Plan for peacetime RCAF structure announced in Ottawa
Air Minister Gibson outlined a 6100 permanent force with 4500 auxiliary and 10000 reserve, eight squadrons including bomber reconnaissance and transport units, plus a mobile tactical wing and a long range plan for 15 auxiliary squadrons. Home bases listed at Dartmouth, Patriots Bay, Edmonton, Rockcliffe, and more with training schools and unchanged command structure.
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Montreal
Col. Gibson
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Patriots, Bay
B.C
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No. 3 transport group
Rockcliffe
No. 7 photo experimental wing
Rodkcliffe
No. 7 photo wing
Courtney
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Vancouver
No. 1 air command
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Halifax
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London
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Calgary
Victoria
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Portage la Prairie
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Pageantry Ends In Rome
Vatican City February twenty two reveals twenty seven new cardinals joining the Sacred College after a five day cycle. The consistory closed to all but the Pope and senior clergy featured the rites of the closing and opening of the mouth signaling cardinal duties. Five new cardinals missed the final ceremony due to illness. Pope to assign titular churches in Rome or its suburbs.
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VATICAN CITY
Sacred College
Holy Father
Rome
Bevin Topped as Man of the New Year 1946
In a Fleet Street view Ernest Bevin, British Foreign Secretary, is hailed as likely the greatest man of 1946. Observers note his dominating character surpassing Palmerston, with officials praising his impact and predicting a lasting historical mark. Continued discussion appears on page 12.
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Beverley Baxter
M.P
Maclean's Magazine
Fleet Street
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Foreign Office
Bevin
Appointment of BC acting provincial commissioner for St John
Ottawa telegram reports W. C. Mainwaring of Victoria has been named acting provincial commissioner for British Columbia for the Order of St John of Jerusalem. He succeeds J Fyfe Smith of Vancouver who retires at his own request.
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W. C. Mainwaring
Victoria
British Columbia
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
J. Fyfe Smith
Vancouver
Non-Delivery Strike Pamphlets Sent to AFL Locals
Edmonton, Feb. 22. Carl J. Stimpfle, president, said mailing of non-delivery strike pamphlets to more than 799 Alberta Farmers Union locals will begin soon. The pamphlets explain how to organize a union delivery strike and will be studied by locals. In two weeks, the union board will meet in Edmonton to decide steps for district meetings on strike action.
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EDMONTON
Alberta Farmers Union
Alberta
Carl J. Stimpfle
Irrigation Seen as Solution to Drought Woes in Alberta
Dr J L Robinson argued irrigation is essential to drought recovery in the legislature debate. He cited 1945 drought losses across Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba, urging rapid completion of major irrigation schemes like Red Cliffs Ronalane and St Mary Milk River to unlock 1 000 000 irrigable Alberta acres and prevent future crop drops. A Southern Alberta Water Conservation Council meeting in Lethbridge reinforced urgent, nonpartisan irrigation actions.
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J. L. Robinson
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Thurst
DROUGUT
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
South Saskatchewan
Lethbridge
Southern Alberta Water Conservation Counci
St. Mary- Milk River
Redcliff-Ronalane
Arms Attacks Near Tel Aviv Trigger Police Hunt
British troops and Palestine police sealed off Kiryal Mayir area outside Tel Aviv after Jewish militants attacked three police camps in Palestine. Three attackers were killed and three wounded. Two bodies with explosives were found inside Sarona camp. One captured attacker died on the way to hospital.
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Palestine police
Kiryal, Mayir
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Sarona
Big Five Peace Conference Slowed By Delays In London
London reports say the peace conference planned for Paris in May is unlikely to be held then as the council of deputy foreign ministers in London bogs down on Italian treaty issues. Russia's stance and influenza slow progress, with key figures diverted to other posts, delaying preparations for a 21 nation conference including Canada.
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LONDON
c.P. Cable
Paris
Loridori
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Romania
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Hungary
Finland
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Rossen dnai
Russia
Ian Campbell
totive
Tan
Cairo
Gladwyn Jebb
overe
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Striking Ratings Will Surrender In Bombay Mutiny Crisis
Mutiny by Royal Indian Navy ratings in Bombay sparked civilian riots with 60 killed and 600 injured as British forces moved to restore order. Reported talks with Vallabhai Patel indicated unconditional surrender likely by tomorrow with ships flying cease fire and curfew imposed after widespread looting and shelling. Strong entities include Royal Indian Navy, Vallabhai Patel, Lt Gen Lockhart, Prime Minister Attlee, and Bombay police authorities amid blockade and evacuations.
