World Faces Historic Wheat Famine Across Nations
The article warns of a global wheat shortage with estimates of 5 million tons short and 2 million tons of rice, risking massive starvation. It notes failed harvests in Australia, Canada, Europe, and many regions, with Europe’s production halved from prewar levels to about 23 million tons.
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Laindon
Europe
Asia
Henry Uchardson
United States
Australia
Canada
Italy
North Africa
Greece
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
India
South Africa
Quota Raised for Industrial Sugar Start April First
The prices board announces a 10 percent increase in industrial sugar quotas starting April 1, while household quotas remain unchanged. The new rates lift bakers to 70 percent, biscuit and cereal makers to 65 percent, and other industrial users to 60 percent, positioning the levels between last year and recent months.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
United States
Three Canadians Awarded Czech Military Cross
Ottawa reports Defence headquarters awarded the Czechoslovak Military Cross to Lt Col W B G Reynolds of North Bay and Montreal Maj D D Sweeting of Winnipeg and Maj T J E McClelland of Quebec. Citations credit Reynolds with planning air support for the independent army brigade group offensive on November 5 1944 and say Sweeting and McClelland organized air support in the Dunkirk area.
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Ottawa
Defence Headquarters
W. B. G. Reynolds
North Bay
Montreal
D. D. Sweeting
Winnipeg
T. J. E. McClelland
Quebec
Reynolds
Independent Army Brigade Group
Maj. Sweeting
Dunkirk
Maj. McClelland
Independent Army Brigade
Extension Granted for Bretton Woods Signatures
The World Bank and Fund committee recommends six more months for all Bretton Woods signatories to complete agreements and keep charter member rights. Pierre Mendes of France announced the move at the board of governors meeting in Wilmington Island, naming Russia and other non signing nations Australia Haiti Liberia New Zealand Venezuela Nicaragua and El Salvador.
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Savannah
World Bank and Fund
Board of Governors
Bretton Weods
Russia
U.S
Wilmington Island
Pierre Mendes
France
Fund
Australia
Haiti
Liberia
New Zealand
Venezuela
Nicaragua
el Salvador
Movement Of Bread Grains Is Speeded Up
Canada aids Europe hunger relief by fast tracking grain exports. March 12 visible Canadian stock drops to 127 million bushels, a 1939 low, with 193.2 million bushels exported since July 31 1945. Prairie farms hold about 40 million, country elevators 42.8 million, lakehead terminals 21.6 million, Pacific coast 6.6 million. Export priority shifts to Pacific ports. lakehead rail movement to eastern seaboard expected as shipments accelerate. Canadian wheat board asks farmers to move all available supplies to maximize aid.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Europe
United Kingdom
Board of Grain Commissioners
Lakehead
Pacific Coast
Seaboard
Prairies
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada must broaden trade to sustain living standard
C Gordon Cockshutt, president of the Canadian chamber of commerce, argues Canada needs broader pre war trade with other nations to maintain living standards. He notes South American markets are financially able to finance trade and that Britain’s loan is in Canada’s interest, while Britain’s role as top market may not persist.
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Victoria
Canada
C. Gordon Cockshutt
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
South America
Brantford
Ont
Britain
Cockshutt
Medal for outstanding women's work to honor International Day
A medal is to be awarded annually by the committee for the celebration of International Women's Day to recognize exceptional achievements by women, described as a feminist Nobel Prize. The award aims to honor contributions across fields and promote gender equality worldwide.
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London
Royal Navy show proceeds handed to King at Buckingham Palace
A cheque for 10000 pounds from the Royal Canadian Navy show Meet The Navy was presented to the King at Buckingham Palace to be set aside for King George's funds for sailors.
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London
Royal Canadian Navy
Buckingham Palace
George
Plan Accepted for Lebanon Evacuation Schedule
Lebanon has accepted a French British plan for troop withdrawals. British forces will depart the eastern Mediterranean mandate by April 30. French troops will mostly leave by August 31 with all out by April 1 1947.
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Paris
Lebanon
Mediterranean
Seed shortage prompts Saskatchewan farmers to boost crops
Prof Manley Champlin of the University of Saskatchewan urges higher seed production as seed grain remains scarce after low mood years and wartime demand. Varieties such as Prolific spring rye Dakold fall rye Valor oats Colsess and Warrier beardless barley Thatcher wheat are in short supply. The Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association aided seed development and farmer trials to rebuild stocks.
