May Continue War-Time Food Boards Here
Canadian wartime food boards may be invited to continue indefinitely by an international farmers conference in London this fall or spring. UK and Canadian representatives support continuing boards such as the agricultural and meat boards to aid production and distribution for allies and Canadians.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
United Kingdom
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Dominion
Canadian Agricultural Food Board
Agricultural Supplies Board
Meat Board
Special Products Board
Federation of Agriculture
British Commonwealth
United States
Commonwealth
New Leave Centre for Canadians Opens in Amsterdam
A new leave centre under Lt Col George Weir in Amsterdam serves 1,500 troops daily for three day visits, with admin offices in the Olympic stadium. Servicewomen included. 45 officers and 80 other ranks daily. Hotels, theatres, and canal barges requisitioned to handle about 4,500 personnel, Vancouver House seats 1,200, Canada Club hosts 800 dancing couples.
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Amsterdam
1St Canadian Army Command
George Weir
Calgary
Vancouver House
Canada Club
Dutch flood defenses drained after invasion defense
Netherlands radio reports that all canal and field drains in Utrecht North Holland and South Holland have been cleared after German flooding to impede Canadian advance. Thus floodwaters in three western provinces are receding as areas return to normal.
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Eindhoven
Holland
Western Holland
Utrecht
North Holland
South Holland
Netherlands Radio
Canada plans modern airways and intercity routes
Ottawa outlines civil aviation plans as Canada moves toward an interim international air conference opening August 15 in Montreal. The department surveys route possibilities to build new lines with fast through Trans Canada Air lines and duplicate local services, tapping private investor proposals, with RCAF personnel ready to operate once equipment is available.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Canada
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Sault Ste. Marie Port Arthur
North Bay
Kapuskasing
Civil Aviation Department
RCAF
T.C.A
Canadian crew brings 14500 ton H.M.S. Puncher to Halifax
The H.M.S. Puncher, an auxiliary aircraft carrier with about 14 500 tons displacement, returns from action in the Atlantic and northern waters with the British home fleet. It marks the largest warship manned by Canadians making its first Canadian port visit in almost a year.
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Halifax
Atlantic
North Sea
H.ms
Puncher
Revelstoke Reenacts Last Spike Ceremony
Revelstoke marked 60 years since the last spike drive on the Canadian Pacific Railway. The staged event at Craigellachie reenacted Donald A. Smith driving the final spike on Nov 7 1885 with under 50 participants and Wilfred Veith in the Strathcona role before a crowd of 500plus residents and visitors.
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Revelstoke
C.P.R
Donald A. Smith
Lord Strathcona
Craigellachie
Here
Wilfred Veith
Old Age Pension Bonus For Saskatchewan Migrants In BC
Saskatchewan pensioners now living in British Columbia will get a monthly cost of living bonus of 3 dollars from BC while Saskatchewan pays 5 dollars to former BC pensioners. Each province will balance payments with the other. Alberta and BC had a similar two year agreement.
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Victoria
Saskatchewan
E. W. Griffin
B.C
Prairie Province
Alette
Alberta
His Majesty's Submarines: Record of Royal Navy Undersea War
London reports a 64 page Ministry of Information booklet detailing British submarine actions in World War II. It covers Ursula’s first torpedo, Torbay at Corfu Roads, Triumph’s close call with depth charges, Upholder’s sinkings of Neptunia and Oceania, and Turbulent’s misfired torpedo. The document, prepared for government release, is the first comprehensive RN underwater warfare record.
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London
Royal Navy
Pacific
Admiralty
Germany
Italy
Ursula
North Sea
Far
H.M
Torbay
Corfu Roads
Mediterranean
Triumph
Upholder
Neptunia
Oceania
North Africa
H.M.S. Turbulent
Ministry of Information
Government Printing Office
R.N
Canada to repatriate 126000 troops from Europe this year
Defence Minister McNaughton outlined plans to return 126000 Canadian Army and RCAF personnel from Europe in the last six months of 1945. He explained the shipping allotments, the 65/35 then 88/12 divisions, and noted 125000 personnel would remain overseas unless space improves. The June return of 30000 troops via available shipping was highlighted.
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Ottawa
McNaughton
Rc.a.f
Europe
Army
R.C.A.F
RCAF
Canadian Army
Air Force Pacific Force
R.C.A F
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Quebec
Chiefs of Staff
Ocean travel rivals air routes in postwar transatlantic travel
Capt. C. M. Ford of the Queen Elizabeth predicts British passenger vessels will hold their own against postwar trans Atlantic air competition. He notes the ship’s wartime service carrying thousands to Europe and the Pacific and argues ocean travel can offer faster or comparable schedules, with ships often arriving ahead of airplanes after a typical Newfoundland stop and Scottish connection.
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New York
C. M. Ford
R.D
R.N.R
Atlantic
Pacific
North America
Europe
Ford
Newfoundland
Prestwick
Scotland
London
England
Soviet stamps honor Anglo American Russian alliance
The Soviet news agency announced Russia issued two color postage stamps depicting the flags of the United States Britain and the Soviet Union to honor the Anglo American Russian fighting alliance.
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New York
Russia
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
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W. L. MacKenzie King
San Francisco
H.M.S. Puncher
George S. Patton Jr
Hamilton
Mass
Elise Ostom
Elise
Patton
3Rd Army
C. R. Slemon
Man
Bowmanville
Ont
C. M .Black Mike
McBowen
Berlin
Ocean Travel
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