Must Secure A Market For Our Farm Products
J Go Taggart, chairman of the agricultural prices support board, urged Canada to maintain strong external trade to ensure price support works. He warned that without a large foreign market, price stabilization and avoiding retaliatory tariffs require keeping domestic and international prices aligned. He also stressed friendly relations to avert price collapse and embargo risks, noting current prices are moderate and stability aids farmer response.
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Barkatoon
Canada
J Go Taggart
Shes Agricultural Prices Support Board
Saskatchewan Livestock Association
Dominion
Secret Meeting Of The Three Allied Leaders
President Roosevelt said the time and place for an upcoming meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin will be secret until after it occurs. He declined to specify details, noting only that the leaders will meet anon. The remark confirmed Stalin’s presence at the meeting, a point he had not previously firmly stated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Anon
Tom Conally
Dem
Tex
Allied Council
Anow
Mr. Churchill
Marshal Stalin
RC AF members to receive French Croix de Guerre award
Air force headquarters announced seven members of the Royal Canadian Air Force may accept the French Croix de Guerre for distinguished services during special operations linked to the liberation of France. Recipients include Sydn. Lar. W. M Fairly of Lloydminster Sask DFC.
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Ottawa
Air Force Headquarters
RCAF
France
Sydn. Lar
W. M Fairly
D.F.C
Lloydminster
Sask
Secret weapons warning in Commons debate
In London the House of Commons discussed British secret weapons and inventions. The Prime Minister said Britain will let new arms fall on the enemy by surprise, noting Germans spread fear to bolster their people while Britain will not adopt desperate measures.
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London
House of Commons
Athens
Churchill
Homeless Germans in Stockholm Draw Attention
Werner Taesler, Swedish architect and member of an organization, reports on German homeless housing issues in Stockholm. The note indicates displacement and urban relief efforts amid the ongoing crisis.
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Stockholm
Werner Taesler
Victoria Cross Hero Receives Christmas Kiss From Stewardess
Private Ernest A. Smoky Smith, Victoria Cross recipient for heroism at the Savio River bridgehead in Italy, ends a 10,000 mile, 36 hour flight home to New Westminster B C. A Trans-Canada stewardess Elizabeth Free kissed him on the cheek as he waited to resume his journey.
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Canada
Victoria Cresa
Ernest A
Smoky” Smith
Empire
New Westminster
B.C
Trans- Canada Air Lines
Elizabeth Free
T.C.A
Smith
Savio River
Italy
Japanese Wary Over Pacific Moves Warn Of Stalin Hand
A Japanese broadcaster in unoccupied China warned that Stalin must reveal his stance in the Pacific war before April, signaling expectations around a Churchill Roosevelt Stalin meeting and the five year Japanese Russian non aggression pact due to expire.
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San Francisco
China
Stalin
Damel Agency
Czechs Regain Teschen District Expected Return
London reports that the Lublin provisional government of Poland is near pledging to return Teschen, a coal rich district seized during the Munich dispute, to Czechoslovakia. The move would be confirmed by reliable sources in the capital.
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London
Lublin
Poland
Teschen
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Service resumes London to Paris civilian boat train
London notes the first civilian boat train in four years and nine months left January 15 for Paris. The trip, funded by the ministry of war transport and French authorities, serves limited traveller categories and requires government certification. Passengers must arrange billeting and meals in Paris.
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London
Paris
Ministry of War Transport
Winnipeg Goldeyes Ottawa Price Ceiling Set
The prices board announced specific ceiling prices for Winnipeg goldeyes, marking the first time a ceiling on any fresh water fish has been set. Processors may sell to wholesalers at 30 cents per pound and to retailers at 35 cents F.O.B Winnipeg, roughly near last year's levels.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Winnipeg
F.O.B
iWnnipeg
No Problems Of Minorities Will Bother Poland
Reporter in Lublin notes Poland seeks a ethnically homogeneous, Catholic state free of German, Russian, Ukrainian, Lithuanian and other minorities. Describes population exchanges east of the Curzon line and migration from western Ukraine into liberated Poland.
