Fight Against Submarines Is Just Beginning
London reports intensified German submarine activity as 1943 Uboat war set to peak between April and October. Allies anticipate bitter battles in the North Atlantic and plan to disrupt supply lines to avert a western invasion while Russia remains a focal point.
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London
Washington
Hitler
North Atlantic
British Admiralty
U.S. Navy Department
South Atlantic
Germany
London Daily Mail
Steep Rock Iron Mines Secures Funds for Port Arthur Project
Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited reports successful negotiations to finance development of its western Port Arthur property. Total funds of 8 727 500 Canadian will back a 2 000 000 ton per year production plan for about 50 years of ore reserves. Financing includes a 5 000 000 loan from Reconstruction Finance Corporation and a 2 025 000 debenture underwritten by Otis and Company with 90 on issue, backed by Dominion and Ontario governments plus federal support for spur line and docks to Port Arthur.
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Toronto
Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited
Port Arthur
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington, D.C
Otis and Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Dominion
Ontario
Canadian National Railways
Saving Of Lives One Object Of National Plan
The advisory committee on health insurance outlines saving young lives as a core objective of Canada’s first national health insurance plan. The report details infant death losses from 1926 to 1940 and estimates the capital value of a male child at 4600 dollars. It cites declines in infant mortality and notes provincial and national trends, with 1941 described as an epidemic year for several diseases.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
J. J. Heagerty
Health Insurance Committee
Mackenzie
House of Commons Social Security Committee
Quebec
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Alfalfa Meal Subsidy Announced by Agriculture Dept
Ottawa announces a subsidy of 3 dollars per ton for alfalfa meal processors. The subsidy applies to meal ground and ready for use, with ceiling prices for alfalfa to be maintained.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Canada War Savings Campaign Appeals to All Incomes
The notice urges every income level to buy War Savings Stamps to support Canada's wartime effort. It frames the program as a universal duty and uses collective appeal to maximize participation.
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Canada
Britain Plans 12 Year Postwar Building Program
London reports a white paper outlining a postwar reconstruction plan to rebuild bomb damaged Britain. Led by Sir Ernest Simon, the plan envisions a 12 year program returning a trained building trade workforce of about 1,250,000, with 4,000,000 more employed in materials, services, and prep work.
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Parliament
Britain
Ernest Simon
Ottawa Aims High For Fourth Victory Loan Objective
Finance Minister Ilsley announced Canada's Fourth Victory Loan opens April 26 with a $1.1 billion target. Individual subscriptions must rise to $500 million, about 33 percent more than the Third Victory Loan, to secure broader participation and reduce inflation.
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Ottawa
Canada
Miister Ilsley
House of Commons
Ilsley
Victory loan call for broader citizen ownership in Canada
The government urges ordinary citizens to buy big in the Victory loan era. Nonbank institutions and industrial groups backed past issues, but future funds rely on individuals, with a target of 1.1 billion and individual purchases needed at 500 million or more to raise the pace by about one third. The speaker expresses confidence in meeting the challenge.
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Canada
North Atlantic Route Proposed by Boston Airline
Northeast Airlines filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board to establish North Atlantic air routes from Boston to London and Moscow and to intermediate cities. The Boston to Moscow flight would cover about 5000 miles in 18 hours at an estimated cost no higher than a third class transatlantic steamship fare, with London reachable in 14 hours and Paris and Amsterdam in about one more hour.
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Boston
North Atlantic
London
Moscow
Northeast Airlines, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Paris
Amsterdam
Allies May Use New Strategy Against Burma
American and Chinese troops may join British and Indian forces in an inch by inch reconquest of Burma. Training reflects Daniel Boone style tactics as monsoon season nears, shifting from a sea invasion to an overland advance from India, with large scale action unlikely before fall.
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New Delhi
India
Imperial Secretariat
Sir Archibald Wavell
Joseph Stillwell
U.S. Army
China
Burma
Brendcn Somerville
U.S
Allen Hartley
Sir John Dill
H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Casablanca
Daniel Boone
Bismarck Sea
High Command
Tha
Labor leader Howard Chase named to CBC board
Ottawa Prime Minister King announces Howard B. Chase of Montreal will join the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation board as a labor representative for a three year term from November 1, 1942. Chase is vice grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and will fill one of two vacancies.
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Ottawa
King
Howard B. Chase
Montreal
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Chase
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Japan Awaiting U S Bombing Against Industry
Asahi reports Japan expects U S air forces to strike industrial districts within this year or next and urges the population to prepare. Berlin radio quotes a Tokyo dispatch recorded by the Associated Press.
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New York
Tokyo
Asahi
Japan
United States
Berlin
Associated Press
February drives RC A F women’s division past ten thousand
Ottawa reports that new enlistments in February within the women’s division of the Royal Canadian Air Force exceeded any month since formation in 1942. While exact figures are unavailable, total strength rose above the 10,000 threshold.
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Ottawa
Rc.a.f
Churchill blocks MPs from viewing UN war criminal list
London Prime Minister Churchill refused to allow Parliament members to inspect the list of war criminals compiled by a United Nations commission, calling it a matter affecting several governments.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United Nations Commission
Moscow Born Pioneers Made Red Generals by Stalin Decree
Moscow reports Georgi Baidukov and Andrey Tumashev, second pilots on a 1937 Moscow to United States polar flight, were promoted to major generals of the Red Air Force by decree of Premier Joseph Stalin. London reports twelve Roman Catholic priests arrested in The Hague and five sent to Utrecht concentration camp for advising churchgoers to evade total labor mobilization ordered by German authorities.
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Moscow
Georgi Baidukov
Andrey Tumashev
United States
North Pole
Red Air Force
Joseph Stalin
London
Th Hague
Utrecht
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