Policy On Grain Shipments From Churchill Route
The Canadian Wheat Board will not delay old wheat shipments via Churchill to August and September due to oversale urgency. Paul Martin said it is too early to confirm new crop shipments via Churchill. Churchill stocks, 1877,737 bushels, will leave after navigation opens. trade commissioners in Europe assist trade but cargo routing is up to importers and exporters.
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Churchill
Martin
Ross Thetcher
CCF
Moose Jaw
Thatcher
Canada
Europe
Hudson Bay
Germans To Aid Beet Growers In Canadian Farms
Four hundred more German prisoners of war join 1116 in Manitoba and 1222 in Ontario to assist sugar beet cultivation. Alberta adds 9 workers, bringing Canada total to 4000. Distribution decided by provincial and federal agricultural officials, not the labor department. Government contemplates Polish soldiers as potential arrivals, negotiations ongoing for later summer entry.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Ontario
Humphrey Mitchell
House of Commons
Alberta
Canada
Fedral
Labor Department
Mitchell
J. G. Gardiner
Winnipeg woman builds thriving baby sitting agency
Mrs Betty Latcher of Winnipeg started a baby sitting agency after struggling to find sitters for a night out. She advertised, screened applicants, and soon had more than 200 replies. A first client, a Japanese visitor with four ill children, received timely help within 30 minutes.
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Wnnipeg
Winnipeg
Betty Latcher
Yaano
Brief Presented on Education for Northern Manitoba Indians
Chief Cornelius and Councillor J W Harris presented to the Manitoba royal commission on adult education urging literacy programs for Cree people in The Pas and 500 band members. They called for Dominion provincial cooperation to educate Indian and mixed blood children in northern Manitoba.
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India
Manitoba
Manitoba Royal Commission of Adult ‘Education
Cornelius
J. W. Harris
Pas
Britain’s envoy predicts peace with Russia cooperation
Washington dispatch reports Britain's ambassador Lord Inverchapel replying to a question that Allies will settle differences and advance world peace and prosperity with full and complete cooperation of Russia, signaling near-term unity.
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Washington
Britain
United
Brides Crossing To Canada Safe Voyages
London reports the migration of 31 000 brides with 8 000 children to Canada has yielded no fatalities from illness or accidents. Col V N Gill, director of the Canadian wives bureau, praises precautionary measures including ships equipped for children and maternity wards. Some complaints arose from wives without children traveling ahead on certain ships.
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London
Canada
Fen
Col
V. N. Gill
Canadian Wives Bureau
Sol. Gill
Tre de France
Red Cross
Wives Bureau
Award of Distinguished Conduct Medal to Staff Sergt Clark
Staff Sergeant Charlie Clark earns the Distinguished Conduct Medal after a Hong Kong and Tokyo fire mission in which he sheltered the mortally wounded Col Pat Hennessy and carried him to safety. Cmdr Edward Dockweiler of the U S Navy recommended the award and Clark credits him for recognizing a Tokyo cargo cutting production boost.
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Earnea
Hong Kong
Toronto
Charlie Clark
Hong
Far East
Charlie
Army
Cook
Sergt
Clark
Sgt
Holpea
Trade expansion eyed between Canada and South America
Chilean Agriculture Minister Humberto Mendoza predicted a period of expanding commercial and trade cooperation between Canada and South American nations. He noted Chile could well apply certain policies to boost ties and increase regional commerce.
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South America
Ottawa
Canada
Humberto Mendoza
Chile
HeLe Clean Up After Buckingham Palace Debris
Response crews were called to clear debris and repair damage in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace during a mammoth victory celebration. The aid aimed to restore areas damaged while crowds gathered for the event.
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London
Esa Prunes We Svar
Buckingham Palace
Army Deserters Convictions Reported in Canada 1945–46
Ottawa reports 4,964 army court martial convictions for desertion in Canada from January 1, 1945, to May 1, 1946. During the same period 3,756 were convicted of being absent without leave. Detention sentences totaled 7,710, with 686 for hard labor and three without hard labor. Three men were reduced in rank, 500 discharged with ignominy, three dismissed, and three officers cashiered.
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Canada
Ottawa
Defence
Canadian Flour Creates Worry for U S Bakers
Washington Senator Owen Brewster notes New England bakers complain of Canadian flour flooding the border market. A Maine company reports Canadian shipments rise while U S deliveries fall to 75 percent of last year. State Secretary Byrnes says Canada boosts grain export relief and resists U S extraction rate changes. He expects cross border competition to ease soon.
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Washington
Owen Brewster
Maine
New England
United States
Mack Baking ‘Company of
Len Brewster
State Department
Byrnes
Canada
Can- Ria
Seek Treasures Missing From Wartime London Storage
The Daily Telegraph reported a wartime storage collection valued at £40,000 disappeared from a London refuge. The assets included ancient Persian carpets silverware and rare china stored early in the war. The theft surfaced after the owner's death when executors checked the storage. The appeal drives art dealers and collectors worldwide to aid recovery.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Conferring Of Honors In King's Birthday List
King’s birthday honors list names Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sir William Beveridge, Sir Walter Citrine, and Hon. C D Howe among baronets and Privy Council appointees. Labor leaders and trade union officials receive notable recognition, with Cadogan and Shawcross among new Privy Councillors.
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William Beveridge
Walter Citrine
British Trades Union Congress
British Coal Board
Privy Council
Mr. Howe
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Earl of Listower
Viscount Mersey
House of Lords
Sir Hartley Shawcross
Nuernberg
Wheat pool officials urge all-out production in Europe
J. H. Wesson and G. W. Robertson of the Saskatchewan wheat pool arrived from England citing 1946 and 1947 food shortages in Europe. They pressed for an international government agreement with quotas and price bands to benefit producers and consumers, with a current ceiling at 155 dollars per bushel. The inter national farm conference in London was described as a huge success.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
England
Europe
J. H. Wesson
Pool
G. W. Robertson
London
Canada
Wesson
Dutch Ships Idle as Australian Ports Stay Quiet
Six Dutch ships idle since September blockading Australian ports amid the Nationalist uprising. Australian officials label them blue, delaying plans to sail until Java's political station settles. Laborers oppose Dutch vessels they accuse of carrying munitions and materiel to suppress the Indonesian Republican government.
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Sydney
Australia
Java
Stava’s
Thousands of Japanese Sent Home From Korea Camps
In Seoul and other ports eighteen thousand Japanese civilians who crossed from Manchuria and northern Korea will be shipped back to Japan. They were weary and hungry, carrying few possessions, held in refugee camps awaiting transport on Japanese ships and landing craft. Also noted, Canada’s forest industry has absorbed many returning veterans, with Maj. Gen. C. B. Price highlighting their demand for permanent jobs and pro-employment policies.
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Seoul
South Korea
Manchuria
North Korea
Japan
Pverty
Montreal
Canauas
C. B. Price
Adian Legion
Rice Needed as Far East Must Import Millions of Tons
A UN FAO special committee warns that Far Eastern countries must import about 5.6 million tons of rice in the next two years to maintain per capita supplies at pre war levels. The finding highlights growing food security concerns and regional dependence on imports.
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Kung Kong
United Nations Food and Agriculture Department
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Canadian
Farouk
Egyptia
Abdin Palace
Cairo University
Wafdist Party
Molem Brotherhood
Tion
Col. R. 8. McLaughlin
Oshawa
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