Thousands Of Water Projects Now Completed
Regina reports PFRA water development efforts from 1935 to 1942 total 19 857 projects across Saskatchewan Manitoba and Alberta. Saskatchewan leads with 12 167 projects followed by Manitoba 5 678 and Alberta 2 102. In 1942 alone 1 342 projects were finished with more planned for the year.
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Regina
PFRA
George Spence
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Spence
Prairie Provinces
Mr Spence
Canada’s Post War Plans Begin In Vancouver
Dr G M Weir outlined Canada post war rehabilitation costs and scope, predicting over 600000 discharged persons could be absorbed early after demobilization by provincial enterprises Veterans Land Act construction vocational training and return to work. He noted current war industry workers complicate plans and urged orderly transition with limited taxation. In Halifax Lawrence Tibbett observed servicemen favoring music and Pagliacci prologue tunes.
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Vancouver
G. M. Weir
Canada
Weir
After the War Britain Concedes U S Naval Supremacy
In the House of Commons Emanuel Shinwell argues the United States will be the world's leading naval power after the war. He notes Britain will shrink its shipping from about 20 million to 9 million tons, while the United States may rise from 7.0 million to between 15 and 30 million tons.
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Shinwell
Great Britain
United States
Bill approved Ottawa promotes physical fitness in Canada
The House of Commons social security committee approved a draft bill to promote physical fitness nationwide. Administered by Pensions Minister Mackenzie, the act creates a national council on physical fitness with salaries for the national director only and grants of 225000 dollars to provinces for fitness programs.
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Ottawa
House of Commons Social Security Committee
Canada
Mackenzie
National Council On Physical Fitness
New Central Terminal Opens at Montreal
The Canadian National Railway terminal in Montreal was formally opened by Transport Minister Michaud in a ceremony with Mayor Adhemar Raynault. The project, 14 years in the making, began in 1929 and was paused for seven years before wartime traffic demands spurred completion under CN R leadership.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
Michaud
Adhemar Raynault
Wilfrid Gagnon
C.N.R
R. C. Vaughan
Fever Raid Victims in London Reported for June
The ministry of home security records two hundred one civilians killed or missing believed dead in British air raids during June. May casualties reached five hundred eighty four.
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London
Britain
Ministry of Home Security
Interest in Sicily Battle Draws Moscow Queues
Soviets show great interest in the Sicily battle, forming long lines to read scant Tass posts. Tass provides brief items from London as the only available news source.
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Moscow
Sicily
Tass
London
Commandos Clear Sicily Landing Path for Canadians
Allied reports from North Africa recount how Commando troops paved the way for the southeast Sicily landing. They hit shores under light fire, scaled cliffs, and cleared minefields and a customs house to link with advancing Canadian forces near Punta Castellazzo.
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Allied
North Africa
Sicily
Africa
Britain
J. D. Fernald
Fernald
W. R. Sendall
Royal Marines
R.A.F
Punta Castellazzo
Britain to ship $12 million in clothing to Soviet civilians
The government announces a shipment of clothing valued at 12 million dollars to Russia to aid its civilian population. Britain will contribute 10 million dollars toward the cost.
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London
Britain
Russia
First steel welded auxiliary tanker slides to sea
Windsor Ontario reports the launch of the H.M.C.S. Dundalk, the first all steel welded auxiliary tanker built by the Canadian Bridge Engineering Company. The ship slid down the Ojibway yard ways as hundreds of workers and guests cheered.
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Windsor
Ont
Canadian Bridge Engineering Company
H.M.C.S. Dundalk
Ojibway
Ottawa faces doctor shortage possible compulsory moves
Pensions Minister Mackenzie warned in the commons that Canada may need compulsory action to move medical men to rural areas if the shortage worsens. He cited Australia Britain and the United States as having used conscription or rank-based mobilization to fill gaps, and said the same may be required in Canada unless alternatives are found.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Commons
M. J. Coldwell
C.C F
Australia
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Mackenzie King Says Ship To Make Second Japan Trip
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the House of Commons a ship will undertake a second exchange voyage to Japan this summer to bring home Canadians and Americans, plus one Latin American national.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Japan
Canada
United States
Military hospitals in Canada to treat conscientious objectors
Defence Minister Ralston announced plans to use in Canadian military hospitals those who refuse to bear arms due to religious beliefs. Citizens urged to buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Ralston
High Praise For Canada's Ship Building Effort
In a House of Commons debate on wartime and post-war merchant shipping Canada's shipbuilding was praised as remarkable. Sir Arthur Salter noted Canada builds similar merchant tonnage to Britain plus corvettes and naval craft, second only to the United States. Emanuel Shinwell warned of U S dominance by big business after the war, while Philip Noel-Baker urged international collaboration to expand world shipping and uphold Atlantic Charter pledges.
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London
Canada
House of Commons
Arthur Salter
Ministry of War Transport
Great Britain
United States
Sir Arthur
Emanuel Shinwell
Britain
High Seas
America
Wall Street
Philip Noel-Baker
Transport Ministry
United Nations
Noel-Baker
New Anti-Serum Could Prevent Influenza Outbreaks
U S Navy physicians report a promising anti-serum inhaled into the lungs that neutralizes influenza virus. Animal studies show 90 percent protection and 50 percent effectiveness for treatment. Commander Albert Paul Krueger leads the naval lab behind the process.
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San Francisco
United States Navy
12Th Naval District
Albert Paul Krueger
Naval Laboratory Research Unit
Attlee Says Atlantic Charter Won't Bar UN From Axis Strongholds
London. Deputy prime minister Clement Attlee told the House of Commons the Atlantic Charter will not stop the United Nations from permanently taking strategic Axis strongholds. The remark clarifies wartime aims as Allied positions in Europe and the Pacific evolve.
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London
Clement Attlee
House of Commons
United Nations
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Halifax
Lawrence Tibbett
Tibbet
Dependents’ Board of Trustee
Board of Trustee
J. L. Ralston
National Defence
National Board
Rupert C. Reece
Winnipeg
G. S. Currie
J. Pembroke
Col. Currie
Robert Irving
Port Arthur-Fort William
A. W. Robinson
Saskatoon
G. A. Gillespie
Peterboro
National
Council On Physical Fitness
Canadian National
Army
Navy
H.M.C.S
Queen
Royal Canadian Navy
Sask
Canadian Army
Murray Pierce
Portage la Prairie
Man
L-Cpl
Bob McMillan
Weyburn
George Alfred Hickson
Kitchener, Ont
Dieppe
Royal Canadian Engineers
Shilo
Adian Army
Camp Shilo
U.S. Navy
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