Details Of The Billion Gift To Ottawa
In parliament Mr Maley outlined that of the $1 billion gifts to the United Kingdom last year, $689 million funded munitions, $311 million foodstuffs and raw materials. Shipments exceeded $1.4 billion overall, with portions financed by other means. Notably $61 million in supplies went to Russia, including tanks and munitions, and $71 million to Australia, New Zealand, and others. Breakdowns showed aircraft and parts at $31 million, armored vehicles and transport at $343 million, chemicals and explosives at $32 million, guns and small arms at $60 million, shells and ammunition at $170 million, and other munitions at $54 million, plus wheat $87 million, bacon $75 million, lumber $28 million, cheese $20 million, and base metals $101 million. Among sterling area purchases attributed to other financing, commodity exports totaled $219 million and services $221 million, with UK exports by commodity including foodstuffs $140 million, base metals $19 million, wood products $29 million, and miscellaneous $22 million.
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Ottawa
Taley
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Maley
Mr. Isley
Russia
Australia
New Zealand
Tisley
Sterling
Morale High Among Canadian Forces Overseas
Major John Steele, Salvation Army officer, reports high morale among Canadian Forces in the British Isles and says troops are anxious to fight and finish the job. He notes the Forestry Corps in Scotland producing vast lumber for the British Isles and praises their magnificent work. Steele has returned to Canada as supervisor of war services for the Salvation Army.
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Edmonton
British Isles
John Steele
Salvation Army Auxiliary
Canadian Forestry Corps
Scotland
Steele
Canada
Salvation Army
Rommel to Receive New Tank After Recovery
Marshal Rommel commander of the Axis Africa Corps has been in Germany since March 11 and will receive a new tank after complete recovery of his health according to a Berlin high command statement.
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London
Marshal Rommel
Germany
Berlin
Plans Of Britain And United States Align On Currency Stabilization
London officials in the House of Commons stated that Britain and the United States share the goal of stabilizing international exchange and raising living standards after the war. Sir Kingsley Wood noted US plans for an international fund to stabilize currencies align with Keynes currency proposals. He said British experts found American technical interest in Keynes’ plan, and Britain would not let criticism of the plan undermine international prestige.
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Britain
United States
London
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Lord Keynes
Kingsley
Molotov Claims German Deportations Target Soviet Civilians
London report says Molotov told foreign diplomats in Moscow that Germany sponsored systematic deportations of hundreds of thousands of Soviet civilians into German territory last winter, per Moscow radio.
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London
Molotov
Moscow
Avery
Germany
Moscow Radio
Canadian Rear-Admiral Murray assumes war theatre command
Rear-Admiral L. W. Murray, RCN, appointed commander in-chief Canadian North West Atlantic, becomes the first Canadian C in C in World War II to assume operational direction of a vital war area. He is well schooled in anti-submarine operations and draws on wartime experience in the battle of the Atlantic.
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L. W. Murray
RCN
Admiral Murray
War loan in Africa offered in North Africa
Gen. Henri Giraud opened a French war loan drive in North Africa inviting French residents to invest in bonds paying 3 percent interest. The bonds mature in three years and are issued in denominations from 1 1,000 francs upward.
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Algiers
Henri Giraud
North Africa
France
Canuck And Yank Win Distinguished Flying Medal
A Canadian and an American received the Distinguished Flying Medal for bravery after bringing home a badly damaged bomber following a raid on Osnabruk. Pilot Officer E. F. Warren of the RCAF from Regina Saskatchewan and Lieutenant W. D. MacGonagle of the USAF, Akron Ohio, are pictured together.
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Osnabruk
E. F. Warren
R.c.af
Regina
Sask
W. D. MacGonagle
U.S.A.F
Akron
Ohio
Warburton cites Allied gains and Axis losses in WW II
Eliot Warburton, chief of the United Kingdom information office, says Allies have seized more land prisoners and war material from Germans and Italians in Africa than the Japanese have taken in the Pacific. He praises other United Nations forces and notes Royal Navy lines of communication duties with heavy Axis shipping losses.
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Umties
Toronto
Eliot Warburton
United Kingdom Information Office
Ottawa
Ttaliana
Africa
Pacific
Women’s
Canadian Club
United Kingdom
United Nations
Warburton
Dominions
India
Royal Navy
Scearic
New Supply Route Under Construction For Alaska Highway
U S Army engineers are building a 145 mile auxiliary route from Haines Alaska to a point on the Alaska highway west of Whitehorse Yukon Territory. The route crosses the Chilkat pass and follows part of the old Jack Dalton trail. Supplies for the project have been carried into the pass area. The Chilkat pass is viewed as the easiest route but winter snows will pose problems.
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Alaska
U.S. Army Engineers
Fairbanks
Haines
Alaska Highway
Whitehorse
Y.T
U.S. Army
Chilkat Pass
Yukon
Jack Dalton
Chilkat
Newfoundland loggers may transfer to Canada to ease shortages
Ottawa reports Selective Service Director MacNamara is consulting with Newfoundland government commissioners via external affairs about moving Newfoundland loggers to parts of Canada facing worker shortages.
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Ottawa
Selective Service
MacNamara
Newfoundland
External Affairs Department
Canada
Far East Offensive Plans Near Roosevelt Churchill Talks
Prime Minister Churchill arrives in Washington with top British and Indian officers to discuss new offensives in the Far East and reinforce unconditional surrender aims from Casablanca. Attendees include Wavell Somerville and Peirse as United Nations strategists press for more planes and Pacific reinforcements. A Roosevelt Stalin meeting is considered unlikely in the near term.
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Washington
Wineston Churchill
India
Roosevelt
Far East
Archibald P. Wavell
James Somerville
Chard Peirse
United Nations
Tunisia
White House
Churchill
Casablanca
Franco
Spain
Japan
Pacific
Casablanca Confernee
Soviet Union
Sale Restricted Certified Seed Potatoes During Planting Season
Ottawa imposes a price board order restricting selling of certified seed potatoes to planting use only from May 13 to June 5. The measure aims to ease a potato shortage as a 10 percent war tax on US imports is suspended until June 30. Officials note the tax reduction equates to about 25 cents a bushel.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
United States
Canada
Order-In-Council
Munich Students Executed After Leaflet Protest
Report says three university students, including a girl, were shot in Munich after Gestapo inquiry into anti Nazi leaflets. The group linked to demonstrations at Gauleiter Paul Glessel’s address and anti Nazi slogans on Munich walls spreading to northern and central Germany.
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Munich
Gestapo London
Germany
Hitler
Hans and
Sophia Scholl
Christoph Probst
Gestapo
Bavaria
Paul Glessel
London Flags Mark Coronation Anniversary
Flags flew from public buildings on May 12 to mark the sixth anniversary of the coronation of the King and Queen.
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London
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Manly F. Miner
F. G .Wells
USNR
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