Extensive Plan For Irrigation Of The Prairies
George Spence, director of operations for the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act, presented a post war plan to the House of Commons reconstruction committee for irrigation and water conservation in the prairie provinces. The proposal outlines eight immediate projects, a second group ready for construction, and multiple additional schemes totaling 111,308,000 dollars to irrigate about 3,000,000 acres, with labor and materials costs broken down.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
House of Commons
George Spence
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
Spence
St Mary and Milk River
Alberta
Swift Current
Bow
Red Deer
North Saskatchewan
Canadian Victory Bond Push Gains Wartime Momentum
Canadian Army commander Lieutenant General A G L McNaughton lauds rising munitions output and war bond purchases as a boost to the war effort. He cites ships aircraft guns and other weapons and notes the Cairo observer crediting Canadian tools for defeating the Afrika Korps while urging continued bond purchases to pressure the enemy.
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A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
Cairo
Afrika Korps
Britain Proposes World Banking Currency Plan
Britain unveils a sweeping white paper advocating an international clearing union to expand world trade. Lord Keynes proposes a bancor based system with fixed quotas, flexible credit, and stabilized local currencies, while US plans emphasize gold and a strong US veto in the governing board.
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London
Great Britain
Lord Keynes
Exchequer
United States
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Bancor
Cancor
United States Treasury
Australia plans postwar civil aviation expansion
An Austral iast quoted a government s says Australia aims to develop postwar civil aviation. The plan includes air services linking all major Australian cities and two international airlines to connect overseas routes.
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New York
Australia Islays
al Maj
Russians Favor Growing Air Offensive Against Germany
Moscow reports that Russians welcomed news of the Allied air offensive over Germany and occupied countries. They speculated it signals a European invasion and that American air activity shows Allied forces building strength for a land attack.
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Germany
Moscow
Europe
Far East experts urge disarmament and removal of Japan
A report from the Institute of Pacific Relations details proposals by Far Eastern diplomats and experts. They recommend Allied troops occupy Tokyo after the war, complete disarmament of Japan, and seizure of all empire possessions including Korea, Manchuria, and the Pacific islands. China seeks Formosa and opposes forced labor battalions for postwar repairs.
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Washington
The
Institute of Pacific Relations
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Manchuria
Pacific Islands
Formosa
Emperor Hirohito
China
Pacific
Welles
Mont Tremblant
Quebec
New Brigadier A. D. Wilson Named Western Board Chairman
New Brigadier A D Wilson announced as chairman of a western officers selection and appraisal board at national defence headquarters. He has been commandant of the Gordon Head British Columbia officers training centre for the past year. Atlantic Charter principles debate continues with sharp exchanges between Canadian and American delegates over future police postwar plans and self governing regions in the Pacific.
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A. D. Wilson
National Defence Headquarters
Gordon Head
B.C
Washington
U.S
America
Britain
Camouflage
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
New York
Marcel Godfrey
Pacific Command
James C. Boudreau
U.S. Civil Air Patrol
John C. H. Porter
Royal Canadian Engineers
John N. C. Lewis
Royal Engineers
A. E. Cleeve Horn
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
William H. M. Collison
Royal Canadian Artillery
Winnipeg Twins Fly Together in RAF Stirling Crew
Identical twins Doug and Ernie Tood from Winnipeg serve with an English RAF squadron. At 23 they fly the same Stirling bomber as wireless air gunners and alternate positions to stay together. The closest they came to separation was during mining work at Sioux Lookout in Ontario.
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Doug
Ernie Tood
Winnipeg
Man
R.A.F
England
Ernie
Sioux Lookout
Life sentence for Dublin letters to German legation
William Frederick Craven, 28, a former member of Mosley’s British Union of Fascists, was sentenced to life in Old Bailey for writing to the German legation in Dublin expressing willingness to work for the Reich. The letter, intercepted by censorship, cites his Hitler admiration and wartime internments.
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London
Dublin
Old Bailey
William Frederick Craven
Hitler
Sir Oswald Mosley
British Union of Fascists
Craven
Army
Washington
Soviet Union
London Times
Eden Reports U.S. Talks and Near Complete UK US Agreement
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden described Washington discussions as focused on operational war matters political co operation and wartime questions. He said there was complete agreement with the United States on future policy toward France and plans for improved information exchange on enemy and occupied territories.
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London
Eden
Washington
House of Commons
U S
Hull
Britain
France
United States Administration
Vichy
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Canadian Medical Association backs health insurance plan
The Canadian Medical Association approves the principle of health insurance for Canada in a submission to the House of Commons social security committee. Dr. T. C. Routley read the paper, noting some draft bill features and urging broader member review before detailed discussion.
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Ottawa
Canadian Medical Association
House of Commons Social Security Committee
T. C. Routley
C_MLA
A. E. Archer
Lamont
Alta
Routley
Canada
CMLA
Churchill Backs Eisenhower on Delayed North Africa Trip
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill expressed full accord with General Eisenhower's request to General de Gaulle to postpone his proposed trip to North Africa. De Gaulle postponed his travel to conduct conferences with General Giraud in French North and West Africa.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Dwight Eisenhower
Charles de Gaulle
North Africa
Henri Giraud
North and West Africa
Eisenhower
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Far East
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Stalin
Molotov
Sia
Medical Association
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