Britain Needs More Canadian Wheat and Bacon
British Food Minister Strachey said he will not visit Canada despite tight wheat supplies and will keep consulting with Ottawa on wheat movement. He noted Canada remains the UK’s main bacon supplier though shipments are down, while Danish bacon and home production could fill gaps.
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London
Strachey
Canada
Britain
Dominion
L. W. Pearsall
Canadian Bacon Board
United Kingdom
Denmark
Canadian Agriculture Ministry
Ottawa
Britain unveils jet propelled flying wing prototype
Britain displays its jet propelled flying wing, described as the first of its type by Armstrong Whitworth. The arrowhead shaped craft features swept back wings, twin Rolls Royce 91 engines of 5,000 pounds thrust, and a 92 foot wingspan. Top speed is about 550 mph and test flights are planned at Bascombe Downs next month.
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London
Britain
Atlantic
Supply Ministry
Armstrong Whitworth
Bascombe Downs
Cripps notes British exports near prewar level
Sir Stafford Cripps told a Canadian chamber of commerce luncheon that Britain’s exports run at about 120 percent of prewar volumes. A target of 175 percent was set but a shortage of key raw materials makes the goal unlikely to be reached.
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London
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Board of Trade
Oldham Director Bequeaths Laborer Large Sum
Laborer John Cregan, employed by an Oldham firm, once camped in the director Harry Harris's garden in his spare time. Harris has left him 6853 pounds, about 27404 dollars, as a bequest in his will.
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Oldham
England
John Cregan
Harry Harris
Vancouver Girl Found After Eleven Months Missing
Emma Mullard a 21 year old red headed Vancouver resident returned home after an 11 month search and a five week 12000 mile pursuit by private detective Theodore Flint. She crossed the US Canada border last January to see the country and avoided family contact fearing deportation. Flint traced her through Seattle Portland Reno San Francisco Cleveland then a 72 hour New York lobby vigil before locating her in a hotel.
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Vancouver
Emma Mullard
United States
White Rock
B.C
Theodore Flint
Seattle
Portland
Reno
San Francisco
Cleveland
New York
Flint
Emma
Australia forms film board to promote national life
Ralph Foster, Australia’s first film commissioner, established a government supported film organization modeled on Canada’s board. The Australian film board, with a staff of about 40, has completed 25 films and has 35 more in various stages of production, covering the six states and New Guinea.
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Sydney
Australia
Canada
Ralph Foster
Canadian Film Board
Australian Film Board
Foster
Australian Board
New Guinea
Trapper Reports Wolves Clearing Traps In Churchill
Sandy Oman, noted trapper in Churchill, says wolves patrol ahead of him and more than 40 white foxes have been eaten from his traps this season. He notes the distance between coal and fuel for vehicles is substantial.
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Churchill
Sandy Oman
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Loans Totaled Nine Million For Small Firms
The Crown owned Industrial Development Bank reports loans totaling 9,396,674 since November 1, 1944. It has funded 205 industries with an average loan of 45,137 and average term five years. Provinces show Quebec and Ontario highest totals, with smaller sums in Atlantic and western regions.
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Industrial Development Bank
Ottawa
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia and Territories
Furtwaengler Cleared by Denazification Court in Berlin
German conductor Wilhelm Furtwaengler was cleared by an eight member denazification panel in Berlin after a two and a half hour review. The court found he held Nazi positions in name only and had no connection with the party. An ovation of 150 spectators greeted him for over five minutes.
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Berlin
Wilhelm Furtwaengler
Germany
Furtwaengler
Windsor Bank Installs Bulletproof Drive-In Teller
Builders in Windsor Ontario plan a new bank with a drive-in teller window for car customers. The feature is protected by bullet-proof glass to ensure safety for both staff and clients.
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Windsor
Ont
Australia Sets Wheat Acreage Target For War Year
The government fixes an overall 15 million acre wheat target for 1940 to 1941 with state plans detailing production. New South Wales aims for 5.2 million acres, up from 4.047 million sown last year yielding over 62 million bushels of a 145 million bushel national total. Forecasters cite favorable weather and note possible limits from parts and labor shortages.
