World faces first global wheat famine warns experts
London reports a historic global wheat shortage with Europe at grave risk. Experts estimate a 5,000,000 ton wheat shortfall and 31,000,000 tons of rice substitutes, predicting up to 60,000,000 deaths in six months if harvests fail worldwide.
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London
Europe
Asia
Henry Richardson
United States
Australia
Canada
Italy
North Africa
Greece
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
India
South Africa
Quota Raised for Industrial Sugar Use Starting April
The prices board announced a 10 percent increase in industrial sugar quotas effective April 1, while household quotas remain unchanged. The new rates base on 1941 usage set Bakers at 70 percent, biscuit and breakfast cereal makers at 65 percent, and other industrial users at 60 percent. This marks a partial move to restore balance between household and industrial consumption, aligning with a similar US rise.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
United States
Canadian Officers Awarded Czech Military Cross
Three Canadians receive the Czech Military Cross for outstanding service. Lt Col W B G Reynolds of North Bay and Montreal Maj D D Sweeting of Winnipeg and Maj T J E McClelland of Quebec are cited for planning and organizing air support for an independent army brigade group during the Dunkirk and Nov 5 1944 offensive actions.
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Defence Headquarters
W. B. G. Reynolds
North Bay
Montreal
D. D. Sweeting
Winnipeg
T. J. E. McClelland
Quebec
Reynolds
Independent Army Brigade Group
Maj. Sweeting
Dunkirk
Maj. McClelland
Independent Army Brigade
Extension Sought For Signatures To Bretton Woods Pact
Savannah Ga report says the world bank and fund committee on membership recommends granting six more months to all Bretton Woods signatories including Russia to sign the agreements and keep charter member rights. Pierre Mendes of France announced the suggestion at the Wilmington Island meeting. Other non signers listed include Australia Haiti Liberia New Zealand Venezuela Nicaragua and El Salvador.
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World Bank and Fund
Board of Governors
Bretton Woods
Russia
U.S
Wilmington Island
Pierre Mendes
France
Fund
Australia
Haiti
Liberia
New Zealand
Venezuela
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Movement Of Bread Grains Is Speeded Up
Canada increases wheat shipments to feed Europe as visible supplies fall to record lows. March 12 stocks total 127 million bushels in sight, with exports rising since July 1945 to 193.2 million. Prairie farmers urged to move all available grain to maximize aid.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Europe
United Kingdom
Board of Grain Commissioners
Lakehead
Pacific Coast
Seaboard
Prairies
Canadian Wheat Board
Canadian Trade Must Be Broadened Says Chamber Official
Victoria reports C Gordon Cockshutt president of the Canadian chamber of commerce warns Canada must broaden pre war trade with other nations to retain living standards. He notes South America finances trade with Canada and that Trade with the British Empire has provided the best markets but may not continue. He backs the recent Britain loan and says aid to Britain is essential for Canada and Britain's interests.
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Victoria
Canada
C. Gordon Cockshutt
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
South America
Brantford
Ont
Britain
Cockshutt
Medal to honor outstanding achievements by women
A new annual medal in London will honor outstanding achievements in women's work, akin to a feminist Nobel Prize, presented by the committee celebrating International Women's Day.
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London
Royal Navy Show Proceeds Presented To King
A cheque for £10000 from the Royal Canadian Navy show Meet The Navy was presented to the King at Buckingham Palace to be set aside for King George's fund for sailors.
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London
Royal Canadian Navy
Buckingham Palace
King George's Fund
Plan Accepted for Paris Evacuation Schedule
Lebanon accepted the French British evacuation timetable. British troops to depart by April 30 from the eastern Mediterranean mandate. Most French troops to leave by August 31 with all out by April 1, 1947.
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Paris
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Shortage of seed prompts increased Saskatchewan production
Prof Manley Champlin of the University of Saskatchewan urges higher seed production amid a seed grain shortage caused by wartime cereal focus and low mood years. He cites scarce varieties including Prolific spring rye Dakold fall rye Valor oats Colsess and Warrier beardless barley Thatcher wheat. The Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association aided seed development and farmer testing to build up stocks.
