Durham M P W F Rickard Talks Wheat Prices in Commons
In a House of Commons speech Mr W F Rickard M P for Durham County defends government wheat policy and the 90 cent price and 280 million bushel target. He notes Western demands differ and argues for considering farmers nationwide while warning of looming war costs and surplus risks.
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House of Commons
Ontario
West
Wood Mountain
Mr. Donnelly
Ottawa
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Canada
Canada War Effort Weekly Review March 12 19 1942 Unity of command noted
A Canada wide wartime summary detailing unity of command for air naval and military forces in three areas with appointed chiefs. Export values rise sharply in February 1942 while munitions and food exports surge. Civilian truck production halts by permit and transit bans curb nonessential wartime travel. Internments list 72 Canadians in Japan. Budgeted war spending and price controls outlined. Road building curtailed due to material shortages. Uniform auto pricing system introduced.
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iMaj
W. H. P. Elkins
East Coast
R. O. Alexander
West Coast
L. F. Page
Newfoundland
Canada
Britain
Commodity Prices Stabilization ‘Corporation
Crown Company
Monday Afternoon Fire Quickly Extinguished
A fire at the home of Mrs Phasey near Kumrite Apartments in Orono started on the north wall and spread to the cellar. High winds fanned the blaze, residents fought it with buckets before fire brigade arrival and booster hose, resulting in a ten inch wall hole and limited damage.
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Shall
W.A
Park St. United Church
Russ Creighton
Lawreen Cooper
Oshawa
Bro
Chas. Shaw
J. CC. Tamblyn
Mrs. Tamblyn
Orono
Bakers Face April 1 Ban on Cake Icing in Ottawa
Ottawa announces a rule effective April 1 prohibiting frosting icing or sugar dusting on bakery products with exceptions for wedding, birthday, and anniversary cakes. Officials say the move targets a 20 percent cut in commercial sugar use ordered in February.
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Ottawa
Salvage Collection in Orono on Saturday March 28
Orono residents are urged to join the Scouts in a community salvage drive this Saturday March 28. Do not mix rags with paper. bundle newspapers. ensure your name is on the monthly call list by calling 40 r 10. Opposition to burning scrap. government requests all old iron steel rags paper and rubber be saved for war needs.
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Orono
Surplus Icing Sugar Sale Deadline Statement
Local retailers announce a limited window through March for buyers to use up surplus icing sugar and related goods. Merchants emphasize end of March deadline to clear stock and adjust inventories.
Canada Announces National Selective Service Program
Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlines wartime restrictions to shift labor into essential war work. New rules impose state selection, limit nonessential jobs, extend compulsory service to age thirty, exempt farmers unless not essential, and mobilize women into industry. A directorate under Labor Minister Mitchell will oversee registrations and appeals.
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Mackenzie King
House of Commons
Canada
National Selective Service
Mitchell
E. M. Little
Bureau of
Paul Goulet
Montreal
Real estate moves in Orono with multiple closings
Real estate activity rises in Orono as two village houses sold last week. Mrs. Jas Eagleson bought the late Mrs Cobbledick home for 1210 dollars, and O W Scott sold his place to Mrs Peter Laing for a May 1 possession. The Moffat church manse sale decision is postponed to June. Several other homes remain for sale, including Roland Smith’s north ward property.
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Orono
Isaac Cobbledick
Jas. Eagleson
O. W. Scott
Peter Laing
Scott
W. K. Sloane
Peterboro
Dave Moffat
Roland Smith
Oshawa
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W.F. Rickard
M.P
Durham County
Montreal Financial Times
United States
Hon
Onttario
Toronto
George Shaw
Ofien
Department of External Affairs
Japan
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Woman’s Association of
Park Street United Church
Littlewood
Girl Guides
Marjorie McDowell
W. E. Armstrong
Edith Trull
Barbara-Ann Rolph
Connie ‘Mitchell
Reta McKenna
R. E. Logan
Rosa O’day
White Cliffs
Dover
M. H. Staples
Roy Forrester Jr
Ruth Goode
E. J. Hamm
Garry Hancock
Beverley Payne
Shirley Flintoff
Kay Gamsby
Florence Gray
Gwen Tennant
S. Payne
G. Lunn
Miss Trull
Miss McDowell
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