Take A Larger View Of Credit For The Farmer
Ottawa Graham Towers told the commons banking committee that banks must earn enough to absorb losses before extending credit The governor warned against curtailing loans to farmers when big debts loom He urged a broader approach to farm credit beyond one year and noted central bank help reducing credit shortages.
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Ottawa
Graham Towers. Gov
Bank of Canada
Commons Banking Committee
Graham Aid
Besuharno Corporation
Towers
Graham
Mtr. Towers
Terlon
Cental Bank
Air Towers
John Blackmore
Social Credit House
Afr
Plans Cancelled for Rebuilding the Lafayette Normandie
The U S Navy announced cancellation of plans to rebuild the USS Lafayette formerly the luxury liner Normandie which burned and sank at her pier in February 1942. After raising the troop transport at a cost of 3.75 million dollars and repairing the hull she was moved to Todd shipyards in Brooklyn. The navy cited shortages of manpower and critical materials as the reason for halting reconstruction plans and said no future plans had been announced.
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New York
Lafayette
Navy Department
Todd Shipyards
Brooklyn
Navy
Rome reports Allies seize Napoleon museum intact
Rome states the Jamos Villa Napoleon and the Napoleon museum on Elba were captured by the Allies in good condition. German forces reportedly used the museum as a quartermasters depot.
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Rome
Napoleon
Napoleon Museum
Island of
Elba
Sawfly Menace Hits Prairie Wheat Stems
Dominion entomologists report flights of the wheat stem sawfly in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan. The pest, the No 1 prairie insect, begins laying eggs in wheat stems as weather turns hot, with heavy flights possible through early July. Local reports note heavier activity in Carmangay and Chin districts.
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Lethbridge
Plains
Dominion
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Carmangay
Chin
Post War Reconstruction Topics Flagged for Conference
Prime Minister Mackenzie King indicated postwar reconstruction would be discussed at the forthcoming Dominion provincial conference. He said he hopes all provinces can attend and weighed whether the conference should occur before or after the parliamentary session. He noted uncertainty about timing and possible sessions into December.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Mackenzie King
Gordon Graydon
Mr. King
King
Canadians Score Eight Panthers In Normandy Sherman Crew
Four Canadian crewmen in a Sherman tank in the Normandy beachhead have an eight-tank score, a record for a single Canadian armored unit. In one minute they knocked out five German Mark V Panthers with five shots. The regiment nicknamed them Panther killers. The crew later added three more enemy tanks. The tank commander is 26 year old Lieut. Gordie Henry of Montreal.
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Normandy
Lieut
Gordie Henry
Montreal
Soviet Losses Claim German Casualties in Three Years
Soviet information bureau review marking the German attack’s third anniversary says more than 7.8 million Germans killed or captured, while Russian losses total about 5.3 million, killed missing or captured.
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Londuty
Soviet Information Bureau
Russia
Moscow
London
Soviet Monitor
Dutch Foreign Minister Warns of Territorial Loss After War
In Foreign Affairs July issue Felic van Kleffens says continued German defensive flooding could force the Netherlands to seek a grant of German territory for survival after the war. She notes that 45 percent of the country lies within the flood zone.
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New York
Felic van Kleffens
Netherlands
Foreign Affairs
Holland
Medal for Leadership Awarded by Soviet Presidium
A Moscow radio broadcast says Premier Stalin received a medal from the presidium of the supreme council of the U S 3R for leadership of the heroic defense of Moscow and for organizing the rout of German troops near Moscow in the winter of 1941. Soldiers of British West Africa often wear heavy puttees but no shoes.
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New York
Stalin
Presidium
the Supreme Council of the
U.S
British West Africa
Port Elgin Captain G A Eaton Receives Military Cross
Captain G A Eaton of Port Elgin Ontario with the RCA was decorated with the Military Cross by the King at a recent Buckingham Palace investiture. The award recognizes gallantry and leadership in action during service overseas. Eaton’s ceremony underscored continued recognition of Canadian officers in the Royal Canadian Artillery.
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G. A. Eaton
Port Elgin
Ont
RCA
Buckingham Palace
Ten Allied airmen freed in Yugoslav offensive gains momentum
A wartime radio bulletin from Marshal Tito's Yugoslav headquarters says ten Allied airmen were released from Nazi captivity as Partisan forces press forward in Hercegovina, signaling growing momentum in the resistance defense and operations in the region.
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London
Amion
Hercegovina
Marshal Tito
Canada's Ammunition Push Reaches New Heights
In Ottawa 25 pounder batteries in France and Italy drive ammunition output to new levels. W L Tregoning, head of munitions for the British ministry, spoke to Canadian workers and called for 10 000 more hands to speed up production. He said the Allies are not short of ammunition but artillery fire has shown devastating effects.
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Canada
Ottawa
France
Italy
Munitions Department
W. L. Tregoning
Ministry of Supply
Howe
United Nations
Red Cross Expands Food Parcels To Europe
Regina reports L A Winter says Canadian Red Cross will raise weekly food parcels to 190 000 for prisoners in Allied and occupied nations including Polish Yugoslav Greek Free French and Belgian. He notes Japan cooperation limited but hopes for more relief via ships and diplomacy. Relief work extends to hospitals and deployment with invasion forces in Sicily and Italy.
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Regina
Canadian Red Cross
Europe
L.A. Winter
National Red Cross Society
Toronto
Winter
Red Cross
Canada
British Red Cross
Red Cross Societies
Dominions
American Red Cross
Japan
Gripsholm
Sicily
Italy
Defeat of Nazis Seen By November and Japan by 1947
Sir Keith Murdock of the Melbourne Herald predicted the European war could end by November, with Japan to be defeated in about two more years. He praised Canadian forces in Italy and North Africa, noting their crucial role in the Italian campaign and preparations for the invasion of Europe during his eight week tour.
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Man Montreal
Keith Murdock
Melbourne Herald
Japan
Keith
New York
Australia
Italy
India
North Africa
Britain
Europe
Canada
Costly Mistake: Nazis Round Up Loyal Vichyites in Paris
London reports that during D-Day operations German forces in Paris rounded up hundreds of Frenchmen but captured the most loyal Vichy supporters instead of suspected Allied sympathizers. Underground leaders allegedly swapped files to protect real resistance.
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London
Paris
Rocket propelled anti-tank shell faces British advance in Normandy
The Germans deploy a new rocket propelled anti-tank shell used by infantry. It requires a single operator and has a four foot length with an 85mm warhead. Several shells have been captured as Allied forces push in Normandy.
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Normandy
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