Canadians praised for Sicily battle readiness by Gen Alexander
Allied commander Gen. Sir Harold Alexander lauded Canadian troops in North Africa for rapid gains in Sicily. He likened them to a football team, noting their excellent basic training and growing battle experience, predicting Canadians will be among the finest fighting troops.
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North Africa
Harold Alexander
Sicily
North African
Alexander
15Th Army Group
Alaska Highway Named Official Road Between Canada and Alaska
Ottawa released notes dated July 19 announcing that Canada and the United States agree the Dawson Creek British Columbia to Fairbanks Alaska route will be officially named the Alaska highway. The move ends debate over the Alcan name after complaints in the Commons.
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Ottawa
Dawson Creek
B.C
Fairbanks
Alaska
Alaska Highway
External Affairs Department
House of Commons
Alcan Highway
Canada to ship 9 million pounds of frozen fish to Britain
Canada plans to send 9,000,000 pounds of frozen fish to the United Kingdom in 1943, more than double 1942, under Britain arrangements announced by Fisheries Minister Bertrand. About 2,000,000 pounds will be Pacific coast founders, with 5,000,000 pounds cod fillets, 4,000,000 pounds pollock fillets, and 1,000,000 pounds flounders from Atlantic provinces.
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Canada
United Kingdom
Ottawa
Britain
Bertrand
London
Evening Standard
Newfoundland
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Provinces
Bevin Says Youths May Fill Coal Mine Labor Gap
Britain’s labor minister Ernest Bevin told the Mineworkers Federation that younger people possibly aged 16 to 18 may need to work in coal mines to cover a labor shortage. Minutes after his warning, the executive committee chose to avoid a delegation to Inquirer.
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Britain
Blackpool
Eng
Ernest Bevin
Mineworkers Federation of
Great Britain
Bevin
Fredr Fe
Inquirer Inte
The Duchess of Kent Price Merl Net Pe
The fragmentary text mentions a Duchess of Kent and terms that resemble financial or ownership language. The readable portions provide no clear event, date, or full names to establish a specific news item.
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Duchess of Kent
Price Merl
Wheat deliveries extended into next crop year in Canada
Ottawa reports farmers who cannot meet current year wheat quotas due to elevator and car shortages will be allowed to deliver in the next crop year. Minister MacKinnon noted 13,000 railway cars awaiting unloading at Fort William and west, with efforts to place cars at western elevators to ease congestion.
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Ottawa
Mac
Gordon Hows
Moose Jaw
MacKinnon
Fort William and
West
Farm Debts Bill Passed By House Amid Western Resistance
OTTAWA The House of Commons approved a farm debts bill aimed at debt adjustment for prairie farmers extending to Manitoba with Alberta and Saskatchewan. Key points include a May 1 1935 cutoff, ability to adjust all debts if two thirds were incurred before that date, reopening cases, and replacing boards of review with county or district courts with appeals to higher courts. Western MPs pressed to widen provisions but were ruled out.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
House
Victor Quelch
N.D
Acadia
Rot
Saskatoon
Sask
J. A. Glen
Tiley
Osley
Britain vows actions against fascist regimes in occupied lands
London reports Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Eden pledge to oust fascist leaders from Britain's occupied Italian territories. In the Commons, the war aims include removal of the Fusilat regime and shifting momentum against hostile powers.
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London
Churchjill
Eden
House
Comamons
Britain
Fuselat
Free Germany Movement Formed by German POWs in Russia
In Moscow a manifesto announces a committee of German prisoners and refugees to advocate a free Germany. Thirty three signatories include five former Reichstag members and poet Erich Welner t as president of the group.
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Russia
Moscow
Germany
Reichsttig
Erich Welnert
Plan Allows Soldiers to Aid Farmers in 1943 Harvest
Ottawa reports Defence Minister Ralston announced in the House of Commons that soldiers may be permitted to assist farmers with the 1943 harvest. He rejected ideas that the home defence army could be released, clarifying that there is no separate home defence force, and that active army units and general service troops are critical to continental defence.
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Ottawa
Defence
Ralston
House of Commons
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Home Defence Army
Canada
Newfoundland
Labrador
Alaska
Bahamas
U.S
All Agree on Bi To Create National Physical Fitness Council
In Ottawa the House of Commons parties endorsed and passed a bill to form a national physical fitness council. It provides a $225,000 provincial grant shared 50-50, with two provincial council members each and a single paid national director. A special training school for fitness teachers is proposed under provincial authority. Population-based grant division targets PEI to $2,000 and BC to $16,000 among others.
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Physical Fitness Council
Ottawa
House of Commons
National Council On Physical Fitness
Pensions
Mackenzie
Social Security Committee
Angus MacInnis
C CF
Vancouver East
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Farm Leave Proposals Amid War Effort Discussed by Minister
Col Ralston outlined two farm leave provisions in the army Compassionate leave for hardship on the farm and agricultural leave for seed bed classes with harvest leave under seeding conditions The army works with the labor department selective service to propose leave for more men and to use detachments Some 5450 men were already on farm leave and prisoners of war were being used for farm work with security duties on farms and a potential escape viewed as not a major international incident.
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Ralston
Labor Department
Selective Service
Army
Wavell to Take Viscount Title in India Viceroy Era
London reports Sir Archibald Wavell, newly peer and set to become India viceroy, will adopt the title Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and Winchester. The move signals a high level reshuffle as Britain plans governance for the subcontinent.
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London
Press Association
Archibald Wavell
India
New Service For Fire Fighters Is Being Planned
Ottawa wartime debate outlines options for Canada's civilian firefighting corps overseas. Gen. LaFleche says 412 volunteers may train for armed forces as bombing threats lessen. The corps, paid and pensioned like soldiers, includes objectors and could be repurposed to staff future fire chiefs in communities. Members hail from 10 provinces led by Ontario 287 and Quebec 30.
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Ottawa
LaFleche
House of Commons
Canada
Britain
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saaskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Policy in Sicily: no political activity for Sicilians now
London Prime Minister Churchill informs the House that the Allied military administration in Sicily will forbid political activity by Sicilians at present. He says democratically inclined ideas may emerge later under Allied control with expert civil administration from the United States and Britain. Foreign Secretary Eden adds no collaborationist regime with former Italian Fascists.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Sicily
U.S
Britain
Eden
House
Revisions Consider Rental Notice Tenants Eviction Rules
In Ottawa Russell Smart administrator of rentals for the prices board says changes are being revised but he declined advance publicity. Reports indicate a six month notice to vacate may replace one year and evictions could be forbidden from October to April.
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Ottawa
Russell Smart
K.O
Prices Board
Germans flee bombed western cities to safer areas
Berlin dispatches describe a great stream of Germans leaving the capital en route to safer regions farther east from bombed cities in the west and northwest. The final destination was not stated.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Easr
Ottawa railways report record April revenue
Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports Canadian railways earned 65,328,054 in April, the highest monthly revenue on record, up from 50,596,977 in April 1942. The best previous month was December with 63,593,113.
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Ottawa
Canadian _ railways
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canadian General McNaughton Returns to Britain After Sicily Visit
Lt Gen A G L McNaughton commander of the overseas Canadian army returns to British headquarters following a flying tour of the Mediterranean theatre including Sicily where he observed the lat Division in action.
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England
A. G. L. McNaughton
Britain
Mediterranean
Sicily
Air raid gear valued at 4.68 million distributed in Caustle
Ottawa reports in the House of Commons that air raid precautions equipment valued at 4,683,152 has been distributed in Caustle. The disclosure appears in the Commons return.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
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