Canada war budget gains broad approval from leaders
Canadian leaders from Premiers Hart Hepburn Aberhart Campbell and university economist Dr James hailed the war time budget proposals as essential for financing the war and postwar recovery. They urged universal sacrifices and savings to fund prosecution and rehabilitation.
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Canada
Prem John Hart
British Columbia
Hepburn
Ontario
Aberhart
Alberta
Dominion
Thane Campbell
Prince Edward Island
F. Cyril James
McGill University
Officers Elected At Red Poll Association Meeting Edmonton
Wilmott McComb of Hayfield Manitoba was re elected president of the Canadian Red Poll Association at the annual meeting. Other officers include Vice President John R Atkinson St Albert Alberta secretary treasurer P J Hoffman Annaheim Saskatchewan honorary president H F Waby Enderby British Columbia honorary vice president Eugene Hursa Macoun Saskatchewan directors A D Pocock Moose Jaw Saskatchewan L H Reeve Dafoe Saskatchewan Grants to feed steers for fall and spring stock shows and to fairs at Brandon Weyburn Armstrong were approved.
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Red Poll Association
Edmonton
Wilmott McComb
Hayfield
Man
Canadian Red Poll Association
John R. Atkinson
St. Albert
Alta
P. J. Hoffman
Annaheim
Sask
H. F. Waby
Enderby
Eugene Hursa
Macoun
A D. Pocock
Moose Jaw
L. H. Reeve
Dafoe
Sask Tt
Brandon
Weyburn
Armstrong
Equal Priority For British And US Troops In War Supplies
London reports that British and United States troops in the same theatre will have equal priority on American supplies. Oliver Lyttelton stated in Parliament that a combined production and resources board is integrating total resources and planning war production to maximize shipping economy.
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Itish
United States
London
Oliver Lyttelton
House of Commons
Washington
Capt. Lyttelton
Combined Production and Resources Board
Executions Reported for Free French Activities
A Lisbon despatch relayed by the Free French newspaper France that in Paris three women scientists were sentenced to death and seven men were executed for Free French activities.
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France
London
Lisbon
Paris
Estevan Point Lighthouse Keeper Extinguishes Light Under Attack
Victoria Colonist reports Estevan Point lighthouse keeper Robert Mitchell climbed to the tower to extinguish the light as shells showered the area. The blast shook the concrete beacon and broke windows while two radio operators and families sheltered in the woods. News was sent by radio to authorities as residents sought safety.
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Victoria
Comat
Vas Conversaland
Estevan Point Dominion
Campbell
Port Alberni
Robert Mitchell
Ahore
Sally
BC Coast
Brian Harrigon
Edward Redford
Harrison
Redford
Canadian Women Repatriated From Germany Return Home
Ottawa announces ten Canadian women returning from Germany under a international exchange. They sail aboard the Drottingholm from Lisbon and are due in New York this week. Seven were Zamzam passengers sunk by a German raider in 1941 and were interned in Germany before release last year. The other three were interned but released after Canadian government representations. One Zamzam passenger was Olga Gottermson of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in Minneapolis.
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Germany
Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
External Affairs Department
Lisbon
New York
Zamzam
South Atlantic
Berlin
Olga Gottermson
Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Minneapolis
Minn
Elsie Gottormson
Naham
Sask
New Persian Gulf Port Aims to Speed Supplies to Russia
Work under way on a Persian Gulf port in Basra Iraq to hasten aid to Russia. Noncombatants push the project on a site once swampy while bombers trucks and other materiel have moved through the gulf to Soviet armies via a complex transport network. Rail links connect Tehran to Tabriz completing an all rail route from the Gulf of Batum to Moscow.
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Persian Gulf
Russia
Basra
Iraq
United States
Teheran
Iran
Tabriz
Gulf of Batum
Tifis
Moscow
Compulsory Plan Refunds To Be Staggered By Year Paid
Ottawa outlines refunds under the compulsory saving plan tied to graduated income tax and excess profits tax. Repayments begin within two years after the war, with 1942 refunds due by end of the second fiscal period after hostilities and 1943 by the third. Interest at two percent applies to income war tax refunds. excess profits tax refunds bear no interest.
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Ottawa
Wheat for Greece shipments of Canadian wheat to Greece
Canada has agreed to provide about 15,000 tons of wheat monthly to Greece to feed the starving, roughly 500000 bushels. Some shipments have already arrived, and ongoing cargoes will depart monthly aboard Swedish Red Cross supervised ships sailing from Canadian ports to Greece after securing British blockade clearance and permits from Germany and Italy.
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Ottawa
Canada
Greece
Swedish Red Cross
Canada Sees Cheery War Finance Outlook Despite Travel Rules
Finance Minister Maley reports Canada's war finance outlook in 1940 41 brighter than last year due to the Hyde Park accord enabling U S purchases of war materials. He warns against relaxing travel and war exchange acts while noting restrictions have saved over 10 million dollars in U S currency.
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United States
Ottawa
Canada
Maley
House of Com
United
Guerilla Raid Tales From London Farm Raiders
Leslie Kirch reports from London about rural villagers volunteering for guerrilla raids on German forces. Winners armed with axes and clubs penetrated lines, killed German sentries, and returned with guns and ammunition. They supplied arms to others, enabling more raids and killing Nazis while Kirch observed.
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London
Leslie Kirch
Russia
Kirch
Tobacco tax hikes won’t raise gift cigarettes price
A spokesman for Imperial Tobacco Company Limited of Canada said that federal budget tobacco tax increases will not lead to higher prices for cigarettes sent as gifts to Canadian armed forces members overseas.
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Montreal
Imperial Tobacco Company Limited of
Canada
Submarine Base May Be Located on Brazil Coast
A Brazilian coast report states naval and air forces investigate claims of an Axis submarine base in Maranhao near the Gurupy delta. Authorities acknowledge searches but have not confirmed any base, noting past submarine activity and recent attacks have diminished after Allied patrols.
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Maranhao
Para
Gurupy Delta
Gurupy
Natal
Guianas
South Atlantic
United States
Editor Ralph Ingersoll Delayed Induction At PM
Marshal Field appeals to suspend induction for PM editor Ralph Ingersoll after he appeared for a final physical at Fort Jay Governors Island. Field defends the move saying the newspaper is valuable in wartime and Ingersoll’s leadership is badly needed.
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New York
Marshal Field
Ralph Ingersoll
Ingersoll
Fort Jay
Governors Island
Field
Chicago
Canadian firemen begin overseas duty in Britain
The first contingent of Canadian fire fighters who volunteered for overseas duty has landed safely in Britain. War Services Minister Thorson received a cable from Herbert Morrison thanking Canada for the gesture, noting it gives energy and strength to the national fire service as they join soldiers, sailors, and airmen with British forces.
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Ottawa
Britain
War Services
Thorson
Herbert Morrison
National Fire Service
Allied airfields expand in Australia amid wartime build boom
Brig. Gen. Hugh Casey announced that new air dromes have been built across Australia for Allied air forces in the last three months. He said many more will follow with the Allied Works Council planning 1,500 large projects and 10,000 smaller jobs on its program.
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Eipourne
Seamany
Australia
Hugh Casey
General Headquarters
Allied Works Council
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White House
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