U S Must Supply Food For Starving Europe
U S must supply wheat and grains to famine areas for months, says Dr. Fitzgerald of the international emergency food council. He warns that if commodity prices rise, hungry foreigners may not compete with American livestock for cereals essential to their lives. An Agriculture Department aide says meat purchases for foreign aid may be suspended until fall without price ceilings.
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Washington
D. A. Fitzgerald
International Emergency Food Council
Dr. Fitzgerald
Grenfell
Sask
Anderson
Council
United States
Nascopie To Establish RCMP Post On Dundas Harbor
The Nascopie will call at Dundas Harbor on Devon Island where Royal Canadian Mounted Police will set up a station. Devon Island lies north of Baffin Land and south of Ellesmere Island, with no known permanent residents. An American Arctic science expedition plans to base on Devon Island, while Eskimo accompany the mounties.
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Ottawa
Nascopie
Arctic
Dundas Harbor
Devon Island
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Baffin Land
Ellesmere Island
Craig Harbor
Craig Harnor
Willl
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic Islands
Housing Act Ottawa approves 685 loans in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
National Housing Act loans total 685 in six months of 1946 with $4,288,080 spent. Manitoba accounts for 527 loans and $2,594,200. Saskatchewan 158 loans and $1,694,?0 to be spent. Dwelling units total 697 in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, matching 333 loans in 1945 for Manitoba and 41 for Saskatchewan.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Iceland Receives War Built Airport From Britain
Reykjavik reports British authorities transfer ownership of the war built airport to Iceland as a gift. A few RAF technicians will stay to help Icelanders operate the field.
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Reyjavik
Iceland
No More Needed as Western Farm Women Assisted BC Frui
Fred J. White, regional superintendent of the unemployment insurance commission, announced that the excursion of female farm workers from western Saskatchewan and Alberta to assist with the British Columbia fruit crop has been completed and no more applicants can be accepted.
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Winnipeg
Fred J. White
The
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Canada’s 1946 grain exports to Europe reach vast totals
Ottawa reports six months ending June 30 1946 saw Canada ship 4,000,000 long tons of wheat and flour or 150,000,000 bushels to Europe. Prairie farmers sold nearly 60,000,000 bushels in January to June, with oats totaling 231,000 long tons. Total wheat and flour abroad for the year reached 372,000,000 bushels. Canada helped relieve hunger and supplied the UK and other nations with large wheat and flour shipments, including to India France Belgium the Netherlands and Norway.
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Ottawa
Canada
Europe
J. A. MacKinnon
Prairie Provinces
Mr. MacKinnon
United Kingdom
India
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Norway
Western Canada Wheat To Aid Deficient Europe And Asia
R. V. Biddulph, European commissioner of the Canadian wheat board, says Western Canada wheat will be needed in Europe and Asia for at least two years in large quantities until bread grain reserves return to normal prewar levels.
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Winnipeg
Western Canada
Europe
Asia
R. V. Biddulph
Canadian Wheat Board
Afghanistan seeks United Nations membership
New Afghanistan government applies for UN membership as the fourth pending request in the Security Council queue. Albania Siam and Outer Mongolia also await action. A special sub committee will report recommendations by August 1.
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New York
Afghanistan
United Nations
Security Council
Albania
Siam
Outer Mongolia
Burglars Loot North End Drug Store In Safe Breakin
In Winnipeg thieves stole 500 dollars in cash narcotics stamps and merchandise from a north end drug store. Police say the robbers opened the safe after the combination was left listed in a record book in the office.
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Winnipeg
North End
Soil Erosion Warned Across Dominions and Colonies
A Sunday Observer editorial tied to the Royal Society Empire scientific conference warns soil erosion as the most serious crisis for some dominions and colonies. It asserts if governments do not act promptly, the menace could cause starvation for millions.
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London
Sunday Observer
Royal Society
Empire
Britain Needs More Gifts To Reduce Debt
Two large gifts to Britain's treasury totaling about £1,000,000 in the 1920s now value near £3,000,000, yet national debt has risen from £7.6 billion in 1929 to £29.5 billion in 1946. The Elsie MacKay fund and another anonymous gift fund have grown, with invested cash valued at £1,532,887 as of March 31, reflecting ongoing hopes for debt reduction.
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London
United Kingdom
Britain
Elsie MacKay
Lord Inchcape
Atlantic
W. G. Hinchcliffe
Shows Decline in Ottawa May Business Volume
The Dominion bureau of statistics reports May activity was the lowest since January, down 4.4 percent from April. Manufacturing output fell three points to 186.9 while construction contracts rose to 82.2 million dollars, though below seasonal norms.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Navy launches 25 year survey in southwest Pacific
The Royal Australian Navy begins a major 25 year hydrographic survey in the southwest Pacific to update international charts, with current data tied to surveys from 1839 to 1843.
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Sydney
Australia
Royal Australian Navy
Southwest Pacific
Moslem League Hedges On Joining Indian Congress
In New Delhi the Moslem League secretary warned it could face a personal crisis by joining the Indian constituent assembly under current conditions and may withdraw approval of the British plan. The league plans a July council session to decide its course as Congress accepts parts of the plan but seeks changes to keep the assembly from becoming sovereign.
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New Delhi
League
India
Nawabzada Saiquat Ali Khan
all-India Congress Party
Moslem League
Bombay
Selection Of Officers For Canada's Air Force Nears Completion
Ottawa reports the postwar air force will staff 2,500 officers from about 13,000 applications. Applicants from wartime RC AF or those discharged were treated equally, with civilian status after Oct 1, 1946. Scoring weighed experience education fitness and leadership while age and language ability were considered.
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Ottawa
Canada
R.c.af
R.C.A.F
Air Force
Canadian dollar revalued to parity with US dollar
The Financial Times editorial argues the Canadian revaluation to prewar parity with the United States dollar is profitable for Canada under current conditions. It notes Ilsley did not fully explain the reasons for the move, leaving the world to infer why the decision was made.
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London
Financial Times
United States
Canada
Ilsley
Ottawa family allowances payments level off near twenty million
The annual report of the health department notes payments steady at just under 20,000,000 monthly. For the first full year ending March 31, 1946, 1,509,211 forms filed and 1,406,151 families received allowances totaling 299,100 children. The March average per family was 14.05 dollars and 5.99 pounds per child. Indian children receiving pay numbered 32,291.
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Ottawa
The
Health Department
Truman Nominates J Leighton Stuart Ambassador to China
President Truman nominates J Leighton Stuart of New York as ambassador to China to fill the vacancy from Maj Gen Patrick Hurley resignation. General George C Marshall continues as special envoy to China during the transition.
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Washington
Truman
J. Leighton Stuart
New York
China
Stuart
Patrick Hurley
George C. Marshall
Kiln Uncovers Britain’s Largest Roman Pottery Cache
A two acre kiln site yielded the largest collection of Roman pottery found in Britain in recent generations. The discovery offers significant insight into ancient Roman activity and pottery production in the region. Researchers will continue excavations to catalog and study the artifacts.
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Great Britain
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