Knox says more sacrifices needed before war won
United States Navy Secretary Frank Knox told a Toronto dinner tied to Canada's Ninth Victory Loan that victory is not near and the period of greatest sacrifice lies ahead. He praised Allied cooperation with Canada and the U S, warned against complacency, and urged continued effort to avert future wars.
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Toronto
United States Navy
Frank Knox
Canada
Berlin
Tokyo
Macdonald
United Nations
Mr. Knox
Knox
Royal Canadian Navy
North Atlantic
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Russia
Aleutian Islands
Navy
United States
British Commonwealth of Nations
Record Pork and Meat Stock Totals Rise in Canada
Dominion bureau reports April 1 storage: pork 104,246,631 pounds a record high, lard 19,281,284, reef 35,107,245, veal 2,355,939, mutton and lamb 6,675,003. Compared with March 1 and April 1, 1943 figures, stocks show notable gains in pork and lard while reef declines.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Dominion
Germany uses prisoners from Italy and Greece for labor
News from Bari reports Germany desperately needs workers for bomb damaged industries. Three thousand Italian prisoners were sent from Athens this month to the Reich, along with 180 Greek workers. Reports say 600 Greek hostages are departing Salonika for Germany, and 800 more are arriving at Salonika from Yanina for the same destination.
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Bari
Italy
Germany
Athens
Reich
Salonika
Yanina
Braziln airmen join Allied forces over Anzio beachhead
London dispatch notes confirmation from Algiers that Brazilian airmen are cooperating with the Allied Mediterranean air force over the Anzio beachhead in Italy, marking a new level of Allied coordination.
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London
Algiers
Mediterranean Air Force
Anzio
Italy
Grain Movement Program Aims Peak Shipments to Lakehead
Federal Trade Minister James A. Mai Kinner announced an emergency grain transport plan to move maximum grain to the head of the lakes before July 31. The target includes moving over 13 cars daily on the prairies and unloading about 8235 cars daily at Lake head elevators as lake navigation opens. A 2,300,000 bushel downbound loading occurred as a large lake fleet heads to Lakehead to move existing stocks rapidly.
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Ottawa
James A. Mai Kinner
Emergency Grain Transportation Committee
Winnipeg
Prairies
United Kingdom
United States
Lakehead
Big Egg Contract Call Por Shipment Of T4008
A contracted shipment of T4008 long tens of dred bee powder triggers a big egg contract dispute. Officials allege delays and supplier issues threaten project timelines and quality standards.
Ottawa contracts for dried egg powder and shell eggs
The Special Products Board and the British Ministry of Food signed a 1944 43 contract for a minimum annual shipment of seven long tons of dried egg powder with the option to import up to 78 000 600 dozen shell eggs. Prewar exports stood around 1 060 000 dozen annually and 1943 dried egg shipments equaled 34 000 000 dozen shell eggs. Ottawa eyes no wartime daylight saving change despite rural and urban power concerns.
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Ottawa
Special Products Board
Ministry of Food
Britain
British Air Mines Sink Over 100000 Tons of Enemy Shipping
The air ministry said mines laid by British planes since spring 1940 have sunk more than 100000 tons of enemy shipping along the coast from the Bay of Biscay to the Gulf of Danzig. The campaign aims to curb imports from Norway, Sweden and Spain, disrupting coal and iron ore traffic between Germany and Sweden. The airborne mine weighs about 1500 pounds and is released by parachute. its fuse is magnetic or acoustical.
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London
Bay of Biscay
Gulf of Danzig
Air Ministry
Norway
Sweden
Spain
Germany
Ottawa meeting on postwar fish markets and marketing
Representatives from the prairie provinces and federal fisheries officials discussed expanding home markets and opening foreign markets after the war. Attendees included Saskatchewan natural resources minister W. F. Kerr, federal western fisheries director A. J. Whitmore, and provincial advisers from Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
W. F. Kerr
Saskatchewan
A. J Whitmore
Western Fisheries
Alberta
Manitoba
RCAF Transport Grows In Size And Importance
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Air Force transport service expanding in reach and duties from Whitehorse to Cairo. Group Captain Z Lewis Leigh leads a team overseeing passenger cargo and mail runs including the Blueberry Ganderberry Gooseberry routes and Mosquitoes to home stations. The unit also trains pilots in Moncton with possible relocation westward as peacetime recruitment rises.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F. Transport Service
Whitehurst
Yukon Territory
Queen Charlotte Islands
B.C
Cairo
Z. Lewis Leigh
O.B.E
Lethbridge
Alta
Marlowe Kennedy
A F.C
Winnipeg
Bruce Middleton
A.F.C
Fort Frances
Lnr
Ernest Hall
Cumberland
B C
Kennedy
North American
Halifax
Moncton
N.B
Gander
Nild
Goose Airport
Labrador
Middleton
Canada
Hall
R.C.A.F
Leigh
Britain Warns Women to Stock Two Weeks Food Supply
London reports that the second front opening will affect the home front. Women are urged to prepare two weeks of emergency food to prevent shortages if communication systems are disrupted.
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London
Britain
Alberta federation backs farm work release and ammo quota
The board of directors of the Alberta Federation of Agriculture passed a resolution here urging the release of men from the Canadian defence army in the Pacific area for farm work. The federation will represent the matter to the minister of national defence and also seek an increased 1944 ammunition quota for civilian use to protect farm animals and poultry.
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Calgary
Canadian Defence Army
Pacific
Board of
Alberta Federation of Agriculture
Federation
Minister of National Defence
Prices and Trade Board
Canadians Need Not Worry Over Debt Increase
Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, told a Canadian Club luncheon that Canadians should not fear wartime debt increases. He cited growth in national income, lower real debt burden, and offset foreign debt as factors. The key, he said, is high employment and income in the postwar years, with public understanding and support.
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Toronto
Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
Mr. Towers
National War Finance Committee
Dominion
Canadian National Railways
Foreign Exchange Control Board
Towers
Choke Off Neutral Trade With Germany
London reports Britain and the United States acting together to curb neutral trade with Germany as part of a plan to pressure Sweden and Portugal over war materials exports. The move widens diplomatic pressure on Berlin while neutral nations face threats of sanctions and economic isolation.
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London
Britain
Perony
Thoke
Sweden
Reich
Turkey
Germany
Spain
Tetuan
Spanish Morocco
Eire
United States
Herschel V. Johnson
Stockholm
Cordell Hull
Lisbon
Hitler
Portugal
Berlin
Georg Schroeder
England
America
Hull
Mail for Troops Ottawa Cuts Mail Time to Front
The post office department reports surface mail from Canada to troops in the Mediterranean has been shortened from 59 to 56 days since February. Postmaster General Mulock had set 59 days for letters to Italians on the front, with further improvements expected.
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Ottawa
Canada
Mulock
House of Commons
Italy’s Victor Emmanuel to Withdraw on Rome Fall
King Victor Emmanuel announced a final plan to quit public affairs when Rome falls, transferring duties to Crown Prince Humbert. He will establish a lieutenant-generalcy under the crown prince to carry on the Royal House of Savoy duties.
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Italy
Rome
Naples
Victor Emmanuel
Crown Prince
Humbert
Royal House of Savoy
Urmston Council Bans Sunday Softball for GIs
Urmston town council refused American soldiers permission to use the public park for Sunday softball games on the grounds it would spoil the English Sunday. Local officials cited propriety and community standards as the basis for the ban.
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Urmston
Lancashire
Eng
Urmston Town
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