Gov't Financial Policies Are Sound, Isley Says in Asking M.P.'s Support
Ottawa March 23 Canadian Press Gov minister Isley urged House of Commons members to back the government fiscal program and anti inflation controls while avoiding public statements that could hinder the upcoming Victory Loan drive. He said the policies, aligned with Britain and the U.S., rely on heavy taxation saving and borrowing to the limit of affordability. He warned that if wrong, this is not the time to unset the policy.
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G. R. BLACKBURN
OTTAWA
C.P
Isley Monday
house of commons
Liley
Britain
United States
United Nations
Chilean social security plan cited by Chilean minister
Hon. Dr. Eduardo Grove outlined Chile's compulsory insurance law for 1,250,000 workers covering sickness invalidity and old age. Funded by workers employers and state, benefits include full medical care hospitalization medicines for 26 weeks or up to a year, cash benefits and pensions, with child and maternity provisions.
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HILE
Eduardo Grove
Canada
Ottawa
Bombers Hit Japanese Targets Across Burma Campaign
British war bulletin reports Blenheim bombers struck the Japanese transit camp at Prome Burma with high explosive and incendiary bombs. Fires were seen at the target as Japanese positions also were bombed in the Arakan and Katha districts. Hudson bombers attacked Magwe airport dispersal areas. No RAF losses reported.
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NEW DELHI
O— RAF
Prome
Burma
Arakan
Katha
Hudson
Magwe
Sir Bruce Fraser Heads Home Fleet Appointment
London dispatch reports Vice Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser named commander-in-chief of the home fleet replacing Admiral Sir John C. Tovey. Fraser, previously second-in-command, assumes acting admiral rank as announced Monday.
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LONDON
Bruce A. Fraser
home fleet
John C. Tovey
Fraser
Aluminum Company financing ships and plants praised in Ottawa
Parliament heard Munitions Minister Howe detail Aluminum Co of Canada's rapid growth to meet UN demand for aluminum. He disputed Washington reports of US financing Shipshaw development and noted accelerated depreciation aid by Canada. The firm spent large sums on Arvida, Kingston and power plants since 1937, paying substantial taxes while facing future benefits from government support. Lumber exports from coastal BC require permits from the Vancouver Amber controller, with orders lined up via US Portland agency.
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OTTAWA
C.P
The
Aluminum Co. of Canada
Shipshaw
Arvida
Que
Unite States
Howe
house of commons
United Nations
Washington
United States
New York
Saguenay River
Quebec
Aluminum Ltd. of
Canada
sidiaries
Kingston
Ont
treasury
British Columbia
Vancouver
John Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
house of commmons
Portland
Ore
Soviets Hold Nazi Drive
Soviet forces press the German offensive along multiple fronts. In the Donets, the Red Army repels tank and air assaults and holds river positions on the western bank. Near Smolensk, towns south of Bely and along the Vyazma-Smolensk line are captured, with hand to hand fighting described and heavy German losses reported.
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EDDIE GILMORE
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Red army
Donets
Smolensk
Chuguey
Belgorod
Kharkov
Bely
Vyazma-Smolensk
Big Raid on Naples
Cairo March 23 Allied heavy bombers raided Naples again Sunday night for the second straight day. All bombers returned. Fires were seen near a railway depot and an oil installation. U S Sth Air Force and other Allied fliers also attacked Naples by day and night on prior dates. Rome broadcast Italian claim of a night raid with no damage and a Palermo raid by about twenty four engined planes. Casualties listed at 38 killed and 184 injured with buildings demolished or damaged. five raiders reportedly shot down.
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CAIRO
Naples
Middle East R.A
United States Sth Air Force
Rome
Palermo
Sicily
Disaster at Fernie Mine Tragedy Kills One Injures Several
From Our Own Correspondent Fernie March 23 One man died and another was critically injured in an explosion at No 1 East mine Coal Creek near Fernie Tuesday Matthew Luckas was trapped by falling coal and suffocated as gas filled the mine Mike Jacobbie suffered fractures to arms and legs and a head injury and remains in critical condition a dozen other workers escaped injury Rescue efforts were hampered by a heavy flow of gas
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FERNIE
Coal Creek
Matthew Luckas
Mike Jacobiez
The Day In Parliament In Canada Budget Debate CCF and Lib speak
The House of Commons will continue debate on the budget. The Senate will consider government business. Yesterday the House heard Rev T C Douglas Weyburn and Dr T F Donnelly Wood Mountain on whether western wheat pools should be liable for income tax after the government announced its plan to assess them. The Senate did not sit.
