Increased Flax Production Urged To Meet War Needs
Ottawa agriculture officials urged thousands of prairie farmers to triple 1941 flax acreage to reach a 20 million bushel target in 1942. They warned time is short, flax fits crop rotation, and a fixed price of 2.25 dollars per bushel is set for No. 1 CW flaxseed at Fort William.
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Ottawa
Agriculture Department
Canada
Enid
Praine
Japan
United Nations
C.W
Fort Wiliam
Prairie Provinces
Summerfellow
Alberta aims to spare farm machinery parts as steel cuts hit 1943
Edmonton reports that 1943 steel allotments will reduce farm implement tonnage to 25 percent of 1940 levels while parts will receive 150 percent. Alberta's Mr Sweeney attended a Saskatoon prairie agricultural committee meeting where delegates explored reducing machine types to cope with shortages. Proposals include a federal notice urging repairs and conservation, and farmer guidance bulletins on repairs and adjustments.
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Edmonton
J. R. Sweney
Alberta
Sweeney
Prairiea Agricultural Engineering Committee
Saskatoon
National Advisory Committee On Agricultural Services
Ottawa
Mr. Sweeney
Federal Agricultural Supplies Board
British Destroyer Jaguar Sunk In Naval Loss
London reports the destroyer Jaguar of the Javelin class has been sunk. Jaguar displaced 1690 tons and mounted six 4.7 inch guns and one seven inch torpedo tube with a crew of 183. The loss is acknowledged by authorities.
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London
Jaguar
Corregidor Heroes Field Gunners Hold Canada Training
In Sydney Australia and Vancouver Island the 21st and 64th Field Regiments train for Pacific coast action. Lt Col Guibert notes rough country drills prove gunners can handle any terrain as Capt Gilbert and Maj Beck supervise live-fire style manoeuvres two miles from target with gas drills and rapid deployment under stress.
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A. B. Guibert
Saint John
N.B
21St
64Th
Yeerktsa
Sask
Vancouver Island
A. T. Gilbert
Yorkton
J. F. Brown
C. W. Beck
Brown
Capt
Gilbert
Sharp Crack In German Morale Noted In Berlin Visit
A neutral businessman who wintered in Germany reports food and clothing shortages, collapsing morale, and widespread conscription. He toured Berlin December through April, noting hope faded, rationing vanished, and university classes emptied as grey uniforms appeared.
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Tatanbul
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Russia
United States
Proposal to send stone from Nazi chamber to dominions and US Congress
London reports Sir Smedley Crooke urged in the House of Commons that blocks of stone from the bombed chamber be sent to dominion parliaments and to the United States Congress as a symbol of a common resolution to wage war in defense of democratic government. Clement Attlee said the suggestion would be considered.
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London
Smedley Crooke
House of Commons
Dominions
United States Congress
Clement Attlee
CN RAILWAY EYES CANADA LOCATIONS FOR WAR INDUSTRY
CN president R. C. Vaughan told the House of Commons committee that Canadian railways are coordinating with bombed out industries in the United Kingdom to consider relocation in Canada. Officials in Ottawa report close contact with potential targets for new U S wartime industry sites.
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Ottawa
C.N.R
United Kingdom
Canada
R. C. Vaughan
Railway and Shipping Committee
House of Commons
Mennonites Arrive to farm Vanderhoof Burns Lake Area
Ten Mennonite families from Saskatchewan, 20 adults and 74 children, have arrived to join 25 existing Mennonite families in the Vanderhoof Burns Lake district to take up farming. An additional 15 families are expected soon, with transportation costs covered by the Saskatchewan government.
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Victoria
Saskatchewan
Vanderhoof
Burns Lake
Change in Army Diet in Canada and RCAF
Ottawa reports a revised ration scale for the Canadian army and the RCAF effective June 1. The diet emphasizes higher vitamin foods with more fresh milk, grapefruit juice, and fresh oranges, while reducing beef, bread, and potatoes. Ham is added as an exchange for beef, and sugar allowance drops from three to two ounces daily.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
National Defence Headquarters
Government caps film set costs at four thousand dollars
Washington warns the film industry it may spend up to four thousand dollars for movie sets per picture, a limit far below earlier costs of sixteen thousand to one hundred fifty six thousand. Ottawa reports 15000 Americans in Canadian service now seeking transfer, with 1900 to 2300 applications.
