Wheat Acreage May Be Kept At Previous Level
Ottawa. A Mo Shaw of the federal agricultural department announced at the Dominion provincial agriculture conference that the Canadian wheat acreage in 1944 was recommended to stay at the 1943 level of 17,488,000 acres. Conference members agreed to a 6 percent oats increase for 1944 from 15,407,000 and held barley at 8,397,000 acres with a 1 percent rise. Corn for husking eyed an 86 percent increase but delegates settled for 53 percent. alfalfa and flaxseed prospects also outlined with potential declines and adjustments.
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Ottawa
Mo Shaw
Federal Agricultural Department
Dominion Provincial ‘Agriculture
Hs Teen
Shaw
Wisconsin Battleship Launch Marks Pearl Harbor Anniversary
The United States navy launched its new battleship Wisconsin on the second anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. Built over 83 months at a cost of 90 million dollars, the dreadnought is reported at about 860 feet long, 108 feet beam, 52,600 tons displacement, and 33 knots speed. Nine 16 inch guns comprise its main battery per Jane's Fighting Ships.
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Philadelphia
United States Navy
Wisconsin
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Ralph A. Bard
Navy
Traveller estimates Bremen needs three years to rebuild
A traveller returning from Bremen says Allied bombing has ruined 70 percent of the port and harbour districts and ships cannot sail up the Weser for three years. He cites 6,000 to 7,000 killed and 20,000 wounded. In Brighton, Lt Col Anthony Marlow predicts an English speaking army will meet the Soviet advance halfway.
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Bremen
Stockholm
Weser
Bremerhaven
Brighton
Eng
Anthony Marlow
Parlament
Germany
War production board orders rush on steel for invasion craft
Washington reports the War Production Board has issued a call for vast quantities of steel plates and sheets to build invasion craft for further attacks on Germany and Japan. December and January totals are needed for troop carriers landing craft and related equipment as priorities rise and completion dates for new barges and landing ships are moved up about two years.
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Washington
United Sates War Production Board
WPB
Ottawa defense says dependents’ allowances not stopped
Defence headquarters stated allowances to soldiers dependents are not halted for crimes or misdemeanors, only if the soldier is absent without leave for more than 21 days or if pay is stopped. Edmonton dispatch quoted W J Williams of the Canadian Legion Edmonton branch as noting cases of suspension due to punishment. In Montreal, Stanley Bell of the London Daily Mirror condemned the oversized wartime Canadian and American papers compared with England.
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Ottawa
Defence
Edmonton
W. J. Williams
LeHan
Legion
Montreal
Stanley Bell
London Daily Mirror
England
Regina post holds Capt Madeleine St Laurent staff officer
Regina hosts Capt Madeleine St Laurent daughter of Canada’s justice minister now serves as staff officer for the Canadian Women’s Army Corps in Military District No 12. She was among the two officers named when the C W A C formed in 1941 and has served in Montreal and Quebec. She returned from overseas duty earlier this year.
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Madeleine St. Laurent
Canada
Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Meeting Planned Dominion Prime Ministers May Get Together In London
In London Clement Attlee said arrangements are made for a meeting of dominion prime ministers. Details are under discussion. Dominion leaders have visited London individually during the war but never together. Attlee noted efforts to assemble them in Britain at the same time had been ongoing.
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Dominion
London
Clement Attlee
Council
House of Commons
Attlee
Britain
Small Staff Ottawa for UNRRA Civilian Help
Ottawa receives many job applications for the UNRRA relief agency as Canadians eye support roles. Canada will mainly supply for the occupied European fleet, while local governments will handle distribution. UNRRA will need a smaller staff and waits for Allied forces to finish wartime operations before taking on civilian administration duties.
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Ottawa
Santa Claus
United Nations Relef and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Secarcely
Canada
Europe
United Nations
Churchill in North Africa Talks to Hussars From Jeep
Prime Minister Churchill rode a jeep to address his old regiment the Sth Queen's Own Hussars in North Africa. Wearing the colonel's insignia he expressed confidence that the war was progressing well and that the enemy would be driven to bay in 1944. He has previously seen the regiment in Greece Crete and the desert.
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Churchu
North Africa
Churchill
Sth
Queen's Own Hussars
Greece
Crete
Hussars
el Alamein
Egypt
Cyprus
Casablanca
Scout Books for Europe Plan Approved by Governor General
Governor General of Canada and Chief Scout presided at the Boy Scouts Association meeting and endorsed welcoming scout growth this year. He approved February 20 to 26 as 1944 Boy Scout Week with a broadcast kickoff and backed a postwar project to supply basic scouting books in Polish Flemish Dutch Norwegian and Czech languages to occupied countries at a cost between 7500 and 10000 dollars.
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Europe
Ottawa
Canada
Boy Scouts Association of Canada
Historic Allied Conference Declared Most Significant Yet By Smuts
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts called the Allied meetings the most significant in a century and said unanimity exceeded expectations. He warned reporters to refrain from probing secrets, stating much remains to unfold and heavy work lies ahead with fierce fighting. He hoped for victory by next Christmas.
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Cairo
Jan Christian Smuts
Smuts
Union of South Africa
Britain
United States
Russia
Courageous Surviving Lifeboat Woman Honored by King
Mrs. Margaret Hope Maberley Gora received the British Empire Medal for surviving 52 days in an open boat after her ship was sunk by a submarine. The citation credits her endurance and notes she and Third Officer James Whyte were the only survivors when the lifeboat was rescued at sea.
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London
Margaret Hope Maberley Gora
Gordon
H. S. North
Sea Cliffe
N.Y
James Whyte
Whyte
Japanese Submarines Sink Cargo Vessel in Persian Gulf
Maurice W. Price, crewman aboard the SS Henry Knox sunk last June in the Persian Gulf, said two 300 foot Japanese submarines sank the vessel. Survivors report the submarines stole life boats, charts, signal lights, rations, sails and masts, and broke oars before submerging. Of 41 crew, 11 are missing and two died in life boats.
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Los Angeles
Caget
German Prisoners of War To Work In Alberta Lumber Camps
Two carloads of German prisoners of war from Lethbridge internment camp arrived in Edmonton en route to lumber camps at Chisholm and Smith in northern Alberta. Guards from the Veterans Guard of Canada oversee the transfer. The prisoners will live in specially constructed camps as part of winter labor.
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Rman
Edmonton
Lethbridge
Alta
Chisholm
Smith
Alberta
Veterans Guard of Canada
Royal racing pigeons from Sandringham loft
A pair of racing pigeons from the King's Sandringham loft are set to compete in upcoming royal pigeon events. Officials note the birds carry historic lineage and symbolize the royal connection to the sport.
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Royal Racing Pigeons
Sandringham
England
King’s Loft
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