New Price Policy For Scrap Metal Set For The West
The War Scrapple price policy expands in western Canada with minimums set for cast iron and steel in British Columbia Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba. A cellar price plus loading costs will determine the net to sellers while freight does not affect the official rate. Regional Priority offices open in Vancouver Toronto and Halifax to speed US wartime material flow and processing backlogs.
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Yher
Maritime Provinces
British Columbia
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Peace River
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
West
Maritimes
Department of Munitions and Supply
United States
Priorities Officer
Eynlains Details Of The Selective Service Program
Ottawa reports the national selective service aims to assign Canadians to jobs best suited to their abilities while protecting individual rights. Elliott M. Little outlines that 17 to 45 year old men face restrictions on certain occupations and may need permits. Permits are temporary and may be revoked. Married men with dependents receive some leniency. Farmers on farms March 23 retain eligibility for postponement. Students 17 to 21 may work in non essential labor during summer. university and technical students should pursue relevant training.
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Ottawa
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Selective Service Officers
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Little
RAF Blitz Stops German Tank Factory Production
The air ministry news service reported British and Canadian bombers crippled the Renault and Matford motor works in France, costing four bombers and 25 men for a six hour raid. It claimed the attack halted 70 trucks daily and many tanks, depriving the German forces of irreplacable machine tools for years.
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London
Air Ministry
Renault and Matford Motor Works
France
R.A.F
British morale praised after RAF raids across Europe
Kuibyshev reports the Moscow News praises Britain for recent heavy RAF bombings of occupied France and Germany. It quotes that Goebbels and the Nazis misjudge British resilience, saying fascists will suffer stronger resistance as setbacks mount.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Moscow News
Britain
France
Germany
Goebbels
Real Estate Prices Not Set for Ceiling Ottawa Warned
Ottawa reports the wartime prices and trade board states no plan to freeze real estate sales or cap prices. The board clarifies ceilings are not contemplated or under advisement.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Telephone Priority Rules May Hit Private Lines
Canada wartime price and trade board orders enforce a priority system for telephone service. Private lines may be split or cut to serve high priority users such as armed services and munitions plants. Mayor La Guardia praised Canada's war effort, noting its production and manpower rival those of much larger nations and outlining upcoming board meetings in New York.
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Prices and Trade Board
Prices Board
Armed Services
John Citizen
la Guardia
New York
Canada
Montress
point = permanent defence board
Montreal
Cadet Air Training Camp Announced in Calgary
Calgary will host a camp at No. 3 Service Flying Training School to train teachers for air cadet instruction. Flt. Lt. W. M. Bowman announced the program during the Alberta Teachers' Alliance annual convention.
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Calgary
No. 3
Service
Flt
W. M Bowman
No. 4 Training Command
Alberta Teachers’ Alliance
New Stamps Issued in Canada Aimed at War Effort
Canada prepares a new set of postage stamps to illustrate its war effort Postmaster General Mulock announced to the press that the issue is in preparation and expected to be available in July Officials ask philatelists to refrain from requesting the stamps until then
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Ottawa
Canada
Mulock
Post Office
Canadian Selective Service Chief Appointed
Knott M. Little of Quebec City is named director of national selective service for Canada. A University of Toronto engineering graduate, he has served as general manager of the Anglo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Co and directed the wartime bureau of technical personnel.
Nazis Move Troops to Belgian Coast in Anticipation of Landing
London report says German forces mass along the Belgian coast as a precaution against a British landing. Thousands of troops are said to have moved from Cambrai in northern France, a rest center for troops coming back from the Russian front.
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Belgian
London
Neuis Chronicle
Cambrai
Compulsions urged to drive workers into wartime roles
London report notes a special parliamentary committee calls for sterner compulsion to force individuals into employment best suited to Britain's wartime industry. The measure targets maximizing output as the nation mobilizes labor for the war effort.
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London
Britain
Khaki Colored Buses Proposed for Canada Director H D Husband Warned
Victoria to Ottawa plan new passenger buses in Canada will use khaki color with grey roofs. Vancouver Island regional transit controller Harold Husband reports federal transit controller approval. Existing buses to be repainted dark khaki with grey, and owner company names allowed to appear briefly and unobtrusively.
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Victoria
Canada
Harold Husband
Vancouver Island
Federal Transit
Ottawa
Defence Steps Taken Tour British Columbia Coast
Defence officials say organized guerrilla units along the British Columbia coast will form a highly capable civilian defense force. Forty units are formed with potential growth to 150. hunters and trappers nationwide equip themselves with strong rifles and ammo. Officials note Inuit and Eskimo participation and Ross rifle history. ammunition support for militia rangers is limited by calibres.
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Ottawa
British Columbia
Canada
Defence
Ralston
Mines and Resources
Reserve Army Pay To Continue On Existing Basis
The Canadian reserve army will keep current pay and allowances as it enlarges and modernizes. Officers and men receive rations and shelter in training camps, with pay rules for training days, parades, and field exercises, and pensions for injuries or death, but no dependents allowances are provided.
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Otawa
Canada
Australia
Canadian Reserve Army
Ottawa Considers Elevating Canadian Legation to Embassy
Ottawa reports indicate Canada may upgrade its Washington legation to an embassy with a cabinet minister as ambassador. The move would align Canada with allied nations already represented by ambassadors in Washington and could replace Leighton McCarthy as minister. If not adopted, an experienced cabinet minister may still be sent to Washington.
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Ottawa
Washington
Canada
Leighton McCarthy
United States
New Zealand
Walter Nash
Australia
Herbert Evatt
Lord Halifax
J. Pierrepont Moffatt
Canadian Press Censorship Praised by Montreal Editor
Ronald McEachern of Montreal assistant editor of the Financial Post told a Rotary club address that wartime press censorship in Canada will be more rigid yet sensible than in most other nations. He described Canadian censorship as probably more sensible than any other in the world.
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Halifax
Canada
Ronald McEachern
Montreal
Financial Post
Rotary
McEachern
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Fijas
Steel
Vancouver
Toronto
R. C. Berkinshaw
Wartime Industries Control Board
Eynlains
Mr. Little
ATR
Selective Service
George
Thomas B. Miller
Owen Sound
Saint John
N.B
R.C.A.F
Miller
MacArthur
U.S
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
Roosevelt
Francis B. Sayre
Washinton
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