Cost Estimate For Canada Health Insurance Plan
Dr J J Heagerty told the House social security committee the estimated cost of illness in Canada for 1935 would be about 240 million dollars making health insurance affordable not excessive. Dr F Jackson urged provincial option on administration while Dr Jean Gregoire supported provincial commissions. Gordon Murchison outlined a Veterans Land Act plan to place 100000 veterans on productive farms within eight to ten years at about 40 million dollars, with loans up to 3600 and a focus on suitable land and farm use.
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Ottawa
J. J. Heagerty
House of Commons Social Security Committee
Canada
F. Jackson
Manitoba
Jackson
Jean Gregoire
Quebec
Dominion Council of Health
Gordon Murchison
Soldier Settlement
Senate
Veterans’ Land
Murchison
General Griesbach Resigns as Inspector General West
Maj Gen W A Griesbach CB CMG DSO VD inspector general of the Canadian army in western Canada has resigned the post. The 65 year old was reported to have offered to resign earlier for health reasons. He was appointed inspector general for the four western provinces when the post was created in June 1940.
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West
Plans Unchanged on Air Training Agreements
London reports agreements signed to continue air training plans for Australia and New Zealand and to secure government contributions toward training their air men in Canada under the combined training organization.
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London
Australia
New Zealand
Dominions
Canada
Combined
New Liaison Officer Named for Consumer Branch
Ottawa Byrne Hope Sanders announces Mrs J K Lephar of Swift Current Saskatchewan as the 10 000th liaison officer for the consumer branch She will represent the homemakers club in the newly created post within the Prices and Trade Board the announcement notes the milestone and assigns the role to the recipient.
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Ottawa
New Type Launch Arrives at Gibraltar for Debarking
German radio reports that a new type of debarking launch capable of carrying 300 to 400 men has arrived at Gibraltar in some numbers. Algeciras reports describe the launches as driven by two propellers and ready for deployment.
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London
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Spain
Meat Rationing Planned for May in Canada
Ottawa announced meat rationing will start in May joining sugar tea and coffee as controlled foods. Canadians will be limited to two pounds of meat per week, half pound below the two year per capita average, with details to be set by the prices board and nutrition advisory committee. Poultry and fish are excluded from the ration.
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Ottawa
Tisley
House of Commons
Prices Board
Tissey
Prices Board Foods Administration
Viscount Bennett Opens Wings for Victory Week in Torquay
In Torquay England Viscount Bennett announced Wings for Victory week and stated the government will continue to administer colonial possessions not with pride but because Britain can do the job better than anyone else.
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Torquay
England
Bennett
Britain
Ukrainians seek independent state in postwar settlement
A memorandum to Prime Minister King from the Ukrainian Canadian committee states the Ukrainian people desire an independent Ukrainian state in Europe. It asserts that whatever form the postwar settlement takes should lead to final political unification of Ukrainian inhabited territories.
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Ottawa
Europe
Allied parachute troops establish base in western Norway
London and Stockholm reports quote a Berlin radio tale that Allied parachute troops have set up a headquarters in the Hardanger Vidda mountains of western Norway. Despatches say a detailed base with a meteorologist station already raids industrial plants in valleys. Norwegian sources note German bans, while observers see potential for an invasion air base. locals describe Hardanger Vidda as a wild vacation area with trout lakes and limited access.
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Norway
London
Stockholm
Berlin
Daily Express
Hardanger Vidda
Quisling
More Livestock Areas Can Boost Production in 1943
Ottawa reports Agriculture Minister Gardiner foresees possible increases in livestock and poultry output on some farms and regions during 1943. He cautions that reaching 1943 food goals will be hard, despite peak livestock numbers and good feed supplies, due to labor shortages and scarce replacement machinery.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
Junkers 87 no longer manufactured say air observers
London reports that Junkers 87 dive bombers, once a symbol of Nazi air power, are no longer manufactured according to a usually reliable source. Officials have not confirmed, but observers expect continued decline in German air force emphasis on the aircraft.
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London
Air Ministry
United States And Russia May Meet For Talks
Washington reports indicate potential U S Soviet discussions on postwar economic issues may follow recent talks with Britain Eden. Roosevelt signaled hope for talks. Stalin’s interest unclear. If held, aim to align Atlantic Charter with Soviet territorial aims in eastern Europe while UN economic conferences begin April 27, with Russia at least in the first on food supply for a prostrate world.
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Washington
United Nations
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
U.S
Eden
Stalin
Moscow
Europe
Finland
Baltic States
Poland
Rumania
London
Trans Canada Air Lines chief warns against dual cross Canada routes
H J Symington told the House of Commons committee that Canada cannot sustain two cross country lines as both would fail to profit and service duplication is unwarranted by current demand. He noted equipment shortages and hopes for gear before war’s end to run a shortened western route across the Great Lakes. No research freight gliders had been run.
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Trans-Canada Air
Ottawa
Canada
H. J. Symington
Trans-Canada Air Lines
House of Commons Railways and Shipping Committee
trans-Canada
Symington
Great Lakes
T.C.A
ACT AMENDED Flat Rate For Acreage Shifted From Wheat To Other Crops
Ottawa reports an amendment to the Wheat Acreage Reduction Act will set a flat rate of $2 an acre across three prairie provinces for land moved from wheat to other crops. The prior year paid $2 an acre for shifts to coarse grains and up to $4 for grass or rye. The bill aims for $2 uniformly but does not pay if land is abandoned.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Prairie Provinces
Soviet transport chief hails first all American train to Russia
Teheran Maj Gen A N Korolev, head of Soviet transportation in Iran, said American war material and food are affecting the Russian front. He greeted engineers and crews who operated the first all American train carrying war supplies to Russia from a Persian Gulf port.
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Kenneth Stuart
Buckingham Palace
Be Ing
Litvinov
Maxim Litvinov
Anthony Eden
Washington, D.C
Montgomery
Tunisia
North Africa
Algeria
Tam-O-Shanter
Russia
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