Britain Must Rely On Own War Efforts, MacDonald Says
Ottawa reports Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald says Britain is mobilizing its own production and that Empire unity is essential. He notes Britain’s difficult but resolute stance, arms flowing to Russia, and Canada urged to lift output while London expects a long conflict under Churchill’s leadership.
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Britain
Ottawa
United Kingdom
Malcolm MacDonald
Canada
MacDonald
London
Russia
Mr. MacDonald
Improved dependents allowances move toward Canada
Ottawa says Britain plans to raise dependents allowances for British servicemen with the first November pay. Canada is expected to follow soon with increases for soldiers sailors and airmen and to allow more than two children. Current non commissioned ranks receive 35 dollars a month for a wife and 12 dollars for each of two children. commissioned officers wives start at 45 dollars for lieutenant and rise with rank. child allowance remains 12 dollars for all ranks.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
Leutenant
Unemployment Insurance Surpasses Early Estimates in Canada
Ottawa reports more than 2,700,000 Canadian workers insured under the unemployment insurance plan, 200,000 above prior estimates. Returns show about 140,000 employers registered.
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Ottawa
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Manitoba forms 600 cadet units in air program
Winnipeg reports that Manitoba has organized air cadet units totaling 600 members. Major R C Huggard, secretary of the Manitoba branch of the Air Cadet League of Canada, supplied the figures.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
R. C. Huggard
Air Cadet League of Canada
Repatriation Talks Between Britain and Germany Stalled
London reports that negotiations between the British and German governments for the repatriation of war prisoners, which were suspended on October 6, have not resumed. The status of talks and any new dates remain unclear.
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London
Gifts For Overseas Ottawa Postal Gift Parcel Deadlines
The post office department set mail dates from November 10 to 14 for Christmas gifts to Canadian forces overseas. Regions have specific deadlines, and parcels must be marked gift. Weight limits vary by destination and rate, with tobacco cards mailed separately and special reduced rates for military parcels.
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Ottawa
Post Office Department
Navy
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Canadian Auxiliary Services
Dilke St
Chelsea
S.W
London
Eng
Gibraltar
Secretary Hull denies U S role in Panama changes
Secretary Hull repudiates reports that the United States helped bring about the recent government changes in Panama. He says he is profoundly shocked by what he calls glaring inaccuracies and wilful misrepresentations in a newspaper despatch claiming U S involvement.
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Washington
Hull
United States
Panama
Mussolini faces rising unrest and district prefect dismissals
London report from Reuters says Mussolini struggles with unrest after dismissing prefects in ten Italian districts including Bolzano Catania Leghorn Zara Rovigo Rieti Pistoria Potenza. Heating in northern Italy may start December 1 with limited hours and fuel shortages risk full winter outages by January. A Yugoslav legation spokesman claims Serbia’s resistance to German rule has grown to an armed force of 80,000, with bands hindering travel and attacks on targets near Belgrade.
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London
Reuters
Mussolini
Florence
Bolzano
Catania
Specia
Leghorn
Zara
Rovigo
Rieti
Pistoria
Potenza
Tuscany
Ministry of Corporations
Italy
Legation
Serbia
Smederevo
Belgrade
Famine in Southern Rhodesia Deepens Amid Drought Report
Arthur J. Orner of the American Board of Foreign Missions warned that famine in Southern Rhodesia is worsening beyond the war's impact. He cited the worst crop failure due to rainfall shortages, with harvest at only about 50 percent of normal.
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Boston
Rhodesia
Africa
Arthur J. Orner
American Board of Foreign Missions
US Tank Production Rises in September
The United States war department reported a substantial increase in tank production in September with medium tanks nearly doubling August output and light tanks showing a strong gain. exact figures were not disclosed.
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Washington
United States War Department
Attlee urges collective force to enforce world peace
Clement Attlee as lord privy seal told the National Defence committee that despite the League of Nations failing, its founding principles must guide postwar reform. He called for a great plan to eradicate Nazism in Germany and said Germany must not be allowed to rise again until reform is complete, before his trip to the United States for the International Labour Conference.
