Policy of Despair Coldwell Critical of Churchill Speech
Ottawa report notes M. J. Coldwell condemns Churchill's wartime alliance proposal as a policy of despair. He argues the United Nations cannot be defeated by bloc politics and urges solving global problems within the UN framework. He contends peace depends on unity between Western democracies and Soviet Russia, not military pacts.
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COLDWELL
CHURCHILL
OTTAWA
Winston Churchill
wartates
United Nations non
M. J. Calde gral
OCF
Bpesc
C.C F
Eiv
United Nations Organization
Mer
world organization
Russia
Manning Budget Orthodox Says Page Calls It Deficit Plan
Edmonton March 8 in speaking on the 1848 47 budget Premier Manning's treasurer J Percy Page called the budget an orthodox example. He argued deficits depend on revenue from the people and warned against over fixed costs. He noted a projected surplus from Treasury Branches and criticized education funding and university salaries within Alberta.
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EDMONTON
BE. C. Manning
J. Percy Page
Ind
Alberta
Liberal
Conservaive
C.C.F
Page
t eu
Treasury
ALLOW
A.M.A
W. A. Fallows
Alberta Motor Association
royal commission of 1940
Fallon
the
AMA
royal commission
Justice McGillivray
Mr.Page
Gordon Taylor
Robert Newton
Coldwell Urges Farm Program For Canada
OSTAWA March 8 A long term agricultural program providing guaranteed prices and improved rural living is essential to Canada’s party aims. M J Coldwell reviews domestic and international issues at a C G F national council meeting. He calls for urgent action on unemployment housing and food production for a starving world and backs electrification mechanization and community amenities. He praises Canada’s 1 25 billion loan to the United Kingdom as a step forward.
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Coldwell
C.CF
Canada
United Kingdom
Scots Officer Heads 'Peg Trial
Maj. Gen. J. W. N. Haugh, a Scottish officer, will preside over the All British court martial in Winnipeg to try Cpl. John High Harvey of London for manslaughter and collaboration with the Japanese at Hong Kong. Harvey’s trial opens next Monday, followed by Com. Marcus Charles Tugby of the Winnipeg Grenadiers for collaboration and ill treatment of prisoners at Hong Kong. Tugby will be tried by an all Canadian court with a president yet to be announced. British officers arriving include Lt-Col. J. A. Thompson and others, met by Maj. C. H. Boulton.
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WINNIPEG
J. W. N. Haugh
Iceland
Middle East
John High Harvey
London
Hong Kong
Haugh
Stevenson air port
Britain
Harvey
Royal Army Medical Corps
Marcus Charles ‘Tugby
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Tugby
J. A Thompson
Charles P. Moore
O. C. Langlands
A. A. Clark
R. King
A.W. Beare
M. B. Onweed
A. W Jones
C. H. Boulton
Washington
Montgomery curses German food rations in postwar plan
Field Marshal Montgomery declared the Germans must take a hitch in their tests and will receive 1000 calories daily in the British occupation zone, contrasting with 2800 for Britons and noting the 800 calorie level at Belsen. He said no English food would be diverted to feed the Germans.
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HASTINGS
Sussex
England
Viscount Montgomery
Belsen
Cabinet Moves to Curb Wage Hikes in Reconversion
London reports that the British cabinet plans action to restrain a general rise in wages as wartime gains, about 80 percent in major industries, risk pushing up prices. Labour leaders say no government wage fixing will occur, but ministers seek to prevent wage settlements from destabilizing the economy during reconversion. January wage increases trace to 590,000 pounds weekly for 1.2 million workers, with total wage burdens rising sharply across industries since prewar levels.
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LONDON
CP. Cable
labor
Herbert Morrison
council
house of commons
labor ministry
Five Year Battle Against Grain Pests Ends in Victory
OTTAWA March 8 C P This is the story of a five year battle against a new saboteur the grain insects weevils beetles and moths that ruined wheat in Canada's granaries During wartime large stocks attracted infestations led by the Indian meal moth rust red grain beetle and the granary weevil Entomologists H E B Gray and B N Smielman directed the campaign In 1943 insects appeared widely by 1945 infestation reduced 73 percent and many elevators freed They staged a four day course in insect control guiding 82 companies staffers to keep premises clean and pest free.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
H. EB. Gray
agriculture department
B. N. Smeilman
board of grain commissioners
Montreal
Toronto
Fort William
Vancouver
Marriage Boon For Jap Girls
Winnipeg reports say Japanese Canadian girls seek husbands among native born Japanese men to avoid deportation orders. Marriages are arranged by families and traditional brokers within the Japanese Canadian community, with Oyama noting limited to Japanese Canadians. Some letters from Westerners and even a Chinese suitor have arrived, but most girls prefer to stay in Canada and avoid returning to Japan.
