Post War Period Will Be Difficult For Industry
The Canadian Manufacturers' Association told senators that postwar employment in Canadian manufacturing may exceed prewar levels but likely cannot be sustained without continued wartime expansion of foreign trade. It urges encouraging initiative and thrift, notes some wartime controls can be lifted gradually, and warns war orders will mostly end after the war.
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Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Senate
Canada
Association
Soldier Airman Joins British Infantry for Day of Battle
Sergeant John L. Swift of the RCAF, stationed in the Middle East, took leave to fight with the British Eighth Army in Tunisia. He accompanied the Black Watch battalion, survived seven hours under shellfire in a trench, seized an Italian sub machine gun, and helped repel German counterattacks before returning at dusk. Swift is from Missoula Montana and previously flew Wellington bombers with the RAF.
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Sprat
Eighth Army
Tunisia
John L. Swift
RCAF
Scottsh Black Watch
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Swift
Missoula
Mont
Montreal
RAF
Middle East Command
Vancouver Seaman Awarded British Empire Medal
George Alvin Decker a 21 year old Vancouver merchant seaman won the British Empire medal for bravery after his vessel torpedoing last autumn. He helped save shipmates by climbing to another lifeboat and aiding sailors in the water. He is currently in a war factory earning money to send home an English bride met during an air raid in Hull. He plans to return to sea once married.
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London
George Alvin Decker
Vancouver
Decker
Hull
Lady Nelson Named Canada War Hospital Ship
The Lady Nelson flagship of the Canada West Indies fleet has been converted into Canada’s first armed forces hospital ship of the war. The ship’s identity was disclosed in Ottawa recently after earlier announcements.
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Canada-West Indies
Montreal
Canadian National Steamships
Canada
Armed Forces
Ottawa
Distinguished Flying Medal and Cross Awarded to RCAF Pilot Edwards
Battleford Saskatchewan born Flight Lieutenant James Francis Edwards is cited for outstanding North Africa service. At 21 he has eight enemy aircraft shot down and five probables with 190 hours in combat. rising from flight sergeant to flight lieutenant in weeks and shooting down a ME 109 on his first operational trip.
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Battleford
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North Africa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Western
Desert
RAF
Edwards
Official Guide to Rationed Meat Buying in Canada
Ottawa says plans to ration meat will come with comprehensive charts in every meat store. The charts will show how much of each meat and cut can be bought with coupons. Experienced butchers and experts prepare the guides to cover hundreds of cuts. The weekly ration is about two pounds per person, with coupon values to be announced.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Mnust
Preparations Reported for Air Offensive Against America
Tokyo radio quotes Maj Gen Kenryo Sato saying Japanese air forces with Germany and Italy have completed plans for a vast joint air attack on the American mainland. Sato described an envisaged campaign aimed at striking the American continent.
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America
London
Tokyo
Kenryo Sato
Bureau of Military Affairs
Winnipeg Minesweeper HMCS Winnipeg Largest Great Lakes Vessel
The HMCS Winnipeg, first of a new class of minesweepers, is the largest naval craft ever built on the Great Lakes, reportedly bigger than former corvettes. Montreal reports note a bequest from Sir Edward Beatty to McGill University including his diary and unspecified estate residue.
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Winnipeg
Great Lakes
Royal Canadian Navy
Naval Service Headquarters
Lakes
Montreal
Sir Edward Beatty
McGill University
University Board of Governors
Sir Edward
Princess Elizabeth Visits Guards Battalion In Public Debut
The 17 year old heiress to the throne attended a public ceremony with the Grenadier Guards where she serves as honorary colonel. She saluted troops, spoke with guardsmen, and inspected a tank turret after the event.
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Elizabeth
London
Grenaier Guards
Simonds Named Major General Leads Canadian Army Division Overseas
Brigadier Guy Granville Simonds of Kingston Ontario is appointed general officer commanding a Canadian army division overseas and promoted to major-general. He succeeds Major General J H Roberts who led the Dieppe force and commands reinforcements in Britain. Simonds, at 39, becomes the youngest Canadian army major-general.
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Simonds
Ottawa
Guy Granville Simonds
Kingston
Ont
Defence Headquarters
J. H. Roberts
Dieppe
Britain
Roberts
Canada’s national income hits record high in February
Ottawa reports national income reached 70 million dollars in February, an annual rate near 8.4 billion, in the Dominion Bureau of Statistics review of the first two months of the year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Cadet Uniforms for Royal Canadian Army Cadets
National defence headquarters announced new smartly designed uniforms will be distributed to about 70 000 Canadian cadets. The kit includes blouses trousers caps shirts and shoes for the corps in Ottawa and across the country.
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Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
Royal Canadian Army Cadets
Health supervision plan backed by Health League of Canada
Toronto details a health supervision program to oversee worker health in Canadian factories. The Health League of Canada announces the plan and says it carries the endorsement of the federal government.
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Toronto
Ottawa to spend 500000 to study Alberta tar sands oil
Munitions Minister Howe told the House of Commons Ottawa will invest 500000 to upgrade a pilot tar sands plant at Abasand to develop bitumen for possible by products and Alaska highway revenue. Government aims to recover costs through future production and exploration.
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Dominion
Alberta
Alaska
Howe
House of Commons
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Rea
Abasand Oils Ltd
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