Canada Will Feed Every Bushel Of Wheat, Conference Finds
Deputy minister G S H Barton reported that postwar food security relies on expanding wheat exports and maintaining stocks. He said Canada will feed every bushel and participate in international arrangements, with a future League of Nations style economic association guiding peace and progress.
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League of Nations
North Bay healer who cared for Dionne quintuplets dies
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe 30, famed as the Country Doctor who nursed the Dionne quintuplets from birth born May 28 1984 died June 2 in North Bay hospital after pneumonial illness. He served as their physician until last year resigning amid friction with the Dionnes’ parents Mr and Mrs Oliva Dionne. Dr Joyal succeeded him in North Bay.
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Allan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
North Bay Hospital
Dafoe
Toronto
Oliva Dionne
I Joyal
Canada to become world’s fourth strongest military power
Air Secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that Canada will emerge from the war as the world’s fourth strongest military power. He spoke on post war civil aviation, saying Britain would seek agreement with the dominions but not dictate their choices. He noted the United States and Russia leading, with Canada rising alongside a possible British empire bound by air links.
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Canada
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Britain
United States
Russia
Sir Archibald
Soviet Union
Royal Navy at Sea and British Ship Counts
At any moment six hundred Royal Navy ships are at sea and at least 2,200 British ships exist, including 1,800 belonging to the United Kingdom.
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Canada Britain have not begun postwar aviation talks
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons no conversations have been initiated between Canada and the United Kingdom on an Empire plan for postwar civil aviation development. He added Canada has not been approached about representation on the British Overseas Airways Corporation board or a similar body. He will state government policy in due course.
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Mackenzzie King
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Air Commodore McEwen’s long RAF and RCAF service noted
Air Commodore McEwen directs activity from a desk at a bomber group section in Britain. An RAF pilot in the last war and a key RC AF member since its 1924 foundation, he has held many ands in Canada and overseas.
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Canada
Nazi General Von Arnim Held on English Estate
London reports that Col General Jurgen von Arnim, captured in Tunisia, is kept in England on a picturesque estate. He is guarded by a small dachshund, two gates, then a mile inside a heavy barbed wire fence patrolled by armed sentries.
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von Arnim
London
Jurgen von Arnim
Tunisia
England
Birthday Greeting From Roosevelt To King George
President Roosevelt sends birthday greetings to King George expressing faith in Britain US unity during and after the war. He notes Allied North Africa victories as proof of joint effort and calls for a postwar peace built on shared purpose between Americans and Britons. He emphasizes unity in production, transport, and supply and hopes for lasting peace.
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Roosevelt Washington
Roosevelt
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Britain
North Africa
Mineral search party leaves Edmonton for Waterways
A five member Dominion geological survey unit departs Edmonton for Waterways Alberta on the first leg of a northern expedition to locate strategic minerals needed for the war effort.
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Edmonton
Dominion Geological Survey
Waterways
Alta
North Country
Danish sabotage hits southern Jutland rail hub
London radio Denmark reported saboteurs blew up an important German railway station in southern Jutland. The station served as a crucial junction for troop trains and shipments.
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Radio
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Jutland
Nazis May Seek Sea Battle in Allied Invasion Gamble
London reports naval experts fear Hitler may launch one last surface fleet action to halt an Allied invasion of Europe. A major showdown could unfold in the waters between Norway and the Netherlands as Tirpitz looms, with Doenitz weighing surface ships against submarine warfare and efforts to bottle up Allied fleets.
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Skaggerak
WATCH ON WORKERS IN BIG MUNITION PLANTS
London reports patriotic saboteurs have cut German war production by at least 12 percent in occupied nations. Estimates say saboteurs destroyed about 300 million dollars of Nazi machinery, forcing guards to rise and disrupt plant activity. Refugee governments reported wrecking of war plants and engines. Germany faced internal unrest and troop morale dips after defeats.
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Alli
Cooch
Tig Skoda Arme
Germany
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