Canada plots postwar Social Security and health plan
Ottawa outlines a Marsh plan proposing basic income for all Canadians, extended unemployment and sickness benefits, free medical care, maternity and disability pensions, and a national health insurance framework with mixed Dominion and provincial funding. A national physical fitness program and postwar employment survey are also planned. The report notes costs and funding shares.
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House of Commons
LC. Marsh
Government Reconstruction Committee
Dominion
Marsh
Mackenzie
National
Council On Physical Fitness
Social Security
Censorship Tightens on War News Between Britain and U S
British and American forces poised for continental invasion under General Eisenhower, with Capt. Eugene F. Nute taking over as U S army chief press censor. The system is expanded, signals tighter control of imminent Allied moves and broader wartime reporting limits.
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London
Britain
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eugene F. Nute
US. Army
Nate
Newspaper for Canadian troops to be flown to Italy weekly
Defence Minister Ralfton announced 6000 copies of the Canadian Press News eight page tabloid will be flown to Italy each week from England for service personnel. A Mediterranean theatre newspaper combining Canadian Press News and local area news will be printed there. He cited mail news and movie film delays as main complaints and said arrangements will deliver three items to the troops.
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Italy
Ottawa
Defence
Ralfon
Canadian Press News
London
England
Mediterranean
Sth Army News
Feld
Ralston
Meditranean
Canada
J. L. Ralston
North Africa
Sicily
Italian Front
Kenneth Stuart
Vincent Massey
United Kingdom
G. M. J. Stanley Turner
RAF
Col. Ralston
Prime Minister Anarch Acknowledges Christmas Messages
London reports Prime Minister Anarch thanks well wishers for Christmas greetings sent during his illness. He remains in the Middle East recovering from pneumonia after a recent attack.
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London
Anarcha
Middle East
Admirals Hope to Shift Battle From Atlantic to Pacific
Rear Admiral L W Murray declares the U-boat menace defeated in a New Year message to Allied naval forces and the RCAF. He expresses hope that by year’s end 1944 the war will be moved from the Atlantic to the Pacific, praising merchant marine sailors for their dauntless effort against U-boats.
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Halifax
L W. Murray
Ron
Canadian Northwest
Atlantic
Teta
Pacific
RCAF
Murray
Letters Coming Will Soon Arrive From Canadians In Mediterranean War Theatre
The RCAF announces a new mail squadron will carry letters from Canadi av servicemen in the Mediterranean back to Canada. The first trip delivered mail to Mediterranean posts during Christmas week. Two Flying Fortresses landed in Britain with 1,100 pounds of letters while fourteen hundred pounds were loaded for the flight to the Mediterranean.
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Ottawa
RCAF
Canacrvicemen
Canada
Air Force
Mediterranean
Britain
Air service plan eyed by Toronto transit firms
The Toronto transportation commission and Gray Coach Lines asked the Dominion government for postwar permission to run helicopters and other aircraft. They plan to use current Gray coach terminals and operate at least one daily air trip across all Ontario routes linking to Buffalo and Niagara Falls. A map of proposed routes accompanied the application.
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Astern Bus Lines
Toronto
Toronto Transportation Commission
Gray Coach Lines
Dominion
Air Force
Gray
Ontario
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Dominion Strategic Role Highlighted In Postwar Aviation
Montreal based Trans-Canada Air Lines outlined postwar aviation plans and Canada’s strategic position in global air routes. President H. J. Symington noted TCAs year end review, recounting 1943 trans Atlantic service for urgent war business and cargoes, with traffic up sharply across passengers, mail, and express shipments.
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Montreal
Trans-Canada Air Lines
H. J. Symington
Tcas
Canada
Air World
North America
Europe
Asia
Symington
TCA
Vancouver
Victoria
Tribute to McNaughton as Canadian army chief
The Daily Express praised Lt-Gen. A. G. L. McNaughton for relinquishing command of the Canadian army overseas. It recalled his December 1939 arrival with the first Canadian contingent and called his leadership “high generalship” that built a prepared force through years of waiting, leaving a strong fighting army for future battles.
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London
A. G. L. McNaughton
Daily Express
Britain
Menaughton
Len
Airmen Returned to Canada for Long-Term Treatment
Ottawa reports that under a British air ministry rule, RCAF personnel needing three or more months of treatment are sent back to Canada. The policy, effective April 15, is not rigidly enforced and many exceptions exist. Some patients may stay overseas longer for certain treatments.
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Canada
Ottawa
Rcaf Medical Service
British Air Ministry
RCAF
Allied counteroffensive described as real and fierce
Tokyo radio quoted by U.S. monitors said Allied counteroffensive is real and fierce fighting rages at various fronts. A second Tokyo broadcast asserted Allied movements in the South Pacific have brought the war to a decisive stage for Japan. New Zealand's largest river note appears as 2549.
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New 1Ukker Raceny
Tokyo Radio
United States
South Pacific
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RAF Bomber Command
Pathfinder Force
Berth
U.S
Creter
Canadian Corps
SUB Menace
the Empire
King George VI
AIR Service
Ton
Tojo
New Zealand
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