Fourth Victory Loan Aimed to Curb Inflation Says Spinney
Hamilton Ontario G W Spinney chairman of the national war finance committee denies rumors about the Fourth Victory Loan. He explains bonds may be sold for cash anytime and the redemption date allows government option to pay before maturity. The loan opens April 26 with a goal of 1.1 billion dollars to fund war efforts and curb inflation. Spinney links rumor spread to enemy origin and notes loan importance to Canada’s wartime finances.
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Hamilton
G. W. Spinney
National War Finance Committee
Canada
Sisley
Spinney
United States
Improving Plant For Tar Sands Oil Extraction
Ottawa has allotted 500000 dollars to enhance a tar sands oil plant in Alberta with costs recouped from Alaska highway material sales. Munitions Minister Howe reported to the House, noting ongoing trials and remaining challenges before wide production, and that the pilot plant will test a developed process.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Alberta
Alaska
Howe
House of Commons
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Abasand Oils Ltd
Japanese Air Offensive Aims at American Mainland
Tokyo radio quotes Maj Gen Kenryo Sato announcing completion of preparations for a vast air attack on the American mainland by Japanese German and Italian air forces in coordination. Montreal reports Sir Edward Beatty’s estate leaving one tenth to McGill University along with his library.
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America
London
Tokyo
Kenryo Sato
Bureau of Military Affairs
Montreal
Sir Edward Beatty
McGill University
University Board of Governors
Sir Edward
New Minesweeper HMCS Winnipeg Largest Great Lakes Ship
The Royal Canadian Navy unveils HMCS Winnipeg the first of a new class and the largest naval vessel ever built on the Great Lakes. A naval service spokesman said exact specifications were not released but it is bigger than the corvettes previously built there for Canada and Britain.
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Navy
Winnipeg
Great Lakes
Naval Service Headquarters
Postwar Period Poses Hard Times for Canadian Industry
Ottawa reports a February national income peak of 700 million dollars annualized at 5.4 billion. The Canadian Manufacturers’ Association tells the senate reconstruction committee postwar employment may exceed prewar levels but not sustain wartime highs without continued surge in foreign trade. It urges gradual removal of wartime controls while reconverting wartime plants to peacetime goods and services. wartime employment rose from 650,000 to about 1,250,000 as output jumped to 8 billion annually. Many wartime workers, especially women, may shift to other roles after the war.
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Mtlaws
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Senate Reconstruction Committee
Canada
Association
Distinguished Flyer Edwards Receives DFM and DFC
Flight Lieutenant James Francis Edwards of Battleford Lask Royal Canadian Air Force has earned the Distinguished Flying Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross since the year began for outstanding North Africa service. The 21 year old pilot has eight confirmed enemy kills, five probables and damage to others in the Western Desert, with 190 operational hours. He rose from sergeant to flight lieutenant in weeks and was called a wizard at aerial gunnery after downing a ME 109 on his first mission.
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James Francis Edwards
Battleford
Lask
North Africa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Western
Desert
RAF
Edwards
No Decision On Wheat Sales To United States
Ottawa says discussions on possible Canadian wheat sales to the United States are under way in Washington but no final decision or sales volumes are confirmed. Railway transport concerns could affect purchases as car shortages curb wartime movement. Canadian grain stocks at March 31 total about 1.39 billion bushels with wheat at 798 million. 1943 crop planting aimed at 44 million acres.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
United States
Washington
Canada
George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Ottawa appoints Brig Guy Simonds army division commander
Defence headquarters announced Brigadier Guy Granville Simonds of Kingston Ontario was promoted to major general and named general officer commanding a Canadian army division overseas. He is the youngest Canadian major general at 39 and succeeds Maj Gen J H Roberts, who will command Canadian army reinforcements units in Britain. Roberts is 52.
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Ottawa
Guy Granville Simonds
Kingston
Ont
Defence Headquarters
J. H Roberts
Dieppe
Britain
Roberts
Simonds
Young Seaman Awarded British Empire Medal for Bravery
George Alvin Decker a 21 year old Vancouver merchant seaman was awarded the British Empire Medal by the London Gazette for saving shipmates after his vessel was torpedoed last autumn. He swam to a capsized lifeboat, helped right it, and rescued sailors in the water while awaiting safe rescue. He is currently working in a war factory to fund a future return to sea.
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London
London Gazette
George Alvin Decker
Vancouver
Decker
Hull
RCAF Sergeant Fights With Scottish Troops in Tunisian Campaign
Flight Sergeant John L Swift of the RCAF, on leave from night bomber missions, joined the British Eighth Army’s Scottish Black Watch in the Wadi e Akharit line north of Gabes. He fought with them, lay seven hours in a trench under fire, then seized an Italian submachine gun and fired on an Italian patrol before returning at dusk. Swift, a Missoula native, enlisted in Montreal and served eight months in RAF Middle East command.
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Eighth Army
Tunisia
John L. Swift
R.c.af
Black Watch
Wadi E] Akharit
Gabes
Swift
Missoula
Mont
R.C.A.F
Montreal
U.S
R.A.F
Middle East
Health supervision plan endorsed by Health League of Canada
Toronto reports the Health League of Canada announced a plan to supervise the health of Canadian factory workers and said the federal government endorses the plan.
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Toronto
The
Health League of Canada
Princess Elizabeth Visits Grenadier Guards Battalion
Princess Elizabeth 17, honorary colonel of the Grenadier Guards, attended a public engagement with the battalion alone. She spoke with guardsmen, saluted, and climbed a tank to see how the turret worked, wearing a gold grenade pin and a diamond brooch from officers.
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Elizabeth
London
Grenadier Guards
Lady Nelson Named Canada Hospital Ship in War
The Lady Nelson flagship of the Canada West Indies fleet has been converted into Canada's first armed forces hospital ship. Canadian National Steamships announced the wartime conversion, confirming the vessel's role after prior Ottawa disclosure without identity details.
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Lady Nelson
Canada-West Indies
Montreal
Canadian National Steamships
Canada
Armed Forces
Ottawa
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