Increased Flax Production Seen Vital To War Effort
Ottawa agriculture officials urge tens of thousands of prairie farmers to triple 1941 flax acreage to reach a 20 million bushel objective for 1942. A fixed flax price is set at 2.25 a bushel No 1 CW in Fort William. Flax rotation and summer fallow discussed to boost yields amid oil shortages and wartime needs.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Canada
Japan
United Nations
C.W
Fort William
Prairie Provinces
Alberta to Cut Farm Implement Steel in 1943
Alberta deputy minister J. R. Sweeney returns from Saskatoon where prairie agricultural engineers discuss steel shortages. Only 25 percent of 1940 steel for farm implements will be available in 1943 while 150 percent for parts will be allotted. Proposals include promoting repairs, issuing board statements, and farmer education bulletins.
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Edmonton
J. R. Sweney
Alberta
Sweeney
Prairies Agricultural Engineering Committee
Saskatoon
National Camp Committee On Agricultural Services
Ottawa
Federal Agricultural Supplies Board
London Destroyer Jaguar Sunk in Battle
The destroyer Jaguar of the Javelin class has been sunk. Jaguar displaced 1690 tons and carried six 47 inch guns, sixteen 21 inch torpedo tubes, with a normal crew of 183 men.
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London
Jaguar
Corregidor Heroes Honored by Australian Press
The Melbourne Sun-News and Melbourne Age praised the Corregidor defense for five months as a defense of Australia, noting the surrender was a major setback yet the stout resistance bought valuable time. They compared the defense to To brk, Sevastopol and Malta and urged continued resolve amid ongoing Pacific war. The piece also mentions Midway as continuing tenaciously in anticipation of Japan's counterblows.
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Sydney
Australia
Falien Corregidor
Melbourne Sun-News
Singapore
Corregidor
Tobruk
Sevastopol
Malta
Midway Island
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Field Gunners Train Amid Coastal Bush Warfare Drills
Canadian Prairies born gunners of the 21st Field Regiment rehearse battle maneuvers near Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. The exercise includes live fire potential, smoke, tear gas effects, gas alarms, and quick shifts as crews and officers test responses in rough bush terrain.
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Nanaimo
Canadian Prairies
Pacific Coast
A B. Gilbert
Saint John
N.B
21St Field Regiment
64Th
Yorkton
Sask
Vancouver Island
A. T. Gilbert
Sharp Crack In German Morale Has Been Noted
A neutral businessman who wintered in Germany reports scarce food and clothing and a morale collapse in Berlin from December to April. He cites harsh winter, worsening supply lines, and mass mobilization of older men as key factors and notes empty classes and gray uniforms in the streets.
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Istanbul
Germany
The
Reich
Berlin
Russia
United States
Crooke Proposal Blocks-of-Stone War Symbol Sent Abroad
In the House of Commons Sir Smedley Crooke proposed sending blocks of stone from a Nazi bombed chamber to dominion parliaments and the US Congress carved with a common resolve to defend democratic government Attlee said the idea would be considered.
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London
Smedley Crooke
House of Commons
Dominions
United States Congress
Clement Attlee
Ottawa CNR officials eye bombed industries for Canada
In Ottawa Canada the CNR president R C Vaughan told the House of Commons railway and shipping committee that bombed out industries in the United Kingdom may relocate to Canada. Officials in Ottawa and the United Kingdom are keeping close contact to assess relocation possibilities and impacts.
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Ottawa
C.N.R
United Kingdom
Canada
R. C. Vaughan
C.N
Railway and Shipping Committee
House of Commons
Mennonites Move to B C Farms From Saskatchewan
Ten Mennonite families totaling 20 adults and 74 children have arrived in the Vanderhoof Burns Lake area to farm. They join 25 existing Mennonite families with 15 more arrivals expected from Saskatchewan. The Saskatchewan government funded their transportation.
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Victoria
Saskatchewan
Vanderhoof
Burns Lake
Four Briton Blitz Scouts Arrive in Canada for Shelter
Four dazed British boy scouts, volunteers in the blitz, arrive in Canada carrying steel air raid helmets. Leader of the 65th Birkenhead troop is John Bethell, 16, who has earned the Bronze Cross for bravery and devotion during bombing raids.
