Plans For Post War Public Works Program
Ottawa discussed creating a national development plan to provide post war employment through public works. K M Cameron urged using existing assets and improving facilities, with technical, legal and financial prep. Four nationwide projects listed: transportation and communications, natural resources development, urban rural improvements, and tourist facilities.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Ty K. M. Cameron
Department of Public Works
Cameron
Prisons Crowded Nazis Shoot Polish Prisoners
The Polish Telegraph Agency reported German forces executed the entire population of Rowne prison camp after an attempted breakout in eastern Poland. A similar raid at Pinsk freed 54 prisoners and led to 30 more executions after later German surroundment.
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London
Rowne
Poland
Pinsk
Rowno
Rationing Ordered for Small Arms Ammunition
Ottawa announces an order placing small arms ammunition under rationing to ensure supplies for essential users. Eligible include those who hunt for food, trappers, prospectors, RCMP and some police, property guards, and certain rifle and gun club members under restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Prices Board
R.C
M P
Memorial service for Sir Edward Beatty held in London
Montreal reports a memorial service for Sir Edward Beatty late chairman of the Canadian Pacific Railway. He died after a two year illness and was buried in St. Catharines Ontario near Thorold. CPR officials announced the London service held March 30 at St Martin in the Fields.
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Montreal
Sir Edward Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
St. Martin-in-the-Fields
London
CPR
Edward
St. Catharines
Ont
Beatty
Sir Edward
Thorold
St. Andrew and St. Paul
Red Cross Reports Improvements at Stanley Camp Hong Kong
Richard Law says conditions at Stanley Camp in Hong Kong are improving as of January 25 per International Red Cross. Further details expected during Red Cross periodic visits. Over 1,500 Canadian POWs from Winnipeg Grenadiers and Royal Rifles of Canada are officially listed as prisoners of war.
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London
International Red Cross
Stanley Camp
Hong Kong
Richard Law
House of Commons
Red Cross
Winnipeg Grenadiers and
Royal Rifles of Canada
Quebec
Shelley's Blanket Drive for Red Cross Surpasses Twenty
Walter L. Shelley and his wife in San Diego collect old woolen clothing from friends and neighbors and make 20 blankets to aid the Red Cross on the home front. The couple, described as average, contribute regularly to relief efforts.
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San Diego
Cal
Walter L. Shelley
Red Cross
Sweden Defied by War Aims Critics in Commons
London reports Sir Alfred Knox charges Sweden leans pro Axis since war start and that UN power could block food shipments from the United States. Norman Bower pressed Britain to warn Sweden that neutrality breaches would hurt her interests as government seeks to verify aircraft and equipment flights.
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London
Alfred Knox
House of Commons
Sweden
United Nations
U.S
Norman Bower
Britain
Richard Law
Trans-Canada Airlines plans for future operations
Trans-Canada Airlines outlined future plans in its annual report presented to Parliament. President H J Symington spoke of possible trans-oceanic flying, a shorter Canadian transcontinental route via Lakes Huron and Superior, and expanded Island operations to Victoria. Revenue passengers rose 23 percent, mail 66 percent, air express 109 percent. fleet totaled 24 Lockheed planes with 1,662 staff.
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Ottawa
Trans-Canada Airlines
H. J. Symington
House of Commons
C. D. Howe
Canada
Mr. Symington
Air World
North America
Europe
Asia
Symington
Trans-Canada
Lakes Huron
Superior
Yukon
U.S
Post Office
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Board of Transport Commissioners
Victoria
Air Express
Lockheed
Archbishop urges open doors to Jews in London plea
The Archbishop of Canterbury called on the government to admit Jewish refugees and proposed issuing visas through consuls in Spain, Portugal and possibly Turkey so that all who can may come.
