Billion Dollar Social Security Plan for Canada
A Canadian plan credible for postwar reconstruction proposes a national health system, expanded unemployment insurance, child allowances, and pensions funded at about 1 billion dollars yearly. It would include a second 1 billion for postwar works projects, with broad coverage and a revised pension structure for men and women, including earlier retirement ages, survivor benefits, funeral grants, and maternity support, framed as a Beveridge-like framework drafted by Dr. Leonard Marsh for Mackenzie and the social security committee.
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TTAWA
March
eal
house of commons
Leonard C. Marsh
Cyril James
McGill University
United Kingdom
Mackenzie
ional
UAWA
C.P
Canada
Russians Drive Near Smolensk
Soviet forces push west toward Smolensk from Vyazma and from Kholm Zhirkovsky, with four spearheads in an arc. Reports say heavy Russian attacks near Lake Simen were repulsed, and towns west and southwest of Vyazma fell to the Red Army. Estimates place Smolensk about 56 to 60 miles away. Bryansk remains under threat as columns advance toward another German base.
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Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Moco
Red army
Smolensk
central front
Kharkov sce
Kholm-Zhirkovsky
Dnieper river
Kharkov-Belgorod
Kharkov
Berlin
Lake Simen
Vyazma
Bryansk
Royal tea episode with Princess Margaret Rose reported
Flight Lieutenant Robert W. Alexander recalls a Windsor tea gathering where six airmen sat with the Queen and six with the princesses. Princess Margaret Rose muttered she would dunk biscuits despite the Queen’s disapproval, and a guest claimed the princess tried four times before stopping after her mother’s stern look.
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Elizabeth
Robert W. Alexander
D.F.C
Norwich
Ontario
Windsor Castle
R.C.M.P
Navy
Margaret Rose
PRINCESS MARGARET ROSE
Martial Law Enforced In Essen After Massive Raid
Stockholm March 16. Martial law is in force in Essen after a RAF raid struck the Krupps armament works last Friday night. The Essener National Zeitung reports evacuee trains leaving the city daily. The raid is considered one of the heaviest, with bomb weights estimated above 1000 tons.
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STOCKHOLM
Essen
R.A.F
Krupps
Essener National Zeitung
R.C.A.F
Americans Fell How Nazis Made Their Break Through in Tunisia
Allied reports detail the February 14 16 battle in central Tunisia where German forces broke through near Faid Pass. The official account cites faulty American intelligence and poor troop disposition as key factors, with heavy material losses and multiple armored groups involved in the assault.
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Tunisia
WES GALLAGHER
Associated Press
NORTH AFRICA
Thala
Tunisian
Pichon
Fald
Picton
Rommel
Fad Pass
Hadjebel] Aioun
Faid Pass
Parliamentary News Bulletins on fuel shortage adjournment move
Ottawa report notes Howard C Green urges adjournment to curb winter fuel shortages and save war production. He blames federal control of manpower prices and distribution, cites limited subsidies, and calls for essential industry status, manpow er deployment, and possible rationing to avert next winter crisis. Alfalfa subsidy policy also announced to boost production.
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OTTAWA
Howard C. Green
Vancouver South
Green
Vancouver
national selective service for
Howe
Greet
Nazis Hunt Rebel French at Swiss Frontier
In Haute Savoie near Lake Geneva Nazi police led by German troopers chased thousands of armed French youths who defied a Nazi surrender order. Despite days of patrols the insurgents, said to number at least five thousand, remained at large while reports said French bands were being bombed and several planes shot down. Some youths began returning home.
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SWITZERLAND
Haute Savoie
Lake Geneva
London
Raid Nazi air fields over eastern England
London reports German raiders attacked eastern England last night after RAF bombed French airfields at dusk. Four enemy aircraft were shot down with light damage and no casualties. RAF foray targeted St Brieuc in Brittany. one bomber missing. Berlin radio later claimed no Reich attacks, a first for such a bulletin.
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LONDON
ith
R.A.F
France
England
Berlin
Chimsby
Humber
St. Brieuc
Brittany
Germany
Reich
Associated Press
British Gain Public Health To In Tunisia Cost $26 Yr
Allied report from North Africa notes the British 1st Army occupying a wooded ridge in the Sedjenane area and French forces repelling enemy armor near Gafsa. Bombers strike Sicilian supply lines and Mezzouna airfield as Axis activity around Tunisia continues amid air supremacy battles. Canadian Press coverage highlights broader health insurance plans costing $26 per adult annually, proposing universal medical and dental care with federal and provincial roles.
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Tunisia
DANTEL DE LUCE
Associated Press
ALLIED
North Africa
Sedjenane
Gafsa
alr
Mezzouna airodrome
Unes
Sicilian
western desert air force
8th Army
Toujane
Pe Tamera
Bizerte
Mines Inspectors Salaries Discussed in Alberta Legislature
Angus Morrison urged the Alberta government to raise mine inspectors salaries from 200 a month to reflect their first class certificates. Lands and Mines Minister N E Tanner acknowledged the low pay and rising losses, promising to push for proper increases. The session also debated lease holder wartime rights with W Masson citing a Victoria war work case.
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EDMONTON
C. P
Angus Morrison
Edsar
Alberta
Lands and Mines
N. E. Tanner
Morrison
land
A. J. Hooke
Rocky Mountain House
G. E Taylor
C. Drumheller
E. O. Duke
hhe
W. Masson
S.C. Wainwright
Victoria
Masson
Fight on in Burma drives British counterattacks
New Delhi March 16 British forces held their positions after a day of fierce Japanese attacks and British counter-attacks northwest of Rathedaung about 25 miles north of Akyrb in Burma. A British communiqué said fighting was concentrated mainly between Thaung ara and Eyauktaw with bombers and fighters providing maximum support. Thaungdara lies five miles north of Rathedsung and Ryauk taw three miles north of Thung Gara.
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NEW DELHI
India
Rathedaung
Akyrb
Burma
Adthaty
Thaungara
Eyauktaw
Thaungdara
Rathedsung
Ryauktaw
Thung
Martha Raye contracts yellow fever in Africa tour
New York March 16. Martha Raye, screen and radio comedienne, says she shed 22 pounds and contracted yellow fever while entertaining troops in North Africa and Britain. After Pacific coast engagements, she hopes to return to war theatres. She estimates traveling about 100000 miles by sea and 50000 by land over four months overseas.
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MARTHA RAYE
AFRICA
NEW YORK
screen
radio comedienne
North Africa
Britain
Pacific
Miss Raye
Eden to Meet Litvinoff in Washington Wednesday
Eden will confer with Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff in Washington on Wednesday as Britain seeks broader UN cooperation. The meeting stems from efforts to align Allied policies amid wartime diplomacy.
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EDEN
LITVINOFF
WASHINGTON
A.P
Britain
Anthony Eden
United Nations
Maxim Litvinoff
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Ukraine
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Time Magazine
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lowran
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Tokyo
Japanese mercantile marine
Guadalcanal
Selemons
Sidi Bouzid
Chott
Djerid
Ferlana
Paid on
Faid
Dekel Lessouda
Sidi Bouzi
armored combat command
Djebel Lessouda
fost
Hejeb El Aouin
atet Sidi Bouzid
ras Three
Social Security Committee
Dominion
J. J Heagerty
GOVT
RED CROSS
TORONTO
BERNE
Rome
JAF
CHUNGKING
Szechwan
Wankslen
BBC
CBS
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