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house of commons
senate
house
T. C. Douglas
C.C.F. Weyburn
T. F. Donnelly
Lib
Wood Mountain
Tommies Pour Through Mareth Breakthrough in Tunisia
British 1st Army breaks Mareth line with a bridgehead as Rommel’s defenses crumble. American forces push from Maknassy toward Messonia while German counterattacks strive to halt the advance. Allied communiques report heavy fighting near El Guetar and Hadjeb Elaioun, with Maknassy seized and 1,700 German prisoners taken.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
NORTH AFRICA
Mareth line
El Guetar
Maknassy
Rommel
8th Army
LONDON
A.P
Reuters
Nessa
Bizerte
Djebel Abiod
8th Amy
Tunisia
Harold V. Boyle
I Guetar
Hadjeb Elaioun
Sbeitla
Faid Pass
Gabes-Gafsa
Messonia
Mareth
Gulf of Gabes
CBS
Algiers
El Hamma
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Morocco
Montgomery
Allied Bombers Pound Wilhelms havens St Nazaire
RAF and RCAF squadrons struck the German bases at St Nazaire and Wilhelmshaven after a day of heavy US daylight bombing on Wilhelmshaven. British Whirlwind fighters hit Brittany rail targets. The St Nazaire raid followed sustained Allied air assaults on Nazi Uboat pens, with no return of three B17s in the Wilhelmshaven mission.
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LONDON
RAF
RCAF
St. Nazaire
Wilhelmshaven
Brittany
air ministry
United Nations
Canadians and British Study War Lessons in England
In England Canadians and British study lessons from Britain’s largest offensive maneuvers. Lt Gen A G L MacNaughton led a Canadian British attacking force from London toward Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire, with over 1 miles advanced. The week long exercise used many aircraft types and tested open field cooperation between armor, merchant forces, and infantry.
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ENGLAND
Britain
A. G. L. MacNaughton
new London
Northemprtonshire
Bedfordshire
Britai
McNaughton
47 Tons Bombs Blast Kiska
United States Army bombers and fighters dropped more than 47 tons on Kiska in ten days, with 94 540 pounds confirmed by lth Air Force. Previous heavy raids included 26 tons on March 10 and a prior October 3 strike. The sustained assault marked a record for Alaska operations, with 2900 pound bombs used and at least 72 American planes over Kiska. one fighter pilot was lost.
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St. Nazaire
RAF
Wilholmshaven
United States Bth Air Force
contemunique
ALASKA
Kiska
United States Army
lth Air Force
ateast
Mme Chiang And Freedom
Mme Chiang Kai-Shek praised Prime Minister Churchill's call for unity and the Atlantic Charter while addressing a Chicago mass meeting. She urged support for four freedoms and the men who fathered the Charter, arguing their aims extend beyond immediate needs to a better world based on universal principles.
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CHICAGO
Chiang Kai-Shek
Churchill
London
Jme Chiang
sta~ divi
Hitler
Japan
China
Flies Atlantic Twice In 24 Hours
Capt Joseph B H Hart of Pan American Airways set a commercial airline record by flying a Clipper from Natal Brazil to a west African port and back in 23 hours 59 minutes. The feat was aided by a 30 minute refueling and servicing turnaround by the African terminal ground crew.
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MIAMT
Fla
Joseph BH. Hart
Pan Americany Airways
south Atlantic
Pan American
Hart
Boeing
Natal
Brazil
Bruce Hall Named Prices Board Counsel in Alberta
Ottawa reports R Bruce Hall of Innistree Alta has been appointed by the civil service commission as enforcement counsel for the prices board in the Alberta region. Edmonton’s EB BH Logan named assistant enforcement counsel. both appointments take effect immediately.
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OTTAWA
AL McGregor
R. Bruce Hall
Innistree Alta
civil service commission
prices board
Alberta
EB. BH. Logan
Edmonton
Allied breach of Mareth line near Zarat in Africa
News dispatch reports Rommel's Mareth line breached six miles northwest of Mareth by General Montgomery's 8th Army in fierce fighting. Outflanking move followed a full moon assault starting Saturday night after a heavy artillery barrage.
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MARETH
North Africa
Marthat Rommel
Sir Bernard Montgomery
8th Army
Zarat
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