Reform Urged In Education For Canadians
A Canadian postwar education reform plan urges a Dominion wide program costing about 203 million dollars beyond current budgets. It calls for health services, school building programs, higher salaries for teachers, and new universities and junior colleges to ensure universal access and improved curricula and administration.
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Montreal
Canada
Canada and Newfoundland
F. Cyril James
McGill University
P. Percival
Quebec
Federal Cabinet
James
Dominion
Canadians Pay to Maintain Overseas R A F Squads in War
In the House of Commons Air Minister Power announced Canada will cover 341 million dollars this fiscal year to finance full costs of 35 RCAF squadrons in the RAF and related units. New pay offices in London Cairo and Bombay will handle accounts for RC A F personnel overseas with rapid settlement on return.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Power
United Kingdom
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
London
Cairo
Bombay
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Algiers
R.a-F
Government of
Vincent Massey
Iceland
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Australia
New Zealand
Middle East
Malta
Aden
Iraq
West Africa
North Africa
South Africa
Rhodesia
India
Ceylon
Burma
China
Canadian donors spend over two million on Soviet medical relief
Tass News Agency report from Ottawa notes the Canadian fund for relief in the Soviet Union spent 2,646,000 dollars on medical supplies in Russia. It adds total Canadian contributions reach 3,022,000 dollars with support from newspapers magazines and radio across the Dominion.
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Moscow
Tass
Ottawa
Canadian Fund For Relief
Soviet Union
Russia
Canada
Dominion
Trans-Atlantic Air Record Set by Transport Command Plane
A transport command plane flying from Canada set a new trans Atlantic record of 12 hours 57 minutes, beating the previous record by four minutes set the previous year. The achievement marks a milestone in long distance flight and showcases the aircrafts performance and crew skill.
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London
Transport Command
Canada
Quisling Holds Talks With Hitler at Berchtesgaden
Vidkun Quisling the puppet Norwegian premier met Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden in the fifth in a series of Germany satellite conferences. The report notes the high level discussions during wartime alliances in Europe.
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Europe
Vidkun Quisling
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Work Well Done Projects Constructed By P F R A
Regina reports that Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act projects in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta prevented flood damage this spring with no major washouts among 20 000 built since 1935. George Spence says dams dugouts and dikes demonstrate P F R A efficiency and service by engineers and staff.
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Regina
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
George Spence
P-F.r.a
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
P.F R.A
P.F.R.A
Spence
Gasoline Consumption in Canada for 1942 Revealed
A munitions department return to the House of Commons shows Canada used 26,780,573 barrels of gasoline in 1942 including aviation fuel. It notes 1941 had 27,860,917 barrels and 1940 had 25,208,022, and that separating motor gasoline data would expose aviation fuel usage.
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Canada
Ottawa
House of Commons
Munitions Department
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Canberra named US cruiser carries foreign city imprint
Quincy Mass. The heavy US cruiser Canberra is launched becoming the first US naval vessel to bear the name of a foreign city. Lady Dixon sponsors the launch and the ship honors the H.M.A.S. Canberra lost near Savo Island in 1942 after a Japanese attack.
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Quincy Mass
Canberra
Australia
Dixon
Owen Dixon
Savo Island
Guadalcanal
British officers shielded from age retirement in new policy
London reports that British officers in the future will not be removed from the army because of age. The War Office reverses the February 1942 order that automatically retired officers over 55. Many previously retired officers have since rejoined.
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London
War Office
Army
London Airliner Attacked by German Heinkels
A daylight assault by German Heinkels on a British passenger airliner flying between London and Lisbon occurred, the first such attack reported from Lisbon during the war.
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London
Heinkels
Lisbon
Wheat Acreage Payments To Be Sent Out Soon
Regina reports that about 2,000 prairie farmers will soon receive wheat acreage reduction payments held up by a technicality in the Wheat Acreage Reduction Act. Federal agriculture minister James G. Gardiner explains amendments allow payments for 1943 acreage reductions and clarify rye and coarse grain definitions. He notes the 2,000 figure and outlines the $2 per acre payment for land taken out of wheat in 1943, with farm freedom on how to use or fallow the land.
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Regina
James G. Gardiner
Hotel Saskatchewan
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Churchill Reflects On Britain’s Darkest Days And Invasion Fears
Prime Minister Churchill spoke to coal miners and mine owners on December 10, 1942, detailing Britain's near ruin in 1940 with few weapons and arguing a guardian exists as long as Britain serves a just cause. He warned of U-boat danger, invasion risks, and Axis miscalculations while praising Allied resilience.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Hitler
Dunkirk
France
Aircraft Production in Britain Increases Significantly
London reports a 55 percent rise in overall aircraft production and a three and a half fold increase in bomber output, announced by Aircraft Production Minister Sir Stafford Cripps as Britain’s largest single industry accelerates.
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London
Great Britain
Stafford Cripps
London gas threat warned at civil defence show
Herbert Morrison urged vigilance at a civil defence exhibition, stating the enemy still may use gas. He stressed regular checks of gas masks and anti gas gear as essential for protection.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Minster of
Home Security
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Hugh D. Scully
New York
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Department of External Affairs
P.F.R A
Duchess of Kent
Prince Michael
England
Scotland
T. G. Gibson
Toronto
R. M. Gibson
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V.D
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Channel
Pearl Harbor
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Mr. Churchill
United States
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Royal Mail
Lady Nelson
Canadian National Steamships
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