Canadians Run Gruelling Fake War Marches in England
A 12 day endurance drill saw Canadian infantry march 250 to 300 miles in southeast England as they exercised a bridgehead assault scenario. Generals Crerar and Montgomery praised the corps, while night scouting and prisoner capture by Canadian units added to the simulated operations observed by Brooke McNaughton Browne and others.
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England
Europe
Hdg Crerar
B. L. Montgomery
Britain
Southeast Army
Sir Alan Brooke
Home Forces
AG L McNaughton
BW. Browne
Indefinite delay plagues British Air Training Plan signing
Ottawa reports a last minute postponement of the air training plan agreement. The June 3 signing is put off indefinitely while broad outlines are settled and financial terms remain to be finalised.
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Ottawa
Veteran actor's estate bequeaths to three children
Partynote states the Los Angeles estate of a veteran factor left to three children Gordon Leroy serves as attorney. The estate valued at about $1,000,000 from a long stage and screen career includes roughly $10,000 cash, an automobile, household furniture and bric-a-brac.
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Los Angeles
Gordon Leroy
Atorney
Massive naval expansion plan proposed in Washington
The measure seeks 8.3 billion to build about 500 fighting ships, including aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and patrol vessels. It aims to nearly double the fleet within two years, adding to existing ships. The bill also requests large supplemental appropriations for the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard construction programs.
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Washington
Chatman Vinson
House of Representatives
Naval Commanion
Navy
House Appropriations Committee
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Sugar Ration Rules Allow Icing Under 70 PercentQuota
Ottawa wartime officials indicate revised sugar rationing lets bakers use icing within the 70 percent of 1941 industrial sugar allotment. Previously bakers could use 80 percent of 1940 sugar, with icing banned after Easter Monday. now icing must draw from the 70 percent quota.
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Ottawa
Donald Gordon
Prices Board
Saiut
Manitoba Plan Aims Big Gasoline and Rubber Savings
W H Musgrove chairman of the Manitoba Dairy Association advisory board says a zoning plan for milk and cream collection in Manitoba and Saskatchewan will cut gasoline and rubber use by more than 60 percent, described as a great saving.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
W. H. Musgrove
Manitoba Dairy Association
Salvage Metal for Bomb Fuel Directs Tube Disposal
Wartime Prices and Trade Board orders delivery of used collapsible metal tubes to licensed stores and bans keeping them longer than needed. It warns destroying empty tubes is a breach and notes about 250 used tubes would supply tin solder for a Bolingbroke bomber.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Ottawa fair travel limits cut farm machinery displays
Wartime prices and trade board prohibits exhibition and demonstration of farm machinery and equipment including repair parts at fairs. Missing displays affect Ottawa inspired farm machinery exhibits and inter provincial plowing match plans this year.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Praise Farm Women For Aid Given In War Work
The government plans a $30,000 advertising campaign in farm publications to thank Canadian farm women for war work. Officials note women on farms help with family duties and farm tasks while taking on extra duties to relieve labor shortages and support Red Cross activities.
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Agriculture Department
Red Cross
Brockington to Advise Bracken on Empire Affairs in Britain
Leonard W. Brockington KC of Ottawa accedes to a British government request to go to the United Kingdom as adviser on Empire affairs to Brendan Bracken minister of information. He will also speak write and broadcast from Britain and leave overseas shortly. He previously visited the UK last year after resigning as wartime assistant to Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
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Leonard Brockington
Ottawa
Leonard W. Brockington
United Kingdom
Brendan Bracken
Brockington
Britain
Mackenzie King
Noted Chemist Predicts Rubber Shortage Posts 1945
Dr. H. S. Cramer of Philadelphia told the Canadian Chemical Association that no new rubber for civilian use will appear before 1945. He said two more years of war will strengthen the synthetic rubber industry, estimating Allied stockpiles at 800000 tons and annual rubber production at about 170000 tons.
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Hamilton
H. S. Cramer
Philadelphia
Canadian Chemical Association
United Nations
Audacious British Raids Behind Libyan Lines
A band of British volunteers conducted daring raids in Libya behind Axis lines. They used regular trucks, no disguises, and relied on speed and surprise. In one patrol they encountered 20 men against 800, opened fire, and captured two prisoners while destroying enemy trucks. The operation yielded no British casualties and earned the leader the Military Cross.
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Libya
Italy
May Ration Coal Warns of Winter Shortage
J McG Stewart Canadian coal administrator told the Canadian Retail Coal Association that coal rationing is likely in Canada and could occur in the United States due to transport constraints. He urged the public to secure fuel early and warned the cutoff deadline may be September 1 or 15 for transportation tied to harvest and war materials.
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Toronto
Canada
United States
J. McG. Stewart
Canadian Retail Coal Association
Stewart
Naval analyst warns of possible Nippon invasion aim
Rear Admiral Yates Stirling Jr. says Japanese attacks on Dutch Harbor may signal a broader push into the Soviet Far East. The comment reflects concern over Pacific theater actions and potential strategic outcomes.
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Orm —Ine
Nited
Yates Stirling
Junior
Dutch Harbor
Soviet Far East
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War Department
James H. Doolittle
Tokyo
Gen. Doolittle
Shgngrila
Farm Women of Canada
Canadian Pacific
Ogden
Calgary
R. Alderman
FM. W. Harvey
Military District No. 13
J. L. Gubbins
W. A. Mather
Western Lines
Canadian Pacific Railway
HB Bowen
Delcuive Power
Canadian Pacifc Railway
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