Wartime Board Maintains Low Price Lines for Staples
Ottawa orders continued manufacture of staple goods at prewar price ranges through July 13 to prevent cost shocks. Producers must keep same or similar quality and price bands as 1941, with allowances for unavoidable material shortages and government limits. Changes must be disclosed to customers and price increases absorbed along the supply chain unless subsidies apply.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Canadians urged to mail clippings instead of full newspapers
Ottawa post office officials announced a plan to have Canadians send newspaper clippings to overseas readers to save shipping space. The Canadian Postmasters Association backs the idea and has presented it to newspaper groups. A spokesman noted clippings usually convey news adequately and would curb the waste from sending thousands of full papers abroad.
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Ottawa
Post Office
Canadian Postmasters’ Association
Britain Uses Wire-Trailing Rockets in Air Defense
Britain disclosed the use of wire trailing rockets as a new defense against aerial raiders. The weapon shoots a projectile that opens into a parachute with long wires dangling to force attacking planes off course. It has protected merchant ships for over a year.
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Britain
London
Recruiting figures show district enlistment shares for Canadian army
In Ottawa a House of Commons tabled reply lists active service enlistment percentages by military district. No 2 Toronto leads with over 19 percent, followed by Montreal 12, Kingston 10, Victoria 8, Winnipeg 8, Calgary 43, Halifax 7, London Ontario 7, Saint John 5, and Quebec 4.
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Ottawa
Toronto
House of Commons
E. H Cerman
Lib
Wentworth
Montreal
Kingston
Ont
Victoria
Winnipeg
Calgary
Halifax
London
Regina
Saint John
N.B
Quebec
The Crow's Nest Halifax Debuts As Navy News Monthly
The Crow's Nest is a bright new monthly newspaper published by and for naval ratings in Halifax. Its eight pages feature news and information for sailors with pictures and cartoons, produced by the men of HMCS Cornwallis at Halifax.
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Halifax
Redraft of Bill Sets Land Settlement for Ex Servicemen
Ottawa is urged to settle about 25 000 ex servicemen on land after the war. The fourth report to the House of Commons committee on land settlement adds four recommendations. It proposes adjusting annual payments to prices, giving settlers first option on farm equipment, extending eligibility to ship service personnel without disability pensions, and creating a new department to administer ex servicemen affairs.
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Ottawa
Cyrus MacMillan
House of Commons
Many Changes In Air Schools In West Areas
Royal Canadian Air Force announces broad reorganization of British Commonwealth Air Training Plan sites across Canada. Regina, Portage la Prairie, Chatham, Fort Assiniboia, Pearlce, London, Winnipeg, Quebec, Rivers, Hamilton and other locations will expand or relocate EFTS and OS operations to boost air observer and navigator training, absorb staff, and optimize airfield use. Maj Power cites conference agreements guiding the shifts and aims for improved training efficiency.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
Power
Regina
Ef.t.s
AO S
Pearce
Alta
Prince Albert
Sask
A.O.S
E.F.T.S
E.f.ts
Portage la Prairie
R.A.F. E.f.ts
Assiniboia
Chatham
N.B
Davidson
R.A.F. E.F.T.S
Neepawa
Man
Maj. Power
Malton
Ont
Air Observer School
Royal Air Force
de Winton
Edmonton
Bowden
RAF Efts
London
Winnipeg
Quebec
Ef.ts
Rivers
Air Navigation School
Central Navigation School
Hamilton
RAF
ANS
Rcaf. Efts
Pendleton
Ottawa imposes blackout on external trade statistics
A censorship driven blackout stops publication of several Canadian external trade bulletins. The Dominion bureau of statistics says the move, at the direction of Col O M Biggar, follows UK and US practice. Monthly bulletins halted include summaries of external trade and country by country export and import data.
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Ottawa
Col
O. M. Biggar
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Secret London censor blocks reveal of new anti-aircraft device
Details of Britain's five year secret anti-aircraft weapon were disclosed briefly before censorship halted the report. The Daily Mail criticized exposing the device on front pages, saying new instructions now govern disclosure. The weapon reportedly had already seen success against enemy raids.
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London
Britain
London Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Edmonton Honey Supplier Seeks Wartime Price Action
H. W. Love, a Edmonton honey producer and distributor, warns that honey supplies may vanish from retail shelves if the wartime prices board does not regulate prices paid by industries now using honey instead of sugar. He sent the appeal to J. G. Taggart, the board’s food administration coordinator.
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Edmonton
H. W. Love
J. G. Taggart
Food Administration
Good Seamanship Wins Distinguished Service Cross
Acting Lt Cmdr W E S Briggs R C N R received the Distinguished Service Cross from the King at Buckingham Palace for his command of H M C S Orillia last winter. The corvette helped the torpedoed tanker Tarheel into a British port saving a 1 000 000 cargo of oil and securing the vessel and crew.
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London
W. E. S. Briggs
R.C.N.R
Buckingham Palace
H.M.C.S. Orillia
Boys in Air Training Corps Aided Cologne Raid
About 200000 air training corps boys helped the ground staff load explosives and incendiaries into bombers during the 1000 plane raid on Cologne. They were camping at an airfield and assisted with aircraft preparation.
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London
Air Training Corps
Cologne
Ottawa forms Aero Timber to boost airplane spruce output
A new crown company, Aero Timber Products Ltd, incorporated June 19 with head office in Vancouver, will develop and expand production of airplane spruce for Canada and Britain. Munitions Minister Howe says it will control conversion of logs into lumber to improve grades and meet vital airplane needs.
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Ottawa
Aero Timber Products, Ltd
Vancouver
Canada
Britain
Howe
First profiteers punished with lashes in Alexandria
In Alexandria Egypt thirteen men convicted of profiteering received 30 lashes and three months imprisonment marking the first use of physical punishment for profiteering in the city.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Post War Plans Target Canada Coal Processing and Rural Electrification
Dr. R C Wallace told the House of Commons committee on reconstruction that after the war Canada should process more coal locally to ease transport and avoid heavy near source industries. He favored Vancouver Island coal for a coast iron plant, while prairie power would boost rural electrification with surplus hydro power and decentralize industry. An iron plant on Texado Island near Comox could smelt ore locally, producing 75,000 tons annually.
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Ottawa
R. C. Wallace
Queen's University
House of Commons
Canada
Vancouver Island
Prairies
Wallace
Committee On Conservation
Dr. Wallace
British Columbia
Comox
Vancouver
Allied Air Forces Strengthen in Egypt as Campaign Advances
British Australian South African and American air units report greater strength since the campaign began six weeks ago. In 42 days 134 Axis planes were shot down. over 100 more destroyed on the ground and 50 by anti aircraft defenses. Many more probable losses noted. 483 Axis planes downed since Nov 18, 1941 in the western desert. Weather in the Nile valley cools, with 90 to 110 Fahrenheit days and dusty desert dawns amid strong winds.
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Cairo
R.A.F
Western Desert
Malta
Nile Valley
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G. A. McCarter
H. O. N. Brownfield
McNaughton
M. H. S. Penhale
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