Canada’s Export Trade Reaches Peacetime Records
Ottawa reports 1946 export trade at 2.312 billion dollars, over double the prewar 1935-39 average. United States purchases total 588 million with forestry products leading, UK exports hit 597 million with food making two thirds. Top items include newsprint wheat flour planks wood pulp fish autos bacon aluminum and nickel.
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Dominions
MacKinnon
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Allies seal record of seven Nazi leaders in press blackout
Allies in Berlin order a news blackout on seven convicted Nazi leaders including Doenitz Hess Speer and Neurath to erase their deeds from public memory. The decree covers all actions and statements by these figures and is backed by Soviet officials who favor forgetting the individuals.
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Constantin von Neurath
Albert Speer
Baldur von Schirach
Fuehrer
Rudolf Hess
Berlin
Hitler
Britain Frowns on Sunday Soccer
The Football Association of Britain resists Sunday football and will not discuss the issue. It bans any player found participating on Sundays for life, reverting to prewar policy as wartime relaxation ends.
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London
Britain
Canada
Football Association
F.A
London housing crisis spurs craft-to-home conversions
Londoners, desperate for shelter amid a housing shortage, convert surplus invasion craft and torpedo boats into homes on the Thames. Authorities warn of poor ventilation and sanitation and announce forthcoming legislation to regulate living conditions aboard house boats.
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London
Thames
Mrs F D Roosevelt elected U N human rights chair
Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt was chosen chairman of the United Nations human rights commission as it began work on creating machinery to safeguard fundamental freedoms worldwide. The committee at Lake Success, New York, set its course for a long task ahead.
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Lake Success
N.Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations Human Rights Commission
Conference To Stabilize Wheat Prices In London
Washington reports the international wheat council called a London conference starting March 6 to draft an agreement to stabilize world wheat prices and supplies. The council includes major producers and exporters such as the United States, Canada, Argentina and Australia.
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International Wheat Council
London
United States
Canada
Argentina
Australia
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Commission
Wheat Council
United Kingdom
Belgium
Brazil
China
Denmark
France
India
Italy
Netherlands
Ottawa
MacKinnon
Canadian education chief cites looming teacher shortage
Dr C E Phillips of Toronto executive secretary of the Canadian Education Association told an Edmonton audience that Canada has about 7 000 qualified teachers and that surveys show a shortage rising to roughly 10 000 in three years.
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Edmonton
Canada
C. E. Phillips
Toronto
The
Canadian Education Association
Phillips
Mrs Amanda Homan 102 Dies at Gettysburg Home
Mrs Amanda Homan aged 102 who witnessed Lincoln as he rode past Gettysburg to deliver the famous Civil War speech died at her home near Gettysburg. The piece also notes the Amazon River length of 4000 miles and its tributaries totaling about 30000 miles of navigable waterways.
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Gettysburg
Amanda Homan
Abraham Lincoln
Here
Amazon
United States Withdraws Marines From China's Civil War Area
The United States orders return home for about 12 000 personnel at the Marshall truce headquarters signaling a move to disengage from China. The withdrawal aims to push Chiang Kai-shek and the Communists toward moderation while easing U.S. Soviet tensions and possibly spurring recall of Ambassador J Leighton Stuart.
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China
Marshall
J. Leighton Stuart
Russia
U.S
Manchuria
Canada Revises Rules on Securities Trading
Ottawa reports the foreign exchange control board tightened rules on Canadian securities payable in United States funds traded on outside markets. Effective immediately residents may sell such securities only if the U S funds are reinvested in Canadian banks or in other short term Canadian foreign securities. Previously reinvestment in U S securities was allowed.
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Ottawa
Foreign Exchange Control Board
U.S
Canada
United States
Fence Jumping Chinese General Switches Sides Again
Gen Ho Peng-Chu who led 50 000 communist troops along the Kiangsu Shantung border has switched to a government army. This is his fourth such move and comes after he earlier commanded anti government puppet forces in Hsuchow Haichow. After Japan's surrender he reappeared as a government officer.
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China
Ho Peng-Chu
Kiangsu-Shantung
Hsuchow-Haichow
Japan
Britain Moves Burma Toward Independence Amid Interim Govt
Britain announced Burma will gain virtual independence immediately with an interim government formed to run affairs while a new constitution is drafted. Burmese nationals will elect an assembly in April to write the constitution, and Burma may choose to stay in the Commonwealth or sever ties.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
Burma
Commonwealth
India
Grain Distributed for Relief of Game Birds in Moose Jaw
Over a ton of grain donated by Moose Jaw grain dealers was distributed in the Moose Jaw area for upland game birds hurt by blizzards. R. O. Benell, feed committee chairman, led the effort with executive league members J. C. Stephen and Clint Pascoe assisting.
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Moose Jaw
R. O. Benell
Benell
League
J. C. Stephen
Clint Pascoe
Britain Plans Import of Grains to Feed Livestock
A British plan to import large feed grains to produce dairy products and livestock feeds is outlined by Food Minister Strachey. The move aims to augment beer and whiskey supplies and resolve shortages as imports of Argentine wheat and US feed grains are arranged, with shipments beginning soon and possibly increasing in the fall.
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London
Strachey
Britain
Denmark
United States
North America
Argentina
Queen’s Royal Flight Plane Declared Safest Worldwide
In Wisley Surrey the air ministry unveiled a twin-engined Vik ing designed as the safest aircraft for the queen’s South African tour. It features 3500 horsepower four radar types radio compass and altimeter five wireless channels parachute seating crash-proof arms tanks and automatic extinguishers. Each plane carries a full pantry for in-flight meals.
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Wisley
Surrey
Eng
Air Ministry
Denmark denies Greenland sale to the United States
Danish Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen dismissed reports of selling Greenland as absurd and said he had not joined any talks on the matter. Former foreign minister Christmas Moeller and other readers echoed that the Danish people would not agree to a sale. State Department officials in Washington said no negotiations or purchase proposals were made.
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Gustav Rasmussen
Politiken
Denmark
Greenland
United States
Ekstrabladet
Christmas Moeller
Nationaltidende
Washington
State Department
U S House approves wartime tax measure
The House passed a bill to maintain wartime tax levels on liquor jewelry robes cosmetics and other specially taxed items. The roll call stood 273 for and 35 against, marking the first major action since Republicans gained control of Congress.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Congress
British may remove women and children from Palestine
Colonial Secretary Jones told the commons that British women and children might be evacuated from Palestine to shield them from extremist violence. He also said a concentration of British civilian personnel was under active consideration.
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Jones
Commons
Palestine
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