Reform Urged in Education For Canadians
A Canada and Newfoundland Education Association survey recommends sweeping postwar reforms across public schools, health services, curricula, and administration with initial costs around 203 million dollars. It calls for universal medical and immunization services, higher salaries for teachers, extended schooling, more universities and junior colleges, and funding from diverse sources beyond real property taxes. The plan aims to double current education spending and implement a Dominion wide program over 25 years.
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Montreal
Canada
Canada and Newfoundland Education Association
FL Cyril James
McGill University
W. P. Percival
Quebec
Federal Cabinet
James
Dominion
Medical aid from Canada buys Soviet Union medical supplies
Moscow papers relay a Tass News Agency Ottawa report noting Canada has spent 2,616,000 to purchase medical supplies in Russia, with a total of 3,022,000 spent by Canadians across newspapers magazines and radio in support of relief efforts.
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Moscow
Canada
Tass
Ottawa
Canadian Fund For Relief
Soviet Union
Russia
Dominion
Canadians Directly Pay for Overseas RAF Positions
Canada will cover the full cost of maintaining 35 RAF squadrons plus pay, pensions, clothing, and transport for Canadian airmen serving overseas. An additional 341 million dollars this fiscal year funds these arrangements, with new base pay offices in London Cairo and Bombay and liaison posts in Freetown and Algiers to manage accounts.
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Ottawa
Canada
House of Commons
Power
United Kingdom
R.A.F
R.C.A.F
Ra.f
R.c.af
London
Cairo
Bombay
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Algiers
Vincent Massey
Iceland
Faroe Islands
Gibraltar
Australia
New Zealand
Middle East
Malta
Aden
Iraq
West Africa
North Africa
South Africa
Rhodesia
India
Ceylon
Burma
China
Rlc.a.f
London Sets Trans Atlantic Air Record In 12 57
A transport command plane flying from Canada established a new trans Atlantic air record of 12 hours 57 minutes, beating the previous mark by four minutes set a year earlier.
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London
Transport Command
Canada
Quisling Holds Talks With Hitler at Berchtesgaden
Norwegian premier Vidkun Quisling met Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden in the fifth in a series of conferences between Germany and its satellite governments, a report stated.
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Europe
Vidkun Quisling
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Germany
Work Well Done Projects Constructed By PFRA Prevent Floods Regina
The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act built 2 000 large and small projects in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta since 1935. PFRA projects include dams dikes and canals that offset spring runoff with no major washouts this year. George Spence rector praised PFRA engineers and staff for the efficiency and success of the program.
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F.f.ha
Regina
Prairie Provinces
Prairie Farm R
George Spence
PFRA
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
PEFRA
PFLUR
Spence
Gasoline Consumption in Canada Falls in 1942
A government return tabled in the House of Commons by the munitions department shows total gasoline consumption in Canada for 1942 reached 26,780,573 barrels, down from 27,860,917 barrels in 1941 and up from 25,208,022 in 1940. The report notes it is not in the public interest to release separate motor gasoline figures because aviation gasoline is a highly secret commodity.
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Canada
Ottawa
House of Commena
Munitions Department
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centres
U S Heavy Cruiser Canberra Named After Australian Vessel
The heavy United States cruiser Canberra, named for an Australian ship sunk near Guadalcanal in 1942, was launched becoming the first U S vessel to bear a foreign city name. Lady Dixon, wife of Australian minister Sir Owen Dixon, sponsored the launch.
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Quircy
Mass
Canberra
Aise
Australia
Catry
Lady Dixon
Sir Owen Dixon
U.S
HMMAS
Saye Island
Guadalcanal
British Officers Will Not Be Retired Because Of Age
London reports that the War Office will not retire British officers over 55 due to age. The policy reverses the February 1942 order. Many retired officers have since returned to service. A daylight attack by German Heinkels and a British passenger airliner on the London Lisbon route was reported from Lisbon.
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London
War Office
Heinkels
Lisbon
Wheat Acreage Payments To Be Sent Out Soon
Regina reports that about 2,000 Prairie farmers will receive wheat acreage reduction payments after a technical amendment to the Wheat Acreage Reduction Act. Federal Agriculture Minister James G. Gardiner said payments cover 1943 acreage reductions and add a $2 per acre incentive for land taken out of wheat in 1943 compared with 1940. Gardiner noted the amendment clarifies rye and coarse grains definitions, avoiding prior authoriy issues, and discussed practicalities of using prisoners of war for farm labor only in select areas.
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Regina
James G. Gardiner
Hotel Saskatchewan
Gardiner
Saskatchewan
Mr. Gardiner
Churchill Describes Britain Facing Darkest Days 1940
Prime Minister Churchill spoke to coal miners and mine owners in December 1942, detailing Britain's scarce weapons in 1940 and the failed invasion threat after Dunkirk. He cited few tanks, many outdated guns, and praised Allied and American resilience while warning of renewed German danger and U-boat threats.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Dunkirk
France
Production Up in Britain Aircraft Output Soars
London reports a surge in aircraft production with overall structure and weight up 55 percent and bomber output up three and a half times. Sir Stafford Cripps, Aircraft Production Minister, stated the gains recently.
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London
Great Britain
Stafford Cripps
Still a possibility warns on gas masks in civil defence
London. Herbert Morrison, minister of home security, warned an audience at a civil defence exhibition that the enemy could still use a gas weapon. He urged constant attention to masks and anti gas equipment.
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London
Herbert Morrison
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Hugh JD. Scully
New York
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Department of External Affairs
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Duchess of Kent
Prince Michael
England
Scotland
Vhota
T. G. Gibson
Toronto
R. M. Gibson
K.C
V.D
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Hugh D. Scully
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Pearl Harbor
Italy
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