Increased flax production vital to wartime oil supply
Ottawa officials urge tens of thousands of prairie farmers to triple 1941 flax acreage to 20 million bushels in 1942 as part of war effort. A fixed flax price is set at 2.25 a bushel No 1 CW in Fort William stores. Flax to fit crop rotation and must be in the ground soon with summerfallow expanding as wheat acres shrink.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Canada
Japan
United Nations
C.W
Fort William
Prairie Provinces
Farm Machinery Steel Allotments For 1943 Adjusted
Alberta plans emphasize spare parts supply over farm implements as 25 percent of 1940 steel for implements reverts in 1943 while 150 percent is allotted for parts. Saskatoon conference urged fewer machine types to meet shortages and called for federal bulletins on repairs and early ordering to keep machinery working.
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Edmonton
J. R. Sweney
Alberta
Sweeney
Prairies Agricultural Engineering Committee
Saskatoon
National Advisory Committee On Agricultural Services
Ottawa
Destruction of Jaguar Sinks Javelin-class Destroyer
London reports the destroyer Jaguar has been sunk. The Javelin-class ship displaced 1690 tons and carried six 4.7 inch guns, twenty 21 inch torpedo tubes, and a standard crew of 183 men.
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London
Jaguar
Corregidor Heroes Honored By Australian Press
The Melbourne Sun-News and Melbourne Age praised Corregidor defenders for five months of tenacious resistance that bought crucial time for Australia. They compared the stand to other famed fortresses and noted parallels with Midway as the war against Japan continued.
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Sydney
Australia
Melbourne Sun-News
Corregidor
Singapore
Tobruk
Sevastopol
Malta
Midway Island
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Manila
Field Gunners Train Along Coast at Nanaimo Camp
Rough and ready field gunners from the Canadian prairies practice deployment on Vancouver Island. Lt Col A B Gilbert watches 64th Field Battery from Yorkton manoeuvre through rough bush as they learn to fire on a two mile distant target. Capt J F Brown, acting battery commander, triggers thunder flashes and tear gas, forcing gas masks and a sprint to safety when wind shifts.
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Nanaimo
Canadian Prairies
Pacific Coast
A. B. Gilbert
Saint John
N.B
21St Field Regiment
64Th
Yorkton
Sask
Vancouver Island
A. T. Gilbert
J. F. Brown
C. W. Beck
Brown
Gilbert
Sharp Crack In German Morale Noted During Winter
A neutral businessman who wintered in Germany reports scarce food and clothing in the Reich and spreading corruption in the army. He observed morale fall from hopeful to dispirited between December and April, with supply failures, ration card shortages, and calls for older men in service.
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Istanbul
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Russia
United States
London proposal to send stone blocks as war symbol
In the House of Commons Sir Smedley Crooke suggested blocks of stone from a Nazi bombed chamber be sent to dominion legislatures and the US Congress as a symbol of a common resolve to defend democracy. Clement Attlee said the idea would be considered.
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London
Sir Smedley Crooke
House of Commons
Dominions
United States Congress
Clement Attlee
War Industries Move Debated by Ottawa Officials
Ottawa Canada C N R officials coordinate with bombed out British industries possibly relocating to Canada. R C Vaughan C N R president told the railway and shipping committee of the House of Commons about the issue.
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Ottawa
C.N.R
United Kingdom
Canada
R. C. Vaughan
C.N
Railway and Shipping Committee
House of Commons
Mennonites Move to Vanderhoof Burns Lake Area for Farming
Ten Mennonite families with 20 adults and 74 children have arrived from Saskatchewan to join 25 existing Mennonite families in the Vanderhoof Burns Lake area. Fifteen more families are due soon, and Saskatchewan funded the transportation.
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Victoria
Saskatchewan
Vanderhoof
Burns Lake
Change in Army Diet Ottawa
The Canadian army and the RCAF will adopt a revised ration scale effective June 1, cutting bread meat and potatoes to 12 ounces each while raising fresh milk to 15 ounces and adding grapefruit juice and fresh oranges. Ham replaces beef in the exchange ration, and sugar is reduced from three to two ounces daily, yielding a net weekly advantage over civilians.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa Sets New Path for Army Trades Training
National defence headquarters announces that soldiers entering trades training must first complete advanced training in their corps. Lt Col Howard Kennedy named director of trades training, a new directorate with colonel rank. Under the policy, trades trainees are no longer drawn from a pooled pool but must rejoin their centre after graduation. The aim is to ensure tradesmen are trained as fighting soldiers and to simplify administration while improving selection.
