Canada’s Navy Now Over Five Hundred Ships
Navy Minister Macdonald told the House of Commons Canada had about 550 ships in total with 12 destroyers and 70 corvettes in commission. He outlined crew sizes for destroyers, corvettes, minesweepers, and Fairmiles, noted 1,727 sailors discharged since the war’s start through last April, and argued for a navy shaped to fight submarines with a balance of cruisers and destroyers for wartime and postwar needs.
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Ottawa
Macdonald
House of Commons
Canada
King Hazen
Saint Joan-Albert
Hazen
Dominion
Canadian Navy
Mediterranean
Southwest
Pacific
Change Strategy London Report on Soviet Food Pressures
London reports unsatisfactory food conditions alter Soviet military strategy from mobile warfare to holding lines to secure cultivated land. While the food supply is not yet critical, production and distribution are below par. Harvest and lend lease may sustain the year, but a grave shortage could arise if either fails, risking both home front nutrition and civilian strain alongside a strong Red Army.
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London
Russia
Soviet Union
Red Army
Tanker Construction Planned in Vancouver This Year
The News-Herald reports on reliable authority that a Vancouver shipyard will start building 10,000-ton tankers this year for Wartime Merchant Shipping Limited. Details are undisclosed but these vessels are expected to be conversions of victory-type freighters. First work reportedly to begin in about two months with several completed before year end.
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Vancouver
News-Herald
Reliable Authority
Industry Must Make Post War Work Its Job
Toronto leaders urged that postwar recovery hinge on every company absorbing returning servicemen and expanding production. J S McLean warned mass employment must double 1939 levels soon, while F P L Lane urged removing barriers to full employment and adopting UK excess profits tax to cushion inventories.
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Toronto
J. S. McLean
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
McLean
F. P. L. Lane
C.M.A
Canada
Lane
United Kingdom
Refugee‑Founded Factories Employ 30,000 British Workers
About 300 factories have been established in Britain by refugees fleeing Nazi persecution, providing work for around 30,000 British workers as part of wartime production efforts.
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Britain
The Key Position in Global Air Routes
Winnipeg report quotes W F English assistant vice president of Trans-Canada Airways who says Canada is at the cross roads of the airways. He notes direct routes from U S population centers to Europe and Asia cross Canada and foresees future airways as tools to reduce nationalism and foster peace.
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Winnipeg
Canada
British Commonwealth Air Service
Globe
W. F. English
Trans- Canada Airways
Origin of Alaska Its name from an Aleut term for a great country
The Alaska name traces to an Aleut word meaning great country. The term reflects indigenous language roots and later adoption in American usage, highlighting the region’s vast geography and cultural heritage.
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Alaska
Ladies Invited For At Home Visit To RCAF Women
Winnipeg announces a series of "WD At Home" visits inviting women near air force stations to see RCAF Women's Division work. Stations in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Dauphin will host events before June 27 to foster ties with women's groups and provide insight into station duties from air traffic to parachute packing and aircraft maintenance.
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Winnupes
RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force
Girls In Blue
Canada
No 2 Training Command
R.C.A.F
Winnipeg
Women Friends
R.C.A.F. Iw.od
Air Force
W.D
Central Navigation School
Rivers
Man
Service
Saskatoon
Dauphin
Yorkton
Sask
Brandon
Davidson, Sask
Macdonald
Dafoe
Paulson
Barbara Kemp
No. 2 Training Command
W.d.’S
Premier of Alberta ties, living and amenities on the station
Arrangements can be made for women's organizations to have W D officers speak and show WD activities at meetings. Stations near small localities may host visitors for most of the day with lunch. A potential Wives Day could invite husband and wife teams to visit the station guided by air women and met by the station commanding officer.
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W.D
Mass Death by Own Action Ends Attu Battle
Final organized Japanese resistance on Attu collapsed as many survivors killed themselves with grenades or detonators. The last assault began May 29 at 4 am, catching Americans by surprise as Japanese forces and civilians overwhelmed positions near Cories Lake. The two day battle became a slaughter with unknown Japanese losses, while a prisoner described orders for a mass attack and surrender talks.
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Cories Lakes
Attu
Cories Lake
Massacre Bay
Famine Reported in Occupied Hong Kong and Kowloon
The Japanese govern area reports severe shortage in occupied Hong Kong and Kowloon with about four hundred thousand of the one million residents evacuated due to famine.
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Changking
Hong Kong
Kowloon
Trade Minister cites Canada’s rising war trade balance
Canada’s favorable trade balance for January to April 1943 rose by about 126 million dollars, with imports totaling 538.5 million and exports 777.9 million. Total trade reached 1.322 billion, up 106 million, and the balance stood at 245.1 million. MacKinnon notes 1942 manufactures reached 2.385 billion and stresses war aims and Mackenzie river basin developments.
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Toronto
James A. MacKinnon
Canada
Carnegian Manufacturers’ Association
Mackenzie River
Mr. MacKinnon
Alaska
Russia
Orient
Clive Baillieu
United Kingdom
Combined Raw Materials Board
British Supply Council
North America
Britain
United States
Ethiopian soldiers trained for Allied invasion of Italy
Yilma Deressa, member of Haile Selassie’s cabinet, says Ethiopian troops are training with modern weapons for participation in the Allied invasion of Italy. He notes a shift from spears and antiquated rifles used in 1936 to contemporary arms.
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Ethiopia
Washington
Italy
Haile Selassie
Yilma Deressa
Kandanos in Crete Destroyed in Nazi Retaliation
Photographs from Crete show Kandanos wiped out by German forces as reprisal for the killing of German parachutists. The marble slab bears the inscription noting the town’s destruction as a reprisal similar to Lidice in Czechoslovakia.
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Crete
Cairo
Kandanos
Lidice
Year Ahead in Sunspots Predicted for 1980
Astronomical observations indicate the coming year will feature intensified sunspot activity with notable solar events expected in 1980. Astronomers cite heightened magnetic cycles and probable impacts on satellite communications and geomagnetic conditions.
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E. C. Manning
Aberhart
Trade and Industry
Social Credit Party
Peter II
Yugoslavia
Alexandra
Greece
HL Grimley
Lac
K. R. Grimley
England
Mozart
Regina
H. Wilson
Conference On Manpower
Henry Taylor
National War Labor Committee
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