Income From Farm Products Shows Decline
Canada saw cash income from farm product sales in the first six months of 1945 total 702 million dollars, about 42 million less than 1944. The prairie provinces drove the drop, especially Saskatchewan with a 51.1 million decline, while Ontario offset some losses with a near 23 million gain. Producers anticipate further weakness in field crops and mixed results in livestock as 1945 ends.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Nova Scotia
Prairie
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Prairies
Radar Station for T C A Installed at Winnipeg Field
Winnipeg reports an experimental radar station at Stevenson Field to aid safe air travel. Trans-Canada Air Lines with RC.A.F. loaned appliances and National Research Council support the tests. The setup is experimental and not permanent, designed for TAC communications experiments.
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Winnipeg
Stevenson Field
Trans-Canada Air Lines
R. M. Stevens
T.c.a.s
Rc.a.f
National Research Council
Ottawa
T.C.A
Japanese Order Bans Public Contact With Allied Landing Forces
The Japanese government issues a non-fraternization order on the eve of Allied occupation. The army and government assume full responsibility for supplying living quarters and food to the landing forces and forbid any public contact with them.
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San Francisco
Ottawa national park eyed as war memorial for fallen
Prime Minister King announced passage of two orders in council expanding federal district boundaries into the Gatineau hills and Gatineau National Park. officials propose designating the area as a national war memorial honoring all men who fell in the Second Great War.
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Ottawa
Gatineau Hills
Canada
King
Federal District
Gatineau National Park
Wartime price control lifts for leather soles on shoes
Ottawa reports another wartime restriction removed with permission for shoe repairers to use full leather soles on civilian footwear. The prices board authorized repairs of all types, enabling customers to demand leather soles for service and durability.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Help Needed in Britain to Remove War Impedimenta
Industrial experts estimate it will take two years to clear sandbags air shelters water tanks and other war impedimenta from Britain's towns and villages unless there is large scale help from German prisoners.
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London
Britain
Canada’s immigration index at forty five year low
The immigration index in Canada has fallen to its lowest level in 45 years due to the war with officials noting a potential policy shift but offering no firm answers. They cite 1943 grants of 7 445 and last year’s 9 040 as evidence of a dramatic postwar restraint while servicemen shelf space and transportation limits delay any rebound.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
Japanese Learn The Cold Facts Of Surrender
The editorial and official Tokyo broadcasts explain surrender terms to the Japanese public. Analysts say Allied terms may be lenient compared with Germany, while noting punishments for Japan remain expected. Disarmed troops return home, peaceful life urged, and Japan to resume industry and trade.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Manila
Mainichi
Buntly
Domei Agency
Japan
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
Germany
Shortage of Packing Plant Workers Across Canada
Workforces are scarce in Canada meat packing plants with shortages exceeding 1,000, per A McNamara deputy labor minister. Ontario cities including Toronto Kitchener Hamilton London Stratford Guelph and Barrie report gaps while Montreal Hull and Western centres also face shortfalls. Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Regina Prince Albert and Moose Jaw show missing staff with Winnipeg displaying sizable gaps and Brandon a minor shortage.
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Ottawa
Canada
A. MacNamara
McNamara
National Employment Service
Toronto
Kitchener
Hamilton
London
Stratford
Guelph
Barrie
Ontario
Montreal
Hull
Quebec
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Outlook Grim Europe Faces Worst Winter Ever
Frank Munk of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration warned at the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs that Europe may endure its harshest winter yet. He projected hundreds of thousands of children's deaths from hunger and cold and urged action on coal and transportation to prevent famine. He noted no consensus among major powers on relief efforts and warned the supply gap could close by November.
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Geneva Park
Lake Couchiching
Europe
Frank Munk
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canadian Institute of Public Affairs
Munks
Mr. Munk
Canadian Metals President Sees Trade Opportu nities in Europe
James A. Taylor of Canada Metals Ltd returns to Toronto after a seven week Britain tour and says Europe’s reconstruction will open chances for Canadian exporters but world trade hinges on lower tariffs. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Toronto
James A. Taylor
Canada Metals Ltd
Britain
Europe
Bank of Canada Chief Rules Out War Stamp Cutback
Governor Graham Towers stated there is no plan to discontinue War Savings Stamps and War Savings Certificates this year or next, signaling continued government savings programs in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Graham Towers
Bank of Canada
Britains Unemployed Reach New High In July
London report shows Britain's unemployment at 111 825 as of July 16 the highest since 1942 and 22 856 higher than three months earlier.
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London
Labor Ministry
Britain
Navy briefing says Japanese fleet largely destroyed
Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman told Manila talks that Japan's navy is essentially gone. Only one battleship remains usable, two carriers survive heavily damaged without crews, and most fleet units have been destroyed or removed from service since the war began.
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Guam
Forrest C. Sherman
Manila
Nimitz
Japan
Hayataka
Jatsuragi
Singapore
Ottawa to speed up release of key men for jobs
Labor Minister Mitchell outlined a revision of the industrial selection and release process across Canada to push district committee recommendations directly to the armed services. Deputy Minister MacNamara said three months ahead of peak demand, several thousand men could be released early to fill critical reconversion and reconstruction roles in priority industries, with categories including key narrow qualifications and in Canada stationed personnel slated for reassignment.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Industrial Selection and Release Board
Canada
Arthur MacNamara
Debate on UN Charter in London Focuses on Atomic Control
Parliament opened a full dress debate on ratifying the United Nations charter with a principle on international control of atomic power. Attlee urged world cooperation as vital, while Sir Arthur Salter warned lone governments cannot keep atomic secrets.
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London
Britain
Attlee
Labor
Commons
House of Lords
Arthur Salter
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
Eden
League of Nations
France Plans Monthly Wheat Imports From Canada and U.S.
Ottawa reports France aims to import 350000 tons of wheat monthly from Canada and the United States. Trade Minister MacKinnon says details on Canadian supply quantities and payment arrangements are still under discussion after Paris dispatch quoted Food Minister Pineau.
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Ottawa
France
Canada
MacKinnon
Paris
Christian Pineau
United States
Policies Extended Ottawa War Risk Insurance
Finance Minister Isley announced three month extension for government war risk insurance policies in force August 17 1945 without further premium payments. He said a decision on continuation or termination after the period would be announced before expiry.
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Ottawa
Isley
US military gains custody of Berlin properties
Berlin officials announced that the United States military government has seized custody of properties in Berlin owned by 24 American controlled businesses with prewar capitalization in the hundreds of millions. The properties, some heavily damaged, will be returned to their owners, officers said.
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Berlin
United States
Belgium Embassy Calls Canada Holders of Belgian Banknotes to Declare
The Belgian embassy in Montreal requests all persons and institutions in Canada owning Belgian banknotes of 109, 1,000 and 10,000 francs to declare and deposit them with the embassy in Montreal by October 9, 1944.
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Montreal
Canada
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University of Chicago
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University of Toronto
Dempster
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FLEET
MacArthur
Kenneth Wood
7Th Air Force
Thomas White
Fred Smith
5Th Fight Command
Higashi Kuni
Prince Konoya
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Juichi Tsushima
Mitsumasa Yonai
Suzuki
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