Appeal for Increased Farm Production Drives Canada War Policy
Canada moves to boost farm output as federal and provincial agriculture departments push campaigns across provinces. United States urges record 1942 production to meet Allied needs. Emphasis on hog production to satisfy Britain’s 600 million pound bacon-ham deal, with prairie provinces supplying 65 percent of hogs in two months.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Wickard
United Kingdom
Prairie Provinces
Prairies
Senate Leader Dandurand Dies After Long Ottawa Career
The Senate leader in Canada, Rt. Hon. Dandurand, died in hospital after a long career in Ottawa politics. A close associate of Prime Minister Mackenzie King since 1919, he was the first minister sworn in when King formed his 1921 cabinet and remained a senior figure in the upper house for decades. He was summoned to the senate in 1908 and, aside from King, the last surviving member of that era.
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Ottawa
Senate
Mackenzie King
Dandurand
Ban on White Bread to Phase Out in Britain
British plans to phase out White Bread and replace it with a national wheat meal or dark bread were announced by Food Minister Lord Woolton in the House of Lords. Bakers may continue producing White Bread until April 6 to conserve shipping space.
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London
Lord Woolton
House of Lords
TransAtlantic Service To Start Late April
American Export Airlines plans to begin TransAtlantic service between Europe and the United States late in April. James M. Eaton, vice president of the line, announced the new service details and leadership.
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Europe
United States
American Export Airlines, Inc
James M. Eaton
Japanese Warn Australia of Fate of Java and Singapore
A Japanese information board spokesman warned that continued Australian resistance would bring disaster similar to Singapore and Java. He cited Premier Tojo's Diet remarks and urged Australia to understand Japan’s real intentions and cooperate, or face “no mercy” and suffering.
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Tokyo
Australia
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Dome
Thetherlands East Indien
Tojo
Diet
Singapore
Java
Italy Faces Potential Allied Invasion Plans
Stockholm reports Italian newspapers discuss a possible United States British offensive aimed at Italy. The plan would control the Mediterranean and set stage for a direct assault on Germany. Italy is taking precautions against such a move.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Italy
Rome
Stockholm Tidiningen
Mediterranean
Germany
New Torpedo Bomber Planes Lead Fleet Air Arm Expansion
London A. Y. Alexander first lord of the admiralty told the House of Commons that a far more powerful and faster torpedo bombing plane is entering active production for the fleet air arm. The fleet had lost all Swordfish torpedo planes while trying to stop German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from passing the Straits of Dover.
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London
A. Y. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Fleet Air Arm
Scharnhorst
Gneisenau
Straits of Dover
Plane For Australia Toronto Hurricane fighter gift
The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire executive committee in Toronto decided to donate a Hurricane fighter plane costing 50000 to Australia. The order had raised 100000 to buy a bomber for Britain in three weeks last year.
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Toronto
The
Imperial Order, Daughters of the Empire
Australia
Britain
Churchill reshapes War Cabinet to seven members Cripps leads
Prime Minister Winston Churchill reconstitutes the War Cabinet to seven members. Sir Stafford Cripps, formerly ambassador to Moscow, becomes lord privy seal and leader of the House of Commons. The move places Cripps at a central role in wartime government.
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Winston Churchill
Stafford Cripps
Moscow
House of Commons
War Costs Rise as Britain Seeks Extra Credit
Chancellor Sir Kingsley Wood told the House of Commons that Britain’s war expenditures average £14.5 million daily, with weekly totals around £88.5 million from credit votes. He announced a supplementary £250 million credit as fighting services absorb most spending, noting costs are higher than in the last war and rising. In Washington, Germany’s spring offensive looms as the U.S. accelerates aid to Russia, ordering expedited production and shipment of Soviet supplies to offset early war lag.
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London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Britain
Washington
Germany
Russia
United States
Officers and NCOs awarded George Medals for Georgie rescue
Three officers and three non commissioned officers who boarded the blazing Cunard White Star liner Georgie after she was damaged at Suez last July to remove a German tank have been awarded the George Medal.
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London
Georgie
Suez
Dutch Prime Minister Describes Java Sea Battle Losses
Premier Gerbrandy stated that Dutch and American forces faced a vastly superior Japanese fleet near Java with 14 cruisers, destroyers, 2 subs, and five carriers. He noted Allied losses, the failed transport attack, and that occupation of the Netherlands Indies is more damaging than in Europe.
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London
Netherlands Indies
Java
Peter Gerbandy
Netherlands
American and Indies
Sea of Java
Gerbrandy
Indies
NEI
Europe
Argentina seeks observer role over Hong Kong prisoners
Buenos Aires foreign minister conferred with Japan's ambassador on British complaints of mistreatment of war prisoners in Hong Kong. Argentina, acting for Britain and Canada in the Far East, has pressed Tokyo and sought an Argentine observer in Hong Kong. Japan may permit a British ship to carry food and medical supplies to Hong Kong and Singapore. Toront o Ontario Medical Association approves free medical care for old age pensioners and mothers allowance beneficiaries. The plan starts April 1 and will aid 95,000 people.
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Buenos Aires
Enrique Ruiz Guinazu
Hong Kong
Argentina
Britain
Canada
Far East
Tokyo
Japan
Singapore
Torontome Ontario Medical Association
Axis mobilization expands for spring European offensive
Berne reports indicate Germany is mobilizing nearly all arms capable men as Field Marshal Keitel’s visit spurs allied troops. Hungary and Slovakia increase fresh forces, Italy may supply more troops, and Romania already fields about a million. German-blooded residents in occupied zones face registration.
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Germany
Europe
Keitel
Hungary
Slovakia
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Russia
French Lorraine
Yugoslavia
Croatia
Motorist Saves Three From Train Collision Near Tilsonburg
An unidentified Brantford, Ontario driver used his car to push an overturned vehicle containing three people away from a Wabash train approaching a highway track intersection near Tilsonburg. The driver was credited with saving their lives and preventing a tragedy.
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Brantford
Ont
Tilsonburg
Government to form Polymer Corporation Ltd for synthetic rubber
Munitions Minister Howe announced a government owned Polymer Corporation Ltd to produce synthetic rubber in Canada. Col Arthur L. Bishop of Toronto named president, headquarters to be in Toronto, with production aimed before end of 1943 at about 34000 long tons yearly. Civilian rubber supply remains restricted as all he synthetic output is earmarked for war needs.
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Howe
Polymer Ci Oration Ltd
Canada
Col
Arthur L. Bishop
Torontodustrialist
Toronto
Co operation Possible After War Across Allies
A British Gallup poll reported by the Canadian Institute of Public Opinion shows 60 percent of Britons believe England United States and Russia will continue working together after the war. Seventeen percent say no and twenty three percent are undecided.
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United States
Russia
Toronto
Great Britain
England
Gallup
Canadian Institute of Public Opinion
British Institute
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