Report on Employment After the War in Canada
An interim Canadian report to the commons reconstruction committee estimates 1.0 to 1.5 million unfilled postwar jobs may be available, with about 500,000 new roles. It cites 347,000 armed forces respondents and suggests full employment is feasible with growth, public works, and targeted professional, clerical, and service roles for women.
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Ottawa
Commons
GM. Weir
Trainng
Pensions Department
Pensions
Mackenzie
Weir
Assumme
Canada
Carleton Durum Wheat Declared New High Grade Variety
Winnipeg report states the associate committee on grain research announced a new Durum wheat variety named Carleton. It is recommended for early distribution as high grade Durum and shows superior agronomic and quality traits. The group also notes progress in fermentation studies using wheat for butadiene production and ongoing oil seed research at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Winnipeg
Associate Committee On
Carleton
University of Saskatchewan
Richelieu Joins Allied Fleet After Repairs
London reports French battleship Richelieu now works with the Allied fleet. Damaged at Dakar in 1940, the 5,000 ton vessel was near completion when it reached Dakar in June 1940, left Brest before German entry, appeared in New York a year later, and returned to North Africa after repairs in the United States last November.
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London
Fthony Eden
Richelieu
Dakar
Brest
New York
United States
North Africa
Canada Should Maintain Standby Military After War
Ottawa discussion shows business leaders and armed forces members favor a standing army navy and air force postwar with 50 000 soldiers 28 000 sailors 30 000 airmen 25 000 aviation workers and 99 000 munitions staff. Proposals include university chairs in military and naval science a Dominion institute of technology and military science revised high school cadet curricula and alignment with the 1943 National Physical Fitness Act.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion
GM. Weir
Pensions Department
Weir
Dominion Institute of Technology
Soviet Union joins gold boycott with Britain and US
Moscow radio announced that the Soviet Union will participate in a world boycott of gold purchases, except when the metal’s sources come from other United Nations. In London, a German official said Germany’s food situation is better than last year and unlikely to crack unless the 1944 harvest fails.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
United Nations
Moscow Radio
London
Germany
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Conquered Lands Exploited At Vast Rate Says MP
In a House of Commons written reply Dingle Foot said Germany exploits conquered territory at about 10.4 billion dollars annually. He noted this figure excludes levies from occupied Russia Greece Luxembourg and absorbed Polish French Belgian areas. Allied notables attended a Red Army reception in the Russian embassy.
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London
House of Commons
Dingle M. Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Russia
Greece
Luxembourg
Poland
France
Belgium
Red Army
Japanese salvage efforts on Repulse and Prince of Wales falter
Marcus Cheng, a Chinese evangelist who escaped Singapore, says Japan struggles to salvage the sunken Repulse and Prince of Wales off Malaya amid shipping shortages. He notes failure to export rubber and the rising challenge of British-led guerrillas in the jungles, mainly Chinese, with Britons, Australians, and Indians among them.
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Apanese
Repulse
Prince of Wales
Allies Reject Nazi Peace Bids Amid War Struggle
London reports that Hitler and Nazi leaders push for separate peace while Allied leaders Churchill and Stalin affirm total surrender terms. Officials cite Nazi diplomacy via Turkey Portugal Bulgaria and Sweden as failures, with Finland and Sweden entangled in German pressure and strategic relations. Churchill notes Nazi party and Junker generals remain allied.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Nazi Party
Junker
Churchil
Joseph Stalin
Junkers Clique
Europe
Stalin
Red Army
Turkey
Portugal
Russia
Bulgaria
Stockholm
Finland
Churchill
House of Commons
Axis spy ring busted in Santiago arrest spree
Police clamp down on German undercover operatives in Santiago after an 18 month probe. Authorities claim two leaders and 12 members among a larger Axis network. nearly 100 others sought as part of the investigation under the U S state department guidance. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Santiago
Chute Cuncan
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