Sawfly Resistant Wheat Developed in Western Canada
CALGARY reports the Dominion Experimental Station at Swift Current announces a sawfly resistant wheat strain. Led by H J Kemp and Arnold Platt, with John Dore, the work spans 13 years and aims to reduce sawfly damage in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. Seed is not yet available, but distribution could come in two to three years, potentially replacing trap crop methods.
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Calgary
Dominion
Swift Current
Alberta
Saskatchewan
L. B. Thomson
H. J. Kemp
Arnold Platt
University of Alberta
John Dore
Platt
Alberta University
Leth Bridge
Refugee admission push launched by Canadian committee
Ottawa announces a mass petition by Canadians aged 18 and over to demonstrate broad popular support for admitting refugees to Canada. The effort is led by Senator Catherine Wilson of Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canadian National Committee On Refugees
Canada
Catrine Wilson
Mussolini May Resign as Italy’s Leader
A Budapest despatch to the Gazette de Lausanne reports Mussolini intends to resign from the Fascist Republican government and asks Berlin party directors to name Marshal Rodolfo Graziani as successor. The despatch notes Mussolini did not leave Germany.
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Berne
Budapest
Gazette de Lausanne
Mussolini
Italy
Berlin
Rodolfo Graziani
Germany
Belgian Commandos Reach North Africa in World War II Return
A Belgian commando unit, the first Belgian infantry to rejoin the struggle against the Germans since 1940, has arrived in North Africa after training in Britain. The unit includes troops who reached England in May 1940.
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Algiers
North Africa
Britain
England
Miss Langelle Buys Victory Bond in Local Campaign
Miss Elonira Langelle saved ten thousand pennies over 22 months to purchase a $100 victory bond as the Fifth Victory Loan campaign opened in Mahone Bay. She says she knows of no better investment for her hobby.
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Mahone Bay
Elonira Langelle
Returning Civilians Head Home From North Projects
Railway and air line officials report hundreds of Canadian and American civilians, who spent 12 to 14 months on northern projects, are en route home via Edmonton. Traffic has been terrific from the north in the past 10 days.
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Edmonton
Irrigation Plan Urges Postwar Farm Expansion in Prairies
Toronto based MP John R. MacNicol urged irrigation to reclaim 1,050,000 acres in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan for mixed farming. He cited drought, wartime water treaties, and potential postwar jobs with reservoirs, sugar and canning plants, and a $20 million program to revive 87,000 farmers and add thousands of rural jobs.
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Toronto
Alberta
Saskatchewan
John R. MacNicol
Davenport
Kiwanis Club
South Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
MacNicol
United States
Canada
Mr. MacNicol
Tabor
Lethbridge
Registration Certificates May Sit Permanently in Canadian Life
Ottawa reports show national registration certificates once a wartime proof may gain lasting value. Provinces find them useful and may push for permanent status. changes of address would require recording on the certificate, not just the master card. In London, Sir James Grigg told Commons the Japanese ration deficiencies for POWs were being addressed.
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Ottawa
London
James Grigg
House of Commons
Terrific Fight Ahead for United Nations Warned in Secret Session
Washington reports say Gen. George C. Marshall and War Secretary Henry Stimson outlined a grim global war picture to House members. They cited defender challenges, German fighter buildup, and the pace of Allied air power versus Japan. The briefing stressed logistics as the main bottleneck and warned optimism should be tempered.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Diary of Congress
United Nations
Geo. C Marshall
United States Army
Henry Stimson
War and Navy
House
Siberia
Russia
Japan
South Africa Chief Justice Steps Down
Government head Mr. Justice N J De Wet relinquishes the chief justiceship while remaining to administer the government of the Union of South Africa, with the King's approval of the recommendation to continue governance.
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N. J. de Wet
Union of South Africa
Australian pilot awarded Victoria Cross for bravery
Fit Lt. William Newton of the Royal Australian Air Force, aged 24, earned the Victoria Cross for his conspicuous bravery during 52 missions. During a March attack his bomber caught fire. he steered toward the shore to save the crew, landed in the water, and disappeared after two crewmen escaped.
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London
William Newton
Royal Australian Air Force
Newton
Japan Sets Provisional Government of India in Singapore
New York radio reports Japan has established a provisional government of India in Singapore led by Subhas Chandra Bose, the Indian extremist who fled India in 1941 to avoid trial for subversion.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Japan
India
Inngapore
Subhas Chandra Bose
Allied Bombing Forces Put Enemy On Defensive
RAF says half of Germanys leading cities now badly damaged by Allied raids with fourteen more hit heavily. Hamburg Cologne Duesseldorf and Essen cited for industrial damage. German fighter force up one third since January while bomber production slows. daylight sorties over Britain by Germans declined as RAF and US bombers surge.
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London
Germany
RAF
Hamburg
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Essen
England
Britain
R.A.F
Prosperity After Allied Advances Boosts Liberated Lands
President Roosevelt cited North Africa and Sicily as examples of economic rebound under Allied occupation. He noted Tunisia's shift from food shippings to self sufficiency and reserves for metropolitan France, and Sicily's move from war depletion to farmers keeping crops and selling surplus to authorities. The North Africa comeback was illustrated by post May 1943 food shipment figures.
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Washington
Roosevelt
North Africa
Tunisian
French North Africa
France
Sicily
New Antimalarial Drug Totaquine Revealed
Discovery of totaquine a new anti malaria drug from South America was disclosed at the 51st annual convention of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. It aims to replace quinine lost during the Japanese seizure of the Netherlands East Indies.
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Philadelphia
Netherlands East Indies
The
Association of Military Surgeons of the
United States
South America
Japanese Air Corps Commander Naka Zono Killed in China
A Berlin broadcast quoted the Japanese war ministry saying Lt Gen Marinide Naka zono commander of the Japanese air corps on the Chinese front was killed last month during operations in southern China. The report noted his leadership of air units and his involvement in ongoing campaigns.
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New York
Berlin
Japanese War Ministry
Marinide Nakazono
China
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