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Reuters
Royal Indian Navy
Vallabhai Patel
All-Indian Congress Party
Karachi
Hindustan
Jess
Vizagapatam
India
Calcutta
Madras
Congress party
rtats
Lockhard
southern Indian command
R. M. M. Lockhart
London
Attlee
Reuters gaid
Syndicate Plans Tourist Camps On Alaska Highway
Edmonton Feb 22 A Dawson Creek syndicate led by Norman J Nor Mile seeks federal approval to establish tourist camps every 30 miles along the Alaska Highway from Dawson Creek to the Alaskan boundary and to run regular bus service. The group claims unlimited funds and aims to start this spring by relocating former U S Army buildings for use as facilities.
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Dawson Creek
Alaskan
Norman J. Normile
Normile
United States engineer's department
U.S. army
Riots Ended In Cairo Area
Cairo authorities report restored order after violent demonstrations against British rule. British troops and Egyptian police guarded embassies as protesters clashed with security forces. A government communique said troops fired to protect lives, while a student groups committee urged calm and condemned the shootings. Reuters noted eleven killed and many injured as crowds attacked military and civil institutions. The unrest followed calls for evacuation of British personnel.
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CAIRO
Egypt
Reuters
Rescue bids halted as 440 miners feared trapped at German mine
MNA Germany Feb 22. Hope of rescuing 449 miners entombed after a mine explosion was abandoned and the fire-swept workings sealed. Official casualties: 16 bodies recovered and 440 men still underground, with 59 survivors. British officials among the trapped.
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MNA
Germany
Reuters
Anti-Soviet Outbreaks In Chungking News
In Chungking on February 22 intruders wrecked the three story office and book store of the Communist New China Daily News. They smashed furniture and threw items from windows while employees were assaulted. Two workers were hospitalized with serious injuries. Students marched demanding that Russia quit Manchuria and asking who is organizing puppet regimes. Reports say government troops movements for sovereignty are halted as officials wait to take posts. Chiang Kai Shek’s son, Chiang Ching-kuo, left Chungking February 20 as a foreign affairs commissioner for Manchuria.
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Communist New China Daily News
Kuomintang
National) party secret service
Russia
Manchuria
Manchuna
World Daily News
Chiang Khing- Kuo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Expect Arrest In Miller Murder
Canterbury Kent Feb 22 Police announced they expect to arrest someone within three days in the murder of Mrs Lilisa Miller 21 wife of a Saskatchewan soldier found strangled after a dance. Her husband Billi Miller of Regina arrived in Prestwick Scotland to take their one year old son View for home to Canada. Police said witnesses saw her struggling with an assailant on a footpath but did not raise an alarm. a good description of the attacker was obtained.
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England
C.P. Cable
Lilisa Miller
Saskatchewan
Billi Miller
Regina
Prestwick
Scotland
Azores
Canada
View for
Miller
Censorship threat criticized in Alberta throne debate
Edmonton Feb 22 C P criticizes provincial secretary A J Wooke for promising careful film review to purge Communist propaganda as a step toward political censorship of media. A J Lessemer warns the Social Credit government uses window dressing to win backing with radical talk then ultra conservative legislation for financiers. He attacks 11 years of spending on highways with no real road improvements and calls for action beyond mere electricity retailing.
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EDMONTON
C.P
A. J. Wooke
A. J. Lessemer
C.F
Calgary
Alberta
Lessemer
Social Credit
Veterans Teeth Backlog Strains Dentists In Ottawa
Veterans dental care faces a sharp backlog as rapid demobilization triggers thousands of new applications monthly. In Toronto, discharged veterans wait months for official civilian dentists to assign free treatment while many seek emergency care via private practitioners, a system accounting for about 90 percent of veterans' work.
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veterans department
tme
Toronto
plains
Bombshell in Spy Probe Rocks Canadian Rumors
Ottawa reports suggest that details of atomic power and radar obtained in Canada by Russian agents may be far more vital than Moscow claimed. Royal commission evidence is described as more concrete, with a potential bombshell opening a new field this week. Public condemnation of Russia is expected to be mild, as diplomatic exchanges shape any official response. The cabinet discussed the delicate matter and prepared a note to Russia regarding its attache's admission.
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Stati
OTTAWA
Canada
Russia
Hkely
royal
Robert Tascherneau
R. I. Kellock
supreme court of Canada
Moscow
Seamen advised to return to work in Bombay harbor
News bulletins report the Royal Indian Navy central strike committee advising seamen in Bombay Castle barracks and harbor ships to lay down their owns, surrender unconditionally, and resume work for tomorrow. Also six mutineers killed at Karachi in a clash over Hindustan, seven believed killed in ammunition blast near Brussels, Flying Padre dies in Ottawa, Alberta budget to be tabled Friday, and a Red Deer man jailed for six months over his semi mute son's care.
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Keutery
Royal Indian Navy
Castle barracks
KARACHI
India
Reuters
Hindustan
Beamen
OTTAWA
C.P
W. E. Cockram
R.C.AF
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EDMONTON
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