Farmers Seek Fixed Price for Coarse Grains
The Canadian Federation of Agriculture urged Ottawa to authorize the wheat board as sole marketing agency for coarse grains with initial payments at current ceiling levels. Farmers want price guarantees for oats and barley before seeding to prevent a shift from coarse grains back to wheat. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and eight ministers promised consideration. The submission also urged rural housing provisions and extended credit for farm homes, more agricultural agents, and improved rural services and social security.
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Ottawa
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Canadian Wheat Board
Federation
Mackenzie King
H. H. Hannam
Wheat outlook for 1944 gradual market shift urged
Saskatchewan experts predict little change in the 1944 wheat outlook as feed grain tightens and livestock demand may ease ceilings. Hadley Van Vliet notes war-time output rise mainly in livestock, with a 55 percent gain, while wheat demand could decline slowly when surpluses shrink. A Saskatchewan Produce Association plea seeks a four year floor price for poultry products to stabilize markets.
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Saskatoon
Hadley van Vliet
University of Saskatchewan
van Vitet
Saskatchewan
Canadian Produce Association
National Poultry Conference
Ottawa
Great Britain
W. A. Landreth
Winnipeg
Association
Wheat Payments Set For 1940 Certificates In March
Ottawa Trade Minister MacKinnon told the Commons that payments on farmers participation certificates for the 1940 wheat crop will begin in March. Payments for the 1941 and 1942 crops follow after 1940s are finished. He noted duplicates exist and those who lost certificates won’t be left unpaid, though delays may occur due to a large wheat stock transfer and the board’s accounting burden.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
John Diefenbaker
P.C Lake Centre
Wheat Board
Chinese War Crimes Commission Hinted By Chinese Official
Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs K C Wu announced an impending war crimes commission in China and suggested it may include various Allied commanders in chief.
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Chungking
China
K. C. Wu
Halifax urges united policy for British commonwealth
The speech by Lord Halifax in Toronto calls for a coordinated approach among British commonwealth nations on foreign affairs defense economy and colonial questions, drawing wide comment.
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Toronto
Ont
Lord Halifax
Washington
British Commonwealth of Nations
Wheat delivery quota raised for western farms
Ottawa trade minister MacKinnon told the house the wheat delivery quota in the west is increased to 18 bushels per authorized acre from 14. The change affects western farmers and is part of current agricultural policy.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Montgomery urges end of war in Europe this year
In a Southeast England briefing General Sir Bernard Montgomery tells troops they can finish the war in Europe this year and asserts he will not commit an army unless a good showing is certain. He vows no failure and calls for a great effort this year while urging purchase of War Savings Stamps.
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England
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Europe
Butter ration at risk if production decline persists
J G Singleton, associate director of the dairy products marketing service, warned at the inter provincial dairy conference in Saskatoon that continued declines in butter production threaten maintaining the eight ounce per person weekly ration. He noted 1943 butter distribution fell about 25.6 million pounds from 1942, while overall milk production has risen only 11 percent since the war began, urging farmers to maximize output to meet demand.
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Saskatoon
Sask
J. G. Singleton
Dairy Products Marketing Service
Daily Products Board
Singleton
Canada
Biggest January Bomb Load Hits Germany in 1944
The Royal Air Force dropped 18,000 tons of bombs in January, over 9,300 tons on Berlin, the heaviest single month for European targets. The January total surpassed the prior record and made it the second highest monthly effort in Europe, with 16,500 tons on German targets and 500 more than August 1943.
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London
Germany
Reich
R.A F
Berlin
Air Ministry
Europe
Continent
Italy
Sicily
Coffee rationing may not end in Canada yet
Vancouver report cites Howard I. Ross, administrator for consumer rationing, saying Canada will not necessarily follow the United States in removing coffee rationing. He notes U S. lift was a gamble and world supply shifts could trigger a resumption of rationing there.
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Canada
Vancouver
United States
Howard I. Ross
Irrigation Plan Aims To Develop Western Canada Farms
Ottawa debate cites John R. MacNicol proposing a prairie irrigation program and hydro projects costing about 100 million dollars. He urges eastern support to aid 320,000 farmers across 3,000,000 acres, with potential power plants and canals from Medicine Hat to Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
John R. MacNicoll
P.C
Toronto
Davenport
House of Commons
Canada
West
MacNicol
Alberta
United States
South Saskatchewan
Medicine Hat
Saskatoon
Cabrn, Sask
Tramping Lake
Fort A la Corne
Sask
Riverhurst
Saskatchewan Landing
Canadian Cattle May Aid Dutch Herd Reconstruction
L. A. Hi Peters told the Holstein-Friesian Association of Canada that if the Netherlands’ livestock conditions worsen after liberation, imports of dairy cattle from Canada and the United States would be needed. A London committee expects Canada to supply 25 000 cattle annually for two years. Dutch cattle stock slumped 23 percent and milk cows 18 percent since 1935–37 totals.
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Toronto
Netherlands
Canada
United States
L. A
Peters
New Hog Grading Plan Ends $1 Premium
Ottawa Agriculture Minister Gardiner announced a new hog grading system effective soon that removes the current $1 premium paid by packers. Under the plan the Dominion government will pay $3 per head on grade A hogs and $2 on grade B-1 hogs, with the existing $1 premium folded into the grade prices.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Gardiner
UK airman is millionth guest at Winnipeg United Services centre
Horace Smith of the United Kingdom, LAC, became the millionth guest at Winnipeg's United Services centre eleven months after its opening. He is now stationed at No. 8 SFTS Weyburn Sask and was presented with an inscribed billfold by centre staff.
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Winnipeg
United Kingdom
Lac
Horace Smith
United Services Centre
Smith
No. 8 Sf.t.s
Weyburn
Sask
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F. H. Auld
Chinese Commission
United Policy
Says
Will
Sir John Dill
Malton
John Field Marshal
John Dill
Lady Dill
Red Cross
Sir John
H.M.C.S
Prince Robert
Robert Broadhead
Edmonton
Alta
Broadhead
A. M. Hope
R.C.N
Royal Navy
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