Canada Plans 140 Million Bushels Wheat Exports to Britain
Ottawa announces a 140,000,000 bushel wheat surplus for export between Feb 1 and July 31, with supplies allocated to other nations via the cereal committee. Canada’s visible supply totals 164,000,000 bushels, plus 53,000,000 expected from farms this crop year, aiming to meet Britain’s shortages and sustain domestic needs.
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Ottawa
Trade Department
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Sir Ben Smith
Britain
United Kingdom
Combined Food Board
Washington
Great Lakes
Canadian
United States
George Arliss Dies in London at 77
Suave British actor George Arliss died at his London home aged 77 after bronchial illness. His wife Florence Montgomery was with him. Renowned on stage and screen, he starred as Shylock and Disraeli and led in The Green Goddess on stage and later film. He lived in Britain since 1935 and urged moderate priced British films.
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London
George Arliss
Florence Montgomery
Shylock
Disraeli
Rothschild Banking House
Britain
New York
Hollywood
West
Royal Society of Arts
United States
America
England
British Home Office perfects mobile radio telephony system
A new mobile radio telephony system not tied to fixed stations has been perfected by the British Home Office. It will be used on trains, police cars, and aircraft, allowing passengers to hold long distance conversations while traveling. The range extends indefinitely via automatic relay stations.
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London
British Home Office
Occupation Army Question Sparks Canadian Debate
Ottawa reports reveal cabinet focus on Canada's 20 000 man occupation force in Germany and the option of a brigade sized token force under a commonwealth army. A split views Canada’s world security role. some urge economic contribution without troops, others seek a UN backed security presence. Prime Minister King opposed Montgomery's idea of a ceremonial Canadian brigade in Europe as window dressing.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Mackenzie King
United Kingdom
World Security Police
United Nations Security Council
Council
Economic Council
Europe
King
Field Marshall
Viscount Montgomery
Western universities form drama committee for festival
A western university dramatic committee of five will arrange the annual inter-university drama festival. British Columbia hosts next January at its campus with Saskatchewan as second choice. An adjudication board of three judges will critique plays without competition.
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Edmonton
Western University Dramatic Committee
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Alberta
University of Alberta
B.C
E. Maldwyn Jones
University of Saskatchewan
Sydney Ris University of Alberta
Victory Day Parade Planned in London June 8
London reports a Great Victory Day parade to be held on June 8 subject to cabinet approval. A ministerial committee selected the date for Allied troops and civil defense services units to march, with the King taking the salute at Buckingham Palace.
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London
Civil Defence Services
Home Guard
Buckingham Palace
Art treasures found hidden under Piccadilly Circus escalators
In wartime Piccadilly Circus underground station stored scores of art masterpieces beneath its escalators for safety. The two escalators remained idle throughout the war while the underground kept the works well underground.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Livestock Meetings Across Canada Highlight Growth and Exports
Resolutions on breeding cattle pigs and horses were approved during a five day conference series in Toronto. The Canadian Jersey Cattle Club reported 1945 as a record export year with shipments to South Africa Jamaica Central and South America Mexico and Australia. The Canadian Swine Breeders Association urged a new Canadian swine breeding research station to aid breeders in eliminating hereditary flaws. The Canadian Hackney Horse Society noted rapid growth in registered hackney horses and ponies.
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Toronto
Ontario Livestock Associations
Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
South Africa
Jamaica
Central and South America
Mexico
Australia
Canadian Swine Breeders’ Association
Canadian Hackney Horse Society
Sugar allotment in Canada favored city dwellers
The advisory board of British Columbia farmers demands immediate steps to fix sugar distribution. They argue city residents can buy sugary goods without coupons while rural residents must rely on their ration, leaving rural canners with less sugar. They urge that existing sugar stocks be allocated to bona fide rural residents.
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Victoria
Canada
The
Farmers’ Institutes of British Columbia
Donald Gordon
Argentina plans meat reduction to aid needy nations
Argentina, a leading meat producer, will urge citizens to eat less meat to boost surplus for needy countries. The cabinet discussed joining the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, increasing grain exports to neighbors, and expanding meat exports.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Former German Minister Becomes Dublin Pastry Chef
Eduard Hempel once Germany’s minister to Eire now works as a pastry cook at 58 living near a suburban mansion with his wife and three children. He says he never backed the Nazi party and, after surrender, told De Valera his mission ended. He now supplies a nearby Italian restaurant with pastries.