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Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
Howard Kennedy
Wartime Salvage Ltd Formed To Manage Waste Materials
Ottawa authorizes a government owned salvage firm to acquire and dispose of waste and used matter. Wartime Salvage Ltd will operate under the wartime prices and trade board and work with government departments to regulate prices and promote orderly marketing of salvage. Walter A. Bark of Toronto is president. The first operation targets waste paper with uniform pricing and freight rate adjustments to ensure mill access regardless of origin.
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Ottawa
Wartime Salvage Ltd
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Government Department
Walter A. Bark
Toronto
National War Services Department
Government caps film set spending at five thousand per picture
Washington officials told the film industry it may spend up to 5000 dollars for each picture’s sets. Previously some productions ran costs from 10000 to 150000 dollars for sets, prompting concern over escalating budgets.
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Washington
United States
Americans in Canadian forces seek transfer to U S units
In Ottawa authorities report that between 1,900 and 2,300 of the 15,000 American citizens serving with Canadian forces have applied for transfer to United States units. The figure reflects ongoing wartime personnel realignments and mobility options as military needs evolve.
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Ottawa
United States
Free French Rally in Lyons Defies Ban on May Day
In Lyons 50000 French men gathered in Place Cornet on May 1 defying the Vichy ban. The crowd sang La Marseillaise and shouted Vive De Gaulle and Laval to the Gallows. Many were arrested according to a Free French announcement.
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London
Lyons
Cornet
Call Tenders For Alaska Highway Construction
Tenders will be invited this month from Canadian and American firms for a permanent Alaska Highway from the Peace River area to Fairbanks under the Federal Works Agency. Thomas H. MacDonald, commissioner, will call the bids. Surveys proceed from air and ground with no tender date set.
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Edmonton
Alaska
Thomas H. MacDonald
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Washington
Peace River
Fairbanks
Yukon Bygineers
Hoge
Funds Available for Saskatoon Pre-Med Students
Saskatoon announces loans and scholarships for pre medical students at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. W. S. Lindsay notes aid arises from shortened holidays to meet rising demand for medical personnel, with second year starts June 1 and ends in December and first year from September 22 to April 30 to minimize training delays.
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Saskatoon
W. S. Lindsay
University of Saskatchewan
Lindsay
Ballantyne Named Conservative Leader in Senate
Senator Charles C. Ballantyne of Ottawa and Montreal was chosen by Conservative senators to lead the party in the Upper House. He succeeds Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen of Toronto who resigned from the senate earlier this year after an unsuccessful bid for York South in the House of Commons. The caucus vote was unanimous.
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Ottawa
Charles C. Ballantyne
Montreal
Arthur Meighen
Toronto
Senate
York South
House of Commons
Ballantyne
Cancel Big Show at International Livestock Exposition
The International Live stock Exposition in Chicago will not be held this year due to World War II. Directors cite anticipated transportation shortages and war related constraints as the main reasons for postponing the 1942 event, North America’s largest agricultural show for 42 years.
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Chicago
North Americas
Japan imposes Japanese calendar in Dutch East Indies
Dispatched reports from Java state the Japanese military administration decreed replacing the Christian calendar with the Japanese system in the Netherlands East Indies. The Japanese reckon the year as 2606, tracing back to the legendary founding of the empire in 660 B.C. by Emperor Jimmu.
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Tokyo
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Jimmu
War Service Patrol forms in Holme Valley
A Boy Scout guer rilla force named War Service Patrol is formed at York shire Holme Valley to aid troops in case of invasion. The unit mobilizes volunteers to support local defense and civil defense efforts.
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Huddersfield
War Service Patrol
Yorkshire Holme Valley
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John Bethell
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Ontario
R. M. Smith
Meighen
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