Germanys Uboat Push Foreshadows New Atlantic Battles
London indications show Germany expanding its submarine offensive to delay the Anglo American invasion of Europe. Reports cite past Allied versus U boat battles and convoys under attack in the north Atlantic. The U S Navy notes a wolf pack waiting for another convoy while Italy shares the burden. Allied conferences in Washington hint at a possible solution to the campaign. The London Daily Mail warns the U boat war may peak between April and October as Germany seeks to disrupt supply lines and avert defeat.
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London
Germany
Europe
Russia
Washington
Hitler
North Atlantic
British Admiralty
U.S. Navy Department
Nouth Atlantic
London Daily Mail
Steep Rock Iron to Develop Port Arthur West Property
Steep Rock Tron Mines Limited reports successful funding to develop the Port Arthur West property. Plans aim to produce 2,000,000 tons of ore annually for about 50 years, with $8.727 million Canadian funds and $7 to be provided by US sources including a $5,000,000 Reconstruction Finance Corp mortgage and a $2,250,000 Otis and Company debenture underwritten for $2,025,000. Federal support funds spur rail spur and docks construction at Port Arthur.
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Port Arthur Toronto
United States
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington, D.C
Otis and Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Dominion
Ontario
Canadian National Railways
Port Arthur
Alfalfa Meal Subsidy Plan Mentioned in Ottawa
A historic Ottawa report notes a proposed subsidy to promote alfalfa meal processing. The initiative would offer a tenner a of alfalfa meal to processors as support, aiming to establish producers and aid distribution.
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Ottawa
Canada’s first national health insurance plan proposed
The advisory committee on health insurance outlined a national plan stressing saving of young lives as a core objective. The Heagerty report, presented to Parliament, highlighted economic losses from infant deaths and urged conservation of human potential as a central policy plank. It cites infant mortality declines from 13,537 in 1926 to 7,844 in 1940 and compares provincial rates, noting Canada’s 1937 rank among nations for low death rates and an epidemic year in 1941 with rising deaths from heart disease cancer and tuberculosis.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
J. J. Heagerty
T Health Insurance Committee
Mackenzie
House of Common
Social Security Committee
Quebec
British Columbia
Prince Edward
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British plan to rebuild bombed Britain after the war
Parliament examined a white paper from a committee led by Sir Ernest Simon outlining a 12 year postwar reconstruction plan. It targets 1,250,000 building trade workers and 4,000,000 more in material preparation and essential services to restart peacetime production.
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London
Britain
Ernest Simon
Canada Aims 1.1 Billion Victory Loan Fourth Issue
Ottawa announces the Fourth Victory Loan opening April 26 with an objective of 1.1 billion dollars. Finance Minister Ilsley stresses higher private subscriptions, aiming for broader participation beyond the 2 million subscribers in the Third Victory Loan. He notes a fiscal year borrowing need of about 2.748 billion and outlines reasons for selling bonds to more Canadians.
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Ottawa
Canada
Ilsley
House of Carmona
Tisley
Victory loan call urges private buyers to boost stakes
Mediterranean Chief government urges more ordinary citizens to own a share in Canada. Third Victory loan relies on nonbanking groups but expects individual purchases to rise to meet a $1.1 billion minimum, with $500 million needed from individuals and a 33 percent countrywide increase.
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Moderte
Canada
Victory
North Air Route plan to Moscow from Boston in 18 hours
Northeast Airlines filed a first of its kind application with the Civil Aeronautics Board proposing north Atlantic air routes from Boston to Moscow and London. The Boston to Moscow flight would cover about 5000 miles in 18 hours at a cost not exceeding third class trans-Atlantic steamship fares. London would be reached in 14 hours with Paris and Amsterdam shortly after.
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Boston
Moscow
North Atlantic
London
Northeast Airlines, Inc
Civil Aeronautics Board
Washington
Paris
Amsterdam
New Strategy Considered For Burma Campaign In 1944
New Delhi reports indicate American and Chinese troops may join British forces in an inch by inch push through Burma back toward China. Training echoes Daniel Boone tactics as monsoon timing limits large scale action until fall, with overland routes favored over sea attacks. The Japanese hold most of Burma and have built airstrips and a network of airports to threaten Allied landings in the Bay of Bengal.
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New Delhi
Burma
China
Daniel Boone
India
Bismarck Sea
Hich
Burma Road
Ching
Akyab
Bay of Bengal
Labour union man to join CRC board in labor seat
Prime Minister King announced Howard B. Chase of Montreal will join the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation board of governors for a three year term starting November 1 1942. Chase is vice grand chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and will represent labor on the board.
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Railway Union
CRC
Ottawa
King
Howard B. Chase
Montreal
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Chase
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Japan to face U S air raids this year or next
Tokyo paper Asahi reports Japan expects American air forces to strike industrial districts this year or next and urges the population to prepare. The Berlin radio, quoting a Tokyo dispatch, relayed the account recorded by The Associated Press.
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New York
Tokyo
Asahi
Japan
United States
Berlin
Associated Press
Girls join R.C.A.F in record February enlistments
In Ottawa during February the women’s division of the Royal Canadian Air Force saw more recruits than any month since formation in October 1942. Although exact figures are unavailable, enlistments that month pushed the division past the 10,000 mark.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Churchill blocks MPs access to war crime list in Commons
London Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons he would not allow MPs to inspect the list of war criminals being compiled by a United Nations commission, stating the matter concerns many governments.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
United Nations Commission
Two Soviet pilots named generals in Red Air Force decree
Moscow reports Georgi Baiauxev and Andrey Tumashev, both second pilots on a 1937 Moscow to United States polar flight, promoted to major generals by Premier Stalin. London cites Soviet sources that twelve Roman Catholic priests were arrested in The Hague and five sent to Utrecht concentration camp for advising churchgoers to evade German labor mobilization.
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Moscow
Georgi Baiauxev
Andrey Tumashev
United States
North Pole
Red Air Force
Joseph Stalin
London
The
Hague
Utrecht
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U.S
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Sir John Dill
H. H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Forces
Casablanca
Sir Henry Harwood
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Middle East
North Air Route
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Forestry Association
Alan M. Beaven
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