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Washington
United States
Ottawa
Ottawa Uplifts Military Training For Tradesmen
Ottawa announces a shift in army policy. All soldiers must complete advanced training before trades training. Lt Col Howard Kennedy named director of trades training, creating a new directorate. Soldiers finish training, then return to training centre to become a tradesman. The change aims to blend skilled trades with fighting readiness and streamline administration.
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Ottawa
Gret
National Defence Headquarters
Howard Kennedy
Wartime Salvage Ltd Formed To Manage Waste Materials
Ottawa announces a government owned salvage company Wartime Salvage Ltd to operate under wartime prices and trade board. Walter A Bark of Toronto named president. Initial focus is waste paper with uniform pricing and freight rate equalization to ensure mills receive supplies.
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Ottawa
Wartime Salvage Ltd
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
Government Department
Walter A. Bark
Toronto
National War Services Department
Fifty Thousand Free French Rally in Lyons May Day Protest
Free French headquarters report 50000 French workers in Lyons defied the Vichy ban on May Day demonstrations. In Place Corot the crowd sang the Marseillaise, shouted Vive De Gaulle and Laval to the Gallows, and many participants were arrested.
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London
Lyons
Corot
de Gaulle
Laval
Call Tenders For Construction Of Alaska Highway
Edmonton reports tenders will be invited this month from Canadian and American firms to build the Permanent Alaska Highway from the Peace River area to Fairbanks. Thomas H. MacDonald, commissioner, federal works, Washington, to oversee. U.S. Corps of Engineers under Brig Gen William Hoge advances pioneer road through British Columbia and Yukon. By treaty the road reverts to Canada after the war and joins the Dominion highway system. Surveys by American engineers use air and ground methods. No tender date set.
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Edmonton
Alaska
Thomas H. MacDonald
Public Roads Administration
Federal Works Agency
Washington
Peace River
Fairbanks
British Columbia
Yukon
U.S. Corps of Engineers
William Hoge
Lsted
Canada
Ontario
R. M. Smith
Funds Available to Assist Pre Medical Students in Saskatoon
Dr W S Lindsay, dean of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan, announced loans and scholarships to support students in the pre medical course at Saskatoon. He noted that financial aid is due to the shortened holiday period aimed at meeting the rising demand for medical personnel. Second year medical classes start June 1 and end in December, while first year begins September 22 and ends April 30, designed to allow students to finish at other universities without losing time.
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Saskatoon Saskatoon
W. S. Lindsay
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Lindsay
Senator Ballantyne Chosen To Lead In Upper House
Senator Charles Ballantyne of Ottawa and Montreal was named Conservative leader in the Upper House at a caucus of party senators. He succeeds Rt. Hon. Arthur Meighen of Toronto who resigned from the senate earlier this year after losing the York South by election for a Commons seat. The caucus vote was unanimous.
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Ballantyne
Meighen
Ottawa
Charles ©. Ballantyne
Montreal
Arthur Meighen
Toronto
Senate
York South
House of Commons
Cancel Big Show International Livestock Exposition
North America's largest agricultural exposition, held for 42 years, will not occur this year due to wartime strains and anticipated transportation shortages. Exposition directors cited these factors as the principal reasons for postponing the 1942 event.
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Chicago
North America
Netherlands East Indies to adopt Japanese calendar
Japanese military administration in the Netherlands East Indies decrees replacement of the Christian calendar with the Japanese calendar in the conquered inland areas. Despatches from Java aid report the reckoning marks year 2606 since 660 B C Emperor Jimmu.
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Netherlands East Indies
Tokyo
War Service Patrol forms in Holme Valley to aid troops
A boy scout guerrilla group named the War Service Patrol is organized at Yorkshires Holme Valley to assist troops in case of invasion, signaling local civilian readiness and defense planning.
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Hudderswein
War Service Patrol
Yorkshire Holme Valley
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