Ottawa to Keep Dairy Cattle Exports to United States
Canada will continue exporting dairy cattle to the United States despite higher 1943 prices and wartime constraints. Agriculture Minister Gardiner defended open trade, noting open-market prices and the aim to help farmers by ensuring strong butter production and whole milk sales, with surplus beef to Britain frozen as needed.
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Ottawa
Gardiner
House of Commons
United States
Agriculture Department
Canada
Britain
P. E. Wright
CCF
Melfort
Commons Agriculture Committee
Atenton
SURE OF VICTORY General Chiang Kai-Shek Exudes Confidence
General Chiang Kai-shek told China on the eve of the sixth anniversary of hostilities with Japan that defeat cannot exceed two years and that a world wide offensive would yield a stream of victories. He said the war would reach a peak as allies aim for Japan’s elimination. In New York, Treasury agents build files on collaborationist activities with the Nazis in former France.
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Chiang Kai-Shek
China Chungking
Chiang Ki Shek
China
Japan
New York
US. Treasury
France
Promotion of Major General Foster in Northwest Defence
Major General Foster, ex head of Vancouver police and former Dominion president of the Canadian Legion, is promoted after a storied First World War record. He now serves as Special Commissioner for Defence Projects in Northwest Canada.
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Big WW. Foster Dso
Vancouver
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Foster
Northwest
Canada
Production cut in Germany during first half of 1943
A London ministry spokesman said Allied bombings and raw material shortages reduced German production in the first six months of 1943. War goods output was fairly well maintained focusing on defensive weapons by drawing on reserves and sacrificing consumer goods. The spokesman refused to estimate overall production decline until Ruhr damage reports arrive.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Ruhr
Pacific command army navy chaplains hold two day conference
Vancouver sees Protestant chaplains from the Pacific command attend a two day conference. They praise Canadian soldiers and sailors as the most temperate fighting men in the world.
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Vancouver
Army and Navy
Pacific Command
Canada
General Giraud Arrives in Washington for War Talks
General Henri Giraud, commander of French forces in North Africa and co-chairman of the French Committee for National Liberation, arrived by plane in Washington to confer with President Roosevelt and Allied leaders on the war.
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Giraud
Washington
North Africa
Henri ¢ Giraud
French Committee For National Liberation
Roosevelt
New Ruling On Ration Books For Hotels And Boarders
The prices board in Ottawa says hot els and boarding houses registered as quota users must surrender ration books or temporary cards to proprietors even if meals are not eaten there. Hotels not listed as quota users must also hand in coupons. Proprieties remove weekly butter and meat coupons and biweekly sugar and tea or coffee coupons, and send them to the ration administration. Those who cook meals in hotel rooms may apply to retain their ration books.
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Ottawa
the Prices Board
King George Observes Tunisian Street Fighting Demonstration
King George of Great Britain watches a staged street fighting drill in an African vineyard to illustrate action seen in the Tunisian campaign. A U S Army brigadier general explains the maneuvers for the monarch while Lieutenant General Mark Clark stands nearby.
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George
Great Britain
Mark Clark
U.S.A
Time Shortened Training Period For Japanese Cadets
Tokyo radio reported by U.S. monitors that Japan has cut air cadet training from three years to one and a half years. Cadets who pass medical exams would be commissioned as air force second lieutenants after 18 months.
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New York
Japan
Tokyo Radio
United States
Air Force
Isley Explains Living Cost Index Method and Impacts
Ottawa Finance Minister Isley outlined how the cost of living index is compiled and adjusted. He described how the Dominion Bureau of Statistics accounts for quality changes, market shortages, and month to month shifts, noting food costs rise but other expenses like rent and clothing also affect the index.
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L Isley
Ottawa
Isley
House of Commons
Prices Board
Tisley
Miley
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Will Be Delayed Johannesburg Civilian Vote Ddelta
In Johannesburg 250000 civilians vote on whether to continue the war effort or pursue neutrality. Opposition supports republican government and severing ties with Britain. Results await mail ballots from 150000 service members, to be counted in Pretoria before civilian boxes can be opened.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Pretoria
War effort housing financing restricted in 1942 Ottawa
In his annual report, housing director F. W. Nichols told the House of Commons that the National Housing Act operat ion was narrowed to financing houses necessary to support the war effort, a restriction tabled by Finance Minister Isley.
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Ottawa
F. W. Nichols
House of Commons
Isley
Justice by post eyed to cut court delays
London residents cited by Home Secretary Herbert Morrison could avoid appearing in court for minor offences under a justice by post plan. The proposal aims to save time, manpower, and expense by issuing proceedings and penalties remotely.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Home Secretary
Village schools cultivate 420000 acres in 1942
In 1942 Ceyion reported village schools oversaw the cultivation of 420000 acres of crops, reflecting wartime agricultural mobilization and rural education participation.
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Ceyion
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Col. J. L. McAvity
Directorate of Vehicles and Armaments
Ordnance Branch
Canadian Army
King George
Alamein Club
Egypt
Eighth Army
Alamein
Cairo
England
South Africans
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