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Saskatoon
Manley Champlin
University of Saskatchewan
Champlin
Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association
Fire on Victorious Believed Mechanical Cause
Crew and dock firemen battled a boiler room blaze on the aircraft carrier Victorious in Devonport. The fire, one of several port outbreaks, was under control in less than an hour. Officials say the cause was mechanical and under technical investigation.
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Devonport
Devonshire
England
Victorious
New Naval Staff Chief Named Reid as Chief of Naval Staff
Rear-Admiral Howard Emerson Reid is announced as chief of the naval staff and promoted to vice-admiral by Hon. Douglas Abbott. Reid, former naval member of the combined staff at Washington, served on ships including the Warspite while on loan to the Royal Navy. Born at Portage du Fort Quebec.
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Douglas Abbott
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Washington
Royal Navy
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P.Q
Spain denounces three powers as Nazis and Bolsheviks
Madrid radio, quoted by AP, blasts the United States France and Britain as having caught the infection of absolutism and imperialism. It says the three powers disrespect Spain’s freedom and independence and seek a world of uniformity, calling their stance a violation of western democratic tradition.
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Madrid Radio
United States
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Britain
Spain
Associated Press
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Pacific Ocean
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Ribbentrop
Ways to Help Americans Save Wheat and Fats
President Truman's famine emergency committee urged Americans to cut wheat consumption by 40 percent and fats by 20 percent to aid the hungry abroad. It proposed 39 economy methods including open face pies, buckwheat cakes, smaller loaves, single rolls, and potatoes as bread substitutes.
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Washington
Truman
Massey to Retire as Canadian High Commissioner
Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, 59, who has served eleven momentous years as Canadian high commissioner in London, will retire from the post in May. Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced the retirement and gave no hint of a successor or future plans.
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Ottawa
Vincent Massey
London
Mackenzie King
Mr. Massey
Sweden Seeks UN Membership End of Neutrality Policy
Stockholm reports the government asked parliament to approve joining the United Nations, saying it is abandoning a neutrality line Sweden has followed for more than a century.
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Stockholm
Parliament
United Nations
Pension Act For Veterans To Be Reviewed Soon
Ottawa reports the Pension Act, a 27 year old law with an annual $60 million burden, will undergo its first five year parliamentary review after the second session of the 2nd Canadian parliament. The Legion seeks broader coverage, no means test for widowed mothers, and higher child and orphan pensions.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Legion
Legion
Supplies Dropped For Exercise Muskox At Perry River
Nine tons of vital supplies were dropped at Perry River by Dakota aircraft for Exercise Muskox. The moving force, now on its 23rd day, aims to Cambridge Bay 130 miles away across the Queen Maud Gulf ice. Six Dakotas took part. four from the base and two from Yellowknife, arriving despite navigational difficulties near the magnetic pole.
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Man
Perry River
Cambridge Bay
Queen Maud Gulf
Yellowknife
India Breaks Off Trade With South Africa Policy Stance
New Delhi reports the Indian government will end trade relations with the Union of South Africa while considering recall of the Indian high commissioner. The decision follows unsuccessful representations to Prime Minister Smuts over South Africa’s proposed land purchase restrictions for Indians and a push for postponed legislation pending talks on an alternative settlement.
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Government of
India
Union of South Africa
Smuts
South Africa
Three Of Combined Sugar Preserve Coupons Effective
Ottawa reports three of the new combined sugar preserves coupons become valid in April two on April 4 and one on April 18 as part of the annual sugar plan. Validation will relieve the butter shortage by enabling extra preserves as spreads.
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Ottawa
Bevin to Expand Bodyguard Following Underground Threats
The Daily Telegraph reports British Foreign Secretary Bevin will increase his personal bodyguard from two detectives after the special branch chief reviewed reports on activities of underground political movements.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Bevin
Special Branch
Drought Ends in Auckland After Cyclonic Rainfall
Auckland province experiences its severest drought since 1914 ending with a cyclonic storm that dumped about three inches of rain. Autumn growth across many districts is forecast to be prolific in the southern hemisphere dominion.
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Auckland
N.Z
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