Canada Must Play A Part In Air Ace Ahead
C. H. Dickens of Canadian Pacific Airlines urged Winnipeg's Board of Trade for postwar air expansion. He said Canada should widen routes and feeder lines to reach two thirds of the population, arguing air transport would unite the country though trains and ships would not be replaced. He noted railways moved 150 million tons of freight last year versus 5,900 tons by airplanes, a ratio he said would grow with growth in aviation.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Quilock
Canadian Airlines
C. H. Dickens
Canadian Pacific Airlines
Montreal
Winnipeg Board of Trade
Canadian Railways
Athlone Named New Potato From Athlone Creek Area
New potato variety Athlone developed near Sweetwater British Columbia by farmer W S Simpson is an early white oval free mealy cooker. Governor general approved use of his name after samples were sent for review.
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Sweetwater
B.C
W. S Simpson
British Columbia
Athlone
Canada
Simpson
Penicillin Proves Effective In Wound Infections
Allied headquarters report penicillin shows great success in treating severe wound infections in the theatre of war. Arriving in limited quantities, the drug is sent to forward areas for specially selected patients and has proven effective against gangrene.
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Allied
Algiers
Germany Registers 59 Year-Old Men for Service
London report says Germany is registering 59 year-olds for military service a step not reached in 1914 18. A ministry spokesman notes they will not be called up now but the move signals Hitler is scraping the bottom of manpower.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Hitler
Vatican diplomats burn confidential papers in fear
The Daily Mail reports diplomats accredited to the Vatican are burning confidential papers. The despatch from Madrid says even Luigi Cardinal Maglione the papal secretary of state is destroying documents that would reveal Germans who kept the Pope informed of Nazi moves against the church.
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London
Vatican
Papal
Rome
Daily Mail
Madrid
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Germany
Japanese Weakness Evident in Solo mns New Guinea Area
President Roosevelt said signs of Japanese weakness appeared across the Solomons and New Guinea theatre. He noted retreat of forces and heavy transport losses as proof while urging emphasis on this factor. He cited destroyed barges and sinking escort vessels as indictors of reduced Japanese capacity.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Solomons Islands
New Guinea
United States
Seslomons-New Guinea
Prairie farmers eyed for winter labor at Lakehead elevators
Grain officials plan to recruit 125 farmers from the prairie provinces for winter work at Lakehead elevators in Fort William. If adopted, the plan would keep the men employed through next spring with free federal transportation provided to relive local labor shortages.
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Fort William
Prairie Provinces
Lakehead
Prairies
General Klopper escapes through enemy lines to Allied forces
Major General H. B. Klopper, South African commander at Tobruk captured in Tobruk's fall in June 1942, has escaped and reached Allied lines after a 150 mile trek through enemy territory. The Cairo Reuters dispatch states he escaped from Sulmona, 75 miles east of Rome, and made his way back to Allied control.
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London
H. B. Klopper
Tobruk
Reuters
Cairo
Klopper
Sulmona
Rome
Huge Demands For Food For The United Kingdom
TORONTO Canadians face tight food use as overseas demand rises for the United Kingdom and Europe. Dr. L. B. Pett of the pensions department warns there is no margin for error and urges careful, limited consumption amid public concern over scarce supplies. He notes calls for unified nutrition efforts remain incomplete.
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Toronto
United Kingdom
Europe
L. B. Pett
The
Pensions Department
Nutrition Services
Health League of Canada
Ottawa
Britain to divert grain to famine hit Bengal India
Lord Woolton minister of food said Britain will dip into grain supplies to relieve Bengal famine. He reported arrangements completed to divert foodstuffs to India and warned Britons to expect a scarcity of fresh vegetables this winter.
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London
Britain
Bengal
India
Lord Woolton
French Canadian Architect Designed First Baha i Temple in West
Louis Bourgeois, the late Canadian designer of the western hemisphere Baha i Temple, completed the building after twenty years in Wilmette Illinois. The temple will host an international Baha i gathering on May 22 1944 and its nine sides symbolize the world s nine chief religions.
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Louis Bourgeois
Hemisphere
Wilmette
Ill
United States vows action over Japanese beheading of airman
Washington officials say after wartime captures the U S will hold Japanese responsible for the beheading of an Allied aviator. The note to Tokyo cited a captured Japanese diary and warned of punishment for similar acts against American prisoners.
