Policy Dealing With Shipping Of Grain Is Defined
Ottawa reports the Canadian Wheat Board will not hold old wheat stocks for August and September shipment via Churchill. Hon Paul Martin says new crop shipments via Hudson Bay Route are too early to confirm. Churchill elevator stocks totaling 1,877,737 bushels will be shipped after navigation opens. Martin notes trade commissioners aid but routing is up to importers and exporters choosing convenient transport.
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Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
Churchill
Paul Martin
Canada
House
Hudsn Bay
Hudson Bay
Martin
Ross Thatcher
CCF
Moose Jaw
Thatcher
Europe
Mr. Martin
German Prisoners to Aid Beet Growers Across Canada
Ottawa reports 400 more German POWs available for sugar beet work in Manitoba and Ontario, bringing totals to 1 116 and 1 222 respectively while Alberta hosts 1 449. National distribution is set by provincial and federal agriculture officials, not the labor department, as talks continue on bringing Polish soldiers to Canada later in summer.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Ontario
Humphrey Mitchell
House of Commons
Alberta
Canada
Labor Department
Mitchell
J. G. Gardiner
Brides Crossing To Canada Had Safe Voyages
London reports 31 000 brides of Canadian service men and 8 000 children migrated with no fatalities from illness or accidents. Col V N Gill notes careful planning, selective ship choice, and ships equipped for infants with cots, maternity wards, doctors, nurses, and Red Cross staff aboard.
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London
Canada
Col. V. N. Gill
Col. Gill
Ile de France
Lady Rodney
Red Cross
Winnipeg babysitting agency born from necessity
Mrs. Betty Latcher of Winnipeg started a babysitting service after struggling to find reliable care for her two children. She advertised for sitters, received over 200 replies, interviewed applicants, and began serving clients, including an Idaho visitor with four sick children. A helper arrived within 30 minutes aiding the hotel and guest.
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Winnipeg
Betty Latcher
Idaho
Brief presented at The Pas on adult education for northern Manitoba Indians
Chief Cornelius Bignell and Councillor J. W. Harris presented a brief to the Manitoba royal commission of adult education urging programs to help 500 Crees in The Pas earn livelihoods. It calls for cooperation between Dominion and provincial governments to educate Indian and mixed-heritage children.
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Manitoba
Dominion
Britain's new ambassador predicts Allied unity with Russia
Lord Inverchapel told the national press club that the Allies will settle their differences and advance toward world peace and prosperity with Russia's full and complete cooperation.
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Washington
Britain
United States
Russia
Lord Inverchapel
National Press Club
Medal for Charlie Clark in Far East service
Charlie Clark, 43, veteran of the First Great War, receives the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions in the Far East. He carried his mortally wounded colonel, Col. Pat Hennessy DSC MC, through heavy fire during the Hong Kong battle while helping to start a million dollar fire that halted a Japanese shipyard near Tokyo. Cmdr Edward V. Dockweiler of the US Navy recommended him, crediting the Tokyo fire with a 60 percent drop in production over eight months.
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Toronto
Charlie Clark
Hong Kong
Cook
Far East
Charlie
Army
Sergt
Clark
Sgt
Tokyo
Pat Hennessy
DSC
M.C
C” Force
Edward V. Dockweiler
United States Navy
Trade with South America Ottawa urged for Canada Chile links
Chilean Agriculture Minister Humberto Mendoza predicted a period of expanding commercial and trade cooperation between Canada and South American countries. He said Chile could apply Canadian development methods to its natural resources and would benefit from Canadian technical skills and machinery rather than financial aid.
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Ottawa
Canada
Humberto Mendoza
Chile
German POWs Assist Cleanup Near Buckingham Palace
German prisoners of war were drafted to help clear debris and repair damage in London's royal parks and approaches to Buckingham Palace during the victory celebrations.
