French Chiefs To Meet in Algiers House Talks Fuel Famine
Ottawa dispatch reports Labour Minister Mitchell urging full mobilization of manpower if given such power while defending Canada’s policy amid wartime shortages. Debates centered on fuel supply, with Munitions Minister Howe outlining a $1 bonus per fuel wood card and buyback of unused supplies to secure next winter. He urged citizens to stock up this summer to prevent hardship next season.
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OTTAWA
Labor
Matchell
house of commons
Hitler
Canada
Howard Green
Vancouver South
BENIFS
bung- Ying
selective serice administration
Mitchell
Howe
Four Die in Ontario Car Crash Near Toronto
Four auto residents died in a crash on the Queen Elizabeth Way west of Toronto when their car struck the rear of a stalled truck. The deceased were James F. McKee Francis Ret Emily Robertson and Claud Bertrand. Critically injured were Mrs Hazel Lonergan and George Bro, believed to be the driver. The car was traveling toward Toronto when it hit the truck.
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TORONTO
Queen Elizabeth Way
here
James F. McKee
Francis Ret
Emily Robertson
Claud Bertrand
Hazel Lonergan
George Bro
Left Hand Corner Shovels Snow Into Cellar in Ottawa Tale
A civilian version of a man in Ottawa shovels snow into his cellar when his laneway fills. He stacks it by a drain pipe near the furnace to melt it as coal arrives, melting the snow and draining it away. Also notes an Australian army letter from Captain Frank Pogson Bethune who died in Hobart in December and his wartime order about holding a position and remaining in place.
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Ottawa
Frank Pogson Bethune
Hobart
De Gaulle and Giraud Plan Union to Rally French
Algiers reports Gen Charles De Gaulle will travel to Algiers to confer with Gen Henri Giraud on uniting all French fighters against the Axis. Giraud, North Africa’s high commander, calls for a broad coalition and repeals Vichy laws. The Fighting French committee said they accept the invitation with satisfaction.
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ONDON
C.P
Algiers
Charles De Gaulle
Henri Giraud
UNION - ONDON
a committee
Giraud
North Africa
Cremieux
De Gaulle
Jean Marie Bergeret
Vichy air
Jean Darlan
Tough Job Keeping U Open Convoy Road To Alaska
EDMONTON March 16 Public Works Minister W A Fallon told the Alberta legislature the Peace River highway to Dawson Creek BC handles convoys day and night and must be reinforced. He appealed to Ottawa for help with no response and urged US army engineers to move more traffic while frost holds. He outlined planned highway work for the year and noted no certainty on projects until Ottawa information arrives. Fallon said northern road needs were raised with the Dominion and hinted at using McMurray asphalt with tests at the university showing 100 barrels daily could meet seasonal needs. He asked if McMurray asphalt could be used and cited no restrictive production rules beyond manufacturers permits.
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EDMONTON
W A Fallon
Alberta regulature
Peace River
Dawson Creek
Dominion
Ottawa
Fallon
Jasper
Trans-Canada
Crow's Nest
Whitecourt
Coal Lake
St Paul
G. R. Cottrelle
McMurray
iis
University
Cottrelle
Applications for Unemployment Insurance Gains in Canada
January claims under the unemployment insurance act rose to 4,637 the highest month since February 1942. Seasonal layoffs and shortages contributed, with平均 unemployment duration 15.8 days and an average payment of 29.67 dollars. Benefits paid totaled 37,663 days at a cost of 70,650 dollars.
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OTTAWA
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Maritimes
Crew Plays Poker While Torpedo Destroys Freighter
London report recalls a Liberty freighter attacked by a U boat after a day at sea. Survivors say the crew kept busy with poker to stay calm as the ship sank about 200 miles off the Azores. Oiler Walter J. Peterson, 45, of Chicago, spoke of the raid and a perilous 11 hours aboard an open lifeboat before rescue by a Red Cross ship.
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LONDON
Peterson
Azores
Peters
Red Cross
Two Swedish Ships Sunk in Nordic Waters
New York reports from Stockholm that two Swedish vessels were lost. The freighter Hermod of 1,445 tons was torpedoed in the North Sea and the motor fishing trawler Normandie struck a mine in the Kattegat. Army education authorities now train Auxiliary Territorial Service girls in home science and balanced feeding to aid postwar careers.
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NEW YORK
Stockholm
North Sea
Kattegat
ARMY GIRLS
Army education
Auxiliary Territorial Service
Alberta backs health plan stance in legislature
Edmonton March 17 Alberta Health Minister Dr W W Cross told the legislature the government does not oppose a national health insurance plan, disputing claims by Dr J L O'Brien of Grande Prairie. The debate followed estimates discussions noting Alberta has 514 doctors for 800000 people, about 1000 patients per doctor, and the house approved total estimates of 7 126 702 dollars across departments including lands and mines public works and railways and telephones.
