Many Brides May Be Left In Britain By Transportation Deadline
Ottawa reports that the June 30 deadline for government paid passages to Canada will not be renewed for war brides and children of Canadian servicemen in Britain. An Immigration Branch official says 4,500 to 5,000 family units remain, with many unable to leave due to husbands lacking jobs or housing. Free transport has carried 31,545 brides and 15,918 children to Canada so far, with numbers from the Netherlands Belgium France and other nations also listed.
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Ottawa
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Veterans Affairs Department
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Belgium
France
Control Fires Save the Birds
Ducks Unlimited Chief Naturalist urges spring field burning before April 15 to protect nesting birds like Prairie Horned Larks Meadowlarks Killdeers Maillards Pintails and Canada Geese. Burning should avoid nesting cover and marshes as birds need food and cover. disruption early in nesting is less harmful than during incubation.
Spaak Forms Socialist Catholic Coalition Cabinet
Premier Paul Henri Spaak announced formation of a new cabinet with the Catholic party, in which he would also serve as minister of foreign affairs. The cabinet includes Socialists and Catholics while Liberals and Communists refuse participation. The prior left wing coalition headed by Camille Huysmans resigned over coal price policy.
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Belgium
Paul Henri Spaak
Catholic Party
Camille Huysmans
Newsprint price hike announced by Abiti bi Power and Paper
Abiti bi Power and Paper Company Limited and Canadian International Paper Sales company in Montreal announce an April 1 increase of six dollars per ton on standard weight newsprint. Base price is eight hundred dollars per ton. The Vancouver Daily Sun will skip display ads on Mondays and Tuesdays due to a newsprint shortage.
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Toronto
Abitibi Power and Paper Company. Limited
Canada
United States
Canadian International Paper Sales Company
Montreal
Vancouver
Vancouver Daily Sun
Nations urged to give all war foes a voice in peace talks
In Moscow the U S Secretary of State Marshall urged that all countries that declared war on Germany take part in the final peace settlement. Molotov proposed Albania and Iran join the consulta tive conference, decision deferred to ministers deputies. Bevin urged wide participation and legality concerns but Marshall pressed for a conference including China and all wartime powers.
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Marshall
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Germany
Molotov
Albania
Iran
Foreign Ministers Conference
China
Bidault
France
Bevin
Britain
Helgoland to be destroyed by Royal Navy and RAF
The island of Helgoland, once a German naval fortress, will be blown up this month by a combined Royal Navy and RAF operation. A naval officer will detonate 7,000 tons of explosives on April 18 to destroy tunnels, U-boat facilities, and gun emplacements beneath the island.
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London
Helgoland
Royal Navy
RAF
War Prices Board appoints Mr Taylor to Chair after Gordon resignation
Mr Taylor, recently named Senior Deputy Chairman, will take over as Chairman of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board upon Donald Gordon’s resignation on April 15, 1947. Born December 12, 1899 in Takutang China, he pursued a long career in academia and public service, including McMaster University and the Department of Finance before joining the board. He has served as Foods Administration Coordinator and joined the Prices Board in its founding week 1939. He is married with three children and lives in Ottawa.
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Canada
Canadian Field Artillery
England
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University of Chicago
McMaster
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The
Foods Administration
Ottawa
Germany to Build Major Penicillin Plant in German Zone
The United States military government plans a new penicillin facility in Germany to be built with German-made materials. It will produce 200 billion Oxford units monthly, aiming to supply both British and American zones plus a surplus for export to cover project costs.
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Berlin
Europe
United States
Germany
Oxford
T. A. Rude
Great Lakes Shipping Forecast to Be Record Year
Toronto reports an expected peak season on the Great Lakes with grain from the prairie provinces and iron ore for U S steel mills driving the busiest year in history. Port Arthur foresees a 1,000,000 ton ore shipment and a heavy freight backlog as icebreaking tugs contend with open lanes and rising inland traffic.
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Toronto
Canada
Great Lakes
Prairie Provinces
Lake Superior
United States
Ontario
Lakehead
Port Arthur
Fort Wi
Llam
James Whalen
Recovery Seen in British Industry
Edmonton report quotes Herbert Tout senior lecturer in economics at the University of Bristol stating that British industries had a most encouraging recovery in 1946 despite a severe winter and should resume the recovery once immediate difficulties are overcome.
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Edmonton
Herbert Tout
University of Bristol
Canada doubles depreciation to spur rental housing
Ottawa announces doubled depreciation rates for rental housing projects built or acquired 1947 49 to stimulate supply. For four plus unit projects meeting CMHC specs the deduction lasts 10 years, with monthly rents under 70 and veterans preference. Owner occupancy rules limit applicability to four family structures.
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Ottawa
Howe
Commons
Hong Kong Worries Britain as Population Surges
Britain faces a colonial headache as Hong Kong's population climbs toward two million after the Japanese occupation. E Creech Jones reports the influx strained public services, with war damage, poverty, and high rents shaping the island's new economic and political pressures.
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Hong Kong
Jones
National Federation buys Berkshire estate for country housewives college
Abingdon Berkshire reports the National Federation of Women's Institutes purchased a house and 100 acre estate to serve as a college for country housewives. Juneau Alaska recorded 53 days with zero weather in 23 years, contrasting Alaska's cold-country image.
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National Federation of Women’s Institutes
Juneau
Alaska
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