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Poland
Lublin
Iberated
Halien
Versailles
Curzon Line
National Committee of Liberation
Ukraine
Lwow
Bug River
Waiting list grows for first peace-time Atlantic crossing
Trans-Canada Air Lines reports 54 people have asked to be recorded on a waiting list for the first postwar commercial crossing of the Atlantic as of November 30. In November, 12 east-bound and 13 west-bound flights were completed between Montreal and the United Kingdom, moving 129,616 pounds of mail and 1750 pounds of freight plus 100 passengers.
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Winnipeg
Trans-Canada Airlines
TCA
Montreal
United Kingdom
Alberta Farmers to Receive PFAA Cheques
Arnold Johnson, Alberta PFAA officer, estimates total federal PFAA payments to farmers will reach 2.5 to 3 million dollars in Alberta. Claims payments began weeks ago and are expected to be finished by end of February.
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Edmonton
Arnold Johnson
Alberta
Prairie Farm Assistance Act
Pf.a.a
Montrealer Major Donald Johns Joins Far East War Effort
Major Donald Johns of 4006 Beaconsfield Avenue Montreal plays a key role in Southeast Asia Command against Japan. A McGill graduate turned English professor at Kobe University, he spoke Japanese, broadcast from Singapore Batavia Delhi and Kandy, and hopes to return for a final broadcast in Japan.
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Donald Johns
Beaconsfield Avenue
Montreal
McGill
Ambassadors Hotel
Sherbrooke St
Prairie Farms
Far East
University of Kobe
Imperial University
Kyoto
Japan
Hong Kong
Singapore
Batavia
Delhi
Kandy
Ceylon
Carroll coal commission to open inquiry in national fuel policy
National Fuel Policy report from Sydney Nova Scotia notes the Carroll coal commission will begin hearings to investigate the Canadian coal industry and help frame a national fuel policy. It also compares wartime carrier and aircraft growth from 1939 to the present, stating the U K and U S expanded from 18 carriers and 600 planes to about 150 carriers and 5,000 planes.
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Sydney
N.S
Carroll Coal Commission
U.S
England
Liberation of Warsaw After Reign Of Terror
London reports Warsaw has fallen to the Russians nearly six months after Marshal Rokossovsky approached from the east. The German assault began Sept 1 1939, city destruction followed, and by Sept 23 bombing and shelling left Warsaw in ruins. The Jewish population faced a brutal reign of terror with many killed or exiled.
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London
Warsaw
Marshal Konstanntin Rokossovsky
Vitebsk
Stefan Starzynski
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Europe
Potiah
Empire Casualties Up To December 50 Lower Than In Last War
Churchill told the House of Commons that British Empire casualties from September 1939 to November 30 totaled 1,043,554, with the United Kingdom suffering 635,107. Dominion losses included Canada 78,985 Australia 84,861 New Zealand 34,115 and South Africa 28,943. India 152,597 and colonies 26,046. Of the total 282,162 were killed 386,374 wounded 294,438 prisoners and 80,?58 missing.
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London
British Empire
Churchill
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Dominion
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
Basic Industries Must Be Assured Of Postwar Prosperity
Premier Stuart Gerson told the Manitoba Liberal Progressive Association that farmers profits determine western prosperity and urged basic industries to stay prosperous in postwar years for high employment. He noted Manitoba’s postwar machinery aims for jobs for all and social security, warning that basic industry weakness could bring mass unemployment.
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Winnipeg
Stuart
Gerson
Manitoba
Liberal-Progressive Association
Canada
Costa
Japanese Premier Koiso Pressed Toward Resignation
Domei reports factions within Japan's leadership urge bold political renovation and a second reform as Koiso faces moves to resign. Disharmony grows inside the Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society ahead of a Diet session slated for January 21.
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San Francisco
Japan
Comel Agency
Kuniaki Koiso
Domei
Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society
German General Ub Captured With 7th Army Front
Gen Hans Lingner commander of the 17th Panzer Grenadier Division has been captured by the 7th Army authorities. He is believed the first 3.8 division chief captured on the western front.
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7Th Army
Hans Lingner
Panzer Grenadier
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