Canada Ships Wheat to United Kingdom Amid Shortage
Ottawa announces Canada will export 140 million bushels of wheat between February and July to ease Britain and Europe’s shortage. Total visible supply rises to 164 million, with 53 million more expected to farms, totaling 217 million, while domestic need stands at 77 million bushels.
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Ottawa
Trade Department
Canada
Canadian Wheat Board
Ben Smith
Britain
United Kingdom
Combined
Foo Board
Washington
Great Lakes
Canadian
United States Ocean
George Arliss Dies at 77 in London Home
British actor George Arliss died at his London residence at age 77 after bronchial illness. Wife Florence Montgomery was present. A celebrated stage and film figure, he appeared as Shylock Disraeli and the Rothschild founder, with notable works in The Green Goddess and The Iron Duke. Recalled urging moderate British film budgets in 1937.
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London
George Arliss
Florence Montgomery
Shylock
Disraeli
Rothschild Banking House
Britain
New York
Hollywood
Royal Society of Arts
United States
America
England
New Mobile Radio Telephony System Unveiled in London
The British Home Office perfects a mobile radio-telephony system not tied to fixed stations. It will be used in trains, police cars, and aircraft to enable long distance conversations, with unlimited range via automatic relay stations.
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London
British Home Office
Occupation Army Question Divides Canadian Officials
Ottawa debates fate of Canada's 20 000 man occupation force in Germany and the country’s role in world security. Prime Minister Mackenzie King raised the issue with British leaders pre Christmas. Officials differ on whether to keep a brigade sized link to a commonwealth force or wait until asked to contribute to security council led actions. Some argue Canada should favor economic contributions over troop deployments in Europe. New King disagreed with Montgom ery on a ceremonial Canadian brigade in Europe.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Mackenzie King
United Kingdom
World
United Nations Security Council
Council
Economic Council
Europe
Viscount Montgomery
Western universities form drama committee for inter-university festival
A western university dramatic committee of five will organize the annual inter-university drama festival. The festival rotates host duties among Saskatchewan, Manitoba, British Columbia and Alberta with BC hosting next January. An adjudication board of three judges will critique but not compete. Permanent advisory members include E Makiwyn Jones of Saskatchewan and Sydney Risk of Alberta.
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Edmonton
Western University Dramatic Committee
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Alberta
University of Alberta
B.C
E. Makiwyn Jones
University of Saskatchewan
Sydney Risk
Victory Day Parade Planned in London Next June
A cabinet approved plan designates next June as Victory Day with a major parade in London. A ministerial committee proposes Allied troops and civil defense representatives, the Home Guard, marching past Buckingham Palace for the King to take the salute.
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London
Civil Defence Services
Home Guard
Buckingham Palace
Art Treasures Hidden Beneath Piccadilly Escalators
In London during the war images of famed artworks were stored under Piccadilly Circus station where two escalators ran idle. Scattered beneath the busy facility authorities discovered scores of art masterpieces placed there for safety during the conflict.
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London
Piccadilly Circus
Livestock Conference Highlights Growth Across Species in Canada
Toronto hosts a five day series of meetings by Canadian and Ontario livestock groups where resolutions affect cattle pigs and horses. The Canadian Jersey Cattle club reports 1945 as the best year with record exports to South Africa Jamaica Central America Mexico and Australia. The Canadian Swine Breeders' Association calls for a national swine breeding research station to aid breeders in eradicating hereditary faults. The Canadian Hackney Horse Society secretary notes growing numbers of registered hackney horses and ponies as a sign of the breed's popularity.
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Toronto
Ontario Livestock Associations
Canadian Jersey Cattle Club
South Africa
Jamaica
Central and South America
Mexico
Australia
Canadian Swine Breeders’ Association
Canadian Hackney Horse Society
Sugar allotment Victoria rural bias alarms farmers
The advisory board of British Columbia farmers' institutes urged the Prices Board chairman Donald Gordon to provide more sugar to rural residents from existing stocks. They argued city residents can buy sweets without sugar coupons while rural residents must rely on their restricted sugar ration, limiting canning supplies.
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Victoria
Canada
Farmers’ Institutes of British Columbia
Prices Board
Donald Gordon
Argentina to urge reduced meat consumption for relief aid
Argentina plans to ask citizens to eat less meat to boost the surplus for needy nations. The cabinet discussed joining UNRRA, increasing grain exports to neighbors, and steps to raise meat available for export.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Former German minister Hempel becomes pastry cook in Dublin
Eduard Hempel once German minister to Eire now works as a pastry cook at 58 in Dublin. He told De Valera Germany’s surrender ended his mission and he denies Nazi party support. He lives with his wife and three children near an Italian restaurant once linked to legation parties and now supplies pastry.
