Canada to Maintain Pork Exports to Britain in 1944 Plan
Ottawa reports Canada, supplying 62 percent of Britain's weekly bacon, will requisition Grade A hogs and portions of Grade B for export via the Canadian Meat Board. The move aims to sustain pork shipments while adjusting B hog exports to keep domestic supplies, with Australia and New Zealand meat drawn heavily for UN forces and a North American shortfall affecting Allied nations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain
Agriculture Department
Canadian Meat Board
Department
Australia
New Zealand
United Nations
Pacific
North America
United States
Meat Board
Ministry of Food
Not Well Fed Saskatoon
W J Mather of Winnipeg says nutrition levels for humans are only slightly better than pig feed at the Saskatchewan Agricultural College Graduates Association meeting. He links low income to poor feeding and urges improvement, arguing children’ s futures depend on better early nutrition.
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Saskatoon
W. J. Mather
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan Agricultural College Graduates’ Association
Mather
Winnipeg Free Press
Prairie Farmer
Mr. Mather
Royal Commission Opens Coal Industry Inquiry
A royal commission led by Justice W. Carroll of Halifax opened in Sydney Nova Scotia to study all phases of the Canadian coal industry. Hearings in the Maritimes run into late February with plans to visit Quebec Ontario and possibly United States coal fields before turning to the western provinces. Hearings may wrap by late spring.
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Ottawa
Justice W. Carroll
Halifax
Sydney
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
United States
Pacific Coast
Burma China border battles plague with inoculations and poison
In the Burma China border area authorities conduct inoculation drives and rat-killing campaigns to combat a mild bubonic plague outbreak. About 300 cases have been reported with roughly one third resulting in fatalities.
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Runming
China
Burma-China
Larger Shipping Tonnage After The War's End
Ottawa reports wartime gains will raise world shipping tonnage by war end despite losses. MacKinnon notes US share could rise to about half, Canada to six to seven times 1939 ships, while Britain and Allies shrink share. 1939 global fleet totals show Britain leads with 6,722 ships, Canada ranked 12th with 792 ships.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Mr. MacKinnon
Great Britain
Ireland
Japan
Norway
Germany
Italy
Holland
France
Greece
Sweden
Russia
Young Veteran James Ackley Served Five Years Overseas
Nelson BC reports Gunner James Norman Ackley aged 19 has spent five years overseas, fighting in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns. His brother in law William Handley of Trail says Ackley was tall for his age, aiding enlistment in 1939. He formerly lived in Nelson with relatives, now in Edmonton.
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Nelson
B.C
James Norman Ackley
William Handley
Trail
Ackley
Tofield
Alta
J. F. Summer
Edmonton
Gunner Ackley
Italy
Handley
RC A F Overseas Trains 10000+ Canadians in Part Time Courses
More than ten thousand Canadian airmen and airwomen overseas in 1943 and 1944 enrolled in part time study courses ranging from bee keeping and poultry farming to advanced mathematics and classical languages the R C A F has announced.
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Rc.a.f
R.C.A F
Tax payments down Ottawa report December figures
Revenue Minister Gibson announced December income tax, customs and excise collections at 123,878,370 dollars, down from 194,521,528 dollars in December 1943, a decrease of 70,734,158 dollars.
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Ottawa
Gibson
Customs and Excise
Bomb Explosion Kills Three Near Luton and Injures Seventeen
A United States army truck loaded with 20 inch explosive bombs collided with a civilian truck near Luton, England. The impact triggered bomb mechanisms and caused a blast that killed three people and injured seventeen, with the explosion occurring five minutes after the collision. The report urged readers to buy War Savings Stamps.
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Luton
England
United States Army
London
German Drive To The West Fails In Antwerp Retreat Analysis
Field Marshal Von Rundstedt's gamble to smash Allied invasion forces failed for two reasons. German units could not seize Liege, and Von Rundstedt underestimated the US First Army's stalwart defense. The northern flank held, preventing a complete encirclement and doom for allied lines as German momentum stalled short of Cologne.
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New York
von Rundstedt
Liege
First Army
U.S
Ninth Army
Sedan
Cologne
Ruhr
Australia Pioneers Arbitration Courts for Capital and Labor
Australia becomes the first nation to treat capital and labor relations as a matter for special arbitration courts. The move places labor disputes under a dedicated judicial mechanism intended to mediate industrial conflict and maintain economic stability.
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Australia
Admiral Ramsay Dies in Plane Crash En Route to Belgium
News reports confirm Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Allied naval commander on the western front, was killed in a plane crash while travelling from France toward Belgium. The incident appears not to be due to enemy action and Ramsay had helped plan the D Day invasion and the Dunkirk evacuation.
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Sir Bertram Ramsay
France
Belgium
Ramsay
Dunkirk
Soviet Award Honors Montgomery and Allies in War Effort
The Order of Suvorov First Class was given by Soviet Ambassador Fyodor Gusev to Field Marshal Montgomery for the outstanding direction of operations in the invasion of France. Lord Beaverbrook and Oliver Lyttleton also received the award for delivering supplies to Russia.
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London
Fyodor Gusev
Montgomery
English Channel
France
Lord Beaverbrook
Privy Seal
Oliver Lyttleton
Russia
British anti aircraft command claims 533 German planes
London reports Anti aircraft Command under Sir Frederick Pile says it shot down 533 German aircraft during the Battle of Britain, highlighting air defense success in the critical air war.
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London
Sir Frederick Pile
Britain
Rust Research Has Been Paying Big Dividends
Ottawa reports Dominion botanist J H Craigie says Canadian agricultural research is hampered by lack of funding but provides large public dividends. He cites rust resistant wheat growing from 1939 to 1945 boosting Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan farmers by 27.24 million annually, far exceeding costs and reducing potential losses by 14.123 million bushels annually across the 16 rust years. Total western Canada losses over 16 years estimated at 47.447 million dollars.
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Ottawa
Dominion
J. H Craigie
Dr. Craigie
Canada
Craigie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Wheat Champion at Saskatchewan Seed Fair
J G Knox of Tuxford Saskatchewan captured the wheat championship in registered seed classes at the 36th Saskatchewan provincial seed fair. He also won the Farm Crops trophy for the best hard red spring wheat with Apex samples weighing about 66 pounds per bushel.
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Saskatoon
J. G. Knox
Tuxford
Sask
Saskatchewan
Knox
George Gwyllt
Kelvington
Service for Admiral Ramsay Draws European Leaders
Leading officials and military figures from the European war theatre attended the funeral of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay and four others who died in a January air crash. General Eisenhower, Alfred Duff Cooper, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham and Lt Gen Pierre Koenig walked behind a French naval band as Ramsay’s coffin, draped with the Union Jack, was lowered.
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Europe
Bertram Ramsay
Eisenhower
Alfred Duff Cooper
France
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Pierre Koenig
Paris
Tarmacs End Tour With RCAF Auxiliary Shows in Britain
The Tarmacs eight man troupe of the RCAF auxiliary services returned to Britain after a France tour where they performed 65 shows for over 25 000 Allied service personnel. Managed by LAC Ted Cohen of Winnipeg. 2603.
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R.C.A F
Britain
Tarmacs
R.C.A.F. Auxiliary Services
France
Lac
Ted Cohen
Winnipeg
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V.C
Sutherland, Sask
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Western Canada Hockey League
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Falaise Gap
Win Manson
Canadian Pacific Railway Western Lines
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Rust Research
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W. J. Pulnam
Tyner
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