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Dublin
Eire
Eduard Hempel
Germany
de Valera
Hempel
Explosives Seized At Bolton Farm House Raid
Police raided a Bolton Ontario farm house and seized nitro glycerine dynamite a rifle revolver scores of batteries fuses ammunition and tools described as one of the finest safe cracking outfits. Peter Tarnovsky and Charles Platten 26 were arrested on illegal possession charges. Prof Joslyn Rogers of the University of Toronto tests the material.
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Bolton
Ont
Joslyn Rogers
University of Toronto
Peter Tarnovsky
Charles Platten
Felix Gouin Named Interim French President After De Gaulle
Felix Gouin, aged 61, chosen to succeed Charles de Gaulle as interim president of France. A longtime Aix-en-Provence lawyer and 22 year Socialist deputy, he opposed the Nazis in 1942 by defending Leon Blum at the Riom trials, fled to Britain after a Gestapo crackdown.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Felix Gouin
Aix-en-Provence
National Assembly
Leon Blum
Britain
Bread Crisis Warns Britain as War Pantry Tightens
In a wartime style briefing London reports a wheat shortage forcing possible bread rationing. The government forms a battle of bread team to cut waste and boost wheat from farmers while Tom Williams launches a dig for victory campaign. Sir Ben and officials warn Europe faces starvation and urge global aid.
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London
Attlee
Smith
Britain
Sir Ben
Tom Williams
Victory
No One to Blame in Muskox H-Hut Fire Verdict
A six man civilian coroner jury found no negligence in the fire that destroyed an army hut and killed two Exercise Muskox men. They ruled all duty personnel acted promptly and to the best of their ability with the equipment on hand and urged a night fire patrol. Only a blackened hut foundation remained.
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Churchill
Man
Trans-Pacific air service plan agreed by Australia NZ Britain
Canberra reports Australia New Zealand and Britain agree to cooperate on a trans Pacific air service. The first step is a conference planned in New Zealand in March.
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Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Canberra
Sydney Sun
Stuart Hibberd marks 21 years with BBC broadcasting
London. Stuart Hibberd, chief announcer, celebrates 21 years with the BBC. He has broadcast more than 10,000 programs and says he remains "a little nervous of the microphone."
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London
Stuart Hibberd
BBC
Irrigation Needs For The Prairies Stressed At Ottawa Meeting
W L Jacobson of Regina urged extension of prairie irrigation within the dry bowl to combat chronic crop failure. He said larger, low cost projects and supplementary schemes could expand irrigable land and stabilize agriculture across low rainfall areas.
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Ottawa
W. L. Jacobson
Regina
Canadian Institute of Surveying
Prairies
Alberta to offer western first degree course in physical education
The University of Alberta will establish the west’s first degree program in physical education following weekend meetings of university presidents from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. The program may start next fall as soon as feasible. The group urged continued federal support for ex servicemen training and discussed lending buildings to ease accommodation shortages.
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Edmonton
University of Alberta
West
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Robert Newton
U. of A
Dominion
War Assets Corporation
Wheat Keystone Hub Of Canadian Farm Stability
J C Taggart chairman of the agricultural prices support board told the Canadian horticultural council that wheat dominates other farm products and through coarse grains influences meat and dairy output. He said stable wheat means stability across the agricultural industry.
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Ottawa
J. C. Taggart
Agricultural Prices Support Board
Canadian Horticultural Council
Taggart
Ontario Legislature to Open Second Session March Fourth
Premier Drew announced the second session of Ontario's 22nd legislature will open March 4. The first session followed the June 4 election in which his Progressive Conservative government won a large majority.
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Toronto
Drew
Ontario
Heavy Snow Falls in British Columbia Region
Weather officials report the BC dry belt in the west central interior has seen its heaviest snowfall in 49 years with a total of 20 inches recorded this winter.
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Ashcroft
B.C
British Columbia
Germans Stole 736 Freight Trains of Art Across Western Europe
German prosecutors told the international military tribunal that thousands of artworks including paintings rare books sculptures and jewelry were seized or stolen across western Europe during the war. The figure 736 freight train loads was cited as part of the broadened looting.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Europe
International Military Tribunal
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