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Washington
United States
Roosevelt
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
State Department
Tokyo
Thousands Flee to Alps and Pyrenees to Avoid Deportation
Interior Minister Andre Philip says more than 200000 Frenchmen live illegally in the Alps or Pyrenees after fleeing to escape deportation to Germany. He adds that about 40000 Frenchmen had been executed by March 1943.
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Algiers
Andre Philip
French Committee of National Liberation
Alps
Pyrenees
Germany
Dominion Pride Shown by Evening Standard Editorial
London editors praise Canada's war effort in a full issue editorial calling Dominion a source of pride and emulation for all Allied powers. Lord Beaverbrook's publication highlights Canada’s contribution to the war and rallying the home front.
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London
Canada
Lord Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Dominion
Officers of 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment Photo
A recently taken photograph shows officers of the 14th Canadian Army Tank Regiment Calgary Regiment. Front row includes Capt S E Greenberg Winnipeg Major C A Richardson Red Deer Alta Major R R Taylor Calgary Major R L Purves Calgary CO Capt D H McIndoe Vernon B C Major R J Donabie Oshawa Ont Major de B Trotter Calgary Capt J Edmond Montreal Capt D F Baker Edmonton. Back row features Lieuts G G Morrow Peterborough Ont Lieut E Simmons Lieut C Johnson Barons Alta Lieut H R Park Timmins Ont Lieut C B Anderson Winnipeg Lieut R C Patterson Oshawa Lieut F R Graham Montreal Lieut J W Quinn Saskatoon Lieut W J Casselman Winnipeg Lieut T E Nightingale Vernon BC Capt E R Watkin Olds Alta Capt H A Miller Vancouver BC Lieut W G James Bowmanville Ont.
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14Th
Canadian Army Tank Regiment
Calgary Regiment
S. E. Greenberg
Winnipeg
C. A. Richardson
Red Deer
Alto
R. R. Taylor
Calgary
R. L. Purves
D. H. McIndoe
Vernon
B.C
R. J. Donabie
Oshawa
Ont
de B
Canadian Army
L. C. Love
A. H. Wallace
Westville
N.S
J. W. Singleton
Toronto
R. E. Hyde
Edmonton
E. Cooper Londor
T. E. Nightingale
E R. Watkin
Olds
H. A. Miller
Vancouver
W. G. James
Bowmanville
Balkans Seen as Key Focus of Allied Moscow Talks
London reports Balkan issues loom in the Moscow three power talks as Soviet American and British armies may coordinate there. The American 7th Army under Lt Gen Patton is said to prepare for a Balkan invasion in Italy. The delegations include top State and Foreign Office officials with Harriman and Eden among the principal appointees.
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London
Balkans
Moscow
Stockholm
George S. Patton
Italy
Balkan
Reuters
United States Department of State
British
Foreign Office
H. Freeman Matthews
State Department
William Strang
Sir Hastings Ismay
War Cabinet
Churchill
United States
Canada
George C. Marshall
Cordell Hull
Russia
W. Averell Harriman
Kremlin
Hull
Washington
Harriman
Anthony Eden
Making Plans For The Empire Air Conference
London hosts preparations for the empire air conference with Lord Heaverbrook directing final plans. Britain Canada Australia New Zealand South Africa and India attend to shape postwar air policy for talks with the United States and other nations. Smuts arrives to confer with the dominions office as a possible US and Canada visit is discussed.
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London
Lord Heaverbrook
Privy Seal
Britain
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
United States
Runsia
United Nations
Jan Christian Smuts
Dominions
War Cabinet
Evening Standard
Smuts
Churchill
Standard
Caplan Named Supervisor of CBC Production
Rupert Caplan of Montreal is appointed to the newly created post of supervisor of production for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The appointment was announced recently.
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Toronto
Rupert Caplan
Montreal
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Anthony Eden Represents Warwick and Leamington Since 1923
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden has served as the Member of Parliament for Warwick and Leamington from 1923 onward, shaping policy and representing the constituency in the House of Commons.
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Anthony Eden
Warwick
Leamington
House of Commons
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Quebec
Solomons-New Guinea
Dr. Pett
Mark Clark
5Th Army
Sam Schulman
Will
14Th Canadian Army Tank Regiment
Empire Air Conference
CBC
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