Post War Employment Plan Outlined By Canadian Committee
Dr Cyril James of McGill testified before Parliament on reconstruction outlining goals for full employment for all employable Canadians as wartime industries shift to peace. He warned against abrupt control relaxation, urged government backed projects, resource conservation, and coordinated policy to prevent unemployment and chaos.
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Ottawa
Cyril James
McGill University
James
House of Commons Committee On Reconstruction and Rehabilitation
Dominion
Canada
England
Canadian Air Force Overseas Policy Faces Resistance
Air Minister Power told the House of Commons he faces resistance from Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Air Force officers to his plan to Canadianize the R C A F overseas. He noted British air ministry hesitancy but intends to persevere while debating independent overseas forces and continued grouping of Canadian airmen.
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Ottawa
Power
House of Commons
Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force
Air Ministry
T. C. Douglas
CCF
Weyburn
Canada
Maj
House
Oveseas
Hanson
Australian Prime Minister Urges Miners to Return to Work
Canberra reports Prime Minister Curtin tells striking coal miners to resume work or face government action. He said the government shall stand or fall by the issue and warned that authority will be invoked to compel them if they do not return to the pits.
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Canberra
Australia
Curtin
Northern Ireland Budget Doubles War Chest Contribution
Belfast reports the budget presented by Finance Minister J Milnie Barbour includes a provisional empire war chest contribution of £21,300,000 ($94,800,000), nearly double last year’s £11,750,000 record.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
J. Milnie Barbour
Empire War Chest
Arrives Safely Montcalm Reaches Northern Russia
The Canadian icebreaker Montcalm has arrived in northern Russia and will serve the Soviet government for the war. It is the second Canadian icebreaker under war conditions in those waters. The ship will be handed to Russian operators, with Canadians returning home soon. The Montcalm is believed to keep the White Sea route open between Murmansk and Archangel for troop and supply movements.
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Ottawa
Montcalm
Russia
Glasgow
Canada
White Sea
Murmansk
Archangel
Allies Sink Japanese Ship and Hit Bases in Pacific Bombing
Allied headquarters report a 1300 mile round trip mission over northern Australia sinking a 3000-ton Japanese ship near Amboina and setting two others afire. Air units at Rabaul in New Britain dropped on 15 enemy bombers, destroyed three, and damaged many more. Direct hits also set two additional ships ablaze.
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Allied
Australia
Netherlands
Amboina
General MacArthur
Rabaul
New Britain Island
Navy announces Canadian fleet mail office in London and airgraph service
The naval services headquarters announced establishment of a Canadian fleet mail office at London and extension of the airgraph mail service to naval personnel. Arrangements have been completed for naval personnel abroad to receive parcel post and for men in the Royal Canadian Navy on Canadian ships or serving with the Royal Navy to access postal services.
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London
Ottawa
England
Naval Services Headquarters
Royal Canadian Navy
Royal Navy
Chinese Canadian to Take Army Commission Course
Dennie Tien Shek Leong, 22, believed to be the first Chinese recommended for a commission in the Canadian Army, left Vancouver for Kingston Ontario to take a four month training course before a signal corps lieutenant commission. Born in Hong Kong, he arrived in Canada at age one.
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Vancouver
Dennie Tien Shek Leong
Kingston
Ont
Signal Corps
Hong Kong
Canada
Home Guards Train to Man Anti Aircraft Defences
London reports Home Guards undergoing training in small numbers to supervise anti aircraft defences. If the experiment succeeds, larger groups will take charge of a vital section of the defences.
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London
Ottawa allows small rise in canned salmon prices
Ottawa announces a slight advance in both retail and wholesale prices for canned salmon. Retail dealers may add a no-cent increase per pound can and a half cent per half or quarter pound tin. Wholesalers may charge an extra 50 cents per case of 48 one-pound containers or 96 half or quarter-pound tins.
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Ottawa
Neil McLean
Prices and Trade Board
Training in Canada Could Extend Allied Air Programs
The Daily Telegraph air correspondent notes a possible extension of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan to include production of pilots and air crews for the United States after Ottawa talks. He says American facilities are not fully developed and Canada offers ready capacity, with other UN nations likely invited to send personnel for training.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Morning Post
United States
Ottawa
Canada
United Nations
Indian volunteers pour into Delhi centers at 100000 monthly
The British Broadcasting Corporation quoted its New Delhi representative stating that Indian volunteers are entering recruitment centers in the city at a rate of one hundred thousand per month.
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London
British Broadcasting Corporation
New Delhi
Britain Heads Toward Peak War Production in 1942
Britain reports record war production with output of guns shells and bombs rising sharply since 1940. By early 1942 output is double 1940 levels, as labor, materials and tools constrain further expansion. Civilian goods fall away as 55 percent of resources go to government work and imports for civilians shrink.
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London
Britain
Dunkirk
Production Of Munitions Increased In Canada Ottawa
Munitions Minister Howe reported that Canadian explosives plants are operating well above estimates with some plants producing far beyond capacity. He cited rising aircraft shipyards motor vehicles and gun production, the expansion of Federal Aircraft Ltd., and continued war materiel output including tanks and naval gun mounts while noting transmission delays in the United States.
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Ottawa
Howe
House of Commons
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Great Lakes
Federal Aircraft Ltd
Federal Aircraft
Angus
Montreal
Russia
Vancouver
Inglis
Toronto
New Air Service Planned Between United States and Eire
The American Export Lines announces four metered flying boats will conduct a proving flight within two weeks. A regular four flight weekly service is planned after the test. Pan American Airways plans to resume North Atlantic service soon.
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American Export Lines
Pan-American Airways
North Atlantic
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