Lehman Attacks U S Food Plans and Wartime Controls
Former UNRRA chief Herbert Lehman blasted U S food policy at a world food emergency meeting in Constitution Hall. He charged the United States abandoned rationing in 1945 and urged immediate export grain orders despite domestic inequities, citing Canada Australia and Argentina as key wartime producers still exporting.
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Washington
Canada
Australia
Herbert H Lschman
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United States
Constitution Hall
Lehman
UNRRA
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Hoover
Truman
Argentina
Conference On Trade Barriers Being Planned
London reports forthcoming British commonwealth trade talks and a 14 power conference summoned by the United States aim to resolve concessions and demands on relaxing international trade barriers. Herbert Morrison says Britain has been invited to participate, with Canada and others likely joining. Discussions gauge how Britain may adjust empire preference and what it will seek in return, given the larger imperial system’s complexity.
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London
United States
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Britain
Canada
United Nations
Cuba
Philippines
Wreck Located Santa Rosa Treasure Galleon Found Off Key West
Sea diver Irwin A Williamson announced the rediscovery of the Santa Rosa, a Spanish trader galleon reputed to hold 30,000 and 600 Aztec gold aboard. The wreck lies in 146 feet of water off Key West, with hull planks crumbling after centuries.
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Miami
Fla
Santa Rosa
Irwin A. Williamson
Williamson
Key West
Mexico
Montezuma
Cortez
Textiles Shortage Likely to Persist Through 1946
P. K. Heywood of Toronto says little chance of major textile improvement for a year. Retail goods remain in short supply, with gradual gains possible in some classes in 1946. Reconversion lag due to several factors, including strikes.
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Fort William
P. K. Heywood
Toronto
Canadian Retail Federation
Canadian Legion branch hoped for Chinese Canadian veterans
Toronto report quotes Col Rich gears who states a Canadian Legion branch for Chinese Canadian veterans. About 2,000 Chinese Canadians served in the Canadian army and the sergeant intends to organize their veterans group.
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Toronto
Richgears
Canadian Legion
Kimberley Clark Mill Project Aims Terrace Ontario Growth
Construction crews under temporary HQ in Schreiber advance a 15 million dollar Kimberley Clark pulp and paper mill on the Aquasabon river at Terrace Ontario ten miles east of Schreiber. Terrific activity arrives as prefabricated camps rise and workers flood in, signaling a future town built around Canada’s youngest large industrial site with potential to employ about three thousand people.
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Fort William
Schreiber
Kimberley Clark
Terrace
Ont
Aquasabon River
Schrieber
Dominion
Canada
Nazis in China Face Mass Deportation Plan
United States authorities announce a round up of prominent Nazis hiding in China as mass repatriation efforts begin. Major H. L. Hang and Col C. Wittmann say many will be tried in German war crime courts while negotiations seek return to their home regions.
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Shanghai
China
United States
Hitler
H. L. Hang
C. Wittmann
Col Wittmann
Germany
Parcels Would Help Winnipeg Says Perrin
J D Perrin of Winnipeg urges Canadians to send food parcels to England to ease the United Kingdom food crisis. He spoke after returning from a tour of Britain and France.
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Winnipeg
J. D. Perrin
Britain
France
England
United Kingdom
Navy recruits 18 000 reserves plus 4 800 for active service
Ottawa reports the Royal Canadian Navy begins recruiting 18 000 reserve personnel for part time training and emergency readiness while the permanent force adds 4 800 to reach 10 000. Fleet air arm quotas emphasize former officers and ratings, with rookies making up the rest.
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Royal Canadian Navy
Ottawa
Scrvas Canada
Fleet Air Arm
La Guardia Declines UNRRA Salary in New York
Fiorello H. La Guardia, head of UNRRA, says he will not take the $15,000 yearly salary available in his role. Former UNRRA chief Herbert H. Lehman also served without pay, with any overseas costs covered only by organization funds.
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New York
Fiorello H. la Guardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Herbert H. Lehman
UNRRA
Canada faces vast funds for atomic research needs
Halifax report notes Dr. G C Laurence of Chalk River warns that Canada must invest millions to maintain its status in atomic research. He cites full scale experiments, new plants, and difficulty attracting young scientists, contrasting Canadian funding with the United States’ hundreds of millions.
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Halifax
Canada
G. C. Laurence
National Research Council
Chalk River
Ont
Atomic Energy
Engineering Institute of Canada
Laurence
United States
Eldorado Mining and Refining Co
U.S
Canadian trade Commissioner Frederic Hudd to stay on as secretary
Frederic Hudd will continue as official secretary of Canada House in London after his retirement as Canada’s trade commissioner. He is expected to act as high commissioner once Rt Hon Vincent Massey retires, until a permanent successor is named.
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Canada
London
Frederic Hudd
Ottawa
Canada House
Vincent Massey
Gardiner Hints Further Jump In Farm Prices
Ottawa reports Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner said after debate that adjustments in farm implement prices would be followed by others. He noted that the 12 percent increase amounts to about three quarters of one percent and stressed farmers still owe mortgage companies despite wartime gains.
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Gardiner
Ottawa
J. G. Gardiner
Fawn
Prices Board
Finance
J. L. Isley
Senate panel studies income tax overhaul in Canada
Ottawa reports the senate income tax committee, gathering briefs from bodies such as the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Association of Chartered Accountants, may propose overhauling tax laws and adding a simple, speedy appeal procedure. Current appeals route runs from the minister to the exchequer court and then the supreme court.
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Ottawa
Senate Income Tax Committee
Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Association of Chartered Accountants
Exchequer Court
Supreme Court and
Privy Council
Ottawa to Debate National Registration Cards
The future of Canada’s national registration cards may be decided when labor department estimates are reviewed in the commons. The current year’s budget provides 324 625 dollars to continue recording new registrations at age 16, address changes, and deaths amid opposition over expense and peacetime regimentation concerns.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Commons
International Horse Show at White City to bar foreign riders
London officials announce the International Horse Show at White City in June will not accept competitors from abroad due to feed shortages. Local riders will compete for national honors.
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London
White City
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Port Hope
Ann Lawton
C.W.A.C
Montreal
W Gilling
Princess Elizabeth
Nottingham
W. L. Mackenzie King
Fisheries Council of Canada
H. Francis G. Bridges
Fisheries
C. J. Morrow
Lunenburg
N.S
Council
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