Canada Forecasts Record Building Year in 1947
Ottawa reports Canada will see the biggest building year in its history in 1947 according to Reconstruction Minister Howe. He noted housing shortages persist as 35,000 dwellings in larger municipalities remain unfinished and emphasized intensified efforts to accelerate home construction postwar. War assets sales and renegotiated contracts also yield large returns.
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Ottawa
Canada
Howe
CBC
War Assets Ltd
Dominion
Massey Defends British Commonwealth At Calgary Luncheon
Vincent Massey, former Canadian high commissioner to Great Britain, told a Canadian club audience in Calgary that the British Commonwealth should not be viewed as a bloc. He noted internal disagreements at conferences and argued self government is expanding across the empire as a liberty export and Britain remains a bastion of freedom.
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Calgary
Vincent Massey
Great Britain
Canada
Mr. Massey
Britain
Canada’s Share in German Liquidation Estimated
Canada’s portion of about 450 million dollars in German external assets liquidated in neutral countries is expected to reach roughly 15.75 million dollars. The Dominion also anticipates gains from Germany’s internal assets including 10,000 tons of shipping and 15 percent of heavy industry. A Washington dispatch suggests 48 Allied nations may share in the 450 million from neutral-country liquidations.
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Dominion
Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Washington Dispatch
Alaska votes for statehood in record turnout
The unofficial tally shows 9,565 in favor and 6,820 against statehood for Alaska. The historic vote comes from a Territory with about 43,000 voting age residents participating in the largest election in its history.
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Washington
Removal of Wheat Quotas Announced by Ottawa
Trade Minister MacKinnon announced the removal of all quotas on wheat delivered to country elevators. Farmers may deliver unlimited wheat, ending the 20 bushels per acre cap in most areas. Through Nov 15 producers marketed 201 million bushels this crop year, while elevators held 86.5 million bushels.
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Ottawa
Mac
MacKinnon
Canadian Wheat Board
Birth rate decline in Canada alarms Toronto meeting
Chief Justice J C McRuer told the Toronto Centre Presbytery the Canadian birthrate has dropped over 25 years. He warned 31 percent of homes are childless and there is a trend to ridicule large families. He cited 4 318 586 youths under 18 and an average of 1.7 children per family with Saskatchewan at 3.9, Quebec 3.0, Ontario 2.5, British Columbia 2.3.
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Toronto
J. C. McRuer
Ontario
Toronto Centre
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Quebec
British Columbia
Nene Lancastrian Sets London Paris Record Flight
The semi jet propelled British airliner flew London to Paris in 43 minutes to set a new commercial speed record. Demonstration over the Champs Elysees showed the jet engines alone propelling the craft at 310 miles per hour. It was the first civil flight of a jet propelled plane and part of the Paris air show.
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Paris
London
Champs Elysees
Canada’s industry rebuild near completion says Chevrier
Transport Minister Chevrier told Granby chamber of commerce reconversion from war to peace is three quarters finished with over one million former service members and war workers absorbed into peacetime roles. Canada ranks third among industrial nations with 1,000 more people employed than in 1939. Jobs data show 138,608 openings and 135,989 jobseekers, a gap below normal unemployment.
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Granby
Que
Chevrier
Deserters Left at Large Total 15068 In Parliament Disclosure
War Secretary Bellenger informed the House of Commons that 15,068 deserters remain at large. Of these 13,176 are army personnel, 1,500 from the navy, and 392 from the R A F.
Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary Draws Tourists and Aid
At Windsor Ontario port of entry officers note many travelers ask for Jack Miner’s Bird Sanctuary twenty five miles away. The family continues the late conservationist’s work with faith and community support boosting tourism and global recognition of the sanctuary as a national asset.
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Windsor
Ontario
Jack Miner
Canada
Hudson
James Bay
Population up Victoria
Population of British Columbia has passed the 1,000,000 mark according to figures from the ration administration of the prices board. The rise is 145,474 in two years. Ration book No. 6 issued in September reached 1,019,745. Book No. 5 issued October 1944 stood at 874,271. Half the increase was in Vancouver city with 376,839 books issued versus 306,463 in October 1944.