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WINNIPEG
British Columbia
Kasey Oyama
Canada
Oyama
occidentals
Japan
Siocan
B.C
Vian to Move Reply to Throne Speech March 14
Ottawa dispatch reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King said the address in reply to the throne speech will be moved by Captain Fernand Vian Liberal MP for 81 Boniface Manitoba. The reply will be seconded by Lt Colonel R B Winters Liberal MP for Queens-Laneburg Nova Scotia.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
Fernand Vian
Boniface
Manitoba
R. 8. Winters
Queens-Lanenburg
Nova Scotia
Champion Holstein crowned at Brattleboro show
Brattleboro Vermont and Ionia Michigan tied to the Holstein Friesian Association news. Sonia Ormsby, named the world's champion cow after 15 years of production reaching 126 081 cc of milk and over four tons of butterfat. The Holstein Pries tan Association of America stated the champion comes from the State Hospital at Ionia Michigan.
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BRATTLEBORO
Sonia Ormsby
Michigan
Holstein Friesian Association
Holstein Priestan Association of America
Ionia, Mich
Labor solution lets workers live in old home during build
In Fayetteville Arkansas in March Dr H E Leming secured materials for a new house but faced trouble arranging space. He solved the issue by permitting workers to stay in his existing home while construction proceeded on the new one.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark
March &. —P
H. E. Leming
Women in Swiss politics not active yet
In Bern and across Switzerland, women cannot vote though some elderly activists push for full suffrage. Most younger women prefer verbal suffrage, while the housewife ideal and time demands limit participation in municipal and cantonal matters that require voter involvement.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
BERN
Switzerland
little
Geneva canton
Geneva
Muskox Makes a 50 Mile Advance Toward Perry River
CHURCHILL March 8 The Muskox expedition pushed another 50 miles toward the Perry River trading post on the Queen Maud Gulf bringing total mileage to about 150 miles behind plan. They were 100 miles northwest of Baker Lake and crossing an 80 mile stretch between Schultz Lake and Back River not on maps. No temperature reported wind at 24 miles an hour stirred fresh snow reducing visibility and one vehicle suffered a broken yoke brakes.
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CHURCHILL
Muskox
Perry River
Queen Maud Gulf
Baker Lake
Schultz Lake
Back River
British Press Praises Canada Loan To Britain
London reports a 1.25 billion dollar loan from Canada to Britain is welcomed across papers. Lord Beaverbrook and editors call it generous and vital for a smooth peacetime transition, linking the dollar and sterling areas and boosting trade with Canada as a principal market.
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LONDON
March
Reuters
Canada
Britain
Enire
Lord Beaverrook
Daily Express
Liberal News Chronicle
Daily Telegraph
The Times
United Kingdom
Dominion
Daily Mail
government of
Alexander warns preparedness need in House of Commons
London report recalls A V Alexander, first lord of the admiralty, warning MPs that Britain risks unpreparedness as shipbuilding plans after V E Day were cancelled. He cited halted battleships Lion Temeraire Conqueror Thunderer and only Vanguard under construction, stressing resources redirected to immediate needs and the danger of a weaker Britain.
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LONDON
G.P. Cable
A. V. Alexander
admiralty
house of commons
Alexander
Britain
Vanguard
Royal Navy
Malta
dominions
British Commonwealth
General Symonds Postpones Canada Departure
Lt Gen Guy Simonds of Kingston Ont commander of the Canadian army force in The Netherlands has postponed his departure for Canada for two weeks to finish work here. He was slated to sail in March.
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LONDON
Guy Simonds
Kingston
Ont
Netherlands
Canada
Magistrate Bentoul, London, Dies at 61
Sir Gervais Bentoul, a West London magistrate aged 61, who once proposed a five year suspension of capital punishment, died in London yesterday March 7. He held a notable public role and was known for his reform suggestions during a previous debate.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Gervais Bentoul
West London
Advertising Gains in Toronto March 1946 Reports Strong Seizure
The Canadian Daily Newspapers Association reports a 43.3 percent gain in advertising in January 1946 versus January 1945. January 1946’s circulation was higher than any January since 1837 and 23.3 percent above January 1938, indicating a robust ad market in Canada.
