Huge Loan To Britain By U S Is Reported
London papers report the United States and Britain reached a loan agreement of 4.4 billion dollars with a 10 year repayment from 1946. No interest for five years, then 2 percent, aiding Britain’s winter and long term trade. Congress must approve.
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United States
Great Britain
Britain
Daily Herald
Labor
Washington
Herald
Daily Sketch
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Daily Mail
News Chronicle
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Sketch
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Mail
Bretton Woods
Russia
China
France
Canada
the Herald
Commonwealth
Dominions
Congress
Possible UN secretary general contenders named
London reports three candidates Eisenhower Eden and Pearson for the planned permanent United Nations secretary-general post. If the US hosts headquarters as likely the top post is not expected to go to an American, according to conference members.
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London
United Nations Organization
General Eisenhower
Anthony Eden
Lester B. Pearson
Washington
United States
Price increases on imported California prices and raisins
The prices board announced authorized increases on the new crop of imported California prices and raisins arriving in the coming weeks. They cite a substantial rise since 1941 and say a portion will be passed to consumers. Prices will be about 3 cents per pound higher, still below U.S. increases.
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Ottawa
California
United States
War costs world about one trillion dollars in arms
A survey led by James H. Brady and the American University in Washington estimates global war expenditures at about 1.154 trillion dollars for armament and materiel and about 230 billion dollars in property damage. It notes figures for China are unavailable.
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Washington
James H. Brady
American University In
China
Flax Seed Urged to Ease Oil Shortage Across Canada
Ottawa reports from the 1946 combined food board conference warn of a substantial deficit in fats and oils supplies. Dr. F H Lehberg urges increased flaxseed and sunflower acreage while maintaining rapeseed and soybean crops to boost linseed oil output for industry. Manitoba and Saskatchewan acreage shifts reflect a 1945 flax crop of 7.39 million bushels, with declines in Alberta and Saskatchewan harvests.
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Ottawa
Combined Food Board
Dominion Provincial Agricultural Conference
F. H. Lehberg
Canada
United States
Britain
Lehberg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Health Survey Phase Planned for Blind Canadians
Health Minister Claxton told the commons that Canada will survey medical records of all blind persons to identify main causes of blindness and to map a prevention program. He noted plans for a national laboratory and emphasized building close ties with provincial health ministers and health groups.
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Ottawa
Claxton
Commons
Canada
National Laboratory
Extra troop ships sail from London homebound Canadians
The Monarch of Bermuda and the Duchess of Bedford have been added to ships carrying Canadian servicemen home from the United Kingdom in December. Canadian military headquarters announced that each vessel can carry about 3,000 men.
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London
Bermuda
Duchess of Bedford
United Kingdom
Christmas Turkeys Expected Plentiful Coast to Coast
Ottawa reports ample supply for Christmas with turkeys mainly from the Prairies. Prices should hold near last year’s ceiling. demand in 1945 anticipated to match or exceed 1944. Western production may dip slightly but not affect overall availability. eastern markets likely to see earlier shipments.
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Ottawa
Poultry Division
Agriculture Department
Prairies
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime
Prices Board
British Columbia
Ontario - Quebec
Maritimes-Gaspe Region
Government Pledges Fast Repayment of Refundable Taxes
The government will repay refundable portions of income and excess profits taxes as soon as feasible. Refunds collected in 1942 43 44 are due within two years after the end of the fiscal year following the war declaration, with payments starting sooner. About $260 million in personal income tax refunds and $184 million in excess profits refunds are owed.
Better in Spring Ottawa
Arthur MacNamara deputy labor minister forecast improved employment in spring with possible worker shortages next season. He spoke at the Dominion-provincial agricultural conference noting Canada shifted from spring and summer labor shortage to notable unemployment in some localities. He said the situation was not unduly alarming and transfers are being facilitated as needed.
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Ottawa
Arthur MacNamara
UC cyclotron to aid peacetime cancer battle
Berkeley authorities say the University of California cyclotron will shift from military device research to a peaceful war on cancer and other diseases. Radioactive substances similar to those used in atomic bombs may be employed to fight cancer.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California Cyclotron
Self Rule for India Promised on Constitution Adoption
The Labour government in London reaffirmed a promise of self rule for India once a suitable constitution is adopted and warned against force. A continued assembly is unlikely before next spring’s Indian elections as a non partisan parliamentary committee is sent to observe and draft unofficial recommendations.
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London
India
Empire Parliamentary Association
Princess Elizabeth trip to Canada seen as inappropriate
Reports say a visit by Princess Elizabeth to Canada and the United States is being discounted. Critics fear it could stir criticism over shipping and affect soldiers families awaiting passage. Labor leaders weigh whether such a visit risks influencing Washington Ottawa negotiations for British reconstruction.
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Elizabeth
Canada
New London
U.S.A
Buckingham Palace
Edward
Washington
Ottawa
Canada lifts wartime construction controls
OTTAWA, Canada moves toward reconversion by abolishing construction control once held by the wartime Munitions Department. Builders no longer need federal licenses though materials remain scarce and local licenses may apply. Veterans housing priorities stay, while most remaining controls easing in coming months.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
Howe
Munitions Department
Ninth Contest Scholarship for Young Canadian Composers
The Composers Authors and Publishers Association of Canada announces its ninth annual scholarship contest for composers under 22 by March 31 1946. Entrants submit two works one a song with a $750 top prize at the Toronto Conservatory of Music and a $250 merit pool. junior division prizes of $25 $15 and $10 are offered for ages under 16. Entry forms and rules are at 2 King Street East Toronto.
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Toronto
Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada
Toronto Conservatory of Music
King Street East
Nationalist troops enter Mukden in Manchuria
A Chinese dispatch reports independent Manchurian forces marching into Mukden to greet nationalist troops. A brother of Marshal Chang Sueh-Liang, famed for kidnapping Chiang Kai-Shek, proclaims himself an ally of the nationalists and sends troops into the city.
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Chungking
Mukden
Chang Sueh-Liang
Chiang Kai-Shek
Himelf
Barriers to Trade Must Go Says Gardiner at Conference
Ottawa Agriculture Minister Gardiner urged the Dominion provincial agricultural conference to remove war era trade barriers between Canada and the United States. He warned continued restrictions would cause misunderstandings and hardships, noting U.S. limits on Canadian wheat and flax duties, and a Canadian ban on feed grain shipments. He also urged domestic policy to favor near-farm industry to feed western and maritime regions.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
Dominion
Canada
United States
Britain
Britain may scrap WWI era warships amid fleet downsizing
An admiralty spokesman said obsolete veteran ships across battleships cruisers destroyers and submarines could be decommissioned soon. Likely targets include several First World War R class battleships such as Ramillies Renown Resolution and Revenge plus others relegated to reserve or repurposed roles including Warspite as a training hull.
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London
Britain
Admiralty
Warspite
Aiding Relatives Vancouver Sends Funds to China
Vancouver banks report thousands of Canadian dollars weekly wired to China by relatives of impoverished residents. Postwar access restored to areas formerly occupied by Japan enables long-separated friends to reconnect, but currency values show the exchange yields little purchasing power abroad.
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Vancouver
China
Canada
Vancouver faces 1000 unfinished houses due to material shortage
The Vancouver Daily Province reports estimated 1,000 houses are unfinished in Vancouver, leaving about 4,000 men, women and children without homes for lack of materials.
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Vancouver
Vancouver Daily Province
Canadian mission to Berlin stalls on housing crisis
London reports the Canadian military mission to Berlin faces delays in securing accommodation in the ruined city and may not establish a base until the new year at the earliest.
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London
Berlin
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