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EDMONTON
C. P
W. W. Cross
Alberta
J. L. O'Brien
Ind
Grande Prairie
Cross
O’Brien
Aberhart
public health department
O'Brien
Aberhail
lands and mines department
public works department
Death calls Hinsley 77 in England
Most Rev Arthur Cardinal Winsley 77 archbishop of Westminster and primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain died at his country home after an illness beginning February 28 with a severe heart attack He rose from a Yorkshire carpenter son to senior church leader noted for opposing Fascism and Communism He issued a Lenten pastoral praising Russians on March 1 and prayed for Russia His condition turned critical after a relapse following last rites Cardinal Hinsley was made a cardinal five years ago after a paratyphoid illness ended a mission career in South Africa
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BUNTINGFORD
Eng
Arthur Cardinal Winsley
Westminster
Great Britain
Britain
RUSSIA
Hinsley
South Africa
Six Raids on Kiska Highlight Day of Aleutian Attacks
Washington reports the heaviest single day of air raids on Japanese held Kiska Island with six raids between dawn and dusk. In the south Pacific, naval surface forces bombarded positions at Vila and Munda airbase area in the central Solomons, marking the third U.S. warship penetration into the enemy sector to bombard shore targets near Munda.
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WASHINGTON
Kiska Island
Monnday
navy department
Aleutians
bass
south Pacific
Vile
Munda
Solomon Islands
Solomons
Fourth Victory Loan aims for 1.2 billion objective
Finance minister recalls budget estimate of 2.748 billion for five years to March 31 1944 and sets a minimum cash objective of 1.2 billion for the Fourth Victory Loan. He stresses selling bonds to more Canadians to fund war needs curb inflation and widen citizen ownership in Canada. Non banking institutions and industrial groups back loans though corporate funds face limits under excess profits tax.
Air Armada Slashing Attacks On Mareth Line
Allied and German reports from North Africa on March 17 describe heavy fighting around the Mareth line with British 8th Army, Axis convoy strikes in the Sicilian straits, and air operations against Gabes, Rommel positions, and patrol clashes amid bad weather.
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ONDON
C.P
D.N.E
German 1
Berlin
Reuters
Mareth line
D.N.B
Daniel De Luce
Associated Press
LLIED
North Africa
Tunisia
1st Army
Gafsa oasis
Red Army breakthroughs near Smolensk amid Donets fighting
Soviet noon communique reports another wedge driven toward Smolensk and the seizure of Igarievskaya station and Vakhody district center. To the south, German armor and dive bombers press a major attack to push the northern Donets line south of Kharkov near Izyum. Weather favorable for mechanized operations described as good.
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MOSCOW
Red army
Simo
fensk
Igarievskays
Vakhody
Donets
Kharkov
Izyum
The Day In Parliament Summary Briefing
The commons resume debate on the budget while the senate adjourns until March 23. Yesterday Labor Minister Mitchell warned that with Hitler in power, every Canadian map would be used for the war effort, including members of the house, as representatives from most provinces discussed the fuel situation. The senate did not sit.
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cause of commons
senate
house
Mitchell
Hitler
Canada
commons
Prince Edward Island
Bombers hit Gabes area and convoy in Mediterranean raid
Allied and Axis forces traded blows as bombers struck an Axis air field and a railway near Gabes on the east coast. The attack hit at least three motor barges from Sicily to Tunima, leaving them ablaze. The communique noted ongoing Rommel-position softening with fighters and bombers, one Alved aircraft lost, two pilots from earlier losses found safe, and two enemy planes destroyed on March 15.
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Gabes
Sicily
Tunima
Rommel
commununique
Rome
Associated Press
Bengal
Wheat hits dollar on Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Wheat prices touched the dollar mark on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange for the first time since July 26, 1938, as May futures closed at 99 1/4 cents a bushel and July futures at $1.01 1/2, with about 2,000,000 bushels traded amid US interests, mills, exporters and speculators.
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WINNIPEG
cem
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
United States
Names of 20 ships sunk in Lawrence area read in Commons
Navy Minister Macdonald listed 18 merchant ships and two naval vessels among those lost to enemy action in the SS Lawrence area. The corvette Charlottetown and the patrol ship Racoon were named as sunk or presumed lost. Red Cross drive in Alberta reaches $200,000 of the $490,000 target, with many towns surpassing quotas. Canadian minister to Russia L D Wilgress arrives in Moscow after Kuibyshev stay. Marsh plan cash cost estimated at about $1 per week for most citizens, with variations for farmers and wage earners.
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MACDONALD
OTTAWA
Navy
house of commons
Lawrence
Charlottetown
Racceon
RED CROSS
ALBERTA
CALGARY
C.P
national
Russia
Moscow
Kuibyshev
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Bergeret
U.S
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Gov't Agrees
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TOR
Dominite Lez
South Barry
Mass
Cornelius Van Der Sieh
Nick A. Hoogendam
Helland
Gafsa
Sicilian Straits
Smolensk
MARETH
AIR ARMADA
Leonard Marsh
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