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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 22, 1944
Page
3
Canada tabled mutual aid pacts with Britain Russia Australia to cement postwar economic ties while aiding the United Nations in wartime supply. The agreements pledge mutual preference for employment, production and commerce growth and aim to avoid postwar trade burdens.
Ottawa Dominion bureau of statistics reports total stocks of Canadian wheat in store or in transit in North America at midnight March 9 reaching 336 million 415 thousand 798 bushels. Of this 317 million 341 thousand 920 are in Canadian positions and 19 million 73 thousand 872 in United States positions. The figure last year for the same date was 443 million 136 thousand 011 bushels.
Canada’s February exports totaled 227.168 million dollars, up from 187.699 million a year earlier. Notable gains occurred in wheat 28.485 million, meats 21.236 million, motor vehicles and parts 30.315 million, wool 1.683 million, with shipments expanding to India China France Italy Russia Turkey UK and the US among others.
Ottawa minister Macdonald told the commons Canada hopes to acquire two aircraft carriers to man for Britain but the plan is complicated as the ships are leasehold rather than fully Canadian. He noted no current way to know postwar RCN strength beyond a 1941 target of 7 000 to 9 000 and a present escort of about 5 000. He expressed hope for a reasonably large navy adequate for Canada.
Ottawa Finance Minister Hiler announced in the commons that the food industry's February War Savings Stamp Drive raised 3,055,188 dollars, about 53 percent above the objective. He called the result unprecedented and a stimulant to the war savings effort.
Sir Stafford Cripps states Britain has reached a peak in aircraft output numerically but not in operational strength. He notes the shift toward bigger planes and fewer small ones, with about 40 percent of aircraft workers being women.
Army photo shows Major Paul Triquet of Cabana Quebec with wife Alberte Chenier and children Yolande and Claude. Triquet has been awarded the Victoria Cross for valor in the British Empire. The image features his wife in the center and the two children flanking him, taken when he was a regimental sergeant major with the Royal 22e Regiment.
The Suorva, a new motorship built by Gota Works in Gothenburg, will be used by the Red Cross to transport food from Canada to Greece.
Regina reports British high commissioner Malcolm MacDonald predicts Canada will secure a full postwar trade share with Britain. He cites expanded Canadian farm exports, mutual market access for British goods, and increased Commonwealth influence in postwar policy and world affairs.
Ottawa reports Trade Minister Mac Kinnon announced an order enabling delivery of orphan wheat by producers who left farming. The Canadian Wheat Board may accept grain from those producing in 1942-43 or earlier who sold land and no longer farm, with No 1 Northern at Fort William priced $1.25 per bushel. Deliveries exempt from quotas where current quota exceeds 10 bushels per acre. Delivers lose eligibility for 1944-45 grain permits.
Overseas meat shipments from Canada are reportedly at record levels as officials push the use of available shipping space amid concerns space may tighten later. Despite recent gains the limited vessels keep rationing suspended since February 29 as surpluses accumulate, fueling talk of lifting the embargo to allow Canadian beef cattle into the U S market.
Ottawa officials announce Ration Book No 4 distribution from March 26 to April 1, with local centers and hours announced locally. Those missing the period must wait until April 17 to obtain a new book as the prices board notes.
Ottawa announces temporary removal of canned rhubarb and canned crabapples from rationed fruits effective immediately. After May 1 coupons will be required again for purchase, and the items return to the ration list on July 1.
Prime Minister Curtin announced that Australia will allow some German and Austrian refugees sent from Britain for internment to remain in the Commonwealth. The policy affects those who have endured wartime detention and now gain a permanent place in Australian society.
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