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TORONTO
Canadian Daily Newspapers Association
McBride Sentenced for Forging Cheques in Kingston Case
John McBride of Winnipeg, 5 percent, was sentenced to four years in Kingston Penitentiary after pleading guilty to 8 charges of forging cheques and 8 charges of uttering forged documents. Police testified he obtained $1,025 while employed on the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers clerical staff.
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OYFTAWA
John McBride
Winnipeg
Kingston penitentiary
McBride
Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Parliament Approval Sought for Canada UK Loan
Sir Wilfrid Eady states Canada has assured Britain it will repay the 1 250 000 000 loan once Parliament approves the agreement. If US UK loan talks fail, Canada may need drastic revisions. Failure of the US loan would force lighter import controls in Britain and reopen talks with Canada.
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MONTREAL
C.P
Wilfrid Eady
Britain
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion
Wilfrid
United States
Sir Wilfrid
Critics dispute spy inquiry methods in Edmonton meeting
Edmont on branch of the Canadian Association of Scientific Workers condemned the Dominion government for detaining a prominent Canadian scientist and protested the espionage handling. The group urged that all detainees, including scientists, be permitted to defend themselves under normal legal procedures.
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EDMONTON
Canadian Association of Scientific Workers
Dominion
Butcher dies after accidental knife wound in Barrie
Gilbert Bogardis, 38, a Barrie area butcher for 12 years, died in hospital after accidentally cutting a main artery in his right side with a butcher knife. The accident occurred while he was at work.
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BARRIE
Gilbert Bogardis
Bogardis
Kratz Trial Opens Second Day In Medicine Hat Camp Case
In Medicine Hat Alberta March the Kratz trial of Pte Adolf Kratz 24 charged with the July 1943 murder of Pte August Plaszek 42 begins its second day Judge W R Howson presiding with a six man Alberta supreme court jury. Retired Werner Sehwalb earlier sentenced to hang next June 28 at Lethbridge then Cpl Johannes Wittings goes on trial. Maj Richard Fistermann testified about a 1943 meeting of camp leaders amid reports of plots to overthrow leadership. Crown expected to call about 290 witnesses. Kratz Coblenz native served in France 1941 then six months on Russian front before North Africa and capture. Plaszek former French Foreign Legion member also captured with the Afrika Korps.
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MEDICINE HAT
Alta
Pte
Adolf Kratz
August Plaszek
Medicine Hat camp
Werner Sehwalb
Lethbridge
Cpl
Johannes Wittingers
Richard Fistermann
W. R. Howson
Alberta supreme court
Kratz
Coblenz
France
Italy
North Africa
Plaszek
French Foreign Legion
Afrika Korps
Rocket Expert Died in Crash Inquest Held in Croydon
In Croydon England March 8 a coroner ruled the death of 29 year old rocket expert Dr John Brittain accidental after the February 13 crash of a Dakota transport near the aerodrome Two Royal Air Force crew members were among the five killed Navigator Flight Lieutenant R J Mitchell testified that a circuit of the airfield was not followed and the aircraft appeared to be landing from the north Blewett of the Croydon Flying Control Service noted a message from the plane stating it was in a northern position.
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CROYDON
England
Cyral Baron
John Brittain
aega
ere
Hillel
R.C.AF
R. J. Mitchell
Vancouver
L. R. Blewett
RAK
Croydon flying control service
Blewett
Welder Fatally Struck by Drum Explosion in Calgary
Robert Gibson died in an early morning accident at Westret Products Ltd in Calgary. He was welding a name plate to a metal shipping drum when the drum exploded and the end likely struck him on the head.
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CALGARY
Robert Gibson
Westret Products Ltd
Gibson
New ration book prepared for Ottawa readers
Ottawa reports the prices board announces a sixth ration book for wartime foods. It will be distributed to consumers early in the fall. Rationing administrator QO W Redamar says current meat and sugar coupons will exhaust the present book by fall.
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OTTAWA
prices ‘board
Canada
QO. W. Redamar
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