Canada to Maintain Pork Shipments to Britain in 1945
The Canadian Agriculture Department announced plans to requisition the output of Grade A hogs and a portion of Grade B hogs from inspected abattoirs for export to Britain, aiming to sustain meat supplies for Allied needs. Australia and New Zealand will be tapped heavily to feed UN forces in the Pacific, while North American output declines.
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GTAWA
Canada
Britain
Iasintein
Agriculture Department
Canadian Meat Board
Department
Australia
New Zealand
United Nations
Pacific
North America
United States
Meat Board
Ministry of Food
Not Well Fed Saskatoon Highlights Poor Human Nutrition
W J Mather of Winnipeg at a Katchewan Agricultural College graduates event warned that current human nutrition is only marginally better than feeding pigs. He linked low incomes to poor feeding and urged improvements for future human welfare. He cautioned that undernourished children become stunted workers.
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Saskatoon
W. J. Mather
Winnie
Katchewan Agricultural Collegeraduates’ Association
Mather
Winnipeg Free Press
Prairie Armer
Royal commission studies Canadian coal for postwar policy
A royal commission led by Justice W F Carroll of Halifax and an inquiry at Sydney N S began examining phases of Canadian coal to guide postwar industrial policy. Hearings in the maritimes aim to finish by late February, then travel to Quebec and Ontario to study marketing and distribution, with possible U S visits and a western probe starting on the Pacific coast before spring ends.
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Ottawa
J. Justice W. F. Carroll
Halifax
Nnd
Sydney
N.S
Maries
Quebec
Ohiio
Vssion
Pacific Coast
Ely
China Battles Bubonic Plague With Inoculation Efforts
China conducts inoculation rites along the border area to curb a mild bubonic plague outbreak. Health teams deploy hypodermic syringes while facing armed factions and the use of poison and insecticides. About 300 people affected, roughly a third fatally.
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Sunming
China
Larger Shipping Tonnage After The War's End
Ottawa reports wartime merchant marine growth will raise world shipping tonnage by end of war, with shifted shares. MacKinnon notes United States nearly halves and controls about 50 percent. Canada to grow six to sevenfold from 1939, while Britain and Allies' fleets shrink relative to prewar levels. In 1939 total ships 29,763, tonnage 68,509,432. Britain led with 6,722 ships. United States 2,958. Japan 2,337. Canada 792.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Mr. MacKinnon
Great Britain
Ireland
Japan
Norway
Germany
Italy
Holland
France
Greece
Sweden
Russia
Young Veteran Nineteen Year Old Gunner Serves Five Years Abroad
Nelson British Columbia reporter notes Gunner James Norman Ackley aged 19 has spent five years overseas including Sicily and Italy campaigns. His brother in law William Handley of Trail says Ackley was large for his age helping enlist in 1939. Ackley, once of Tofield Alberta, now serves with a Canadian unit in Italy. his parents are deceased and he lived in Nelson with relatives J F Summer and family.
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Nelson
B.C
James Norman Ackley
William Handley
Trail
Ackley
Tofield
Alta
J. F. Summer
Edmonton
Gunner Ackley
Italy
Handiey
Thousands Enrolled with RC AF Overseas For Courses
The Royal Canadian Air Force reports more than 10 000 Canadian airmen and airwomen overseas in 1943 and 1944 enrolled in part time study courses. Subjects ranged from beekeeping and poultry farming to advanced mathematics and classical languages.
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R.C AF
R.C_ AF
Tax payments down in Ottawa December collections drop
Revenue Minister Gibson reported December income tax and customs and excise collections totaling 123,878,370, down from 194,521,528 in December 1943, reflecting a $70,734,158 decrease. The December total contrasts with prior year performance under the department.
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Ottawa
Gibson
Customs
Bomb Tragedy Near Luton Kills Three
A collision between a U S Army explosives truck and a civilian vehicle 30 miles west of London triggered a blast that killed three people and injured 17. The crash occurred at a sharp turn and set off high explosive mechanisms five minutes after impact.
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Luton
England
Here
United States Army
London
German Drive To The West Has Failed
Field Marshal Von Rundstedt’s gamble to smash the Allied invasion forces failed for two reasons. His panzer and infantry divisions could not swing north to seize Siege and the Allied response beat back the push. The U.S. First Army’s stout defense at key bases and supply routes proved decisive, stopping the northern spear aimed toward Cologne and the Ruhr.
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New York
Vor Rundstedt
von Rundstedt
First Army
Cologne
Ruhr
Australia Pioneers Arbitration Courts for Labor Relations
Australia becomes the first country to place capital and labor disputes under special arbitration courts. The move aims to speed settlements and stabilize industrial relations by dedicated judicial panels.
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Australia
Plane Crash Kills Admiral Ramsay On Way From France
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay, Allied naval commander on the western front, died in a plane crash while traveling from France to Belgium. The report states the crash was not due to enemy action. Ramsay had planned the D Day assault on France and the evacuation of British and French troops at Dunkirk.
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Sir Bertram Ramsay
France
Belgium
Ramsay
Dunkirk
Soviet Award Honors Montgomery for Invasion Efforts
London report says the Order of Suvorov First Class was presented by Soviet Ambassador Fyodor Gusev to Field Marshal Montgomery for the outstanding direction of operations in forcing the English Channel and the invasion of France. Lord Beaverbrook and Oliver Lyttleton also received the award for supplying Russia.
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London
Fyodor Gusev
Montgomery
English Channel
France
Lord Beaverbrook
Privy Seal
Oliver Lyttleton
Russia
RAF Cmd Under Pile Says 533 German Planes Downed
In the Battle of Britain the Antiaircraft Command led by Sir Frederick Pile claims the destruction of 533 German aircraft. The tally reflects ongoing air defense efforts during the campaign.
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London
Sir Frederick Pile
Britain
Rust Research Has Been Paying Big Dividends
Ottawa reports that Canadian agricultural research suffers from funding gaps yet pays large public dividends. Dominion botanist J H Craigie notes rust resistant wheat programs in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan boosted farm income and yields, saving millions in lost production over 16 rust years.
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Ottawa
Dominion
J. H
Craigie
Canada
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Wheat Champion Knox Wins Saskatchewan Seed Fair Awards
J G Knox of Tuxford Sask named winner of the wheat championship in registered seed classes at the 36th Saskatchewan provincial seed fair. He also takes Farm Crops trophy for best hard red spring wheat in open classes. His Apex samples weigh about 66 pounds per bushel.
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Saskatoon
J. G. Knox
Tuxford
Sask
Saskatchewan
Allied naval leaders attend Ramsay funeral in Europe
Allied figures from the European war theater paid last respects to Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay and four others killed in the January 2 air crash. General Eisenhower, Alfred Duff Cooper, Sir Andrew Cunningham, and Lt-Gen. Pierre Koenig were among mourners as coffins draped with the Union Jack were lowered, with a French naval band leading the funeral procession.
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Europe
Bertram Ramsay
Eisenhower
Alfred Duff Cooper
France
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Pierre Koenig
Paris
Tarmacs End Tour With Royal Canadian Air Force
The Tarmacs eight man show of the RCAF auxiliary services returned to Britain after a tour of France where they performed 65 times for over 25 000 Allied service personnel. The troupe is led by LAC Ted Cohen of Winnipeg.
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RCAF
Britain
Rcaf Auxiliary Services
France
Lac
Ted Cohen
Winnipeg
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