Postwar opportunities praised by Bank of Montreal head
George W. Spinney, president of Bank of Montreal, told Investment Bankers Association of America the postwar UN task is to rebuild a world of trust and opportunity. He warned against cash-overs, urged confidence in currency, and said high productivity, not rising prices, is the key to postwar prosperity and debt.
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New York
George W. Spinney
Bank of Montreal
United Nations
Investment Bankers Association of America
Spinney
Canadians to get more home news for troops in Italy
The Eighth Army paper will publish 500 daily CP items for Canadians in Italy, expanding from a weekly budget since September. CP items, read in the absence of The Canadian Press News, London, now aim to reach troops more effectively. The army investigates faster shipping to boost morale with full Canadian content.
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Ottawa
Italy
Eighth Army
Canadian Press
London
Courtesy Rewarded in London Will Case
Stanley Ernest Hepworth, a retired cloth manufacturer who died last April, left his shop girl Mrs Alli Earnshaw the equivalent of 90 000 dollars as a token of gratitude. The girl was then 21 and the daughter of the shop-owner who ran the electrical store. Probate of the will has recently been disclosed.
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London
Stanley Ernest Hepworth
Alli Earnshaw
Lafayette leaves New York after fire and salvage
The USS Lafay ette, once the Normandie, has lifted anchor and departed for an undetermined destination. The liner was raised from the Hudson river after tipping on its side during the February 1942 disaster.
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New York
Lafayette
Hudson River
Berlin declares emergency in Germany cities
Reuters reports, quoted by Svenska Dagbladet from Malmoe, that Berlin and 40 other German cities have been placed under a state of emergency. Travellers arriving from Germany confirmed the report.
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London
Reuters News Agency
Malmoe
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Berlin
Germany
Critical Battle Against Inflation Under Way Says Canadian Finance Minister
Ottawa reports Finance Minister Lisley calls the battle to hold the price ceiling amid inflation the most critical in the war. He notes rising wage costs and a higher cost of living bonus, warning that relaxed controls could threaten price stability and urging government decisions soon.
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Ottawa
Lisley
Ilsley
Mr. Ilsley
Canada
Healthy troops Montreal claims Canada not pure “C” category
Brig. J. C. Meakins deputy director-general of medical services argues in the Canadian Medical Journal that Canada is not a C category nation. He says the Adonis ideal of manhood is outdated and highlights that Canadian army physical standards were among the highest in the world.
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Montreal
J. C. Meakins
Canadian Medical Journal
Canada
Meakins
Edmonton students outgrow desks as board buys larger units
School officials report students in Edmonton are growing taller and broader, especially in intermediate grades, making current desks too small. The school board approved buying 50 large movable desks at about $12 each to address the issue.
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Edmonton
R. S. Sheppard
Ciano On Spot Captured By Germans Taken To Mussolini
Bern Swiss dispatch says Count Galeazzo Ciano former Italian foreign minister was seized by Germans in disguise and brought before Mussolini in a stormy scene with his father in law. Ciano who favored ousting Mussolini may face treason trial in Verona under the Fascist puppet government.
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Azzo Ciano
Mussolini
Geneva
la Suisse
Ciano
Italy
Verona
Canadian Troops Praised by Germans For Mountain Fighting
German radio and a war reporter lauded Canadian troops in Italy calling them well trained for mountain combat and especially clever in using terrain. The reports say Canadians are tougher than British or American forces.
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London
Italy
Empire Council Talk In London Sparks Imperial Reform Debate
In the House of Lords Viscount Cranborne defended the wartime consultation system among the dominions, rejecting claims Britain controls the empire. He noted soundings for a dominion prime ministers meeting and discussed Curtis Curtin’s proposal for a permanent empire council with Ottawa as a potential seat. Swiss-style reform proposals were urged by multiple peers.
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London
Viscount Cranborne
Dominions
House of Lords
Lord Cranborne
Lord Elibank
John Curtin
Australia
Empire Council
Peter Fraser
New Zealand
Curtin
Ottawa
Canada
Empire
United States
Council
Britain
Viscount Bennett
Lord Bennett
League of Nations
Lord Lang
Canterbury
Ottawa Act Aims New Credit System For Prairie Farmers
Federal authorities forecast an early proclamation of the Farmers' Creditors Arrangement Act amendment. Prairie attorneys-general Maynard Estey and McLenaghan met Finance Minister Isley to set up the new administration where courts, not boards of review, will handle debt arrangements between farmers and creditors.
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Ottawa
Finance Department
Lucien Maynard
Alberta
J. W. Estey
Saskatchewan
J. O. McLenaghan
Manitoba
Isley
Western Canada Will Benefit By Research Work
The prairie regional committee of the National Research Council reviews industrial uses for agricultural products. Highlights include butylene glycol from wheat for plastics and antifreeze, milkweed for resin and fiber, dehydration methods, and postwar research expansion to expand nonfood uses while solving manpower limits.
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Saskatoon
Ottawa
Prairie
National Research Council
Canada
Departments of Agriculture
National Research Laboratories
Canada Town Italy a rest centre for Canadian troops
Canada Town in an Italian mountain city is rebuilt as a Canadian rest centre with renamed streets, theatres, and an Aldershot Officers club for officers. The Beaver club hosts a hostel for ranks, and a large square serves as the social hub as shell fire looms nearby.
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Canada Town
Italy
Canada
Aldershot
Piccadilly Circus
Portage Avenue
Doug Burke
Swift Current
Sask
Beaver Club
R. O. Wilkes
Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Regiment
Bruce Ahlstrom
Livelong
Sesk
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