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Saskatoon
Manley Champlin
University of Saskatchewan
Champlin
Saskatchewan Field Husbandry Association
Mechanical Fire Aboard Carrier Victorious In Devonport
Crew and dock firemen battled a boiler room blaze aboard the aircraft carrier Victorious at Devonport in Devonshire. The fire was controlled in under an hour and was deemed mechanical in origin with investigators reviewing the cause.
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Devonport
Devonshire
England
Victorious
Appointment of Reid as chief of naval staff and vice admiral
Announcement by Hon. Douglas Abbott, minister for the navy, states Rear-Admiral Howard Emerson Reid is named chief of the naval staff and promoted to vice-admiral. Reid, former naval member of the combined staff at Washington, served on many ships including the Warspite during his Royal Navy service. He was born at Portage du Fort, P Q.
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Howard Emerson Reid
Douglas Abbott
Admiral Reid
Washington
Llan
Royal Navy
Portage du Fort
P.Q
Spain denounces three powers as Nazis Bolsheviks
Madrid radio attacked the United States France and Britain as Nazis and Bolsheviks in a London recorded broadcast. It said the three powers threaten Spain's independence and freedom, denouncing their aim for a uniform world and the denial of private life and sovereignty. The station vowed Spain defends other nations to preserve political independence.
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London
Madrid Radio
United States
France
Britain
Spain
Associated Press
Rhine
Pacific Ocean
Great Britain
Molotevy
Ribbentrop
Ways to Help American People Save Wheat and Fats
President Truman famine emergency committee urged Americans to cut wheat use by 40 percent and fats by 20 percent to aid hungry abroad. It proposed 39 measures such as open face pies buckwheat cakes instead of wheat bread and limiting bread loaves and restaurant rolls. Families should use potatoes oats and fruits more and reuse fats for cooking.
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Washington
Truman
Massey to retire as Canadian high commissioner in May
Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, 59, will retire from his post as Canadian high commissioner in London after 11 momentous years, Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced. He gave no hint of Massey’s future plans or a successor.
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Ottawa
Vincent Massey
London
Mackenzie King
Mr. Massey
Sweden seeks UN membership ending long standing neutrality
Stockholm reports the government asked parliament to approve joining the United Nations, saying it would abandon a neutrality line Swedish policy has followed for more than a century.
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Stockholm
Parliament
United Nations
Pension Act For Veterans To Be Reviewed Soon
Ottawa reports the Pension Act, a 27 year old law with annual public obligations near 60 million dollars, will undergo its first parliamentary review in five years after the 20th Canadian parliament opens. The Veterans Legion demands broader coverage and higher benefits including a standard 30 dollar monthly pension for all dependents and 40 dollars for orphans, and urges no means test for a widowed mother.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian Legion
Legion
Supplies Dropped For Muskox Move At Perry River
Nine tons of vital supplies for Exercise Muskox were dropped by Dakota aircraft at Perry River guiding the moving force toward Cambridge Bay, 130 miles across the ice in Queen Maud Gulf. Six Dakotas took part from the base and Yellowknife despite navigational challenges near the magnetic pole.
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Churchill
Man
Perry River
Cambridge Bay
Queen Maud Gulf
Yellowknife
India to Break Off Trade With South Africa
New Delhi announces it will sever trade relations with the Union of South Africa but says consideration is needed on recalling the Indian high commissioner. The step follows unsuccessful representations to Prime Minister Smuts seeking postponement of land purchase restrictions on Indians and talks toward an alternative settlement.
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New
Delhi
India
Union of South Africa
Smuts
South Africa
Three Sugar-Preserve Coupon Validity Dates Announced
OTTAWA announces three of the new combined sugar preserves coupons will be valid in April on April 4 18 and 25 under the yearly distribution plan not extra sugar. Validation of three coupons will aid butter-short households by enabling purchases of preserves as spreads.
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Ottawa
Bevin to Increase Bodyguard for Foreign Secretary
The Daily Telegraph reports Foreign Secretary Bevin will expand his personal security detail to include two detectives after the superintendent of the special branch reviewed reports on underground political movements.
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London
The
Daily Telegraph
Bevins
Special Branch
Drought Ends as Cyclone Drops Rain in Auckland
Auckland province ends its worst drought since 1914 after a cyclonic storm delivers an average of three inches of rain. Autumn growth in the southern hemisphere dominion is expected to be prolific in many tracts.
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Auckland
N.Z
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