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Canada
John Bethell
Change in Army Diet for Canadian Forces
National Defence announces a ration scale revision effective June 1 for Canadian Army and RCAF personnel. The diet reduces beef bread and potatoes to 12 ounces daily, raises fresh milk to 15 ounces, adds grapefruit juice and oranges, and allows ham as an exchange for beef while sugar drops from 3 to 2 ounces daily.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
National Defence Headquarters
Government caps film set costs at five thousand per picture
Washington announces a new limit of up to 5000 dollars for movie sets per film. Previously some sets cost between 10000 and 156000 dollars. Ottawa reports 1900 to 2300 American citizens in Canadian forces have applied to transfer to U S units.
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Washington
United States
Ottawa
Ottawa tightens trades training for military recruits
National Defence headquarters announced new rules requiring soldiers to finish advanced training before entering trades training. Lt Col Howard Kennedy was named director of trades training, a new directorate at colonel rank. Under the policy, trades trainees are tied to their training centres and units, with graduates returning to their original centre, aiming to form a fighting force that includes skilled tradesmen. It seeks simplified administration and improved selection of specialists.
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Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
Howard Kennedy
Wartime Salvage Ltd Formed For Maximum Effort
Ottawa announces a government owned salvage company Wartime Salvage Ltd to be directed by the wartime prices and trade board. Walter A. Bark of Toronto named president. The firm will coordinate with government departments to regulate salvage prices and market unused salvage, starting with waste paper supply to mills at uniform prices and freight rate equalization.
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Ottawa
Wartime Salvage Ltd
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Government
Walter A. Bark
Toronto
National War Services Department
Free French Rally Defies Ban in Lyons May Day Gathering
London report says 50000 Frenchmen in Lyons defied the Vichy ban on May Day demonstrations. In Place Cornet they sang the Marseillaise and shouted Vive De Gaulle Laval to the Gallows. Many arrests reported.
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London
Lyons
Cornet
de Gaulle
Laval
Tenders Open For Alaska Highway Construction
Canadian and American contractors will bid this month for the permanent Alaska Highway project from the Peace River area to Fairbanks. Thomas H. MacDonald will call the tenders in Washington for the Public Roads administration. Surveys are by American engineers with progress in British Columbia and the Yukon. No tender date has been set.
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Edimonton
Alaska
Thomas H. MacDonald
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Washington
Peace River
Fairbanks
British Columbia
Yukon
U.S. Corps of Engineers
William Hoge
Funds Available For Pre Medical Courses At Saskatoon
Dr. W S Lindsay dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan announced funds in the form of loans and scholarships for students in the pre medical course at Saskatoon. The decision to shorten holidays aimed to meet rising demand for medical personnel. Second year medical classes begin June 1 and end in December, while first year starts September 22 and ends April 30 to allow students to attend finishing universities without time loss.
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Saskatoon
W.S. Lindsay
University of Saskatchewan
Lindsay
Ballantyne Named Conservative Leader in Upper House
Senator Charles C. Ballantyne of Ottawa and Montreal was chosen by Conservative caucus to lead the party in the Senate. He succeeds Rt. Hon Arthur Meighen of Toronto, who resigned earlier this year after an unsuccessful York South by election bid for a Commons seat. The appointment was unanimous.
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Ottawa
Charles C. Ballantyne
Montreal
Arthur Meighen
Toronto
Senate
York South
House of Commons
Ballantyne
Cancel Big Show Chicago Exposition Postponed for 1942
The International Live Stock Exposition, North Americas largest agricultural show for 42 years, will not be held this year due to wartime conditions. Directors cite expected transportation shortages as the main reason for postponing the 1942 event.
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Chicago
North Americas
Japanese calendar to replace Christian dating in Dutch East Indies
Japanese military administration decrees use of the Japanese calendar in the Netherlands East Indies. Despatches from Java say the Christian calendar will be replaced, with the year 2606 by the Japanese reckoning, dating from 660 BC under Emperor Jimmu.
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Tokyo
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Jimmu
War Service Patrol Formed in Holme Valley York
A Boy Scout guerrilla unit named the War Service Patrol is organized in York shire Holme Valley to aid troops if invasion arises.
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Huddersfield
War Service Patrol
Yorkshire Holme Valley
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Corregidor Heroes
Melbourne Age
Prairies
J. F. Brown
C. W. Beck
Brown
Gilbert
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Curb Film Industry
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Britain
Dominion
Ontario
R. M. Smith
Meighen
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