Allies Gain In All Tunisian Sectors Meat Rationing For Canada In May
Allied forces report gains across Tunisian sectors as Canada plans meat rationing for May at two pounds per person weekly. In Ottawa, Finance Minister Ilsley announced the policy to the Commons, with no class exemptions and restaurants to observe meatless days. The move aims to curb consumption, while farmers face restricted slaughter rights and cold storage evasion controls. Simultaneously in North Africa, British and American units advance: Sedjenane falls, Qudref-Island road junction seized, and Patton’s forces push through minefields toward El Guetar area amid ongoing offensives against Rommel’s forces.
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Sedjenane
Northern
UAWA
C.P
house of commons
Ilsley
prices board
prices board foods administration
Sisley
Tisley
North Africa
8th Army
Marshal Rommel
Qudref
Gabes gap
Metouia
Gabes
Bernard L. Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kenneth Anderson
1st
Bizerte
Dyehel Abord
George S. Patton
El Guetar
Alberta House Ends with 44 Bills Assented
Alberta's third session of the ninth legislature prorogued with Lieut Governor Bowen confirming 44 bills passed in six weeks from Feb 18. A $1,000,000 postwar rehabilitation fund plus a tuberculosis hospital project were approved. A postwar reconstruction committee, led by Minister N. E. Tanner, will survey resources and plan the province’s future economy amid farmer labor shortages.
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DMONTON
C.P
Alberta
Alberty
J. C. Bowen
Dominion
Edmonton
Lands and Mines
N. E. Tanner
Aber
Left Hand Corner and Hollywood Solitudes
The essay questions Hollywood life and salary strains that isolate actors. It notes studio workers travel hours, gas use equals scarce water in war memory, and canyon living lacks services. It contrasts romantic fame with stranded reality and ends with a wartime quip about Hitler.
Half Million T B Hospital
Health Minister Dr W W Cross told the Alberta Legislature that a proposed 500000 tuberculosis hospital in Edmonton awaits priority on building materials from Canada and the United States due to war related influx of cases. He said negotiations on priorities are under way as soldiers are expected to return for treatment. The debate touched a post war reconstruction fund of 1,000,000 with opposition moves over legislative consent.
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EDMONTON
W. W. Cross
Alberta
England
J C Maharty
Calgary
Mahaffy
Day In Parliament Summary of House and Senate activities
The Canadian Press reports the day in parliament as the House of Commons continues examining supplementary estimates while the Senate debates government business. The Commons passed 1,276,000 in supplementary funds to pay the public service, defeated a CC amendment in a motion to go into committees of the whole, and heard Trade Minister MacKinnon outline a forthcoming coarse grains policy. Agriculture Minister Gardiner responded to farm policy criticisms. In the Senate, Senator W E Foster proposed provinces loan their surpluses to the federal government without interest to aid wartime financing.
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house of commons
senate
house
Tisley
C C
MacKinnon
Gardiner
W. E Foster
lib
New Brunswick
Parliament News Bulletins Ottawa March 31 House debate wheat board bill
In Ottawa the House of Commons gave first reading to Robert Fair’s bill to amend the Canadian Wheat Board aimed at ending commissions paid to dealers for grain market transactions. Defence Minister Ralston announced the railway troop unit would number under 1000, with full cooperation from Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways, offering no further details beyond yesterday’s release.
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OTTAWA
house of commons
Robert Fair
Battle River
Canadian Wheat Board
ACL
Canadian National
Canadian Pacific Railways
Con Ralston
G. S. White
Hastings- Peterborough
Hereford Bull Nets 2550 At Calgary Sale
Calgary March 31. Hereford bulls commanded top prices up to 2550 with H Hant of Endiang paying for a two year old Baldwin Stannay sire signed by W J Edgar of Innisfail. The sale featured over 700 animals of all breeds and runs through Friday.
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C.P
H. Hant
Endiang
Baldwin Stannay
W. J. Edgar
Innis
Taylor enlists as Alberta legislature prorogues
Gordon E. Taylor of Drumheller, Social Credit member, ends his legislative career with prorogation and reports to the RCAF on Monday to become the second provincial member to enlist, following J H Tremblay who is already overseas.
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EDMONTON
Gordon E. Taylor
Social Credit
Drumheller
Alberta
RCAF
Cept
J H Tremblay
Grovard
House Talks Grain Trade in Commons Debates
OTTAWA March 31 Two days of debate in the house of commons ended with defeat of a CCF amendment to go into committee on supplementary estimates. Government spokesmen rejected promises of advance payments on wheat and discussed storage payments for grain in farm granaries. CCF members pressed for policy changes including trading on the Winnipeg grain exchange and immediate steps to market coarse grains through the wheat board.
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OTTAWA
C.P
house of commons
C.C.F
house
P E Wright
CCF
Melfort
G. Douglas
Weyburn
belson
Winnipeg grain exchange
E E Perley
wheat board
Gas masks for mules and horses weigh 15 pounds
Army experts have not forgotten the animals relied upon by the force. The gas masks for mules and horses weigh only 15 pounds and consist of close fitting muzzle pieces connected by flexible hose to canisters filled with purifying material.
