Industry Sees $1.17 Billion Planned Investment This Year
Ottawa report outlines Canadian industry plans to spend 1.17 billion dollars in 1946 on new construction machinery and repairs. Manufacturing leads with 543 million, Ontario and British Columbia dominate regional totals while overall results may miss due to shortages and reconversion strikes. Vancouver and Winnipeg show notable city totals.
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Ottawa
Reconstruction Department
Ontario
British Columbia
Prairie Provinces
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Nehru demands immediate British troop withdrawal from India
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, premier of the new Indian government, urged the immediate withdrawal of British troops from India in a formal statement. He tied the demand to Earl Winterton's question at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool, asserting the policy remains the same.
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London
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Exchange Telegraph Agency
New Delhi
Nehru
Earl Winterton
Blackpool
Pandit Nehru
Outstanding Gain Washington Wheat Crop 1946 Report
The United States Department of Agriculture reports the world wheat crop for 1946 may reach about 5.9 billion bushels, the largest since 1940 but still below the 1935-39 average. The European total rises by 1.36 billion bushels from 1945, with the British Isles as the only exception due to poor weather.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture
British Isles
Government bans construction of recreational structures over 200
The government prohibits building swimming pools board walks roller coasters drive in theatres parking lots cement tennis courts and walls or fences of wood brick or concrete when project cost exceeds 200 to support the housing program.
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Washington
Britain eyes central Australia rocket test site
Canberra reports a government official saying the proposed Australian site would offer unprecedented long firing ranges up to 3,000 miles in some directions. Observation posts would be set every 100 miles across the remote, sparsely populated area.
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Canberra
Britain
Australia
Burial services held for 39 victims of Newfoundland air crash
In Stephenville Newfoundland burial services were held for 39 victims of the American Overseas Airlines crash. Protestant Catholic and Jewish clergymen conducted committal rites while flyovers traced the wreck site on Hale Hills ten miles from the village.
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Stephenville
Mid
American Overseas Airlines
Hale Hills
Newfoundland
Viscount Alexander Returns to Rideau Hall After Canadian Tour
Viscount Alexander Governor General and Viscountess Alexander resume duties at Rideau Hall after tours of the Maritimes Toronto and Montreal. In Montreal he witnessed the McGill vs Queen's football game with McGill prevailing 15 to 12.
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Ottawa
Viscount Alexander
Viscountess Alexander
Government House
Maritimes
Toronto
Montreal
McGill
Queen's
National Farmers Union seeks 218 million dollar rural electrification plan
The National Farmers Union proposes a five year program costing 272 million dollars to bring electricity to 150,000 holdings in Britain. It argues better rural housing and amenities are needed to attract and keep farm workers and notes poor response to a government farming training scheme. The plan aims to electrify most farms.
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National Farmers Union
Britain
London
N.F.U
Soviet Interest in Buying Dominion Park Fleet Ships
Shipping circles in Vancouver report Russia seeks to purchase an undisclosed number of Dominion government park line ships now chartered to Britain and possibly 50 may be sold next year. A total 126 of 176 wartime park fleet vessels have been disposed of. the remaining 50 are tied to current charters. The Soviet also aims to buy 96 American ships and has opened talks for part of the Japanese fishing fleet to build a strong merchant marine.
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Vancouver
Russia
Park Line
Britain
Alaska Highway Open All Winter In Perfect Condition
New York report states the Alaska Highway is open to restricted civilian traffic and will stay open through winter. Royal Canadian Engineers will maintain the route with 15 maintenance camps about 90 miles apart along the highway, directed by Hamilton Wright Jr who led a Dominion photographic expedition.
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New York
Alaska
Royal Canadian Engineers
Hamilton Wright, Jr
Dominion
Wright
Radar based instrument showing promise in B C mineral fields
The British Columbia chamber of mines reports prospectors are testing a radar based instrument to locate ore bodies. Preliminary tests are described as yielding good results though details remain undisclosed.
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B.C
Vancouver
British Columbia
Flying Too Low Crashes Into Dutch School
A single seater Firefly military aircraft flown by a piloted crashed into the roof of a school hall in Apeldoorn Holland. It killed the pilot and eight school boys, seriously injured at least ten others, and caused the pilot’s mother to die of a heart attack as she witnessed the disaster. The school hall hosted about 25 boys during gymnastics when the accident occurred.
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Apeldoorn
Holland
Memorial Tablet for 44th Gurkha Rifles in Mandalay Hill
In memory of the men of the 44th Gurkha Rifles who died in the fighting for Mandalay Hill the Holy Hermit of Mandalay Hill Rev U Khanti plans a memorial tablet inside a pagoda at the hill summit.
