Canada’s Navy Now Over Five Hundred Ships
Ottawa estimates show Canada’s navy with more than 12 destroyers and under 24, over 100 corvettes, and many minesweepers and motor launches. Navy Minister Macdonald notes total fleet around 550 ships, discusses crew sizes, clothing costs, and the need for cruisers and submarines to address Atlantic and Pacific theater needs.
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Ottawa
Macdonald
House of Commons
Canada
King Hazen
Saint John Albert
Hazen
Mediterranean
Southwest Pacific
Atlantic
Pacific
Change Strategy in Soviet War Effort Driven by Food Conditions
London reports unsatisfactory food conditions push the Soviet military to shift from mobile warfare to holding and advancing lines. Observers say current supply through harvest and lend-lease foods will likely sustain the year, but a failure of either could cause shortages. Civilians may approach nutritional limits, risking home front strain.
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London
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
Vancouver News-Herald reports plan to build 10,000-ton tankers
The News-Herald notes on reliable authority that Wartime Merchant Shipping will start construction of 10,000-ton tankers in a Vancouver shipyard this year. The vessels will likely be conversions of victory-type freighters, with initial work starting in about two months and several ships expected to be completed before year end.
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Vancouver
News-Herald
West Coast
Women invited to view Royal Canadian Air Force work in Winnipeg
The Women’s Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force launches “At Homes” across stations from Winnipeg to Saskatoon and Dauphin inviting local women to see air force operations. Flights officers say aim is to build ties with women's groups and show the work behind the scenes keeping aircraft in the air.
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Winnipeg
RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Girls In Blue
Canada
No. 2 Training Command
R.c.af
Women Friends
Rc.a.f.w.d
Air Force
W.D
Central Navigation School
Rivers
Man
Service
Saskatoon
Dauphin
Yorkton
Sask
Brandon
Davidson, Sask
Macdonald
Dafoe
Paulson
Barbara Kemp
R.C.A.F
H. Grimley
R.C.A
Post War Industry Duties Urged At Canadian Meeting
Industry must absorb returning servicemen and expand to employ more people after the armistice. J. S. McLean urged rapid creation of new businesses and departments to achieve double the 1939 employment, while F. P. L. Lane warned against mass unemployment and called for removal of barriers to full employment, including favorable handling of excess profits tax. About 300 British factories set up by Nazi refugees employ 30,000 people in war production.
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Toronto
J. S. McLean
Advisory Committee
McLean
F. P. L. Lane
C.M.A
Canada
Lane
United Kingdom
Britain
Canada at crossroads of the airways for world routes
Winnipeg reports Trans-Canada Airways official W F English says Canada holds the key position for a British commonwealth air service encircling the globe. He calls Canada at the crossroads of the airways with direct routes from US population centers to Europe and Asia. He notes future airways could foster peace and understanding. The piece also mentions Alaska deriving its name from an Aleut word meaning great country.
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Winnipeg
Canada
British Commonwealth Air Service
Globe
W. F. English
Trans- Canada Airways
Mr. English
United States
Europe
Asia
Alaska
Premier Manning Chosen Alberta Leader Youngest in Canada
Premier E C Manning 34 a friend of the late Aberhart sworn in as Alberta premier after unanimous Social Credit selection. Former provincial secretary and minister of trade and industry becomes Canada’s youngest provincial leader as arrangements for station visits with talks films and lunches are noted at many stations with potential Wives Day events and airwomen guides.
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E. C. Manning
Aberhart
Alberta
Canada
Trade and Industry
Social Credit Party
Mass Japanese Collapse Ends Attu Battle By Self Sacrifice
Final organized Japanese resistance on Attu Island collapsed after mass suicide by grenades and detonation. The May 29 dawn counterattack overwhelmed sleeping American units, with heavy fighting near Corys Lake as Japanese forces, including civilians, attacked American positions. Many Japanese died, and only a few surrendered or were killed in place.
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Cories Lakes
Attu
Cories Lake
Famine Report Grips Hong Kong as Evacuations Rise
Japanese occupied Hong Kong and Kowloon face a severe famine with about 400000 of the 1000000 residents evacuated. The crisis underscores wartime disruption and humanitarian strain in the enclave and surrounding areas.
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Chungking
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Trade Balance Of Dominion Shows Increase
Canada reports a favorable trade balance for the first four months of 1943 rising by about 126 million dollars. Imports totaled 535.5 million, exports 777.9 million, with total trade around 1.322 billion. The four months show a net balance of 245.1 million. Canadian manufactures in 1942 reached 2.385 billion and total trade 4.0 billion.
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Toronto
James A MacKinnon
Canada
C Qian Manufacturers’ Association
Mackenzie River
Russia
Orient
Clive Bailleu
United Kingdom
Combined
Raw Materials Board
British Supply Council
North America
Britain
United States
Amercan
Ethiopians Train With Modern Weapons For Italian Invasion
Washington reports Ethiopian soldiers are being trained with modern weapons for participation in the Allied invasion of Italy. Yilma Deressa, an Ethiopian cabinet member at the UN food conference, says training marks a shift from spears and antiquated rifles used in 1936.
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Washington
Italy
Haile Selassie
Yilma Deressa
Kandanos Destroyed In Reprisal Similar To Lidice
Photographs from Crete show Kandanos wiped out by German forces in reprisal for the killing of German parachutists. A marble slab reads that Kandanos was destroyed as retaliation for armed men and women’s murder of German parachutists.
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Cairo
Crete
Kandanos
Lidice
Sunspot Activity Forecast Says 1950 Will Peak
Astronomers predict a year of great sunspot activity for 1950 based on recent observations. The projection highlights heightened solar storms and potential impacts on communications and navigation systems.
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Conference On Manpower
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