World faces famine risk amid global food shortage
British Foreign Secretary Bevin warned the United Nations General Assembly in London that up to 1.6 billion people could face famine due to a 200000 ton wheat and rice shortage. UK and Canada discussed renewing long term food contracts while US China pledged support to relief efforts. London and Washington assess empire grain supplies as drought cuts South Africa crops.
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London
United Nations
Bevin
Britain
Ben Smith
Ottawa
Wea
United Assembly
United States
China
Washington
United States Agriculture Department
London Food Council
The
Combined Food Board
British Commonwealth
Empire
Canada
Feed Board
South Africa
Drouth
Padre Foote Wins Victoria Cross for Dieppe Heroism
A Canadian padre linked to the Dieppe raid is awarded the Victoria Cross. Maj John Foote of Hamilton Ontario, chaplain to the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, is honored for staying ashore to aid stranded troops. Reports trace his courage from Newhaven to Dieppe and confirm his identity through letters from German camps.
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Ross Munro
Esplanade
John Foote
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Regiment
Hamilton
Padre
Newhaven
Sussex
Dieppe
Canada
Maj Foote
Maj. Foote
Madoc, Ont
RATION SUPPLIES FOR MUKOX PARTY ON ARCTIC TREK
Churchill reports air supply techniques refined for Operation Muskox. Canadian Army Arctic ration pack will be carried by each trail member for a 3100 mile trek. Pack weighs four pounds, supplies 5300 calories and vitamins for 17 days, tested to endure 10 degrees below zero.
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Churchill
Canada and UN forces role in postwar world
London reports that Canada may contribute to a United Nations military force for world peace. An air landing brigade of 10,000 could form a core of Canada's postwar army, with possible naval and air units also earmarked. The Security Council chiefs of staff will draft arrangements on force numbers readiness and locations for possible action.
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London
Canla
United Nations
Canada
United Nations Security Council
Britain
United States
Russia
France
China
Council
Security Council
Hudson Bay route committee to push Churchill use
A five member interprovincial committee was approved by delegates from the three prairie provinces and the Hudson Bay route association board. The group will study factors to maximize utilization of the Hudson Bay route and Churchill facilities, and seek equitable freight and insurance rates for Churchill.
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Saskatoon
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Prairie Provinces
Hudson Bay Route Association Board of Directors
House of Commons
Hera
Hudson's Bay
UNRRA Director Pledges Support for Opium Drive in China
Dr Donald How ard, director of welfare services for UNRRA in China, pledged UNRRA support to a suppression drive in Tientsin after a check showed more than 300,000 addicts. The report notes figures like 2656 from the inspection and calls for coordinated action.
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Chungking
Donalad Howard
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
China
UNRRA
Tientsin
Irrigation Plans to Reclaim Prairie Land in Canada
Toronto MP John R MacNicol reports irrigation could reclaim 300000 acres of prairie land and create 40000 new farms after dam work begins at Spring Coulee on the St Mary's River in southern Alberta. He notes reservoirs at Shin Coulee Verdigris Coulee would conserve about 270000 cubic feet of water each side.
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Toronto
John R_ MacNicol
Davenport
Western Canada
Spring Coulee
St Mary's River
Alberta
Shin Coulee
Verdigris Coulee
Belgium Plans to Buy 1946 Canadian Goods and Foodstuffs
Belgiu m plans to purchase 85 million dollars of Canadian goods and foodstuffs in 1946 with imports from Belgium to rise accordingly. Kronacher stressed the need to expand imports to sustain the program, noting Belgium sought ships and other items while prices and financing remained in question. In Victoria an Elford street resident was locked out but realized the key was on a string around her neck.
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Ottawa
Paul Kronacher
Bel Iar
Belgium
Canada
Kronacher
Victoria
Elford Street
Canada extends $100000 loan to Netherlands for purchases
Canada announces a renewed loan package totaling 425,000,000 to the Netherlands to finance Canadian goods and foodstuffs. The deal, signed by Finance Minister Taley and Netherlands envoy Snouck, consolidates prior terms and extends funds for wheat, machinery, fertilizers, and other products to aid Dutch rehabilitation. In Germany, 3000 Ruhr Valley villagers are homeless after the Emscher river floods.
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Canada
Haw
Netherlands
Ottawa
Taley
Fiherlands
Saito
Mir Tisey
Goscent
Snouck Ure Bronje
Pro- Oeh
Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Ruhr
Emscher
Butter Ration Cut Seen Unavoidable in Canada
R C Smellie of Russell Manitoba, president of the National Dairy Council of Canada, says butter ration will drop from six to four ounces per person for March and April as Ottawa announces. He notes Domination butter stocks under 15 million pounds, with 20 to 25 million pounds to be consumed before the May flow, predicting depletion. He cites sharp rises in condensed milk, whole and powdered milk, factory cheese, and butter since 1936 to 1944 as reasons for the shortage.
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Canada
Ottawa
R. C. Smellie
Russell
Man
National Dairy Council of Canada
Smell
Smellie
Britain
Lanada
Soviet Complaint Shelved Again As UN Debate Opens
London reports say the Soviet backed complaint against British troops in Indonesia faces repeated delays as the UN council shelves the request for a five nation investigation. Britain Attlee Bevin opposes intervention, urging Indonesia issue to be dropped while Albania seeks United Nations membership amid global power divisions.
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London
Netherlands East Indies
Greece
Ukraine
Indonesia
Norman Makin
Australia
Albania
United Nations
Russia
Britain
United States
Bevin
Poland
Dmitri Manuilsky
Andrei Vishnu
Egypt
M. Vishinsky
Mr. Bevin
Edward R. Stettinius
U.S. Warns Argentina Hosts Nazi War Base Copy
The United States says Nazis built in Argentina a full copy of Germany’s wartime economic system and have the means to reorganize their power. The warning, in a 40 000 word blue book, cites Nazi documents and accuses recent Argentine regimes of aiding the Axis.
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Washington
United States
Argentina
Germany
North
South America
Buenos Aires
United Nations
Europe
Crerar warns needs for national defense at convocation
General Crerar told the University of Saskatchewan audience that force may become unimaginable one day yet nations must be ready to defend themselves at a moment’s notice. Receiving an honorary Doctor of Laws, he cautioned Canada may not get a third chance to prevail after two wars if preparedness is neglected. In Washington, officials warned world wheat reserves could extend the dark bread era beyond planned timelines due to shrinking supplies.
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University of Saskatchewan
Senate
Board of Governors
1St Canadian Army
Canada
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