Cost of Living and Agricultural Controls Across Allied Nations
The article surveys wartime food policy in Britain and Canada, detailing Britain’s farm mobilization under county committees to boost production and curb shipping needs, and Canada’s cost of living index drop from 1188 to 1171 in December due to price reductions. It notes fixed prices, guaranteed markets, and subsidies, with wage bonuses unchanged for three months, and highlights tax and duty cuts on tea, coffee, milk, and oranges as factors offsetting living-cost rises.
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England
Wales
Canada
JR. Hudson
Ministry of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau of Statistics
Tiley
Hiley
Eskimo pledge boosts war bond push in Alaska
Maj. M. R. Marston of the Alaska defense command cites Eskimos who mocked 1 per cent and pledged 10 per cent of income to bonds. An old chief offered $15,000, saying they would "put fall in bonds" and helped fund a road with volunteer labor despite starvation threats to themselves.
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Seattle
M. R. Marston
Alaska Defence Command
United States
Marston
Veteran nurse Phoebe Howard dies at 79 in Winnipeg
Mrs. Phoebe Howard 79 the sole surviving nurse who cared for soldiers on Saskatchewan battlefields during the Northwest Rebellion died in hospital. In April 1885 she was gazetted as one of three nurses and departed by troop train for Saskatoon where with two other nurses four dressers and two doctors she aided wounded from the Batoche and Fish Creek engagements before returning to Winnipeg by river boat.
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Winnipeg
Phoebe Howard
Saskatchewan
Admiralty Reports Heartening Submarine Fight Notes
London. A. V. Alexander told the House of Commons there have been periods of heartening success against Axis submarines. He cautioned that confirmation of U-boat hits is difficult across numerous attacks, so it cannot be stated if subs are sunk faster than they are built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
House of Commons
Farm Labor Problem Needs More Attention in Canada
Delegates at the 21st annual Canadian Horticultural Council meeting in Ottawa pressed for a clear ruling on farming as war essential work and criticized deferment rules as unsatisfactory. They urged a temporary deferment for farmers if farming is essential and backed forming a cabinet minister and a food board to secure abundant food supply and distribution.
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Ottawa
The
Canadian Horticultural Council
T H. Robinson
National Selective Service
New York City Council
Newbold Morris
Irene Arnould
Canadian War Information Board
Irene Baird
Canadian National Film Board
Cora Casselman
Edmonton East
Alberta
Frederic Baggs
National Committee
Edgar Hardy
National Council of Women of Canada
Corolyn T. Cox
McGill Professor predicts rubber shortage into 1945
Dr R. V. Nichols of McGill University states synthetic rubber cannot meet military and essential civilian needs in Canada and the United States for two years. He says stockpiles and reclaimed rubber must supply demand until 1945.
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Montreal
Canada
R. V. Nichols
McGill University
Canadian Officer Praises Canadian Army Overseas Force
British officer Lt Col Cyril Lloyd now heads Canadian overseas army headquarters and was awarded the OBE in New Year honors. He praises Canadian material and staff work, noting the army’s months in Britain sharpened its methods and direct problem solving.
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Lloyd
France
Canadian Overseas Army
Col. Lloyd
Canada
Britain
Rescue of officers after five days adrift on life rafts
The rescue team announced the safe recovery of Brig. Gen. N. F. Twing, Col. Glen C. Jamison and 13 others after five days adrift on two small life rafts.
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N. F. Twining
Glen C. Jamison
Nash Outlines Casablanca Invasion Options
Washington minister Walter Nash said Roosevelt and Churchill discussed possible invasion of Germany from the Mediterranean or the Atlantic coast and from both regions. He noted the exact time and place could not be published in advance but said the Casablanca meeting considered all possibilities and agreed on the likely strike point, describing the Atlantic coast from Norway to the Bay of Biscay.
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Washington
Walter Nash
New Zealand
Roosevelt
Churchill
Casablanca
Germany
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Europe
Nash
Norway
Bay of Biscay
Lean Days Ahead Says Some Stores Going To Be Out Of Canned Goods Vancouver
W B Robinson foods supply officer of the prices board warned at a regional advisory meeting that civilians will face shortages of canned goods. He said workers in war industries and armed forces must be supplied first and civilians should not demand luxuries or even essentials. He predicted 1943 would see many shortages and urged finding substitutes.
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Vancouver
W. B. Robinson
The
Prices Board
Women’s Regional Advisory Committee
Malta defences report heavy Axis air loss in 1942
Air Vice Marshal R. K. Park stated that Malta fighter squadrons and anti-aircraft guns destroyed 915 Axis planes in 1942 with 195 British planes and 106 pilots lost. He noted the enemy dropped 12 300 tons of bombs on Malta during the year.
Air Offensive To Decimate Enemy Planes
London report on the RAF Berlin raid of January 16 1943 notes it drew German fighters and boosted RAF offensive posture. Observers credit the operation with launching reprisal raids on London and strengthening air force pressure against Germany amid Dieppe lessons and shrinking German front line aviation.
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London
RAF
Berlin
Bomber Command
Britain
Dieppe
Estimate Of German Losses On All Fronts
The New York Times, via a London despatch, cites Allied intelligence estimating over 4 million German soldiers killed captured or incapacitated in the war to date. The tally centers on the Russian front, with total Nazi casualties near 8 million, including many who later could return to fighting. The estimate uses data through mid 1942 and projects into 1943, suggesting about 6 million under arms in Germany and 13 percent of the population.
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New York
New York Times
London
United Nations General Staff
Germany
Two Ships Launched To Guard West Coast Sealanes
A 10 000 ton freighter Fort Wrige ley and a trim naval corvette Prince Rupert were launched within an hour at a West Coast Canadian port to help guard allied sealanes.
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Fort Wrigeley
Trim
Prince Rupert
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