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Dublin
Eire
Eduard Hempel
Germany
de Valera
Hempel
Gouin Named Interim French President After De Gaulle
Felix Gouin 61 named successor to Gen Charles de Gaulle as interim French president. known as "the man without any enemies" Gouin began as a small town lawyer in Aix en Provence and served 22 years as Socialist deputy. In 1942 he opposed the Nazis defending Leon Blum at Riom trials, forced into hiding before escaping to Britain.
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Charles de Gaulle
France
Felix Gouin
Aix-en-Provence
National Assembly
Leon Blum
Britain
Britain faces wartime bread crisis and new food teams
In a government broadcast Sir Ben explains a severe wheat shortage as a war crisis. A battle of bread team will report to Prime Minister Attlee to urge farmers and conserve food, with possible bread rationing and a dig for victory push.
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London
Attlee
Smith
Britain
Tom Williams
Victory
Sir Ben
Mackenzie King
Europe
House of Commons
No One to Blame in Fire That Killed Two Muskox Men
A six man civilian coroner's jury in Churchill Manitoba found no negligence in the fire that destroyed an army hut and claimed the lives of two exercise Muskox men. The verdict stated all duty parties acted promptly and to the best of their ability with available gear and recommended nighttime fire patrols. Only the hut foundation survived.
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Churchill
Man
Australia Britain and New Zealand plan trans Pacific air service
Sydney Sun reports ANZ and Britain will collaborate on a trans Pacific air route. The initial step is a conference in New Zealand in March to discuss the project and cooperation details.
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Sydney
Australia
New Zealand
Britain
Canberra
Sydney Sun
Hibberd Marks 21 Years as BBC Chief Announcer
Stuart Hibberd celebrates twenty one years with the BBC. He has broadcast over ten thousand times and still admits a touch of nerves when facing the microphone.
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London
Stuart Hibberd
BBC
Irrigation Needs For The Prairies Are Stressed
W L Jacobson of Regina addressed the 39th annual Canadian Institute of Surveying urging irrigation expansion in the prairie dry bowl. He called for larger projects with low construction costs to stabilize agriculture during droughts and proposed raising individual projects to 5000 or 6000 acres plus small community schemes.
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Ottawa
W. L Jacobson
Regina
Canadian Institute of Surveying
Prairies
University of Alberta to Offer Wests First Physical Education Degree
University of Alberta chosen to establish the west s first degree course in physical education with startup planned possibly next fall. Presidents from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia urged continued federal support for ex service training and discussed temporary building use to ease accommodation amid postwar demand.
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Edmonton
University of Alberta
West
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Robert Newton
U. of A
Informa
Dominion
War Assets Corporation
Wheat Dominance Stabilizes Canadian Farm Output
J. C. Taggart, chair of the agricultural prices support board, told the Canadian horticultural council that wheat dominates coarse grains and, through them, influences meat and dairy production. Stability in wheat means stability across the industry.
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Ottawa
J. C. Taggart
Agricultural Prices Support Board
Canadian Horticultural Council
Ontario Legislature to Open Session March 4
Premier Drew announced the second session of Ontario's 22nd legislature will convene March 4. The first session followed the June 4 election in which the Progressive Conservative government secured a large majority.
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Toronto
Drew
Ontario
US scrapping six thousand planes in Europe
In Wiesbaden six thousand aircraft worth about one billion dollars are being scrapped by the US Army in Europe. Officials say the planes are militarily obsolete and have no peacetime use.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
United States Army
Europe
Air Force Headquarters
Heavy Snow Fells in British Columbia Dry Belt
Weather officials report the BC dry belt in the west central interior logged the season’s heaviest snowfall in 49 years with a total of 20 inches.
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Ashcroft
B.C
British Columbia
German theft of 736 freight loads of art reported
In Nuernberg Germany the French prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal said German forces stole 736 freight train loads of art across western Europe. The items included paintings rare books sculpture and jewelry.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Europe
International Military Tribunal
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Gail Mitchell
R.C.A.F
Baltimore
Bolton
Ont
Joslyn Rogers
University of Toronto
Peter Tarnovsky
Charles Platten
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