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London
Clement Attlee
League of Nations
National Defence Committee
United States
Germany
Polish Troops Raid Axis Strong-Point Near Tobruk
Polish forces defending Tobruk carried out a successful raid on an Axis strong-point outside the siege ring. British general headquarters reported the Poles fought with great gallantry and determination, killing 20 enemies at a cost of four Polish casualties.
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Cairo
Tobruk
Britain Faces Food Shortages Amid Lend Lease Debate
United States Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard told a Senate committee that Britain’s supply of dairy meat poultry and fruit remains well below desirable levels given shipping limits and invasion risk. An aide inquiry found civilian nutrition lagging behind health and production needs. Knudsen outlined a defence plan totaling 56 billion dollars to be spent by end of 1943, with 50 billion already available and the 5.895 billion addition to be layered onto the schedule.
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Washington
United States
Claude Weickard
Great Britain
Wickard
Senate
House
Britain
William S. Knudsen
Office of Production Management
Alva Adams
Knudsen
Eskimo Census in Ottawa Narrows Arctic Count
Despite ice conditions described as the worst in 40 years, the postal ship Nascople finished its 12,000 mile eastern Arctic voyage two days early. Government representatives will issue enumerators discs with each Eskimo's number and syllabic mark for permanent identification and habitation data.
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Ottawa
Northern Mail
Nascopie
Arctic
Canadians Asked to Double War Savings Drive
Toronto. Finance Minister Linsley urged Canadians to double their per capita investment in war savings stamps, urging higher objectives beyond current pledges. About 1.4 million participants have invested $91,403,841 across seven years, with 30,000 volunteers enabling low government costs. The drive aims to raise $960 million this year to aid Britain, alongside Canada’s own war expenditures. Ontario centers expected to fund purchases of bombers and other war materiel.
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Toronto
Linsley
Canada
Hiley
Great Britain
Ontario
Strength of the Far Eastern Defence Lines
Melbourne reports a cabinet review of plans to strengthen an unbroken defence line from India through Malaya to North Australia and New Zealand. British commander Sir Robert Brooke-Popham attended as air service talks with Japan and Portugal potential routes over the Netherlands East Indies were noted amid Defence improvements and planned reinforcements for Malaya and Manila.
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Melbourne
India
Malaya
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Portugal
Indo- China
Timor
Netherlands East Indies
Robert Brooke-Popham
Far East
Far Eastern
Robert
Britain
United States
Philippines
Manila
Absorb Freight Costs for Western Eggs to Britain
Vancouver MP G G McGeer reports a proposal for Ottawa to absorb internal freight on shipping eggs to Britain. If adopted, Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and BC egg producers would get Montreal prices. The plan aims to sustain western production and seeks equal feed grain support for BC producers.
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Ottawa
Britain
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
I.o.b
Montreal
Special Products Board
Department of Agriculture
G. G. McGeer
Vancouver
M.P
McGeer
Prairies
Ireland to Britain large livestock shipment arranged
Irish agricultural officials arrived in London to finalize a deal valued at about £15,000,000 for cattle and sheep sent to Britain. The sale, described as Ireland’s largest livestock deal, follows a nine month export halt due to foot and mouth disease with a surplus of roughly 450,000 head in Eire.
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London
Britain
Eire
Short Wave Station Granted to Associated Broadcasters
The Federal Communications Commission has granted a license for a 100,000 watt short wave international broadcasting station to Associated Broadcasters Inc. General Manager Lincoln Dellar of KFSO said broadcasts will target the Far East Australia and Central and South America as the most powerful system yet.
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San Francisco
Federal Communications Commission
Associated Broadcasters, Inc
Lincoln Dellar
KFSO
Far East
Australia
Central
South America
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House of Commons
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Josef Terboven
Norway
Otto von Stuelpnagel
France
Alexander Ernst von Falkenhausen
Belgium
Reinhard Heydrich
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