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Mandalay
Burma
44Th
Gurkha Rifles
Mandalay Hill
U. Khanti
Swift Current Sun To Swap Staff For December Issue
Swift Current will publish a single December issue with a full staff of collegiate students handling writing printing and marketing. The local weekly will feature a novelty project as the paper changes hands for one edition.
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Swift Current
Swift Current Sun
Gift for Chief Scout Prince Albert rally
Indian hammer head and Indian pipe of peace presented to Lord Rowallan chief scout of the British commonwealth at a public rally. Scouts and cubs from numerous northern Saskatchewan points attended.
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Prince Albert
Sask
Lord Rowallan
British Commonwealth and Empire
Saskatchewan
General Drury Clears Ammunition for Sea Dump
The Canadian army water transport vessel General Drury departed Halifax with four box-car loads of obsolete ammunition to be dumped at sea. Army officials said the munitions were collected from dumps across Canada and brought to Halifax for disposal.
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Halifax
General Drury
Canada
Royal Mint Busy Producing Service Medals After War
Ottawa reports the Royal Mint is mass producing medals for veterans with about 3,000,000 to be issued. Canadian Volunteer Service medals will be produced at 2,000 daily and later expanded. Plans include over 1,000,000 war medals and similar numbers for other decorations, overseen by the RC AF.
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Royal Mint
Ottawa
R.C.A F
C.V.S.M
C.w.ac
W.A.C.N.S
R.C.A.F
Army
Navy
Merchant Navy
Europe
France
Germany
Italy
Africa
Burma
Pacific
Sarah Churchill Returns to Chosen Acting Career
Miss Sarah Churchill daughter of England's former Prime Minister is chosen for an acting role in an Italian film over 27 Italian actresses though she does not speak Italian.
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Sarah Churchill
Churchill
England
Miss Churchill
Canadians Face Slow Bacon Improvement Through 1947
Ottawa sources from the Agriculture Department say Canada should not expect better bacon supplies for home consumption for several months. Declining hog production hampers meeting the contract to supply Britain with 350 million pounds of bacon this year and likely in 1947.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Canada
Britain
Outlook Dim for Canada Cotton Garments in Late 1946
Canada’s supply prospects for cotton textiles including shirts shorts and pyjamas are worse than in early 1946 due to lower U S cotton allocations and industrial disputes reducing production. The Prices Board warns of growing shortages but predicts improvement early in 1947 with possible better imports from Britain.
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Ottawa
Canada
Prices Board
United States
Britain
Will Be Witness Ottawa Testifies in Hong Kong War Crimes
Lt Col J N B Crawch of Winnipeg and Ottawa heads to Hong Kong for a second time to testify against Japanese captors of Canadians and Allied POWs after the 1941 fall. He was a medical officer and prisoner until war's end. his wife Maude Hopper Crawch and their two children reside in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
J. N. B. Crawch
Winnipeg
Hong Kong
Crawford
Maude Hopper
Arcola
Sask
University of Manitoba
Housing targets upbeat despite looming deficit in 1947
Ottawa reports progress on a postwar housing plan with a 60 000 unit target for 1946 47 within reach but an immediate shortfall of about 180 000 units in spring 1947. Costs rose 47 to 62 percent 1939 45 and may not fall soon.
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Ottawa
Canada
Reconstruction Department
Howe
Shortage Delays Canada health plan for Indians Eskimos
Ottawa reports a new health deal for Indians and Eskimos hampered by staff and material shortages. Dr. P. E. Moore notes the health service has increased expenditures but lacks trained nurses and other personnel. Mercy flights use commercial and RC A F planes. 1,500 natives to be examined for TB.
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Ottawa
Canada
P. E. Moore
Indian Health Services
Moore
Health Service
Saskatchewan
Health Department
R.C.A.F
Northwest Territories
Arctic
Hudson Bay Company
Prince Albert Park Sees Record Visitor Total in 1946
Bert Knight, superintendent, reports 31,474 visitors to Prince Albert National Park from May 1 to Sept. 30, 1946, well above the previous year’s 18,585. The season set a new record for attendance.
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Prince Albert
Prince Albert National Park
Bert Knight
Kentucky Derby Eligibility Clarified for 3 Year Olds
The statement explains that the Kentucky Derby is restricted to three year old horses, making repeated wins by the same horse impossible due to age limits.
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Colonel Crawford
Quebec
Atlantic Coast
Malone
N.Y
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