Grain Shipments From Lakehead Heavy Amid War Efforts
Canada’s wheat board and allied shippers completed an emergency program moving record grain from lakehead ports to meet wartime needs. By year end 1943 total shipments reached 153.2 million bushels, with 83 million moved east from prairie elevators, while stocks at Port Arthur and Fort William were at multi year lows and plans were set to accelerate transfers to the Pacific coast and relieve Saskatchewan Alberta points.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Wheat Board
Lakehead
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
Port Arthur
Fort William
Canadian Shipping Board
Lake Shippers Clearance Association
Canadian Heat Board
Wheat Board
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Armored waistcoats credited with saving airmen lives
British workers who made early body armor for American fliers were thanked by airmen who visited Wilkinson Sword Company near London. The flak suits, called armored waistcoats, impressed crew members with bullets stopped by the gear. The Wilkinson sword linked to the Stalingrad tribute presented by Churchill at Tehran in 1942.
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London
Wilkinson Sword Company, Ltd
Wilkinsons
Stalingrad
Churchill
Stalin
Teheran
Spurgeon Wins Bronze Medal Again for Lifeboat Service
Albert Spurgeon a 63 year old life boat coxswain from Lovescroft Suffolk England has been awarded the bronze medal for the second time. He also holds the institute's silver medal.
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Lovescroft
Suffolk
Albert Spurgeon
Helso
Highest award for Devotion to Duty in London Victoria Cross
Fit Lt William Reid, 22, of Bailieston Scotland, earned the Victoria Cross for a daring night raid over Duesseldorf on Nov 3. Ignoring wounds to head shoulder and hand he flew 200 miles in a crippled Lancaster with a dead navigator and wounded wireless operator. The mission was flown without oxygen in bitter cold. Reid memorized the course so the bomb aimer knew nothing of his injuries or casualties. The citation praised superb courage leadership and devotion to duty.
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London
William Eld
Bailieston
Scotland
Duesseldorf
Reid
Hitler may name Rommel to supreme command in war plan
A report from refugees with underworld contacts in Germany says Rommel could be installed as supreme commander of the German army by Hitler to blunt a possible anti Hitler peace plot by Junker generals and refugees.
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Loxvon
Rommel
Europe
Hitler
Junker
Germany
Lucky He's Alive Not Umeer George Graham
Saskatoon resident George Graham, home on leave, bailed out of a Halifax bomber at ten thousand feet after a crippling dogfight over occupied Europe. He reached Gibraltar after a perilous journey, joins the Caterpillar club and is said to have won the Order of the Boot for walking home through enemy lines. The German army cookbook suggests adding small amounts of soybean flour to many dishes.
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Umeer
George Graham
Saskatoon
Sask
Europe
Gibraltar
Graham
Caterpillar Club
Order of the Boot
Christmas Gifts Sought by Canadian Army Girls
A survey of 100 Canadian Women’s Army Corps members shows desired gifts include lingerie, a color housecoat, khaki shirts, handkerchiefs, cosmetics, and leather writing kits. Luxury items like bedside radios and cameras are listed, with candy or fudge as a rationing friendly treat. The plea: avoid stuffed pandas, umbrella stands, or gaudy jewelry.
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Miss Canada
Kwaki
Canadian Women’ Army Corps
Simpler T-1 Special form for Ottawa taxpayers
The Ottawa tax filing scene shifts to a four page T-1 Special with added tables for dependents and income levels. It expands from 14 to 17 main questions, adds 13 tax-rate columns, and clarifies classifications at the top of each column, removing last year’s pay-as-you-go remission.
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Ottawa
German rocket gun shadows wartime fears in Britain
Reports of a long-range Nazi rocket gun circulated among Britons fueling cautious concern. Officials remained silent while military commentators weighed the possibility of a terror weapon, noting a Baltic coast test where a 250 mile range projection reportedly failed.
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London
Wermar
Hitler
Germany
Sme
Baltic
May End Bonus for Wheat Acreage Reduction
Ottawa. Agriculture Minister Gardiner said the government plans to discontinue wheat acreage reduction bonuses in 1944. He noted parliament must approve any discontinuance, as the annual act currently providing the payments would need to be amended.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
Presumed dead Amy Johnson may never be found
Lord Merriman in probate court allowed a presumption of death for Amy Johnson who vanished after her plane went down in the Thames estuary on January 5 1941. No trace of the airwoman was found beyond two floating bags. In other news the Fifth Victory Loan raised 9 008 336 cash applications for bonds totaling 1 363 275 250 dollars, surpassing the minimum objective by 183 275 250.
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London
Lord Merriman
Amy Johnson
Thames Estuary
Miss Johnson
Isley
No Great Change In Building Of Post-War Homes
Housing Administrator FW Nicolls says post war Canadian homes will resemble current ones with minor room rearrangements larger sizes and new fittings. Some prefabrication possible while plastic construction and circular ice boxes are unlikely. The plan outlines probable trends without competing with architects.
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Ottawatt
FW. Nicolls
Nicolls
Dominions Deliberate Postwar Immigration Study
London a government inquiry awaits Dominions response on postwar immigration policy. Viscount Cranborne told the Lords the dominions must weigh servicemen concerns and economic impact before formulating views. He cited transfer effects on social security and contributions, urging a fair and comprehensive solution.
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London
United Kingdom
Dominions
Viscount Cranborne
House of Lords
Lord Cranborne
Canadians Urge Aid for Prisoners of Japan
An ex-interned ship officer Malcolm Hardie told Ottawa that Canadians abroad should press for medical supplies for those still held by Japan. He described harsh internment in Hong Kong including hunger, self-made sandals, f irewood burning, and survival by eating horse meat.
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Ottawa
Gripsholm
Hong Kong
Malcolm Hardie
Permanent food commission planned after wartime rationing
The Beura government expresses strong satisfaction with wartime rationing and plans a permanent postwar food commission to guarantee health standards under any economic conditions. This move signals a shift toward enduring public health safeguards beyond the war.
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Mondon
BEURA
Food Commission
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Victoria Crom
C.W.A.C
Aarana
Goss Ovis
Sarah Churchill Oliver
WAAF
Winston Churchill
England
Permanent Food Commission
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