Mining stampede grips Vancouver amid wartime mineral hunt
The Vancouver Northland scene shifts as veterans and company-backed prospectors rush to stake mineral claims across northern British Columbia, Yukon, and Alaska. Prospects target tungsten, chrome, manganese, tin, molybdenum, mica, mercury, and quartz, with gold receding to wartime background. The BC Chamber of Mines records finds on a large map, while federal authorities study the North Pacific Planning Project and consider tax concessions and travel passes for workers.
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Ancouver
North Lana
BC Chamber of Mines
Vancouver
Alaska
B.C
Yukon Territory
Chamber of Mines
R. K. Odell
Federal Deparment of Mines and Resources
Rapid Rise in Farm Output Cited by Sask. Minister Taggart
Hon J G Taggart Saskatchewan agriculture minister told a Winnipeg service club that farm product output is rising rapidly with good prices proving livestock and dairy farmers are expanding. Butter production up 45 percent in early 1943 from a year earlier as income reaches highs since 1929. In Canada land issues noted alongside wartime Victory Loan. Thirty six survivors of a merchant ship sunk off the Irish coast arrived, many with frozen feet. over thirty crew members were lost.
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J. G. Taggart
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Service Club
Taggart
Canada
Indian Nationalists Freed After Federal Court Ruling
London reports 18 Indian Nationalists detained under Defence of India Regulations were released following a federal court decision that a portion of the regulations was invalid. The ruling triggered their release and highlighted legal limits on colonial authorities.
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London
Gespatenrom
New Delhi
Defence of India
Mitchells Cold Resistant Cereal Venture Aims At Export Market
Dahinda grower J C Mitchell, famed wheat king of the world, reports a new cold resistant crop project to be sown with the season. He seeks a rye like early sprout to outpace grasshoppers, protect roots under snow, and may create an export market. More coarse grains and flax planned in the west.
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Mitchell
Dahinda
Regina
J.C Mitchell
Saskatchewan
Mitshell
Mr. Mitchell
Airmail Service May Resume Next Month Says Official
Ottawa reports P. T. Coolican, general postal superintendent, sees a possibility of restoring trans Atlantic airmail next month. The proposed service would run from New York and be carried on United States planes, per the official.
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Ottawa
P. T. Coolican
Postal Services
New York
United States
Renault Raid Loots German Truck Fleet Outside Paris
London reports parliamentary secretary Dingle M Foot says the Renault works near Paris were raided on April 4, damaging more than 40 shops and seizing at least 1,000 trucks and other war materials. He notes Germany lacks sufficient truck production and has few confiscated trucks left in 1942.
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Germany
London
Dingle M. Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Renault
Paris
Urgent appeal for pistol donations to Canadian army
National Defence calls owners to donate pistols and revolvers for use by Canadian army officers. Weapons sought include Colt, Smith and Wesson, and Webley pistols and revolvers, hammer type calibres 38 and 455, and Colt automatics in 45 calibre. Hammerless models not required. Open to public, reserve officers, and retired officers. weapons may be contributed or offered for appraisal and sale.
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Regina
Department of National Defence
Colt
Smith and Weason
Webley
Ration Coupons Shift to Thursday Shopping
Canadian ration coupons for sugar tea and coffee may be used on Thursday instead of Saturday to relieve congestion in urban food stores. The Prices Board announced that succeeding coupons will fall on Thursdays.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Fort Carillon launches fully equipped cargo vessel in Canada
A record Canadian shipbuilding event unfolds as the 10,000 ton Fort Carillon slides from the ways with steam up, whistle blowing, and guns mounted for test runs. Shipbuilders claim it is the first fully equipped vessel launched from a Canadian yard and could set a British empire record.
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Fort Carillon
Interned airmen in Turkey to be repatriated
The Daily Mail reports an agreement to repatriate airmen of all belligerents held in Turkey since the war began. Among those freed are Americans, Britons, Russians, Germans and Italians who were forced down after raids on Romanian oil fields.
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Turkey
London
Daily Mail
Helicopter Seen as Key Rescue Craft for RCAF
The Royal Canadian Air Force plans to use new helicopters, dubbed flying windmills, for submarine defense off Canada's east coast and crucially for rescuing downed airmen in inaccessible areas. Capable of vertical takeoffs and landings, hovering, and rope-ladder rescues, these machines promise rapid aid where conventional aircraft cannot reach. They can land on water, mud, ice, or snow and operate in high winds and storms, aiding sea rescues and convoy protection.
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Ottawa
RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
United States
Canada
Ando
Dangerous Job Picked Group Of Pilots In RAF Seeing Eyes
A Malta mission profiles a picked RAF group called the Seeing Eyes, a photographic reconnaissance unit tasked with dangerous, high-precision work. Lt. Malcolm Brown, 29, formerly a Toronto photojournalist, has logged 260 hours in operational PRU missions across England, the Western Desert, and Malta. His RCAF colleagues include Rowin Maloney of San Jose, a 230-hour PRU pilot.
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RAF
Valetta
Malta
Luftwaffe
Malcom Brown
Toronto
Montreal
England
Western
Desert
Matta
Brown
RCAF
Rowin Maloney
San Jose
Calif
Edmonton
Maloney
PRU
Berlin Resident Reports Antiques Sold to Second Hand Dealers
A Berlin resident says Germans in the capital are selling antiques and paintings in large numbers to second hand dealers recently. He says the reason is the Allied pledge to return possessions taken from foreign or Jewish owners after peace.
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Europe
Berlin
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British Home Fleet
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Mather
Mra
R. R. Belanger
Government House
M. Neal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Windsor
Neal
Betty Neal
Jack Neal
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