Necessary In Buying Methods During Wartime Shortages
Toronto speech by Donald Gordon reviews equitable supply distribution methods and urges public restraint rather than broad rationing. He warns rumors can spark shortages, but says most shortages are temporary and solvable by self discipline, cooperation, and production gains.
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Toronto
Donald Gordon
Prices Derach
Venen'e Canadian Club
Gordon
Tmrthoda
CRC
Montreal
Cyrille Vaillancourt
Adviner
Mr. Gordon
Canadians Welcome by Blamey in Southwest Pacific
Canadian troops serving with the Australian army were welcomed by Gen Sir Thomas Blamey, commander of the southwest Pacific areas, as technical specialists. The Australian bureau said Blamey urged greater Canadian representation in the south west Pacific area. It estimated about 1,000 Canadian army men of all ranks are serving with Indian, Australian, New Zealand and American forces ready to form the nucleus of the planned Canadian Pacific expedition.
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New York
Thomas Blamey
Southwest Pacific
Western Resources Impressed With Prairie Industrial Growth
W M Neal, vice president of Canadian Pacific Railway, praised prairie provinces industrial development and western Canada's resources as key to prosperity. He noted farmers shifting to grain due to labor shortages and urged maintaining livestock production to balance the economy.
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Prairie Provinces
Winnipeg
W. M. Neal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canada
Weole Dominion
Neal
English broadcaster Hewitt sentenced in wartime case
Gerald Percy Sandys Hewitt, 44, an Englishman who worked with German radio during the occupation of France, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for acts aiding the enemy. The court found him guilty of assisting the enemy in wartime broadcasts and related treachery.
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London
Gerald Percy Sandys Hewitt
France
Enesay
British Prisoners In Bulgarian Camps Re Count
War Secretary Sir James Grigg told the commons that some British prisoners in Bulgarian prisoner camps were put to death before the armistice. He cited 2 to 40 British prisoners with Americans and said the number murdered is under 10. Grigg reported brutal treatment and inadequate food, with 42 Bulgarian officers under arrest. He declined to promise British punishment, tying it to broader international war crime accountability.
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Laindon
James Grigg
The
Commons
Grigg
Canadians Receive Ribbons From Montgomery In Germany
The First Canadian Army soldiers decorated for service in Germany received their ribbons from Field Marshal Montgomery during a ceremony set up by Gen Crerar’s army. The investiture was informal, held under trees with few spectators and a guard of honor from headquarters staffs.
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Germany
Field Marshal
Montgomery
2 1St Amy
Crerar
Appointment of Lieut Governor Miller in Saskatchewan
Lieut Governor Thomas Miller, publisher of the Moose Jaw Times, is appointed to succeed Hon. A P McNab as lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan after McNab’s retirement.
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Thomas Miller
The
Moose Jaw Times
Saskatchewan
A. Pp. McNab
German Commanders Urge Soldiers to Donate March Pay
German commanders ordered their troops to donate March pay for eastern German refugee relief and to report any refusals to headquarters, signaling a directive aimed at rapid financial aid within the service.
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Germany
Optimistic Churchill Sees End in Europe From West Front Tour
Prime Minister Churchill spoke to the Canadian First Army Highlanders as they advance north and south toward the Rhine. He predicted the enemy would be driven across the Rhine soon, touting allied unity and a broader peaceful world. He fired a shell at Xanten with chalked words For Hitler Personal, joking about missing Hitler.
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Canadian First Army
Germany
Churchil S Ale
Western Front
Europe
Churchill
Rhine
Hitler
Xanten
Aftermath Route From Niederaussen to Cologne
Trudging through mud, civilians and soldiers carry bundles of food and clothing as they flee ruined towns near Cologne. Roads clogged with tanks and vehicles force people to walk through fields and ditches in cold rain, paying the price of defeat to Nazi tales.
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Niederaussen
Germany
Cologne
Farm workers urged back to agriculture in Canada
Labour Minister Mitchell announced that selective service authorities have completed plans to return winter temporarily employed workers to farms. The estimated number is over 0,000. Localities will fix release dates for workers from other industries, with regional superintendents in Winnipeg and Vancouver to announce the dates.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Dominion cost of living index unchanged in early 1945
The Dominion bureau of statistics reported the official cost of living index remained at 118.6 from January 2 to February 1, 1945, measuring wartime price increases of 17.7 percent since 1935-29 base.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Air Estimates Claim Allied Air Strength and Losses
London air secretary Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that Allied air forces have greatly reduced German oil production and that air losses over Europe have fallen from 4.1 percent in 1942 to 1.1 percent in the first two months of 1945. He noted Bomber Command suffered heavy casualties, with over 10,000 losses between April and September 1944, and praised Dominion training efforts led by Canada and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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London
Archibald Sinclair
House of Commons
Archibald
R.A.F
Europe
Stone
Canada
Dominions
Royal Canadian Air Force
U K Troops Form Two Thirds of Faral Canadian Army
War Secretary Sir James Grif informs the House of Commons that United Kingdom troops make up two thirds of the Faral Canadian army at present. He cannot disclose full composition or offensive details as such data would aid the enemy. The Daily Telegraph notes British dominance in the First Canadian Army and praises American and Canadian exploits.
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London
James Griff
House of Commons
United Kingdom
Rhine
Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Canada
Crerar
Family allowance plan to cost prairie provinces big sums
National Health and Welfare Minister Brooke Claxton estimated about 54 million dollars will be spent in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta in the first year of the national family allowance program. He said registrations started March 15 and payments are expected to begin July 10 to aid families with clothing education and medical care while boosting purchasing power and employment.
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Winnipeg
National Health and Welfare
Brooke Claxton
Prairie Provinces
Claxton
British Columbia
National Health and Welfare Department
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
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Resistance
Georges Ledanseur
R.C.N
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Royal Canadian Navy
Queen
Oscar Natzke
Wren Gwen Tasse
Natzke
Wren
Anita D’allaire
of the Rhine
the Rhine
United Nations
Col
O. Maluga
J. Rogov
V. N. Dragoun
J. A. Suslaparov
U.K
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