Luftwaffe Decline Indicates Narrowing Air Supremacy
Aeroplane magazine argues Germany's first line air strength on all fronts may total about 5,000 aircraft, down from 6,500 at the start of the Russian campaign. It notes dispersal, pilot losses, training gaps, and production cuts as factors, while asserting Allied air forces remain equal or superior in quality and concentration.
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Aouthern
France
Norway
Mediterranean
North Africa
Italy
Sicily
Greece
Crete
Europe
Germany
Balkans
Russia
Malta
Luftwaffe
Problems Facing Agriculture In Post War Period Toronto
Dr J F Booth of Ottawa told the Canadian Political Science Association that postwar agriculture must retain and expand markets to avoid a long painful readjustment. He warned Canada will likely keep tighter regulation and must plan now for trade changes amid deep seated interests and rising nationalism. Prof W W Swanson of the University of Saskatchewan described the wheat problem as central to the postwar period, noting storage, transport, prices and finance as key hurdles and that wheat surpluses must be controlled. He warned Europe’s postwar food needs would require vast shipping, estimating 10 000 000 tons to export 320 000 000 bushels of wheat.
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Toronto
J. F. Booth
Ottawa
Canadian Political Science Association
Booth
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canada
W. W. Swanson
University of Saskatchewan
Dominion
Prof. Swanson
Western
Dr. Swanson
Europe
Yugoslav Plan to Train Army in Canada
In Ottawa Gen Draja Mihailovic and Chetniks fight Nazis in Yugoslavia while Yugoslavia plans to train a new army and air force in Canada to fight from abroad. Dr Izidor Cankar, Yugoslav minister to Canada, thanked Canada for hospitality to his forces and said training should begin soon, though location not disclosed. Some Yugoslav citizens in Americas may join.
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Ottawa
Draja Mikhailovitch
Yugoslavia
Canada
Izidor Cankar
Cankar
North
South America
Chess urged as part of military training curriculum
Ottawa pressed to add chess to army training as a strategic aid. Bernard Freedman of the Canadian Correspondence Chess Association argues chess teaches warlike strategy, noting the Defence Department already supports chess among troops and in recreational programs. He cites Russia’s use of strategic planning as an example.
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Fer
Toronto
Ottawa
Bernard Freedman
Canadian Correspondence Cheas Association
Department of National Defence
Freedman
Russia
Indemnity Sought for Federally Owned Defence Plants
The fifth annual conference of the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities urged the Dominion government to provide for indemnity to municipalities hosting federally owned defence plants. The resolution seeks compensation in proportion to taxes that would be paid if the plants were privately owned.
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Ence
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Dominion
Freezing Eggs in Edmonton Stores for Export
Edmonton egg producers jam freezers with shells stacked in Alberta plants to make solid blocks for space saving while top grade eggs are stored for export or dried into powder. Since March eggs must ship overseas as powder to save ocean cargo. The Edmonton drying plant building advances as equipment from the United States awaits delivery, said C. E. Christensen, general manager of the provincial marketing board.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Britain
United States
C. E. Christensen
Antiquaries Leader Appeals to Save Historic Documents
A. W. Clapham, president of the Society of Antiquaries in London, urged members to protect valuable historical papers from being discarded in waste paper drives. The appeal emphasizes preserving documents of historical significance.
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London
A. W. Clapham
Society of Antiquaries
Lend-Lease Basis Discussed With Soviet Russia
The United States presented a draft lend-lease proposal to Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff in a 45 minute meeting with Cordell Hull. The plan aims to align Soviet Russia with Britain and other United Nations in post war trade restoration under lend-lease.
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Maxim Litvinos
Cordell Hull
Arsa
Litvinoff
Mr. Hull
Russia
Great Britain
United Nations
Roosevelt
Soviet Russia
Britain
United States
Hull
Officers' uniforms curtailed in wartime Ottawa ruling
Defence headquarters bans cuffed or pleated front trousers for officers. The army order follows a Wartime Prices and Trade Board request. Officers may wear existing cuffed pleated trousers until worn out, but new style must be cuffless and pleatless.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence Headquarters
Prices and Trade Board
Civil defence urged for all citizens at conference
Hon R J Manion told the Afth annual conference of Canadian mayors that ARP work is a responsibility for everyone fit to work but unable to join armed forces. He outlined active and passive defence and urged municipal bodies to organize and citizens to volunteer for civil defence roles.
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Ottawa
R. J. Manion
Afth
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Manion
A.R.P
Planning Giant Aerial Offensive on West Front
British and U S strategists plan a massive aerial onslaught against Germany with 200 tons of bombs per night and new "black bombs" larger than prior 4000 pound bombs. The plan envisions 1000 bombers in a single night, high altitude, fast heavy bombers and knockout raids to disrupt Nazi industry and supply lines ahead of western invasion.
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West Front
London
U.S
Germany
Britain
B. Somervill
U.S. Army Services of Supply
Somervill
W. Lee
Army Ground Forces
R.A.F
Western
Europe
Belgian Socialist Warns Hitler Sabotage Hits Front
Louis de Brouckers told the Labour conference that sabotage by Belgian workers has cut production by about 60 percent. He warned that occupied countries are liabilities, with Hitler unable to subdue the freedom of free peoples. The talk closed the second day’s routine resolutions on postwar world plans and service pay.
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Louis de Brouchers
Hitler
de Brouchers
de Brouckers
Pias
Harvest labor crisis in western Canada worries MPs
In Ottawa E A Perley warned of a very acute labor situation in the west as coarse grain acreage rises and harvest help is needed. Farm enlistments are heavy, many workers have moved east, and women and girls have left the farms. War Services Minister Thorson said Reserve army trainees may be pooled with others for calls to service. A departmental committee will review regulations after meetings with university reps and National War Services officials. Conservative Leader Hansen urged any changes go through Parliament.
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Ottawa
E. E. Pertey
Gu Appelle
House of Commons
Canada
West
Perley
War Services
Thorson
National War Services Boards
National War Services
Hanson
Tar sands oil prospects eyed by Ottawa minister
Ottawa Resources Minister Crerar told the House that responsible interests have considered a pipeline from northern Alberta tar sands to southern centres as debate on Alberta oil royalty rates continues. He noted tar sands began as road material for Edmonton and Jasper and may become an active oil source.
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Ottawa
Crerar
House of Commons
Alberta
Alberta Natural Resources Act
J. R. MacNicol
Con
Toronto- Davenport
Edmonton
Jasper National Park
MacNicol
Capture Internee Recaptured Near Pembroke Camp
Emilian Hake a 20 year old civilian internee at Peta wawa internment camp escaped and was recaptured about 15 miles from camp by a Veterans Guard member. Hakel had escaped previously last April and was recaptured within a few hours.
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Pembroke
Ont
Emilian Hake
Petawawa
Veterans Guard
Hakel
Japan Plans Large Colonist Program for Pacific Territories
The government announced a broad plan to send Japanese colonists, specialists, and workers to the conquered southwest Pacific territories to facilitate natural resource development and economic exploitation.
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Tokyo
Southwest Pacific
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White House
Doolittle
U.S. Army
Japan
H. H. Arnold
Air Force
Hee. KR. J. Manien
Tella
A.B
National War Services Department
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