Cheaper Credit and Modernization Urged for Canadian Farms
Dr E S Archibald, director of Dominion experimental farms, urged agri cultural reconstruction starting with the farmer. He called for cheaper credit at industrial levels, modern standardized machinery, improved soil conservation, and expanded soybean production with new grain varieties and preservation systems to boost farmers’ profitability and sustainability.
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E. S. Archibald
Dominion Experimental Farms
Canadian Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting
Canada
Archibald
Nazi Occupied Europe Costs Seen At Vast Sum
The ministry of economic warfare estimates Nazi domination costs occupied European countries about £1.2 billion yearly in German levies plus £0.5 billion annually in unpaid export balances, totaling a massive financial drain.
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London
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Europe
Extension of Canada sea limit eyed to protect fisheries
Vancouver reports Hon. Ernest Bertrand, federal fisheries minister, urges extension of the three mile limit to 10 miles or more. He says wider control would prevent postwar losses to Japan and reduce catches by US boats off British Columbia, noting spawning and life occur beyond the present line.
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Vancouver
Canada
Ernest Bertrand
Dominion
British Columbia
United States
Alaska highway seen as key to Northwest defense and trade
Maj Gen W W Foster, special commissioner for defence projects in northwest Canada, told a Vancouver service club luncheon the Alaska highway and airfields chain are vital for defending the Northwest Passage and linking Canada to the Soviet Union. He added the road offers vast commercial benefits and foresees a national park around the continent’s largest glacier as a top recreation and tourist draw. Foster is based in Edmonton.
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Vancouver
W. W. Foster
Canada
Service Club
Alaska
Northwest Passage
Gen. Foster
Edmonton
New Iron London Strengths Armament Parts
British foundries have developed acicular iron three times stronger than prewar iron. With a tensile strength up to 60 pounds per square inch, it was produced in full production in under two years and is being increasingly used in armaments and vital munition components.
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London
Japan plans full air raid precautions and evacuations
Berlin radio reported Japan's interior minister Kisaburo Ando announced in the diet a complete reorganization of air raid precautions. The plan calls for evacuation of large towns and speeding up transfer of industries to rural areas to strengthen national defense.
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London
Berlin
Kisaburo Ando
Allied Air Raids Dull German Morale Says Dispatch
A Swiss Gazette de Lausanne dispatch reports German morale collapsing under Allied air raids. It cites persistent night bombing, including Hamburg Essen Cologne Duesseldorf Rostock, causing fear and sleep loss. Hitler allegedly withholds reality and boosts propaganda while suppression lacks an underground opposition. Do Your Duty Buy Victory Bonds.
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Reich
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Gazette de Laus
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USAAF
Hamburg
Essen
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Rostock
Dispatch
Commanding Officer of Veterans Guard of Canada in Bahamas
Lieut Col A M DeWolf of Halifax heads the Veterans Guard of Canada No 33 Company now back in Canada after serving in the Bahamas since June 1942. He led all troops there including Canadian, R A F, U S and local forces and served as military adviser to the Duke of Windsor. He first enlisted in 1915 in Cape's Battery Montreal and rose to captain during the Great War.
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Party of Veteran's Guard of Canada
No. 33 Company
Canada
Bahamas
A. M. DeWolf
D.C.M
Halifax
N.S
DeWolf
R.A.F
U.S
Duke of Windsor
Cape's Battery
Montreal
Amended Ottawa order allows neighborly rationed exchanges
The prices board amended the consolidated ration order to permit neighborly exchanges of rationed goods lawfully acquired. Gifts loans or exchanges were normally prohibited to curb abuses, but the board says normal quantities are not restricted and no steps have been taken to stop exchanges in practice.
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Prices Board
Ottawa Department Store Sales Rise in September
The Dollar value of sales in Canadian department stores during September rose three percent year over year. The unadjusted index on the 1935-39 base sits at 159.1 versus 154.9 last September, per the Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Soldiers Overseas Travel With Heavy Equipment
Each soldier heading overseas carries five to twelve tons of gear. The note underscores the heavy burden borne by troops as they prepare for deployment and combat operations abroad.
New Campaign To Keep Down Cost Of Living In Ottawa
Ottawa reports reveal a new government effort to curb inflation. The prices board, backing the labor department, contemplates replacing the cost of living bonus with a basic wage rate structure while guaranteeing that a dollar buys the same essentials next year. Subsidies already cut coffee tea and milk prices in 1942 and oranges, costing about 40 million annually, to blunt index rises. Officials say subsidies may be cheaper than continuing the bonus system but warn the index has risen and bonuses could be revised upward.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Labor Department
Finance Department
Canadians Merge Paratroops Into British Division
London reports that the Canadian parachute unit in Britain has been merged with a British airborne division and prepares for action alongside it. The move mirrors prior Canadian force integration with British formations, raising questions about maintaining a distinct Canadian unit while potentially serving within a larger Allied spearhead.
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Britain
7Th Army
Sicily
Fort Benning
Shilo
Man
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Defence Headquarters
High Command
Italy
8Th Army
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