Canada’s Navy Expands With Two Cruisers and Eight Destroyers
Navy Minister Macdonald disclosed a 410 million dollar budget and a plan to add two cruisers eight destroyers and two aircraft carriers. Canada will pilot carriers with its own crew while Britain provides planes. The fleet counts 250 fighting ships 450 auxiliaries about 80 000 personnel and 13 700 sea cadets with training accelerated at HMCS Cornwallis. Casualties total 1300. Canada’s escort work on the North Atlantic saved twice as many ships through 1943 and Canadian yards now build 95 percent of warships locally.
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Macdonald
Seven Seas
Navy
Canada
Britain
Vancouver
Horatio Nelson Lay
Mackenzie King
Hm.c.s. Cornwallis
Deep Brook
N.S
St. Lawrence River
Gulf
Halifax
Mediterranean
North Atlantic
RCN
Bulgarian guerrilla surge aids allies in Balkans
A growing Bulgarian guerrilla force, the Slef Shumatsi, is swelling with 3,000 to 5,000 recruits monthly and attracting urban Communists and deserters. With 15,000 to 20,000 members, they lack strong leadership but could influence German defenses if unified by a decisive commander.
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Istanbul
Bulgaria
Balkans
Eden signals continued guarded British stance in Commons
Foreign Secretary Eden told the House of Commons the British government would maintain a guarded position moving forward. The remark underscores London's cautious approach to ongoing international tensions and policy considerations.
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London
Eden
House of Commons
Slump in Morale as Prisoners Report Frontline Realities
Japanese prisoners in Burma describe hunger fatigue and malaria with over twenty mentally sick, testifying to a morale collapse after the British 14th Army victory. The Mayu Hith prisoner camp houses wounded and despondent infantrymen and artillerymen who fear a lengthy war and a German defeat.
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Burma
14Th Army
Mayu
Japan
Cheese Ration Cut In Britain To Two Ounces Weekly
Britain's cheese ration will drop from three to two ounces per week starting April 2 while the tea ration remains two ounces. Milk rations rise to two pints weekly with a half pint boost. Canned goods be increased to 24 points a month as supplies of canned meat and fish improve, stated Food Minister J J Lilewel lin.
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London
Britain
J. J. Lilewellin
Believe Another War Conference Being Planned
Washington reports plans for a Churchill-Roosevelt war conference after Edward Stettinius visits London. The eighth meeting may cover war aims in Europe and postwar borders with Europe’s key issues: Italy’s progress, Burma offensive, Balkan and Turkish roles, and Poland Soviet tensions. Both leaders are said to be recovered from recent illnesses.
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United States
Edward Stettinius
Europe
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Stettinius
Cordell Hull
State Department
Churchill
Italy
Burma
Congress
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President Roosevelt
Cairo
Teheran
Aluminum price cut in Canada by government agreement
Munitions Minister Howe announced a price reduction on aluminum sold by the Aluminum Company of Canada. The cut also applies to purchases by the United Kingdom and United States, for which Howe acts as government agent. He did not disclose the amount of the reduction.
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Aluminum Company of Canada
Howe
United Kingdom
United States
Dunkirk Prisoners To Receive 1939-43 Star On Return
War Secretary Sir James Grigg announced to Parliament that officers and men captured at Dunkirk in May 1940 will receive the 1939-43 Star upon repatriation, despite less than six months service. This follows an August white paper extending eligibility to those evacuated from Norway in spring 1940.
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London
Dunkirk
James Grigg
House of Commons
Norway
Civil Defence Ottawa Health Equipment Spending Details
The federal government spent an estimated 1,086,298 to equip civil defence workers with steel helmets coats boots anti gas gear and other supplies. The return table listed issued clothing and equipment by unit for MP George Cruickshank and noted a prior estimate of 225,000 civil defence workers in Canada. Since lifting air raid restrictions Ontario and western Quebec freed about 10,000 workers.
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George Cruickshank
Fraser Valley
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Flight from Bucovina as Rumanians flee Red Army advances
Rumanians from Bucovina province flee westward amid advancing Russian forces. Reports say they forced their way onto trains despite government travel orders, signaling a mass displacement as the Red Army advances.
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Sgerne
Bucovina
Air services over the Atlantic reach four power talks
Ottawa expects Canada to join Washington discussions with the United States Britain and Russia to shape future trans Atlantic air routes. Canada and Britain may run parallel services with a 2 2 4 flight formula under negotiation.
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United States
Britain
Russia
London
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Europe
Pacific
Trans-Canada Air Lines
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Japan
Singapore
trans-Pacific
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Australia
American Air Transport Command
Arctic
Britain Releases Figures On War Production Through 1943
London reports Britain produced 90 000 aircraft including bombers fighters and naval types by end of 1943. Output also included 83 000 tanks armored vehicles and 115 000 guns. Over 1 000 000 wheeled vehicles and nearly 7 billion rounds of small arms ammunition were produced.
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London
Britain
Oliver Lyttleton
House of Commons
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