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Uncle Sam
ufare
Provinces urged to loan surpluses to Dominion after war
Ottawa March 31 Senator W E Foster of New Brunswick urged in the senate that the provinces loan their surpluses without interest to the Dominion government to aid in war financing. He said it would be a splendid gesture to reciprocate the Dominion's goodwill and be repaid after the war.
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OTTAWA
C-P
W. E. Foster
Lib
New Brunswick
senate
Foster
Canada
Mud Halts Soviet War
Mud and thaw slow Soviet fronts as weather prevents major operations. Western front scouting continues near Smolensk while reports say small Soviet attacks south of Belyan claim several German trench casualties. News from the front emphasizes no essential changes in lines and ongoing clashes in various sectors.
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MOSCOW
Smolensk
Belyan
RAF Sweeps Over France in Offensive Patrols
British fighters swept occupied France amid a larger RAF effort after a heavy air battle. Spitfires returned from Cape Grig Nez as Mosquito fighter and bomber units expanded raids on targets in Holland and Germany, including the Phillips works at Eindhoven. No German attacks were reported.
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LONDON
France
channel
Cape Grig Nez
RAK
Brittany
Phillips wirerin, valve and radio
Eindhoven
Holland
Germany
Phillips works
Tost
air ministry
Que pricc
Robbery Seizure Hits Winnipeg Driver for $120
Steve Kindzerski a truck driver for a local company told police three masked youths one armed with a revolver robbed him of 120 dollars late last night forcing him to drive three miles from town before pushing him from the vehicle The assailants appeared to be 17 or 18 years old In Edmonton Neil McIntyre 85 a noted businessman and president of Capital City Box Company Ltd died Monday.
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WINNIPEG
Steve Kindzerski
uostage
Kindzerski
EDMONTON
Neil McIntyre
the
Capital City Box Company, Ltd
Eden Praises Canada for Air Contribution
British foreign secretary Anthony Eden praised Canada for its air training plan calling it an enormous contribution and possibly decisive to the war effort. He spoke at a Ottawa press conference after arriving from Washington, noting his planned tour of a typical air training school and his high value on U S discussions with President Roosevelt.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Anthony Eden
foreign affairs
Canada
Eden
Roosevelt
Washington
air
United States
Roosevel
RAF Blasts Japanese Flight Over Bengal Front
RAF fliers intercepted a mixed Japanese force of 22 bombers and fighters over a southeast Bengal landing ground. At least 13 RAF planes were crippled, with probable losses of five unable to regain base. Full engagement details awaited. Enemies hit Hegaungyaung and Katha buildings in related raids.
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NEW DELAT
Bengal
RAF
Hegaungyaung
Katha
Royal Air Force Marks Its 25th Birthday Thursday
London March 31 GP cables The Royal Air Force marks its twenty fifth birthday on Thursday The Air Ministry issued a statement saying the RAF is the world’s greatest air force and that new secret planes are being added Its origins lie in the amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service on April 1 1918 seven months before the end of the First World War.
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LONDON
Royal air Force
air ministry
Royal Flying Corps
Royal Naval Air Service
FAP
France
Fire Hits Nazi City Berne and Canadian Deposits Change
A Swiss telegraph agency despatch reports a fire in Hallein destroying multiple buildings including a church and monastery, with no cause given. Separately the Bank of Canada announces a $55,000,000 issue of Dominion of Canada deposit certificates issued Tuesday and sold to chartered banks.
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OTTAWA
Bank of Canada
Finance
Domimon of Canada
chartered oaks
pai
French Advance Near El Guetar in North Africa
Allied headquarters report French forces pushing beyond Bon Mardov ten miles southeast of El Guetar, closing in on the bill south of the Chott District. Germans counterattacked east of Pichon in central Tunisia but French artillery repulsed them as patrols advanced in the Ousselitz valley. Americans met Italians in their advance, suggesting Axis forces pulled back to shield Rommel while the drive 45 miles northwest tightens the siege.
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Gabes
Rommel
El Guetar
TUNISIA
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Sfax
El Hamma
Metollia
Ondref
Guetar
North Africa
London
Algiers
Bon Mardov
thebill
Chott
wit marsh
Pichon
commmunique
Ousselitz
sater
Roe Sth Arms
Rommels
U S House Rejects Rumi Tax Paying Plan
Washington March 31 The House rejected the Rumi plan 215 to 498 and sidetracked all pay as you go tax measures including a 20 percent withholding from wages and salaries. Committee chair Robert Coughlin said he does not know if the issue will return. Representative Frank Carlson vows to renew action to bring the measure before the House.
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WASHINGTON
house of representatives
ways and means
Robert Coughlin
Dem
Frank Carlson
Kap
Beardsley Rum
houte lagen
Griesbach resigns as inspector-general in Western Canada
Edmonton March 11 Canadian army inspector-general in Western Canada Maj Gen W A Griesbach CB C G D O VD, aged 65, has resigned his post. Ottawa reports no immediate comment. He was appointed to the post when created in June 1940 for the four western provinces amid health-backed proposals.
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EDMONTON
C.P
W. A. Griesbach
Canada
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Malmoe
Sweden
Syd Svenska Dagbladet
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Benoark
PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL
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A.P
Roosevelt
White Hosse
Mr. Roosevelt
Anthony Eden
Prices Board
Isley
BRITAIN
LONDON
Viscount Cranberra
privy seal
house of lords
Stockhall
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