the northern waters.
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Churchill
Man
Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Rosa
Canadian farmers urged to raise hogs to 300 pounds
Edmonton live stock agent Oscar A Brown argues farmers should feed hogs to around 300 pounds liveweight instead of 200. He says extra month increases supply for Britain, notes world feed grain abundance, and compares favorably with U S corn fed hogs. Canadian hog prices and market stress referenced.
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Britain
U.S
Mr. Brown
Fire squads ready as Germany threatens reprisals
Britain readies incendiary defenses after Hitler promises reprisal raids. Fire watching becomes compulsory for civilians. men 18 to 65 rotate at home or business, then women 22 to 44 join as call ups thin. Herbert Morrison stands firm despite early protests from men over women’s stamina.
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London
Hitler
Reich
Britain
Herbert Morrison
Nazi General Halder Dismissed Says Stockholm Report
A Stockholm dispatch in the Daily Express claims Col. Gen. Franz Halder, chief of the German general staff, was removed four weeks earlier after orders to halt large offensives in October to consolidate positions for winter quarters, a move opposed by the Nazi party. Brazil produces several varieties of bananas that are eaten only after cooking.
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London
Daily Express
Stockholm
Franz Halder
Brazil
Labor leaders meet in Canada convention speech
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, addressed the opening session of the annual convention in Canada. He declared that production wins after Pearl Harbor and urged workers to fill the heavens with planes and the seas with ships.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
Pearl Harbor
Royal York Hotel
Toronto
Rickenbacker urges second European land front after air superiority
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker returned from Britain with a candid assessment for War Secretary Stimson. He said Allied air forces hold definite superiority but Europe remains an air theater until Allied dominance over Germany’s air force and industrial output is achieved. He urged sustained plant operation and a steady flow of bombers fighters crews to England while noting Germany’s 4700 operational planes remain a threat and that German design work could offset Allied gains.
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Washington
E. WV
Eddie) Rickenbacker
Britain
Europe
Henry Stimson
Rickenbacker
England
Germany
Rickenbaker
France
Great Need For Support Of The Victory Loan
Hon J L Ilsley federal finance minister urges Canada to back the third Victory Loan in a prepared address to service clubs. He stresses broad subscriptions from all income groups, especially wage earners and farmers, and the need to save now to fund wartime needs. He notes past loan campaigns provide a framework, but calls for vigorous local organization and public support. A city newspaper uses about 2000 acres of forest yearly for paper pulp.
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Toronto
Canada
J. L. Laley
Ilsley
Isley
Treasury
Tisley
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Que
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Livestock Commission
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Samuel Lifshitz
Wiliam Kashtan
Tim Buck
Sam Carr
Stewart Smith
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