Britain Faces Dual Food Challenge in Wartime
The Ministry of Agriculture battles to feed Britain while reducing shipping needs. By 1942 home farming rose to over 63 percent of consumption as thousands of small farmers are mobilized under county war agricultural committees with wide powers. The government backs fixed prices and guaranteed markets for key crops.
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London
Ministry of Agriculture
Britain
England
Wales
Canada
R. S Hudson
Eskimo Volunteers Push War Bond Spirit and Road Project
Maj. M. R. Marston of the Alaska defence command praises Eskimos for prioritizing bonds and building a road. An old chief replies that they invest all their wages in bonds and offers $15,000 worth. Eskimos overlook starvation threats to finish the road using volunteer labor.
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Seattle
M. R. Marston
Alaska Defence Command
United States
Marston
Veteran Nurse Phoebe Howard Dies After War Service
Winnipeg obituary notes Phoebe Howard 79 the sole survivor among nurses who cared for soldiers in the Northwest Rebellion. Gazetted as one of three nurses she left by troop train for Saskatoon to aid wounded from Batoche and Fish Creek. later returned to Winnipeg by river boat.
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Winnipeg
Phoebe Howard
Saskatchewan
Howard
Phoebe Parsons
Democrat
Saskatoon
Batoche
Fish Creek
Alexander cites heartening U boat success in war talks
London report states that A V Alexander first lord of the admiralty told the House of Commons there have been periods of heartening success against Axis submarines. He warned that confirming hits is difficult and it is unclear if U boats are sinking faster than they are built.
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London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Dieppe
Otto Sperrle
Europe
R.A.F
Cost of living bonus to stay unchanged for three months
Ottawa reports the cost-of-living index fell from 1188 to 1171 in December due to government price reductions on staples. As a result the wartime cost-of-living bonus for Canadian workers will remain fixed for the three months starting February 15.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Statistics
Canada
Hiley
Sisler
Canadian officer hails Canadian Army’s staff and quality
Lt Col Cyril Lloyd, a British officer seconded to the Canadian overseas forces, praises the Canadian Army as superb material and the staff as among the best. He received the OBE in the New Year honors for his service and hopes to visit Canada, which he has never seen, after the war. He admires the direct approach and the atmosphere of getting things done.
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Col. Lloyd
Canada
Britain
Farm Labor Problem Needs More Attention Ottawa
Delegates at the 21st annual Canadian Horticultural Council meeting in Ottawa urge a clear ruling on farmers as essential to the war effort and criticize deferment rules as unsatisfactory. They call for farmers to receive wartime deferments for the duration of the conflict and support creating a food board to secure abundant food supply and distribution.
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Ottawa
The
Canadian Horticultural Council
T. H. Robinson
National Selective Service
Rubber shortage will persist into 1945 says McGill chemist
Dr. R V V Nichols of McGill University warns that Canada and the United States cannot produce synthetic rubber in large quantities for military and essential civilian needs until 1945. He notes that consumption must rely on stockpiles and reclaimed rubber in the interim.
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Montreal
Canada
U.S
R. V. V. Nichols
McGill University
Rescue of officers after five days adrift in rafts
Sir Alan Brooke announced the rescue of Brig. Gen. N. F. Twin ing, Col. Glen C. Jamison, and 13 others who had survived five days on two small life rafts. The recovery, details, and conditions of the group were reported by military sources.
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N. F. Twining
Glen C. Jamison
CasablancA Talks Weigh Strike Route Against Germany
Washington diplomat Walter Nash said Roosevelt and Churchill discussed invasion options from the Mediterranean or the Atlantic coast and possibly both. Nash noted timing and exact plan could not be published in advance but stated the Casablanca meeting considered all possibilities and which offered the best first strike. He defined the Atlantic coast as from Norway to the Bay of Biscay.
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Washington
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Roosevelt
Churchil
Casablanca
Germany
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Europe
Nash
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Lean Days Ahead for Vancouver Civilians Shortages Predicted
Vancouver foods supply officer W. B. Robinson told a regional advisory committee that civilians will face lean days with many stores out of canned goods before spring. He said workers in war industries and armed forces will be supplied first and civilians must forgo luxuries.
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Vancouver
W. B. Robinson
Prices Board
Women’s Regional Advisory Committee
Malta defense claims 915 enemy planes destroyed in 1942
Air Vice Marshal R. K. Park announced Malta fighter squadrons and anti-aircraft units destroyed 915 Axis aircraft in 1942, with 195 British planes and 106 pilots lost. He noted 12 300 tons of bombs were dropped on Malta during the year.
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Malta
Air Offensive To Decimate Enemy Planes
London reports the January 16 1943 Berlin raid as a two fold success with bombers drawing German fighters and hitting Berlin hard. The operation triggered reprisal raids on London and boosted Fighter Command’s stance in the air war.
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London
R.A.F
Berlin
Bomber Command
Britain
Dieppe
Germany
Estimate of German Losses Across Fronts
The New York Times, via a London despatch, cites Allied intelligence estimating over 4,000,000 German soldiers killed captured or permanently crippled by early 1943. The total Nazi casualties reach about 8,000,000, with 3,755,000 absolute losses by start of 1943.
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New York
The
New York Times
London
United Nations General Staff
Germany
Two Ships Launched at Prince Rupert Port
A 10,000 ton freighter named Fort Wrige ley and a trim naval corvette were launched at Prince Rupert within an hour to guard the sealanes.
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Fort Wrigeley
Trim
Prince Rupert
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