Farm Debts Bill Passes House After Debates
Ottawa report on the Farm Debts Bill clearing the House, extending farmer debt adjustment to include Alberta and Saskatchewan, preserving May 1888 timing for pre date debts, allowing reopenings of cases, and adding administration changes. Western opposition efforts to amend were defeated as amendments to limit sales and debt transfers were approved.
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Ottawa
Prine Farmert
Alberta
Saskatchewen
Victor Quelch
NLD
Acadia
Saskatoon
J. Glen
Hts
Tiiey
Canada to Set National Fitness Council Amid Bill Pass
In Ottawa the House of Commons unanimously backed a bill to establish a national council on physical fitness. The plan includes a $225,000 provincial grant on a 50-50 basis, a national director as the sole paid official, and cooperation across federal departments, provinces, voluntary groups, and individuals. A special school for training physical fitness teachers was proposed under provincial direction. Air raid precautions equipment totaling $4,683,152 has been distributed nationwide per a Commons return.
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Volluntary
Mackenzie
Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Bevin Hints Young Workers May Enter Mines in Britain
Britain’s labor minister Ernest Bevin told the Mineworkers Federation that youths perhaps aged 16 to 18 may need to be employed in coal mines to cover a labor shortage. The federation planned to send a delegation to study the plan details after Bevin’s urgency call.
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Britain
Blackpool
Ernest Bevin
Mineworkers Federation of
Great Britain
Bevin
Federation
Canedian Army Fit The Duchess Of Kent Rumored Patron
The Duchess of Kent is reported to become patron of the Royal Naval Film Corporation with Canedian Army Fit as the related party in a ceremonial capacity.
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Duchess of Kent
Royal Naval Film Corporation
Free Germany Movement Emerges From POW Camp
In Moscow a manifesto announces the formation of a Free Germany committee by German prisoners of war and refugees to work for a liberated Germany. Signed by 33 individuals including five ex Reichstag members, the group names Erich Weinert as president and addresses the German army and people.
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Russia
Moscow
Germany
Reichstag
Erich Weinert
Wheat Deliveries Unused To Move To Next Crop Year
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House of Commons that western wheat farmers unable to use their delivery quotas before July 31 due to elevator space and car shortages will have those unused deliveries added to their quotas for the next crop year. He noted about 13,000 railway cars loaded with wheat awaited unloading at Fort William and western points, with efforts under way to relieve congestion.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Fort William and
West
Policy in Sicily Will Not Be Allowed Political Activities
London Prime Minister Churchill said Allied military administration in Sicily will deny political activities by Sicilians for now. Eden added the regime will avoid collaboration with former Italian Fascists. Both nations supply civil administration experts to aid the military setup.
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London
Church
House of Commons
Sicily
Churchil
U.S
Britain
Eden
House
Wavell to Be Viscount of Cyrenaica and Winchester
Sir Archibald Wavell, raised to the peerage as he gears to serve as viceroy of India, will assume the title Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester according to the presas association report.
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London
Presas Association
Archibald Wavell
India
Viscount Wavell
Cyrenica
Winchester
Soldiers To Help With Crop Harvest Plan Approved
Ottawa reported Defence Minister Ralston announced Parliament that soldiers may aid farmers in the 193 harvest. He rejected ideas of a home defence army being released, noting two farm leave options and ongoing talks with labor officials. About 5,450 soldiers are already on farm leave, with prisoners of war sometimes used for farming duties.
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Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
House of Commons
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Home Defence Army
Caheada
Canada
Newfoundland
Labrador
Alaska
U.S
Labor Department
Selective Service
Army
Canada to Send 9 Million Pounds Frozen Fish to Britain
Ottawa reports Canada will ship 9,000,000 pounds of frozen fish to the United Kingdom in 1943 under a Britain agreement announced by Fisheries Minister Bertrand. London papers note talks on large fish consignments from Canada and Newfoundland. About 2,000,000 pounds will be Pacific coast flounders and Atlantic provisions total 7,000,000 pounds including cod fillets 5,000,000 pollock fillets 1,000,000 and flounders 1,000,000.
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Snada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Canada
Britain
Bertrand
London
Evening Standard
Newfoundland
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Germans flee bombed western cities to safer east
Berlin dispatches to the Swedish press describe a large flow of Germans leaving bombed western and northwestern cities. They move toward safety in the east, but the ultimate destination is not stated.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Britain vows fascists ousted from Italian lands
Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden said in the House of Commons that one of Britain’s war aims is the removal of the fascist regime from all occupied Italian territory.
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London
Church Ul
Eden
House of Commons
Britain
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