Canada to Maintain Pork Shipments to Britain
Ottawa reports Canada will keep Grade A hog and part of Grade B hog output earmarked for export to Britain. The plan uses Canadian meat board requisitions to sustain pork and beef shipments while balancing domestic supply. Australia New Zealand will be drawn on heavily for UN forces. US hog reductions expected to be larger than Canada’s.
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Ottawa
Canada
Britain
Agriculture Department
Canadian Meat Board
Department
Australia
New Zealand
United Nations
Pacific
North America
United States
Meat Board
Ministry of Food
Not Well Fed Saskatoon Prompts Nutrition Debate
W J Mather of Winnipeg spoke at the Saskatchewan Agricultural College Graduates Association meeting on nutrition and farm surpluses relation to family allowances. He argued low income drives poor feeding and urged improvement, suggesting humans be fed as well as pigs for future population health.
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Saskatoon
W. J. Mather
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan Agricultural College Graduates’ Association
Mather
Winnipeg Free Press
Prairie Farmer
Mr. Mather
Royal Commission Probes Canadian Coal Industry Postwar Policy
A royal commission led by Justice W F Carroll of Halifax opened in Sydney N S to study all phases of the Canadian coal industry for possible postwar policy. Hearings in the maritimes run likely to late February, with travels to Quebec Ontario the United States coal fields and the western provinces. Hearings expected to conclude by late spring.
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Ottawa
W. F. Carroll
Halifax
Sydney
N.S
Maritimes
Quebec
Ontario
United States
Pacific Coast
Plague Battle Across Burma China Border
Reports describe inoculation drives using hypodermic syringes and rat-killing efforts with poison gas and DDT in the Burma China border area to curb a mild bubonic epidemic. About one third of cases prove fatal.
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Kunming
China
Burma-China
Larger Shipping Tonnage After The War's End
Ottawa reports wartime growth of Canada’s merchant marine with the United States poised to own about half the world’s tonnage by war’s end. Canada would expand from 410 ocean-going ships in 1939 to six or seven times that, while Britain and Allied fleets shrink relatively. In 1939 world tonnage totaled 68.5 million tons across 29,763 ships. Canada ranked 12th with 792 ships and about 1.22 million tons.
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Ottawa
MacKinnon
Canada
United States
United Kingdom
Mr. MacKinnon
Great Britain
Ireland
Japan
Norway
Germany
Italy
Holland
France
Greece
Sweden
Russia
Young Veteran Nelson Gunner Ackley in Italy Service
Gunner James Norman Ackley age 19, five years overseas, served in Sicilian and Italian campaigns with a field battery. Brother-in-law William Handley of Tyall says Ackley was large for his age, possibly aiding recruitment in 1939 after leaving Tofield, Alberta. Parents deceased. formerly lived in Nelson with aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs J F Summer now of Edmonton. He is currently with a Canadian unit in Italy, details not available.
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Nelson
B.C
James Norman Ackley
William Handley
Tyall
Ackley
Tofield
Alta
J. F. Summer
Edmonton
Gunner Ackley
Italy
Handley
Thousands Enrolled in RCAF Overseas Training
The RCAF reports that over 10,000 Canadian airmen and airwomen abroad enrolled in part time study courses during 1943 and 1944. Courses ranged from beekeeping and poultry farming to advanced mathematics and classical languages, reflecting broad educational efforts by the service.
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R.C.A.F
Tax receipts dip in Ottawa December report
Revenue Minister Gibson announced December income tax and customs and excise collections fell to 123,878,370 while overall December 1943 receipts totaled 194,521,528. The drop hints at a 70,734,138 decrease in payments across the tax system.
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Ottawa
Gibson
Customs and Excise
Bomb collision killed three near Luton England
Three people died and seventeen were injured when a U S army truck loaded with twenty high explosive bombs collided with a civilian truck near Luton, England. The impact triggered bomb mechanisms and the blast occurred minutes after the collision.
