Fourth Victory Loan Declared Similar to Past Issues
Hamilton Ont G W Spinney chairman of the national war finance committee dispels rumors about Canada's Fourth Victory Loan. He explains bonds may be sold for cash anytime and that the official redemption date allows the government to pay off early. He warns rumors are likely enemy originated and stressed the loan's role to fund war and curb inflation opening April 26 with a $1.1 billion minimum target.
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Hamilton
Ont
G. W. Spinney
National War Finance Committee
Canada
Lisley
Spinney
United States
Ottawa Invests in Tar Sands Oil Pilot Plant
The Dominion government allocates 500000 to upgrade the Abasand Sands plant for tar sand oil experiments. Munitions Minister Howe describes ongoing exploration, aims for a small commercial by product that could fund Alaska highway paving material, and notes current technical hurdles. The plant may be bought or returned after testing.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Alberta
Alaska
Howe
House of Commons
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Abasand Oils Ltd
Japan Declares Planned Air Offensive Against America
Tokyo radio quotes Maj Gen Kenryo Sato announcing preparations completed for a joint air assault on the American mainland. He envisions a vast offensive with Japanese German and Italian air forces collaborating to strike the United States.
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London
Tokyo
Kenryo Sato
Bureau of Military Affairs
Beatty Estate Bequest To McGill Revealed
The Montreal university announces a bequest of one tenth of Sir Edward Beatty's residue to McGill University plus the transfer of his library. The exact amount is not disclosed.
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Montreal
Sir Edward Beatty
McGill University
University Board of Governors
Sir Edward
Winnipeg Minesweeper Largest Great Lakes Vessel
The Royal Canadian Navy reports HMCS Winnipeg is the first of a new minesweeper class and the largest naval craft ever built on the Great Lakes. Officials say it surpasses the corvettes previously constructed for Canadian and British fleets, though exact specifications were not released.
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H.ylc
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
H.M.C.S
Winnipeg
Great Lakes
Naval Service Headquarters
Ottawa reports February record national income
Canada's Dominion Bureau of Statistics says February national income rose to 700 million dollars, equating to an annual rate near 400 million dollars. The economic review covers the first two months of the year.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Postwar period will be difficult for Canadian industry
The Canadian Manufacturers Association warned in a brief to the senate reconstruction committee that postwar employment may exceed prewar levels but likely cannot be kept at wartime highs without continued growth in foreign trade. It urged gradual removal of wartime controls, reconversion of wartime capacity to private industry, and noted many women may leave industry after the war.
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Ottawa
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Senate Reconstruction Committee
Canada
Association
Distinguished Flying Officer Edwards Wins RCAF Honors
Battleford Saskatchewan born Flight Lieutenant James Francis Edwards DFC DFM earns the Distinguished Flying Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross for North Africa service this year. The 21 year old pilot has eight confirmed kills five probables and several damaged in the Western Desert with 190 hours flight time. He rose from flight sergeant to flight lieutenant in weeks and downed a ME 109 on his first mission using superb aerial gunnery hailed as wizard.
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James Francis Edwards
Battleford
Sask
North Africa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Western
Desert
Superbat
Edwards
Ottawa Promotes Brigadier Simonds to Major General
Defence headquarters announced Brigadier Guy Granville Simonds of Kingston Ontario is promoted to major general and appointed general officer commanding a Canadian army division overseas. He becomes the youngest major general in the Canadian army at 39, succeeding Maj Gen J H Roberts who will command all Canadian army reinforcement units in Britain. Roberts is 52.
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Ottawa
Guy Granville Simonds
Kingston
Ont
Defence Headquarters
J. H. Roberts
Dieppe
Britain
Roberts
Simonds
Brave Seaman Awarded British Empire Medal for Torpedoed Vessel
George Alvin Decker a 21 year old Vancouver merchant seaman was awarded the British Empire medal by The London Gazette for aiding shipmates after his vessel was torpedoed last autumn. He swam to a capsized lifeboat to rescue sailors and then planned to return to sea after earning funds at a war factory to marry an English bride met in Hull.
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London
London Gazette
George Alvin Decker
Vancouver
Decker
Hull
WANTED A CHANGE With the British Eighth Army in Tunisia
Fit. Set. John L. Swift of the R.C.A.F. volunteered to join British infantry near Gabes to experience battle. He fought with the Scottish Black Watch at the Wadi el Akharit line, endured seven hours in a trench under heavy fire, then seized an Italian submachine gun to resist a patrol. Swift, from Missoula Montana, served with the 2 C.A.F. after joining in Montreal before U.S. entry, flying Wellington bombers in RAF Middle Coast command for eight months.
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Eighth Army
Tunisia
John L. Swift
R.C.A.F
Black Watch
Wadi el Akharit
Gabes
Swift
Missoula
Mont
2.C.A.F
Montreal
U.S
R.A.F. Middle Coast Command
Health supervision plan for Canadian factory workers announced
The Health League of Canada unveiled a factory worker health supervision plan and claims the federal government endorses it. The proposal aims to oversee worker health across industries under national guidance, signaling federal backing.
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Toronto
The
Health League of Canada
No Decision On Wheat Sales To United States
Ottawa reports that talks on possible Canadian wheat exports to the United States are under way in Washington with no final decision or disclosed quantities. Railway car shortages and wartime demand may influence any sale. Dominion statistics show March grain stocks at a new high, led by wheat at 798 million bushels, with farm stocks totaling 357 million in the prairie provinces.
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United States
Ottawa
MacKinnon
Washington
Canada
George McIvor
Canadian Wheat Board
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Prairie Provinces
Princess Elizabeth Visits Grenadier Guards Battalion Alone
Princess Elizabeth spends her first public engagement entirely by herself with a tank battalion of the Grenadier Guards where she is honorary colonel. The 17 year old heiress stands on a dais, salutes, chats with guardsmen, then inspects a tank turret and asks how it works.
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Elizabeth
London
Grenadier Guards
Lady Nelson Named Canada West Indies Fleet Hospital Ship
The Canadian National Steamships announces the Lady Nelson flagship of its Canada West Indies fleet has been converted into Canada's first armed forces hospital ship for the war. Ottawa had announced a hospital ship but did not disclose its identity until now.
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Lady Nelson
Canada-West Indies
Montreal
Canadian National Steamships
Canada
Armed Forces
Ottawa
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Saskatoon
Canadian Performing Right Society
Toronto Conservatory of Music
Mr. Fleming
Healey Willan
America
McGill
Krc.a.f
W. B. Helms
L. W. Murray
R.C.N
Atlantic
England
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