Canada Plans Wide News Coverage For Europe Invasion
Gillis Purcell of The Canadian Press outlined steps to inform Canadians quickly about the invasion. Authorities will host about a score of Canadian war correspondents with strong PR staff and field teams. Despatch riders and aircraft will relay news, with field censorship training for officers to balance speed and security.
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Toronto
Canada
Europe
Gillis Purcell
Canadian Press
United Kingdom
Purcell
London
Ottawa
Britain
Army
North Africa
England
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada presents 3.89 billion war bill with air force at 1.129 billion
Finance Minister Isley outlined a 3.89 billion dollar war appropriation for 1943-44 in the House of Commons. The air force would receive 1.129 billion, the army 1.764 billion, and the navy 489 million, with total war outlays including mutual aid reaching about 4.89 billion. He defended spending as essential to victory and said Canada can handle the growing debt.
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Canada
Isley
House of Commons
Air Department
Air Force
Navy
Britain
United States
Sunflowers Considered Best New Oil Source in Prairie
A Winnipeg report at the annual grain research meeting states sunflower seed is much superior to soybeans as a potential edible oil source in the prairie provinces. It notes linseed oil processing may soon yield edible products, with advances in Canada and the United States. The search aims to replace war disrupted oil sources.
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Winnipeg
Prairie Provinces
Associate Committee On
Canada
U.S
Australia to feed U.N. forces in Pacific regions
Supply Minister John A Beasley announced Australia will feed United Nations forces in the south and southwest Pacific, authorizing purchases of 64 million dollars in provisions. He said armed forces in the Pacific have food reserves for any war scenario and Australia will spend 220 million dollars in the current year under a lease lend to sustain U.S. forces.
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Canberra
Australia
John A. Beasley
United Nations
Southwest
Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Solomon
New Guinea
United States
J. B. Chifley
Japanese Upper House Passes Largest Budget in History
London reports the Japanese upper legislative chamber unanimously approved a budget totaling 48.71 billion yen, about 11 billion dollars, marking the largest national appropriation in Japanese history.
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London
Paris
Greater Rubber Control Urged to Meet War Needs in Canada
Ottawa warns that 90 percent of Canada’s rubber consumption relies on prewar stockpiles while imports cover only 10 percent. The munitions department says stringent controls, increased reclaim use, and substitutes are needed to stretch supplies until synthetic rubber begins production in 1943. About 85 percent of rubber goes to war uses, with 75 percent for army vehicle tires and tubes.
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Ottawa- Canada
Pearl Harbor
Munitions Department
Ceylon
South America
Central America
Africa
Department
Canada
Regina pilot McLeod leads RCAF fighters at Malta
Leading Flight Lieutenant Henry Wallace McLeod of Regina Saskatchewan returns to Canada on leave after eight weeks of Malta combat. He has thirteen Axis planes destroyed or probable, was shot down twice, and had his aircraft damaged five times but escaped unharmed during the campaign alongside Beurling in the R A F.
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Henry Wallace McLeod
R.C.A.F
Regina
Sask
Malta
George Beurling
Beurling
R.A.F
McLeod
Canada
Canada builds first synthetic rubber plant in Ontario
Air Chief reports small shares of total consumption go to transport and military gear with two percent for wire and cable. Canada’s Polymer Corporation rushes Western Ontario plant for Buna S and Bury rubber. first production this year and peak 41,000 tons annually. Rubber reclaimed from scrap is tightly controlled and partly released for civilian use on a restricted list.
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Canada
Polymer Corporation
Ontario
Vegetable Oils and Seed Production Urged in Western Canada
Winnipeg reports the national barley and flaxseed oils committee urges higher flaxseed and sunflower seed production as U S oil supplies lag and demand grows. Canada may plant about 50 000 acres. U S crushers eye Canadian flax. A five cent a pound sunflower seed price is recommended. Ottawa notes 1943 44 armed forces budget at 3 320 060 000, up from 1 913 000 000.
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Winnipeg
Canada
L. H. Lehberg
Federal Oils and Fats Administration
U.S
United States
Oils and Fats
Ottawa
Ilsley
House of Commons
War Against Enemy Subs Is Very Promising
London reports Allied submarine warfare showing best February results yet with a growing advantage in sinkings. Navy estimates say U boats being cut faster than built, while U.S. help ferries 744 fighters to Malta and Allied ships increase North Africa supply. Corvettes expand to 200 vessels as British fleet shifts to faster, heavier frigate-type craft.
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The
Admiralty
A.V
Alexander
United Nations
North Africa
Charles Ammon
Ammon
Russia
Britain
Japan
French Bay of Biscay
Convoy Destroyed by Allied Air Force in Pacific Clash
Allied headquarters in Australia announced a major Pacific war victory as Allied planes sank or disabled all 22 ships of a Japanese convoy totaling 90 000 tons. The attack wiped out 15 000 troops and 55 Nipponese fighters with only one Allied bomber and three fighters lost.
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Australia
Nazis in France Fear Early Allied Landing
London dispatch quotes Andre Maroselli of the Fighting French in London. He says Germans in France are panicked at a possible Allied landing and that an early invasion before French youth are sent to Germany could trigger a world surprising uprising.
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London
Andre Maroselli
Maroselli
Charles de Gaulle
Germany
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