Canada Sets 1943 Trade Export Record At $3 Billion
Ottawa reports 1943 export trade hit the highest in history, totaling a little more than $3,000,000,000. Minister MacKinnon says exports far surpassed imports and rose across sectors including vehicles, guns, shells, ships, aircraft, and food. He notes major growth to the United Kingdom, United States, Middle East, Far East, and Russia, with 1944 figures expected to be even larger.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
MacKinnon
Natons
United Kingdom
United States
Middle East
Far East
Russia
Wheat for India shipment arranged from Canada
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that arrangements are complete for Canada to ship 100000 tons of wheat to India to ease famine. The shipment, delayed by ship space, is expected to depart soon and arrive in time to boost India’s food supplies. London reports two Gibraltar offences involved bombs and a fuel tank threat.
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Ottawa
India
Dominion
Mackensie King
Canada
London
Gibraltar
Coaling Island
Mail From Cairo Over Three Toms Brought To Ottawa By RCAF
The first RCAF real mail squadron aircraft completed the Ottawa to Cairo round trip bringing homeward bound service mail from soldiers, airmen, and mailers in the Mediterranean war theatres and Great Britain. Letters from base post offices in Italy, Sicily, North Africa, and Britain formed the consignments. Fit Lt WH McIntosh of Winnipeg piloted the Flying Fortress, calling the trip first rate after a cross wind takeoff and early engine trouble, with a night landing under a lowering ceiling to ensure delivery.
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Ottawa
RCAF
Frst
Real Mail
Otwa
Cain
Canada Ree
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Italy
Sicily
North Africa
Dominion
McIntosh
Winnipeg
Atlantic
Canadian War Crimes Counsel Named for War Crimes Probe
War crimes task intensifies as Ontario lawyer takes honorary counsel role for Canada. Evidence gathering targets Axis nationals with Canadian victims, amid broader wartime claims. The British army faced superior numbers in every major campaign during the early years of the war.
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Trenstagnt, Ound
Ont
Canada
American generals honored by King George VI in Mediterranean actions
Eighteen American generals including Lt Gen George Patton Jr and Gen Mark Clark received British decorations by order of King George VI for meritorious action in the Mediterranean. Patton, commander of the U S Sixth Army, was named a Companion of the Order of the Bath for leadership of the American Second Corps during the Maknassy battle in southern Tunisia. The honors were awarded by Allied commander Gen Sir Maitland Wilson in a ceremonial presentation.
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King George
Algiers
George . Patten Jr
Mark W. Clark
George VI
Mediterranean
Patton
Ith Army
Order of the Bath
Harold Alexander
Italy
Maknassy
Tunisia
Sir Maitland Wilson
Dingle Foot Describes Sabotage as Major Allied Weapon
Parliamentary secretary GLAS Dingle Foot called sabotage in occupied countries a major weapon in the Allied armory, noting its impact on enemy wareffort and economic disruption.
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Glas Dingle Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Wuntries
Wounded Canadians Return Home From Italian Front
Four Canadian soldiers arrive in Halifax aboard the hospital ship Lady Nelson after battles in Sicily and Italy. Among them Pte H C Gabbey of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment is wounded in Sicily, Sgt R R Amyot of North Bay is seriously hurt in Nasoria, Pte H A Mann of Yorkton suffers a fractured leg, and three Moose Jaw veterans N J Gamble H M VanBuskirk and R M Beatty return from the Italian campaign.
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Halifax
Dieppe
Sicily
Italy
H.C. Gabbey
Loyal
Edmonton Regiment
L. E. Neff
Port Colborne
Ont
8Th Army
Moose Jaw
Sask
Pte
N. J. Gamble
H. M. VanBuskirk
R. M. Beatty
Vanbuskirk
Britain
Hard Blow Is Struck Against Nazi Air Force
General Henry Arnold reports a major Allied air strike on German factories at Oschersleben Halberstadt and Brunswick, destroying three key fighter plants and killing 64 aircraft. He says the attack, costing about five percent of the Allied force, cripples German fighter production and signals a continued push to overwhelm Nazi air power.
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Wichita
Kas
Henry
Arnold
Army Air Forces
Germany
Oschersleten
Halberstadt
Brunswick
Tvo
Gen. Arnold
Light Steel Wares May Be Available Soon in Toronto
H Foreman federal steel controller said in Toronto there is hope for an increase in light steel production within three months. He cited pails and wash tubs as examples and noted the main bottleneck is manpower as more material becomes available.
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Toronto
H. Foreman
Federal Steel
NO PERMIT NEEDED Changes In Regulations Aid Milk Utilization
Ottawa reports the agricultural food board eased rules allowing milk processors cheese factories and creameries to buy milk from the surplus pool without prior permits. The change aims to prevent waste by letting plants take surplus milk as it becomes available. In a separate note from Stockholm a German ship carrying ammunition exploded in Oslofjord Norway drowning four people marking a second such blast in three weeks.
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Ottawa
The
Agricultural Food Board
Stockholm
Oslo Fjord
Norway
Swedish Telegraphic Bureau
Oslo
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