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London
Spain
Portugal
Turkey
Gandhi and Congress Held Responsible for Nationalist Uprising
A British white paper assigns full blame to London and Mohandas K Gandhi and the Indian Congress for the recent nationalist uprising. It says Gandhi doubted non violence could defend India and notes Congress agreed to Allied troops in India as protection after his plan to resist Japan. It frames Gandhi’s Poona imprisonment as government motive.
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London
Mohandas K Gandhi
Indian Congress Party
Gandhi
India
Japan
Congress
Poona
Reconstruction advisory panel named in McGill report
Heads Committee Dr. Cyril James, principal of McGill University, chairman of the Dominion government advisory committee on reconstruction. Dr. Leonard C. March, who drafted Canada's Beveridge plan, is research adviser. The report was prepared at the request of Hon. Ian Mackenzie.
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Cyril James
McGill University
Leonard C. March
Canada
Lan Mackenzie
United States Canadian agricultural panel meets in Ottawa
The first meeting of the standing United States Canadian agricultural committee in Ottawa ended after a broad discussion of programs and problems concerning various food products. Dr G S H Barton deputy minister of agriculture and chairman of the Canadian section said further talks would follow to keep agriculture and food production in Canada and the United States under study. Five US agriculture and food authorities attended with Canadian members.
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Ottawa
United States-Canadian Agricultural Committee
G. S H. Barton
Canada
United States
Toronto may adopt Back the Attack as Victory Loan slogan
R J Dunlevy public relations adviser to the national war finance committee said the likely Victory Loan slogan will be Back the Attack. He told a meeting of personnel managers and personnel publications editors that the phrase fits the chance of a second front opening soon.
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Toronto
Canada
R. J. Dunlevy
National War Finance Committee
Dunlevy
Half of Food For Americans Now Rationed
The Office of Price Administration announced a national rationing plan for meat, butter, cheese, fats, cooking oils and canned fish. Each person gets 16 points weekly from red stamps. meat points range from one to twelve per pound, with flexible distribution across items. Volunteers may face limited variety in shortages, while rationing aims to improve supplies in key war centers like New York Boston Los Angeles San Francisco and San Diego.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Office of Prize Administration
New York
Boston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Japan and Russia renew fishing rights amid wartime strain
The 1943 protocol tightens Japanese access to Soviet far eastern waters with a 4 to 5 percent higher gold rental than last year. Signed by S A Lozovsky and Naotake Sato in Kuibyshev, the renewal signals cautious ties between Japan and the USSR amid global conflict.
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London
Japan
Russia
Moscow
S. A. Lozovsky
Naotake Sato
Kuibyshev
Germany
United Nations Group
United States
Kamchatka Peninsula
Russian
Wartime Information Board expenses rise to 579162
Ottawa reports the wartime information board has spent 579162 since inception. Salaries honoraria and living allowances total 119209. Board members received no pay. Speeches by the prime minister and others are distributed by the board when deemed nationally significant, in five instances.
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Ottawa
Wartime Information Board
House of Commons
Greek Guerrillas Ready to Aid UN in Greece Drive
Epaminondas Tsellos, Greek public welfare minister, says Greek guerrillas living on Axis supplies will support the United Nations in expelling the Axis from Greece. He notes the underground is cellular and links with the government in London and Cairo, warning of health threats from malnutrition.
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Cairo
United Nations
Greece
Epaminondas Tsellos
Tsellos
London
Australia New Zealand brace for possible Pacific assault
Canberra reports the 9th Australian Division to return from Africa as Prime Minister Curtin notes a fighting force approaching 1,000,000 this year. New Zealand PM Fraser says air strength has surged 190 times since war began.
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Canberra
Australia
New Zealand
South Pacific
John Curtin
Africa
Peter Fraser
Prairie debt problem sparks federal action talk
Ottawa reports finance and justice departments study western debt adjustment issue after prairie provinces request federal aid to establish debt adjustment facilities. Agencies weigh possible remedies to address the situation.
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Ottawa
Finance and Justice
Prairie Provinces
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