Ration Coupon Charges Laid In Quebec
Ottawa reports parliamentary assistant Robert Mayhew told the Commons that at least four Bank of Provinciale Canada employees in Quebec are under arrest for black market activities tied to ration coupons. He said three of those held admitted involvement and that more bank branches may be implicated. The Prices Board cancelled coupon banking with the bank at end of July due to irregularities and safeguards, with ordinary accounts unaffected.
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Ottawa
Robert Mayhew
Mir Later Raley
Commons
Bank of Provinciale
Canada
Mayhew
John Chefenbaker
PC - Lake Centre
Ther Gut
Tas Fone
Oper Tes
Quebec
Prices Board
Heckling Ban Proposed by Japanese Diet Members
Japanese lower house lawmakers agree to ban heckling and hooting after a recent uproar, urging self restraint and noting that shouting baka was common during the stormy session. The move aims to curb disruptions and maintain decorum in future meetings.
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Tokyo
Retain Rank Announcement Made At Ottawa
Defence headquarters says wartime officers and non commissioned officers may retain their ranks in the reserve army to keep their knowledge and experience available. Selection allows ex active service personnel to occupy substantive or supernumerary ranks within authorised establishments based on battle experience.
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Ottawa
Defence Headquarters
Record Atlantic flight marks on the London to New York route
Sir Arthur Whitten-Brown and crew completed an east to west Atlantic air crossing aboard a four engine Royal Mail liner. The trip follows the 1919 Alcock and Brown crossing and supports BOAC’s planned London to New York service with two weekly flights. The voyage featured press coverage and on board amenities for guests. Also Brisbane report notes the Duke of Gloucester aiding the flying doctor service during a Queensland tour.
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London
New York
Sir Arthur Whitten-Brown
Sir Arthur
John Alcock
Newfoundland
Eire
Alcock
Daily Mail
The
Ocean
Emepire
Royal Mail
Bane
Daily Sketch
BOAC
Brisbane
Australia
Duke of Gloucester
Queensland
Forest Destroyed Near The Pas by Cyclone
The Pas game patroller Jed Reader reported a one mile square area of timber devast ated by a cyclonic storm. Not a tree stood and trunks were shredded in the damage believed caused by a severe storm that struck The Pas on June 9.
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Pas
Jed Reader
Practice bomb tests mark Able Day rehearsal near Bikini
The first test of the Queen Day atomic program saw a practice bomb dropped aboard the USS Mt McKinley near Bikini Atoll The orange burst occurred about ten miles from the target while observers on the flagship could not spot the B 29 bomber that released the device.
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Bikini
MT. Mckinley
Nevada
Independence
Canadian production costs threaten trade health
Don G. McKenzie chair of Brain commissions warns at the Canadian seed growers association annual meeting that production costs may rise to levels making Canadian goods unable to compete internationally. He notes experts now valued two to five times prewar rates. Sudbury warns tourists to inspect parcels from northern Ontario backwoods to Toronto or Montreal for possible beaver skins valued in the black market.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Don. G. McKenzie
Board of Brain Commissioners
McKenzie
Canadian Seed Grow
Sudbury
Ant
Ontario
Back Woods
Tansport
Toronto
Montreal
Traffic jam of wives of Canadians overseas to join husbands
Canadian Defence headquarters reports a backlog of wives and children awaiting transport from the United Kingdom and northwest Europe to Canada. As of June 1, 19 389 wives and 5728 children in the UK and 23 28 wives and 71 men in northwest Europe wait for passage. Marriages and births rise, with 4598 wives and 526 children sailing in March and 1215 marriages and 285 births that month. Wives bureaus open in Paris Brussels The Hague Amsterdam to ease the flow.
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Ottawa
Britain
Europe
Canada
Trac
United Kingdom
Defence Headquarters
Paris
Brussels
The
Hague
Amster- Sam
Garson Supports Dominion tax proposal at institute meeting
Premier Garson of Manitoba urged co operation between provinces and the Dominion under a Dominion provincial agreement. He supported a three year tax deal offering a guaranteed payment and allowing indirect turnover taxes, arguing it would improve provincial finances and preserve confederation.
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Toronto
Garson
Manitoba
The
Chemical Institute of Canada
Dominion
No Sure Peace Until Nations Uphold The Law
Former British foreign minister Anthony Eden told the Ottawa Empire Parliamentary Association that lasting peace requires all major powers to uphold the rule of law and be open to collaboration. He urged calm, inclusive faith, and warned against exclusivity while expressing cautious optimism for U S UK and Soviet cooperation despite current anxieties.
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Ottawa
Hoa
Anthony Fen
Empire Parliamentary Association
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
United States
Canada praised for wartime price controls by Herald Tribune
The New York Herald Tribune editorial lauds Canada for wartime price and wage controls, noting Canada kept living costs about 20 percent versus 23 percent in the United States. It says Canada led in control measures and questions U.S. hesitation during reconversion.
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Canada
New York
New York Herald Tribune
United States
Dominion
the Herald Tribune
Churchill lauded by Czech people abroad in Montreal gathering
Dr Joseph Kotely, Czechoslovak consular general at Montreal, told a gathering of several hundred Slavs that Winston Churchill is the most popular man in Czechoslovakia today. He said Churchill was a symbol of hope to the Szechs during the war and remains their champion.
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Kirkland Lake
Ont
Joseph Kotely
Montreal
Czechoslovakia
Churchill
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