Study Farm Unit To Assist Wheat Board On Quotas
Dr Grindley, secretary of the Canadian wheat board, told the House of Commons farm unit studies will aid the wheat board in creating an equitable quota delivery system. He cited Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan farm unit distributions and noted crop year deliveries limits and car allocations by the railways car control committee amid crowded elevators.
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Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
TW. Grindley
Canadian Wheat Board
House of Corn
Grindley
Wheat Board
Canada
West
P.E. Wright
CCF
Melfort
D. A. MacGibbon
Board of Grain Commissioners
Car Control Committee
MacGibbon
T. C. Douglas
C.cf
Weyburn
First Canadian Freighter Completes Atlantic Crossing
The Fort St James, a 10000 ton steel freighter built under wartime ship program, made its maiden Atlantic crossing after a hectic voyage dodging German U-boats. Wireless chief W. J. Percy Burrows reported two close shaves and a tense chase but the ship behaved well.
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Vancouver
Atlantic
W. J Percy Burrows
Fort St. James
Canada Red Cross ships aid to Hong Kong prisoners
Canadian Red Cross announces arrangements to send food medical supplies and next of kin parcels to Canadian soldiers taken prisoner at Hong Kong. Details require no food chocolate tobacco and specify permissible items such as chewing gum toilet articles and warm wear guidance includes addressing parcels to Ottawa with soldier name regiment and regimental number.
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Hong Kong
Red Cross
Toronto
Canadian Red Cross Society
International Red Cross
Plumptre
Red Cross Inquiry
Ottawa
General Post Office
Italy Demands Immediate France Territory Transfer
Italian Fascist press pushes for swift surrender of French lands as war lingers. The demand, strongest since the 1940 armistice, highlights Italy’s impatience to secure gains for allying with Germany and signals Germany’s partial reluctance toward Italian claims.
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France
Berne
Italy
Germany
Laval
Russia arms China could trigger war says Japanese official
Toshio Shiratori, former Japanese ambassador to Italy, warned that Russian arms shipments to China would provoke war. He noted reports of five years of arms flowing via a route from Turkestan into Central China, and questioned whether supplies continue as Russia fights elsewhere.
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Russia
China
Rome
Toshio Shiratori
Italy
Siberian
Turkestan
The Tokyo Raid Led by Jimmy Doolittle
U S air raid on Japan described as a daring low level attack near Tokyo. Brig Gen James H Doolittle led the mission while President Roosevelt awarded him the Medal of Honor. The strike damaged a battleship cruiser, Mitsubishi factory at Nagoya, and multiple industrial targets across Yokosuka Kenagawa Kobe Osaka.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Imperial Palace
Tokyo
James H. Doolittle
Jimmy Doolittle
Roosevelt
White House
Mitsubishi Aircraft
Nagoya
Yokosuke
Kenagawa
Kobei
Osaka
Ghost towns in B C converted for Japanese settlements
Vancouver based report notes Slocan district towns transforming into model settlements for Japanese evacuees from the coast. Greenwood hosts 812, Kaslo 429, Slocan 22, while London shows two with a crew of 24 preparing paths and housing for forthcoming families.
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B.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Slocan
Greenwood
Kaslo
London
Wheat delivery basis tied to 1941 acreage
George Mc Ivor, chairman of the Canadian wheat board, told a House of Commons committee that 1942-43 wheat deliveries will be restricted to 280 million bushels from the west until 1942 crop patterns and 1941 acreage are known. He noted deliveries depend on acreage, production, and marketing of feed grains and flaxseed, with a 90 cent per bushel price for No 1 northern wheat in Fort William for the 260 million bushels.
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Ottawa
George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
House of Commons Committee of Agriculture
McIvor
The
Wheat Board
Fort William
Mexico Faces War Mood Over Tanker Sinking
In Mexico City organized labor petitions President Camacho for a declaration of war on the Axis and offers to mobilize at least 20 000 troops. Congress bitterly denounces Nazism and urges patriotism while pledging to follow the president into the trenches after the tanker sinking.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Organized Labor
Camacho
Permanent Commission of Congress
Naz
Congress Commission
United Nations
Britain Seeks Clear Germany Greece Grain Aid Reply
Dingle Foot told the House of Commons that Germany and Italy gave ambiguous replies to Britain Canada and the United States plan to ship 15 000 tons of grain monthly from Canada to Greece. The German reply excluded famine hotspots from participation and more clarification was requested.
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Britain
Greece
London
Dingle Foot
Ministry of Economic Warfare
House of Ommons
Canada
United States
Ottawa outlines plan to secure beef supply and stabilize prices
Donald Gordon chairing wartime prices and trade board announced a three part plan to keep domestic beef available and protect cattle producers. It includes paying exporters the U.S. export price, a control body buying and reselling cattle, and seasonal ceiling price adjustments with quotas for U S shipments and a forthcoming implementation timeline.
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Ottawa
Canada
Donald Gordon
Prices and Trade Board
Gordon
United States
Agriculture Apartment
Mr. Gordon
Gestapo Chief Himmler Arrives in Holland to Tackle Resistance
Heinrich Himmler, chief of the Gestapo, has reached the Netherlands to cope with a rising anti Nazi resistance. He followed Reinhard Heydrich, now in charge of police in occupied France, and was joined by reports of Gerd von Rundstedt visiting Holland. The anti German activity led to executions, arrests of over 2,000 Dutch officers, and 460 hostages.
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Gestapo
London
Heinrich Himmler
Holland
Aneta
Himmler
Netherlands
Gestapo Leutenant
Reinhard Heydrich
France
Gerd von Rundstedt
Grman
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South Africa
Red Cross Peisoners-Of
Ent Nohter
Max Aitken
Lord Beaverbrook
Aitken
Angri
Malan
D.C
Ptain Crerar
Royal Air Force
Buckingham Palace
Cander Gillian
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Df.c
Af.c
A.F.C
D.S.O
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