Cheaper Credit for the Farmer Proposed by Dr Archibald
Dr Archibald of Dominion Experimental Farms urged Canadian agricultural reconstruction started by farmers themselves. He called for cheaper, industry-competitive credit and modern, standardized farm machinery at lower prices to boost production, soil rehabilitation, and broader soybean and crop development.
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E.S. Archibald
Dominion Experimenmtal Farms
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
Canada
Archibald
Nazi Occupied Europe Costs Hit 5.4 Billion Annual
London report estimates Nazi rule drains occupied Europe of about 1.2 billion pounds yearly in German levies plus 0.5 billion pounds in unpaid exports, totaling roughly 5.4 billion dollars in annual losses.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Europe
Canada eyes extending fishing limit beyond three miles
Hon Ernest Bertrand, Canada's fisheries minister, urges extending the three mile limit to 10 miles or more to protect the industry and boost revenue. He cites past wartime losses to Japanese canneries beyond the limit and notes the need to control fish spawning grounds offshore.
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Vancouver
Canada
Ernest Bertrand
Dominion
British Columbia
United States
B.C
Alaska highway linked to Northwest defense and trade
Maj Gen W W Foster, special commissioner for northwest defense, told a Vancouver service club that the Alaska highway and airfield chain are vital for defending the Northwest Passage and connecting Canada with the Soviet ally. He said the route could unlock massive commercial benefits and backed plans for a national park around North America's largest glacier. Foster heads Edmonton headquarters.
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Vancouver
W. W. Foster
Canada
Service Club
Alaska
Northwest Passage
New iron called acicular iron boosts British war production
British foundries unveil acicular iron three times stronger and tougher than prewar iron. With a tensile strength up to 60 psi versus 15 psi in 1939, production began under two years ago. The alloy results from extensive research and now sees growing use in armaments and key munition components.
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London
Japan Reorganizes Air Raid Precautions Amid Evacuation Plan
Berlin radio quoted Kisaburo Ando announcing in the Japanese diet a complete reorganization of air raid precautions. The plan calls for evacuation of large towns and speeding up transfer of industry to the countryside.
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London
Berlin
Kisaburo Ando
Allied Air Raids Weaken German Morale Says Dispatch
A dispatch to Gazette de Lausanne reports German morale collapsing under Allied air raids. It cites night bombing destroying Hamburg Essen Cologne Dusseldorf Rostock and keeping Germans from sleep. Hitler allegedly ignores high command urging withdrawal and fear fuels a discouraged populace with little sign of organized opposition.
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Berne
Reich
Hitler
Gazette de Laus
Italy
Hamburg
Essen
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Rostock
Commanding Officer A M DeWolf Led Bahamas Troops
Lieut.-Col. A M DeWolf of Halifax commanded the Veteran's Guard of Canada No 33 Company and all troops in the Bahamas since June 1942. He served as military adviser to the Duke of Windsor and held local rank as full Colonel while governor’s aide in the Bahamas. He enlisted as a gunner in 1915 and rose to captain in the Great War.
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Party of Veteran's Guard of Canada
No. 33 Company
Canada
Bahamas
A. M. DeWolf
D.C.M
Halifax
N.S
DeWolf
R.A.F
U.S
Duke of Windsor
Cape's Battery
Montreal
Amended ration order allows neighborly exchanges of sugar for tea
The prices board amended its consolidated ration order to permit neighborly exchanges of rationed goods that are lawfully acquired. Gifts loans or exchanges were previously prohibited as a necessary measure to curb abuses but the board says normal exchanges were never intended to be restricted and no steps have been taken to stop them on paper.
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Prices Board
Ottawa dept store sales rise in September
Canadian department stores and mail order firms posted a three percent sales increase in September from a year earlier. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reported an unadjusted index of 159.1, up from 154.9 on the 1935-1939 base.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Soldiers go overseas with heavy equipment loads
Each soldier headed overseas carries a load of five to twelve tons of equipment.
New Campaign To Keep Down Cost Of Living
Ottawa outlines a plan to curb inflation with a cost-of-living campaign. The prices board backs the labor department in shifting from a cost-of-living bonus to a basic wage rate structure with guarantees that a dollar buys the same essentials next year. The board already uses subsidies to stabilize prices and has cut coffee tea and milk costs while moderating orange prices.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Labor Department
Finance Department
Canadian Paratroops Merge With British Division
London reports that the Canadian parachute unit in Britain has been merged with a British parachute division and will fight as part of it. The move fuels speculation on whether Canadians abroad will stay as a separate entity or join larger Allied formations under British command.
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London
Britain
Canadian Overseas Army
Sth
Sicily
Ger
Bernard Montgomery
Italy
7Th Army
Fort Benning
Shilo
Man
Ottawa
Defence Headquarters
High Command
8Th Army
United Nations
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el Alamein
Stalingrad
RAF
USAAF
Canadian Army
Mia Jones
Jan C. Smuts
Union of South Africa
Churchill
No. 10
Downing St
Moscow
Molotov
Anthony Eden
Cordell Hull
Vyacheslav Molotov
Roosevelt
Washington
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