Canadian wartime food boards seek international plan
Wartime food boards in Canada and other nations push for multilateral coordination to speed production and fair distribution. A London conference may establish an international farmers organization with a headquarters to be decided, to coordinate import needs and food purchases among Commonwealth nations, the United States, and observers.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Federal Agriculture Ret
Canadian Agnulturs
Mwiard Agricultural Sules Board
Special Roducts
Coney
Dominion
Agri Mure
London
United Sates
Rmers
New Leave Centre for Canadians Opens in Amsterdam
The 1st Canadian Army centre led by Lt Col George Weir in Calgary ranks fast to host 1,500 troops daily for three day visits starting July 1. Service women will total 125 daily, with 45 officers and 80 ranks. Hotels and venues including a renamed Vancouver House with 1,200 seats and a Canada Club annex with 800 dancing spaces are requisitioned to handle about 4,500 personnel daily.
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Amsterdam
1St Canadian Army Command
George Weir
Calgary
Army Personne
Vancouver House
Canada Club
Flooded districts drained as German defense lines shift
Dutch radio reported extensive flooding in Utrecht North Holland and South Holland after German actions in western Netherlands to hinder Canadian forces.
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Findhoven
Holland
Western Holland
Utrecht
North Holand
South Holland
Netherlands Radio
Canada plots intercity air links to open August 15
Ottawa announced by Reconstruction Minister C D Howe a plan to develop civil aviation across Canada. Aims include surveys of air traffic routes, rapid through services from Toronto to Winnipeg with intermediate stops, and feeder lines in western provinces as private interest grows. Equipment shortages may delay initial openings and DECIDE whether routes are run by TCA or private carriers.
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Ottawa
C. D. Howe
Canada
Montrea
Toronto
Winnipeg
trans-Canada Airway
T.C.A
Toto
TCA
Uld
Sault Ste. Marie Port Thur
North Bay
Kapuskasing
Ethe Civil Aviation Department
A.F
Sen
Puncher Returns as Largest Canadian‑Manned Warship
The H.M.S. Puncher docks in Halifax on its first Canadian visit in nearly a year after service in the Atlantic North Sea and northern waters with the British home fleet. The baby flat-top, about 14 500 tons displacement, is described as the largest warship manned by Canadians at present.
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Halifax
Atlantic
North Sea
H.M.S. Puncher
Puncher
Revelstoke Reenacts Last Spike of Canadian Pacific Railway
Revelstoke marks a 60 year back in time reenactment of the 1885 last spike ceremony at Craigellachie 28 miles west. Wilfred Veith plays Lord Strathcona as about 500 residents and visitors witness the staged moment.
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Revelstoke
C.P.R
Donald A. Smith
Lord Strathcona
Craigelachie
Here
Nesses
Wilfred Veith
Old Age Pensions Pact Brings Cost of Living Bonus
Saskatchewan old age pensioners now living in British Columbia will receive a monthly cost of living bonus of 3 dollars from BC while Saskatchewan pays 2 dollars less for former BC pensioners. The agreement is reciprocal with Alberta and BC and covers transfer payments between provinces.
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Alberta
B.C
Gripping Record Of Daring Work Of British Subs
London reports a 64 page government booklet detailing Royal Navy submarine action in the Pacific and earlier theaters. It highlights Torbay at Corfu Roads, Triumph’s depth charge escape, Upholder sinking Neptunia and Oceania, Turbulent’s wayward torpedo, and the U M in official HM Submarines document.
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London
Royal Navy
Pacific
Admiralty
Germany
Italy
North Sea
Far
H.M
Torbay
Corfu Roads
Mediterranean
Triumph
Upholder
Neptunia
Oceania
North Africa
Efforts Continue To Repatriate Canadian Forces From Europe
Ottawa reports that 126000 army and RCAF personnel are to be returned in the last six months of 1945, with 125600 still overseas. Repatriation hinges on shipping space, rail logistics, and political talks with the United States and allied staff. Canada expects 150000 men return post VE day, then 30000 monthly until complete.
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Ottawa
McNaughton
Europe
Army
RCAF
Canadian Army
Air Force Pacific Force
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Quebec
Chiefs of Staff
Ocean Travel Faces Trans Atlantic Air Route Challenge
In New York Capt. C M Ford of the Queen Elizabeth argues British passenger ships will compete with postwar air routes. He notes the QE, a 1031 foot wartime liner, carried 650000 personnel on Atlantic and Pacific missions and asserts ocean travel can beat air in speed by offering direct sailings and early arrival times.
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New York
C M. Ford
R.D
R.N.R
Atlantic
Pacific
North America
Europe
Ford
Soviet stamps honor Anglo American Russian fighting alliance
The Soviet mass news agency reported Russia issued two colored postage stamps depicting the flags of the United States Britain and the Soviet Union to honor the Anglo American Russian fighting alliance.
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New York
Russia
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
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WS. MacKenzie King
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George S. Patton Jr
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3Rd Army
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R. Slemon
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Black Mike McEwen
Saskatchewan
H.M.S. Turbulent
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Government Printing Office
His Majesty
R.N
Berlin
Ocean Travel
Newfoundland
Prestwick
Scotland
England
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