Canadians Have Had Excellent Basic Training
Gen Sir Harold Alexander praised Canadian forces in North Africa noting their excellent basic training and rapid progress in Sicily. He compared them to the American 45th division, said they will be among the finest fighting troops, and explained their central placement was due to landing craft logistics rather than deliberate choice.
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North Africa
Harold Alexander
Sicily
North African
Alexander
15Th Army Group
45Th Division
Alaska highway name agreed between Canada and United States
The Alaska highway will be the official name for the Dawson Creek to Fairbanks route. An exchange of notes dated July 19 announced by the Canadian external affairs department settles months of controversy over a name. The term Alcan highway had been used and criticized in Parliament recently.
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Ottawa
Dawson Creek
B.C
Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska Highway
External Affairs Department
U.S
House of Commons
Canada to ship 9 million pounds of frozen fish to Britain in 1943
Ottawa plans 9 000 000 pounds of frozen fish to the United Kingdom in 1943 under Britain arrangements, more than doubling 1942 totals. About 2 000 000 pounds will be Pacific coast flounders, with 5 000 000 pounds cod fillets 1 000 000 pollock fillets and 1 000 000 flounders from Atlantic provinces.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Britain
Bertrand
London
Evening Standard
Newfoundland
Pacific Coast
Atlantic
Bevin Warns Youth Labor Plan For Mines
Britain's labor minister Ernest Bevin told the Mineworkers Federation that 16 to 18 year olds may be employed in coal mines to cover labor shortages. The federation planned to send a delegation to study the proposal. The Duchess of Kent became patron of the Royal Naval Film Corporation.
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Britain
Blackpool
Eng
Ernest Bevin
Mineworkers Federation of Great Britain
Bevin
Federation
Duchess of Kent
Royal Naval Film Corporation
Wheat Delivery Quota Carriers Advance To Next Crop Year
Trade Minister MacKinnon told the House that western wheat farmers unable to use their current year quotas due to elevator space shortages will be allowed to deliver in the next crop year. He noted 13,000 railcars loaded with wheat from Fort William and west were held up by unloading manpower, with plans to place cars at western elevators to ease congestion.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
House of Commons
Gorden Ross
Moose Jaw
Fort William
West
Farm Debts Bill Passed by House of Commons Ottawa
The House of Commons approved a bill to extend farmer debt adjustment to Manitoba and to refine terms for pre 1935 debt, with post 1935 debt coverage and reopened cases for prior compositions. Amendments by Finance Minister Ilsley set land sale limits, court oversight, and that extra amounts from farm sales go to court.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
House
Victor Quelch
N.D. Acadia
Saskatoon
Sask
J. A. Glen
Isley
Ilsley
Britain vows removal of Fascist regime in Italy
London reports Prime Minister Church ill while Foreign Secretary Eden promises Fascist leaders will be ousted from all occupied Italian territory. Eden stated in the House of Commons that Britain’s war aim includes eliminating the Fascist regime.
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London
Churchill
Eden
House of Commons
Britain
Free Germany committee formed by German POWs and refugees
A manifesto announces a committee of German prisoners of war and refugees to work for a Free Germany. It is signed by 33 people including five former Reichstag members and is addressed to the German army and people. The group is led by poet Erich Weinert.
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Moscow
Germany
Reichstag
Erich Weinert
War cabinet approves soldiers to aid 1943 harvest
Defence Minister Ralston told the House of Commons that a plan allowing soldiers to assist farmers with the 1943 harvest was approved. He rejected ideas of releasing home defence troops, clarifying there is no home defence army in Canada. He described active and general service troops as integral to continental defence duties.
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Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
House of Commons
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Home Defence Army
Canada
Newfoundland
Labrador
Alaska
Bahamas
U.S
Ottawa agrees to bill creating National Physical Fitness Council
All Commons parties fast tracked a Mackenzie bill to form a national fitness council with a $225000 provincial grant split 50 50 and a single paid national director. Provinces would get varying shares based on population, a proposed special school for fitness teachers, and coordination across federal agencies voluntary groups and provinces.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
National Council On Physical Fitness
Mackenzie
Social Security Committee
Angus MacInnis
C.C
Vancouver East
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Army aids farm work with various leave and detachments
Col. Ralston outlined farm leave provisions including compassionate and agricultural leave for seedings and harvest. About 5,450 soldiers were on farm leave as the army coordinates with the labor department and selective service officers. Prisoners of war are being used for farm labor with security responsibility falling to the army, and occasional escapes are not treated as major incidents.
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Col. Ralston
Labor Department
Selective Service
Army
Wavell to Take Viscount Title Upon India Viceroy Move
London reports Sir Archibald Wavell, newly elevated peer, will assume the title Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester as he prepares to become viceroy of India.
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London
Press Association
Archibald Wavell
India
New Service Planned for Canada’s Civilian Fire Corps
War Minister LaFleche told the House of Commons that Canada’s 412 civilian fire fighters overseas may be reassigned as bombing in Britain lessens. The corps, drawn from 117 municipalities, would be trained for armed forces service and could become future fire chiefs. They receive army pay and pensions, with some conscientious objectors among them.
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Ottawa
LaFleche
House of Commons
Canada
Britain
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Policy in Sicily London
Prime Minister Churchill in the House of Commons said the Allied military administration in Sicily will prohibit political activity by Sicilians for now. He expressed hope democracy would emerge independently after Fascist rule ends. Eden said experts would aid civil administration and that collaborationist regimes with former Fascists would not be allowed.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Sicily
U.S
Britain
Eden
House
Revisions Proposed to Ottawa Rentals Rules
Ottawa reports circle around changes to rentals regulations. Russell Smart K C administrator for the prices board says revisions are in progress and he declines to preempt them with publicity. Likely change would cut notice to vacate from one year to six months and ban evictions from October to April.
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Ottawa
Russell Smart
K.C
The
Prices Board
Germans stream east as bombs drive refugees from western cities
Berlin dispatches describe a large influx of Germans moving from bombed western and northwestern cities toward safer areas farther east. The final destination remains unstated in reports to the Swedish press.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Ottawa railways post record April revenue
Canadian railways earned 65,338,054 dollars in April, the highest monthly revenue on record, compared with 50,596,977 dollars in April 1942. The prior best month was December at 63,593,113 dollars.
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Ottawa
Canadian Railways
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadian General McNaughton Returns to Britain
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton commander of the Canadian army over seas returns to British headquarters after a flying visit to the Mediterranean theatre and Sicily where he observed the 1st Division in action.
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England
A. G. L. McNaughton
Britain
Mediterranean
Sicily
Air raid precautions gear distributed across Canada
Ottawa reports air raid precautions equipment valued at 4,683,152 has been distributed in Canada. The disclosure appeared in a House of Commons return.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
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Paul Davoud
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Fitness Council
Wavell
Lancaster
Malton
Toronto
Italy
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R. K. Burgar
Traynor
M. Baczinski
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