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Luton
England
Here
London
German Drive To The West Fails In Normandy Campaign
Field Marshal Von Rundstedt's large gamble in the Allied invasion region failed due to inability to swing north and capture key targets and because Allied defenders held firm. The U S First Army's resilient defense and network of bases and supply lines proved decisive in turning back the German onslaught toward Sedan Cologne and the Ruhr. The German drive halted 18 miles short of its aims, leaving German forces depleted.
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New York
von Rundstedt
First Army
U.S. First Army
U.S
Ninth Army
Sedan
Cologne
Ruhr
Arbitration Courts First in Australia Shape Labor Relations
Australia pioneered the use of special arbitration courts to regulate relations between capital and labor, establishing a formal mechanism to resolve industrial disputes and set working conditions. The move positioned Australia as a leader in state mediation between employers and workers.
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Australia
Soviet awards honor Montgomery and allies in war effort
London reports Soviet Ambassador Fyodor Gusev presented the Order of Suvorov First Class to Field Marshal Montgomery for outstanding direction of operations in forcing the English Channel and invading France. Lord Beaverbrook and Oliver Lyttleton received the Order for delivering supplies to Russia.
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London
Fyodor Gusev
Montgomery
English Channel
France
Lord Beaverbrook
Privy Seal
Oliver Lyttleton
Russia
Anti-aircraft Command Downs 533 Luftwaffe Planes in Battle
In the Battle of Britain, Anti-aircraft Command led by Sir Frederick Pile reports shooting down 533 German aircraft. The tally reflects heavy air combat over southern England with RAF support.
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London
Sir Frederick Pile
Britain
Rust Research Has Been Paying Big Dividends
Ottawa reports Dominion botanist J H Craigie says Canadian agricultural research suffers from inadequate funding. He cites rust resistant wheat as delivering annual public dividends, saving Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan farmers millions and boosting yields by over 5 bushels in 16 bad rust years.
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Ottawa
Dominion
J. H. Craigie
Dr. Craigie
Canada
Craigie
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Vust
Wheat Champion Saskatoon Crowned At Provincial Seed Fair
J G Knox of Tuxford Sask won the wheat championship in registered seed classes and took Farm Crops trophy for best hard red spring wheat in open classes. Apex samples weighed just over 66 pounds per bushel. George Gwyllt Kelvington won Open Class six row malting barley. W J Pulnam Tyner won McCabe Bros trophy for flax Royal. Lenora Huffman Aberdeen won Seager Wheeler trophy Thatcher. Hubert Wilts Englefeld won junior barley title.
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Saskatoon
J. G. Knox
Tuxford
Sask
Saskatchewan
W. J. Pulnam
Tyner
McCabe Bros
Royal
Lenora Huffman
Aberdeen
Seager Wheeler
Thatcher
Hubert Wilts
Englefeld
Last Rites Paid to Admiral Ramsay at Allied Headquar
European war leaders attended the service for Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay and four others killed in the January air crash. General Eisenhower, Alfred Duff Cooper, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, and Lt General Pierre Koenig were among mourners as coffins draped with Union Jack were lowered after the funeral procession.
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Europe
Bertram Ramsay
Eisenhower
Alfred Duff Cooper
France
Andrew Browne Cunningham
Pierre Koenig
Paris
Tarmacs of the R.C.A.F. End Tour in Britain
The Tarmacs eight-man show of the R.C.A.F. auxiliary services has returned to Britain after a tour in France where they performed 65 times for over 25 000 Allied service personnel. The troupe is managed by LAC Ted Cohen of Winnipeg. 2603.
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R.C.A.F
Britain
R.C.A.F. Auxiliary Services
France
Lac
Ted Cohen
Winnipeg
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Edward R. Stettinius
U.S. State Department
Washington, D.C
Sir Bertram Ramsay
Belgium
Admiral Ramsay
Dunkirk
Athens
Demaskinos
Anthony Eden
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Eden
Church
George
Modest Hke
David Currie
V.C
Sutherland
Moose Jaw
Western Canada Hockey League
C.P.R
Currie
Falaise Gap
Wm. Manson
Canadian Pacific Railway Western Lines
Regina
Regina Caps
Saskatoon Sheiks
Moose Jaw Maple Leafs
Rust Research
Tuxford Farmer
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