Canada Must Seek Markets To Increase Trade
Edmonton—Trade Minister Mac Kinnon urged Canada to broaden and diversify its exports beyond Britain and the United States. He cited progress with South America, urged expanding trade in Latin America and the Orient, and noted under 10 percent of 1939 export trade went to Australia, New Zealand, China, India and Japan, urging renewed effort to develop these markets. He emphasized India’s growing trade and a potential China relationship as complementary partners.
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Edmonton
MacKinnon
Canada
Britain
United States
Canadian Junior Chamber of Commerce
Dominion
South America
Department of Trade and Commerce
Latin America
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
China
India
Manitoba Leads Farmers Taxed in 1944 45 Fiscal Year
Manitoba farmers led Canada in income tax assessments for 1944 45 with 5 562 filers. Ontario followed with 4 000, Saskatchewan 3 465, Alberta 1 316, and British Columbia 911. Other provinces included Quebec 251 Nova Scotia 83 Prince Edward Island 82 and New Brunswick 44.
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Manitoba
Canada
G. H. Castleden
C.C.F
Yorkton
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Strike in Cairo Ends After King Farouk Intervenes
In Cairo 1000 telegraph workers halted all internal lines for 48 hours. Police sealed the administration headquarters and blocked food supplies while strikers barricaded inside. Some reached the royal palace and appealed for protection. King Farouk ordered food admitted and promised to pursue better working conditions.
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Cairo
Farouk
Telegraph Administration
Royal
Parouk
Heligoland Fortification to Be Destroyed Within Months
A senior British naval officer said the Heligoland island fortress will be blown up within three months and left only as a bird sanctuary. Plans call for explosive charges totaling several hundred tons in one blast. The island, about 130 acres, housed 4,000 residents before the war.
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Heligoland
Curios Stolen From Viscount Bennett Home in Surrey
In Curiost area near Chkelham Surrey the residence of Viscount Bennett was broken into weeks ago. Several curios were stolen including a gold key once given to the former Canadian minister when declared a free man of Vancouver.
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Ckleham
Surrey
Eng
Viscount Bennett
Vancouver
Clean food key to attracting tourists says restaurant chief
Nat Bailey of Vancouver, president of the Canadian Restaurant Association, told delegates at the opening of the two day convention of the maritime section that good clean food is essential for a thriving tourist trade in Charlottetown.
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Charlottetown
Nat Bailey
Vancouver
Canadian Restaurant Association
Maritime
The Taiga Forest Span Across Siberia
The Taiga of Siberia stretches about 4,000 miles in length and ranges from 1,000 to 2,000 miles in width, making it one of the world’s largest forested regions.
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Siberia
Britain TV signal spans 200 miles to Torquay cliff village
A reviewer using a pre war television set in a cliff top village near Torquay reported clear reception of BBC Alexandra Palace pictures from north London more than 200 miles away. Normal range is 40 miles.
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Torquay
Devon
Eng
Alexandra Palace
BBC
London
Downing Street 1704 First Occupied by Prime Minister
The historic No 10 Downing Street in London marked its status as the official residence of a Prime Minister when first occupied in 1704. This early milestone highlights the building’s long political significance in British government.
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London
No. 10
Downing Street
Urge Greater Use of Hudson Bay Route
Saskatoon secretary Frank Eliason of the Hudson Bay Route Association urged the interprovincial committee to reconvene and promote Churchill as storage and shipping for this year's wheat. He said no more wheat would be signed to Churchill and noted Dalgleish Steamship lines and the Canadian merchant marine could supply ships. He cited potential cargoes from rural Saskatchewan telephone wire and a Davidson co oper ative store order for British linoleum to be shipped via Hudson Bay.
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Saskatoon
Frank Eliason
Hudson Bay Route Association
Churchill
Canadian Wheat Board
Dalgleish Steamship Lines
Britain
Eliason
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Davidson, Sask., Co-Operative
Change proposed Armistice Day date in London paper
The Evening News reports plans to move Armistice Day observance from Navy 11 to the second Sunday in November. The front page notes that both world wars dead would be commemorated and that Commons questions indicated dominion consultation before any decision.
