Thousands Of Water Projects Now Completed
Regina reports PFRA since 1935 completed 19 857 water projects across Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta by end of 1942. Saskatchewan led with 12 167 projects followed by Manitoba 5 467 and Alberta 2 102. In 1942 alone 1 342 projects were finished with plans for more.
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Regina
Praire
PFRA
George Spence
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Spence
Prairie Provinces
Canada Post War Plan Start Aims To Rehabilitate Masses
Dr G M Weir outlined Canada's post war rehabilitation plan in Vancouver stressing costs, taxation needs, and a target to support more than 600000 discharged persons early after demobilization. Centers and industries would absorb veterans into employment, training, and return to former roles, with emphasis on vocational schooling and university attendance. In Halifax, Lawrence Tibbett noted servicemen show appetite for music and live performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
G. M. Weir
Canada
Weir
After the War U S to Hold Largest Navy Says Shinwell
In the House of Commons Emanuel Shinwell, a British Labourite, warned the United States will become the world’s foremost naval power after the war. He noted Britain started with 20 million tons of shipping but will have about 9 million postwar, while the United States entered with 7 million and will have 15 to 30 million tons.
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London
House of Commons
United States
Emanuel Shinwell
Shinwell
Great Britain
New Terminal Montreal Opens After 14 Years of Work
The central terminal of Canadian National Railways in Montreal was officially opened by Transport Minister Michaud. Mayor Adhemar Raynault unlocked a central door as officials spoke. Construction began in 1929 but paused for seven years before resuming during wartime traffic surge.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Michaud
Adhemar Raynault
Ottawa House committee approves fitness bill for Canada
The House of Commons social security committee approved a draft proposal to promote physical fitness in Canada. Administered by the Pensions Minister, the bill creates a national council on physical fitness with non-governor appointment and a paid director. a $225,000 fund funds provincial grants for fitness promotion.
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Ottawa
House of Commons Social Security Committee
Canada
Mackenzie
National Council On Physical Fitness
Fever raid victims London tally rises in June
The Ministry of Home Security reports 201 civilians killed or missing and believed killed in British air raids during June. May casualties totaled 584 across the nation.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Interest Grows in Sicily Battle as Soviet Readers Queue
In Moscow the Soviet public shows strong interest in the Sicily battle. Long lines form in streets to read scant Tass news from London, the sole source for updates.
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Moscow
Sicily
Tass
London
Commando Troops Pave Way For Canadians At Sicily Landing
Allied officers recount how British Commandos preceded Canadian troops landing on Sicily’s southeast tip. They hit light resistance, silenced shore batteries, and cleared a minefield and a customs house before linking with Canadian forces near Punta Castellazzo.
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Allied
North Africa
Wey
Sicily
Africa
Britain
Cmdr
J.D Fernald
Fernald
W. R. Sendall
Royal Marines
R.A.F
Punta Castellazzo
Britain to Ship Clothing to Russia Worth 12 Million
Britain announces a 12 million dollar clothing shipment to Russia to aid civilians. The government contributes 10 million dollars toward the cost.
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London
Britain
Russia
Canadian tanker Dundalk launched at Ojibway shipyard
Windsor Ontario reports the first all steel welded auxiliary tanker built by the Canadian Bridge Engineering Company named HMC S Dundalk slid down the ways at Ojibway shipyard amid cheering workers and guests.
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Windsor
Ont
Canadian Bridge Engineering Company
H.M.C.S. Dundalk
Ojibway
Shortage of doctors may force compulsory moves in Canada
Ottawa reports the pensions minister warns that unless rural medical staff shortages are solved, compulsion to move doctors to needy areas may be required. He notes Australia and the UK have used conscription in the past, with the US possibly next, while Prime Minister Mackenzie King announces a second exchange ship to Japan to repatriate Canadians, Americans, and a Latin American national.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Commons
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Australia
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Japan
Canadian plan to use noncombatants in military hospitals
Defence Minister Ralston announced arrangements to employ in Canadian military hospitals those whose religious beliefs prevent them from bearing arms. The message urged the public to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Ralston
Canada Praised For Wool Shipbuilding Effort In War Debates
In a House of Commons debate on wartime and postwar shipping Sir Arthur Salter lauded Canada for building merchant ships at a rate rivaling Britain and producing corvettes and naval craft. Emanuel Shinwell warned of U S dominance after the war, while Philip Noel-Baker urged international collaboration to ensure a thriving merchant navy under the Atlantic Charter, with postwar UN backing.
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London
Canada
House of Commons
Arthur Salter
Ministry of War Transport
Great Britain
United States
Sir Arthur
United Nations
Noel Baker
New Anti-Serum Promises Defense Against Influenza
United States navy doctors report a new inhaled antiserum showing 90 percent protection in lungs against influenza and about 50 percent effectiveness in treatment. Commander Albert Paul Krueger notes efficacy while animal studies progress at the 12th naval district laboratory. In London, Attlee signals the Atlantic Charter will not block UN moves to secure Axis strongholds.
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San Francisco
United States Navy
12Th Naval District
Albert Paul Krueger
Naval Laboratory Research Unit
London
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
United Nations
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Halifax
Lawrence Tibbett
Tibbet
Dependents’ Board of Trustee
Winnipeg
G. 8. Currie
National Defence
J. Pembroke
Col. Currie
National Board
Robert Irving
Port Arthur-Fort William
A. W. Robinson
Saskatoon
G A. Gillespie
Peterboro
Canadian National
Wilfrid Gagnon
C.N.R. Board of
R. C. Vaughan
C.N.R
Council On Physical Fitness
Army
Navy
Canadian Army
Queen
Royal Canadian Navy
Murray Pierce
Portage la Prairie
Man
Bob McMillan
Weyburn
Set
George Alfred Hickson
Kitchener, Ont
Dieppe
Royal Canadian Engineers
Shilo
Camp Shilo
America
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Wall Street
Philip Noel Baker
Transport Ministry
U.S. Navy
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