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Canberra
Australia
New South Wales
Organized Denver Youth Gang Captured After Loot Ring
Police say a 20 member gang of youths including four 14 year old girls carried out districted thefts across Denver since last August. The group allegedly stole over 5000 dollars in loot from typewriters to cars and clothes. Eighteen members are 16 or younger and the youngest is 12.
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Denver
Peanut Butter Prices Raised by 50 Percent in Ottawa
The prices board allows a rise up to 50 percent for peanut butter due to higher peanut costs. A 16 ounce jar may cost 38 to 42 cents, up from 19 to 25 cents previously.
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Ottawa
Redman Wheat Debuts As Rust Resistant Candidate
At the Manitoba agronomists meeting in Winnipeg Redman, a rust resistant wheat, rises near the top of the provincial varieties list. Still experimental and with limited supply, it showed success across regions, signaling it may become the province’s leading wheat variety. Regent remains first among wheats while other grains like Stewart, Exter, Sanalta, Plush, Montcalm, Royal and Redwing hold positions in their respective categories.
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Winnipeg
Redman
Manitoba Agronomists
Association
Regent
Stewart
Exter
Sanalta
Plush
Montcalm
Royal
Vancouver Airport Seen Canada’s Busiest Activity Hub
Airport manager William Templeton reports Vancouver airport led Canada in aircraft movements with about 500 airline passengers per day over the last 11 months of 1946. More than 2000 non scheduled landings occurred en route to Alaska and other continental points.
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Vancouver
Canada
William Templeton
Vancouver Field
Alaska
Condemn Proposals to Let Prisoners Stay in Canada
Edmonton Montgomery branch of the Canadian Legion condemns federal plans to allow German prisoners of war to remain in Canada and passes a resolution urging Prime Minister King to send them back to Germany. The group also denounces lack of an armed oath for Polish soldiers brought to Canada under General Anders.
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Edmonton
Canada
Edmonton Montgomery
Canadian Legion
King
Germany
Anders
Remains of Flying Officer Identified Near Tours
An RCAF patrol team identified the corpse of Flight Lieutenant James MacVicar Clement, shot down near Tours in June 1944 by German anti aircraft fire. Ottawa said the last address on file for his widow is Edmonton.
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Tours
France
R.C.A.F
James MacVicar Clement
Here
Ottawa
Air Force
Edmonton
Victoria Cross Award For Posthumous Mention Of Lieut Wilkinson
London reports that the Victoria Cross, Britain’s top valor honour, replaces an earlier posthumous mention in dispatches for Lieut. Thomas Wilkinson of the Royal Naval Reserve. He charged a heavily escorted Japanese convoy near Singapore in 1942 aboard his small patrol vessel.
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London
Britain
Thomas Wilkinson
Royal Naval Reserve
Singapore
Former servicemen buy 537000 suits under priority plan
The prices board reports that former servicemen have purchased 537000 suits under the priority purchase certificate plan for discharged personnel. The board reminds buyers that certificates expire December 31 and will not be valid afterward.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Expansion of Arctic Weather Stations Needed
Toronto. Andrew Thomson, Canada’s new controller of meteorological services, says expanding Arctic weather stations from six to 16 within three years, ideally 26, would give accurate storm warnings and aid safety for trans polar flights. The vast Canadian US sector north of 66 degrees is the “blind spot” with 500,000 square miles and risks from North America’s most paralyzing storms.
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Toronto
Arctic
Andrew Thomson
Canada
Thomson
Russia
North America
Exit permits for U S issued more freely
Ottawa reports no plan to tighten exit permits as wartime controls ease. From July 1945 to July 1946 U S non quota immigrant visas to native-born Canadians totaled 18 280, about 75 percent of Canadian permits, with over 6 000 permanent immigration visas issued. engineers and scientists accounted for 2 636 of the permits amid broader access for doctors and other professionals.
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Ottawa
United States
U.S
Canada
Bacon Ration Cut in London as War Measures Take Effect
The British bacon ration will drop from three to two ounces per week starting January 5. Milk ration increased from a quart to 1% quarts weekly as part of wartime adjustments.
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London
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J. L. Isley
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Defence
Douglas C. Abbott
Trapper
DR. Furtwaengler
Agronomists Meeting
Malaya
Government House
Malcolm MacDonald
Sheila MacDonald
A. D. P. Heeney
Right
Privy Council
Col. J. Rowley
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