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London
Evening News
House of Commons
Dominions
New CMA President Tobin Leads Canadian Manufacturers
Col. Henry Seymour Tobin of Vancouver, a Pacific coast industrialist and lawyer, was named president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association at the close of its annual Toronto meeting. He previously chaired the BC division from 1941 to 1944 and served as vice-president in 1945, succeeding G. Blair Gordon of Montreal.
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C.M.A
Col
Henry Seymour Tobin
Vancouver
Pacific
Prairie Land Depletion Threatens Prairie Fertility
Winnipeg reports from the Western Canadian Society of Agronomy show University of Saskatchewan soils chief F C Bentley warning prairie land is losing fertility at an alarming rate, especially phosphorous, and fertilizer use may rise to 200 000 tons by 1955. Dr T Johnson notes rust races threaten cereal crops with new wheat rust 15B capable of attacking resistant varieties.
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Winnipeg
F. C. Bentley
University of Saskatchewan Soils Department
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy Convention
Prairie
Bentley
Prairie Provinces
T. Johnson
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Vanguard
Ajax
United States
Renown
Regent
Thatcher
Canada
Prices Board Slashes Staff at Ottawa
The prices board reduced its workforce from 5,678 on January 1 to 5,106 on June 1. May salaries and expenses totaled $842,626 with December 1945 costs at $908,553.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
N. J. M. Lockhart
P.C
Lincoln
Australia Spans Tropics With One-Third Land Area
One third of Australia lies within the tropical zone, covering a significant portion of the continent. The tropical region includes parts of northern Queensland and the Northern Territory, shaping climate, biodiversity, and seasonal patterns across the nation.
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Australia
Tropics
Grave Problems In Dealing With Two Minorities
Shanghai postwar life poses government allegiance problems for two foreign minority groups the Russians and Poles. Russians face options of U S passports Chinese papers or stateless status while over 2000 White Russians in Shanghai have Chinese nationality. Poles await developments and monitor London and Warsaw alignments as they anticipate Poland’s ability to support expatriates.
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Shanghai
China
Russia
U.S.S
London
Warsaw
Lublin
Poland
Health service plan for Indians outlined by Claxton
Hon Bruce Claxton announced a 50 bed Fort Qu Appelle hospital extension and a rebuilt nurses' residence. He detailed boosted health funding from 2,526,000 to 4,103,390 with five regional health superintendents including one in Winnipeg. An air ambulance system with RCAF or charter planes will transport seriously ill patients to hospitals.
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Ottawa
Fort Qu’'Appelle
Brooke Claxton
Brooke
Canada
Claxton
North
Winnipeg
R.C.A.F
Department of Transport
Department
US price rise hits butter cheese and evaporated milk
Price increases announced by the Office of Price Administration raise butter by 11 cents per pound, cheddar cheese by six cents, and evaporated milk by one cent on a 14.2-ounce can. Agriculture Secretary Anderson forecasts smaller supplies for meat poultry eggs wheat products and dried fruits over the next year, with canned fruits and vegetables more plentiful than the year ending June 30. Supplies of other foods are expected to be about the same.
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Washington
United States
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture
Anderson
ALL MUST WORK former Nazis Do Their Share In French Occupied Zone
In Baden Germany French occupation authorities press a strict de Nazification policy but also require former Nazis to work. A French official says they employ dyed in the wool Nazis in jails camps or cemeteries while others are assigned the best suited jobs under careful supervision.
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Baden
Germany
United Press
Prisons of War Totals Reported in Canada
Ottawa report shows 10,404 prisoners of war in Canada on June 1, up from 33,833 on January 1. Labor figures indicate 4,570 employed in timber operations and 3,807 in agriculture.
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Ottawa
Canada
Labor Department
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Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
Mihailovic
Tito
Chetniks
Marshal Tito
Jan Masaryk
Lowing
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Bruce Claxton
U.S
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