Wheat Outlook in Western Canada With Large Crop Expected
Edmonton reports Trade Minister MacKinnon predicts a 10 000 bushel wheat crop for western Canada this year aided by favorable weather in July. About 26 million dollars in participation certificates are being mailed to farmers across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A new Wheat and Grain Division will monitor grain supply transport and export needs and coordinate with the Canadian Wheat Board and mutual aid procurements.
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Edmonton
Jas. A Mathannon
Western Canada
MacKinnon
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Department of Trade and Commerce
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Weather Turns Against Allies on Western Front
Adverse conditions threaten Allied air support and amphibious operations as heavy rain and disrupted daylight flights limit Normandy efforts. The piece notes Eisenhower's luck and past weather influence, warning that persistent storms jeopardize supplies and ground troops in Europe.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Supreme Command
North America
Eisenhower
Normandy
England
France
Canada restricts housing licenses for 1944
Ottawa reports that housing construction licenses will be issued only in areas with real need and within material and labor limits. Lionel Chevrier acting for Munitions Minister Howe said the policy applies to all new house construction this year due to shortages.
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Ottawa
Canada
Lionel Chevrier
Howe
Commons
Allied forces claim heavy Japanese losses in Burma drive
Gen Stilwell led US and Chinese troops in Northern Burma tallying 17 700 Japanese killed and 100 prisoners taken since the campaign began this year. US and Chinese forces combined killed 12 000 Japanese with Chinese troops alone accounting for 5 000.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Stilwell
Burma
West Water Supply Project Advocated For Regina And Moose Jaw
In the House of Commons J R MacNicol urged the Dominion government to fund a large scale water project to provide abundant water to Regina Moose Jaw and nearby municipalities. He argued the west needs big works similar to eastern canal and bridge spending and proposed the Dominion front the cost with repayment by provinces and cities.
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Ottawa
P-C
Toronto
Davenport
House of Commons
Dominion
Regina
Moose Jaw
Munici
MacNicol
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Mr. MacNicol
Barley King of Alberta Passes at 83
Nick Tanger of Claresholm district Alberta known as the barley king has died at his farm age 83. He gained international fame for French Chevalier barley and won prizes including two firsts at the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition for Marquis wheat and malting barley. He also won a Brewers and Malting prize in London in 1923 and placed sixth at the Chicago International show in 1924.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Nick Tanger
Claresholm
Glasgow
Scotland
London
England
Barney
Navy recruiting on track with 2000 plus monthly inflow
Winnipeg report quotes Navy Minister Angus Macdonald saying recruitment is meeting needs with slightly over 2,000 men recruited each month. He notes the flow remains steady, supporting ongoing naval manpower requirements.
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Winnipeg
Navy
Angus Macdonald
Canadian Pacific to equip cars with electric razors
Outlets for electric razors are being installed in 186 air conditioned sleeping cars on the Canadian Pacific Railway as fast as cars go to shops for repair. By year's end nearly 30 more will be equipped on the wartime schedule.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Veteran publisher Akerman, 77, dies in hospital
Winnipeg reports the death of veteran publisher John R. Akerman at 77 while in hospital. Years earlier he published the Western Sun at Melville, Saskatchewan, shaping regional journalism.
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Winnipeg
John R. Akerman
Western Sun
Melville
Sask
Flying Bombs Fuel English Hatred, Vows Against Germans
A wartime observer notes that German flying bombs have stirred unprecedented anger in England. Civilians and police alike express harsh language toward the attackers, saying the bombs shattered any hope of German leniency at future peace talks. Vatican City is described as foreign territory, requiring extra postage for mail crossing its borders.
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Fleet Street
England
Vatican City
Canadian Paratroop Officer Leads Inch by Inch Invasion
Lieut. S. W. McGowan of Winnipeg, the first Canadian Paratroop assault infantry officer to drop into France near Caen, commanded the opening phase for the 6th Airborne Division as Allied forces began the European invasion.
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Ihadian
S. W. McGowan
Winnipeg
Man
France
Caen
6Th Airborne Division
Europe
Aircraft for trade pilots new car lot idea
Murray Forfar, son of the lot owner, offers two Cub trainer airplanes in trade for automobiles on his Toronto used car lot. He wants to test interest in light aircraft and may enter the aircraft business after trial. he recently left the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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Toronto
Cub
Murray Forfar
C.a.r
France
Dakota
Transport Command
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.af
Navy installs automatic life raft release devices on ships
Royal Canadian Navy naval headquarters announced upgrades to vessels with Carley floats and liferafts that automatically release when needed. The new devices aim to improve crew safety and rapid evacuation on an unspecified deployment.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Naval Headquarters
Royal Canadian Navy praise as cadets graduate at Royal Roads
Navy Minister Angus Macdonald announced ten thousand Canadian sailors and 100 ships joined the invasion of France. He lauded the Royal Canadian Naval College at Royal Roads for graduating 46 cadets after a two year course and pledged continued naval strength postwar to safeguard merchant shipping. He warned the war was not over and emphasized Allied supply lines' crucial role in the invasion.
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Usmalt
France
Navy
Angus Macdonald
Royal Canadian Naval College
Royal Roads
Royal Canadian Navy
Britain
R.C.N
Japan
Europe
Canada
Noted Canadian botanist Professor Buller dies at 70
Professor Arthur Henry Buller seventy a leading Canadian botanist and longtime University of Manitoba botany professor died in Winnipeg He served as Royal Society of Canada president in 1927 received the Flavelle medal in 1929 and British Royal Society royal medal in 1937 He held honorary memberships and degrees from Indian Science Congress and Calcutta University
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Winnipeg
Arthur Henry Buller
Canada
Buller
University of Manitoba
Royal Society of Canada
Flavelle
British Royal Society
Indian Science Congress
University of Calcutta
German Soldiers Afraid of Close Range Weapon
Captured Nazis describe a pistol bazooka termed a suicide gun. The device is loaded from the muzzle, cocked by hand, and fired by fist hammering. It resembles water pipe and launches a rocket grenade with strong power to 50 yards. Major John A. Keck notes Germans fear close combat.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
John A. Keck
Greensburg
Kerk
Jerry
German drive against French patriots in Dordogne
Reports from the Spanish frontier via Madrid said German troops pressed a large scale assault in southwestern France to crush underground resistance. A French collaborationist source called it a real civil war directed from abroad as tanks bombers and infantry were sent into the Dordogne region.
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London
France
Madrid
Dordogne
Ottawa budget debate likely brief ends of session
Ottawa reports indicate parliament may end its present session sooner as the budget debate in the commons is expected to be brief and the house may begin morning sessions shortly.
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Ottawa
Commons
House
Mail from home reaches troops after breach of Hitler's west wall
Forty eight hours after aiding the breach of Hitler's west wall, British Canadian and American naval personnel received mail from home. The mail was ferried to the beachhead by two Royal Canadian Navy fleet mail officers.
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London
Hitler
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Oxford University
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Harold D. Tur
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