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London
Royal Parks
Buckingham Palace
Army Deserters in Canada Surge in War Period
Defence Minister Abbott disclosed in the Commons a table showing 4 964 army court martial convictions for desertion in Canada from January 1 1945 to May 1 1946 and 3 756 forbeing absent without leave. During the period 7 710 were sentenced to detention 686 to imprisonment with hard labor three to imprisonment without hard labor 34 to be reduced to the ranks 500 to be discharged with ignominy three dismissed from the service and three officers cashiered.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Abbott
Canadian Flour Is A Problem For U.S. Bakers
Senator Owen Brewster reports to the New England Bakers Association that Canadian bread and flour cross the border, undercutting U.S. bakers. A Maine company's letter notes Canadian flour shipments and subsidized production keep bread prices competitive, while U S deliveries lag. Secretary Byrnes says Canada aims to aid grain export and supports relief feeding, and will cooperate to curb cross border competition.
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Washington
Owen Brewster
Rep
Maine
New England Bakers’ Association
United States
Mark Baking Company of
Les. Brewster
State Department
Byrnes
Canada
Dentists Aim To Make Canada Most Dentally Fit Nation
Dr. Frank Martin, president of the Ontario Dental Association and Canadian Oral Prophylactic Association, spoke at the national convention in Toronto outlining the profession’s objective to make the Dominion the most dentally fit country in the world.
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Canada
Dominion
Frank Martin
Ontario Dental Association
Toronto
Martin
Canadian
Seek Treasures London Hidden in War Time Storage
The Daily Telegraph said British authorities urge art dealers and collectors worldwide to help locate treasures valued at £40,000 that disappeared from a wartime London storage. The set included Persian carpets silverware and rare china deposited early in the war and only came to light after the owner's death when executors visited the storage.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
King's Birthday Honors List Honors Mountbatten and Notables
London reports the king's birthday honors including Lord Louis Mountbatten receiving a viscountcy after a distinguished wartime career. Hon. C. D. Howe joins the Privy Council. Seven others receive baronetcies and several labor leaders and trade union figures are recognized for advancing labor's cause.
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London
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Lst
C. D. Howe
Canada
Privy Council
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
William Beveridge
Walter Citrine
British Trades Union Congress
British Coal Board
Mr. Howe
Alexander Cadogan
Britain
United Nations Security Council
Earl of Listower
Viscount Mersey
House of Lords
Hartley Shawcross
Nuernberg
All-Out Food Production Urged for Europe by Wheat Pool Officials
Saskatchewan wheat pool leaders J. H. Wesson and G. W. Robertson arrived from London after attending an international farm conference. They urged Europe require every bushel of wheat and pound of food to avert mass starvation in 1946 and 1947 and discussed an international agreement with European and Canadian governments featuring export quotas and price bands based on the current ceiling of 1.55 dollars per bushel.
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Ottawa
Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
England
Europe
J. H. Wesson
Pool
G. W. Robertson
London
Canada
Wesson
Dutch Ships Idle in Australian Ports Over Java Crisis
Six Dutch ships idle since September remain berthed in Australian ports. Labor unions barred loading of Dutch vessels amid the Indonesian conflict, tying ship movement to the Java political situation and alleged munitions carriage.
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Java
Sydney
Australia
Japs Sent Home From Korean Refugee Camps
Eighteen thousand Japanese civilians who entered South Korea illegally from Manchuria and north Korean areas will be shipped back to Japan. They are worn and hungry, carrying small children, and held in refugee camps in Seoul and nearby port towns awaiting transport on Japanese ships.
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Seoul
South Korea
Manchuria
North Korea
Japan
Veterans Dominate Canada’s Forest Industry Hiring
Canada's largest employer, the forest industry, has absorbed more returned men than any other sector as veterans seek permanent jobs and favor policies ensuring full employment. Maj. Gen. C. B. Price of Montreal, president of the Canadian Legion, commented on the trend.
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Montreal
Canada
C. B. Price
The
Canadian Legion
Rice Needed Hong Kong for UN Food Agency
A UN FAO committee says Far East nations must import about 5.6 million tons of rice over the next two years to keep per capita supplies at pre war levels.
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Hong Kong
United Nations Food and Agriculture Department
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