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Victoria
British Columbia
Prices Board
Vancouver City
The
Books for Library Montreal Caen Uni Library Donation
Canadian Legion educational services handed over a first instalment of 700 volumes in good condition to the restored library of the University of Caen. The Legion aims to collect 100 000 volumes and 100 000 dollars in cash for the university ruined in the Normandy advance.
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Montreal
Canadian Legion Educational Services
University of
Christmas Seals Support Tuberculosis Prevention in Manitoba
The Manitoba Sanatorium Board appeals for Christmas Seal sales to fund mass X-ray surveys, traveling clinics in thirty centres, and rehabilitation services. Early detection via X-ray prevents spread and saves lives, with aims to X-ray every resident within two years and expand mobile units to reach remote communities.
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Manitoba
Sanatorium Board of Manitoba
Last Canadian Army Outfit Leaves Europe
Brussels reports the final Canadian section of the British Army of the Rhine in Northwest Europe has closed its offices and embarked for home. The 15 officers and 40 other ranks oversaw cemeteries, deserter rounds, and the Canadian wives bureau, with 2,000 to 2,500 dependents sent to Canada this year.
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Brussels
Europe
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Royal Canadian Engineers
Canada
Canadian Wives Bureau
Holland
Wives
Ottawa moves to equalize housing materials nationwide
Government agencies coordinating building supplies report faster progress in equitable distribution of materials across Canada. Price ceilings are being readjusted for heavy construction and mill work. Bathtub shortages show improvement as imports from the U S rise and a major eastern plant expands.
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Ottawa
Canada
Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Timber Controller
Department of Reconstruction
Prairies
Ontario
Pacific Coast
U.S
Egg shortage forecast for Canada amid feed supply strain
A spokesman for the Western Canada Produce association warns of a serious egg shortage this winter and possible curtailment of shipments to Britain. Feed dealers are using reserve chicken feed stocks with no replacements forthcoming. about 2700 eggs are cited.
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Vancouver
Britain
Western Canada Produce Association
Canada Ships Food to Alaska Amid US Strike Shortage
Canadian minister MacKinnon announced that shipments of eggs poultry fresh fruit and vegetables from western Canada have begun moving to Alaska to meet urgent shortages caused by a U S marine strike. Edmonton beef 171 tons and flour releases were arranged with the Wheat board and the US department of agriculture.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Alaska
Canada
United States
Edmonton
Canadian Wheat Board
United States Department of Agriculture
Congress
Chambers of Commerce
Fairbanks
Prince Rupert
B.C
Prospects Bright For Muskrats In Northern Provinces
In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, trappers anticipate a record muskrat harvest next spring. North-country estimates say trappers may exceed 1946 income by over 2.5 million dollars if prices hold at 3 dollars per prime pelt. Reports from scattered northern points indicate a peak muskrat cycle and potential beaver population increases.
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Pas
Man
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
North
Father and son promoted to sergeant in Mounted Police
Ottawa RCMP promotions honor J J Somers in charge of the Ottawa town station and his son Larry head of the Montreal narcotics squad. The coincident elevation of father and son is described as unparalleled.
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Ottawa
R.C.M.P
J. J. Somers
Larry
Montreal
Dispute Settled On Trieste By Western Allies Ministers
The Big Four foreign ministers ended a month long deadlock over Trieste and reached agreement on most major issues separating western and eastern Allies regarding the postwar arrangement.
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New York
Trieste
Over million mark reached with 145 474 in two years
A report notes surpassing the one million threshold and cites 145 474 as the two year total. The figures imply significant growth and indicate sustained momentum for the program or initiative.
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McRuer
EL. Ross
Sible
Sanatorium Board
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Christopher Soames
Coldstream Guards
Mr Churchill
Kate Rockwell Matson
Yukon
Bend
Ore
Klondike
Kate
Johnny
Matson
Dawson
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