CANADIAN FORCES
OVER 500.099 ENHSTPP INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION -, )- (British Official Wireless.) . (10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 13! Out of a population'of fewer than 11,000,000, 'Canada has over '560',P,Q0 in the "three fighting services yoluntpriiy enlisted for general ser-yipe .apywhepe, said the Minister of ‘National Defence, Colofiel J. Ralston, in London to-day. i The navy,' which started from almost nothing at the beginhirig df Thd war, to-day possessed more’ than' 350’ ships, arid; this 1 year’s •• plriris "would bring: the total to 550 ships. '' ■ ’ln the Canadian actiye army there were 335,000 officers : “ and' ‘'’riidri” iri Canada and abrorid; -and J in' .the r ßoyal CianadiarT ,H AiT 'Torce- were already more than ISOiOOO and men. •" ’ •’ Y ' : '
The Minister of Munitions and Supply, Mr. C. D. Howe, gave details of - Canada’s • war effort in - industry, nientioning l that - besides other ' activities,''Canada "was 1 - turningkbut" one 10,000-tori merchant ’ ship every three driys. ■’ ""
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20914, 14 October 1942, Page 2
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148CANADIAN FORCES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20914, 14 October 1942, Page 2
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