Wartime Beef Trade Policy Tightens in Canada
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board announced a sweeping policy shift making the Wartime Food Corporation the sole exporter of beef cattle in Canada. The move aims to end price distortions and ensure ceiling prices to producers while securing military needs, noting prior export diversion caused uneven marketings and shortages.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
Food Corporation Aa
Food Corporation
United States
Britain funds giant plasma freezing plant for lifesaving use
London reports British scientists spend nearly 100000 on a plasma freezing and drying plant to process 10 000 donor gifts weekly. The machine, the largest of its kind, enables dried plasma to retain quality indefinitely for use in war and peace. Sir Henry Wellcome trustees funded the project through the medical research council.
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London
Britain
Medical Research Council
Henry Wellcome
Egypt
Russia
Malta
Japan
Winnipeg Airport Expansion Involves $1 Million Addition
A $1,000,000 addition to No. 4 Air Observer school will extend the Stevenson airport site in Winnipeg and add two runways. The plan, announced after Ottawa’s Dominion airdrome committee chose the St. James site for consideration, aims to protect nearby residential areas.
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Winnipeg
No. 4
Air Observer School
Stevenson
Dominion Airdrome Committee
Ottawa
St. James
Polish premier says invasion of the continent feasible
Premier Sikorski of Poland marks Poland's Nazi invasion anniversary saying the Canadian led Dieppe raid proved invasion of Europe feasible. He notes American forces gathering in Britain and Allied air superiority, stating U S entry into the war decided the final result.
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Poland
London
Dieppe
Sikorski
Britain
United States
Allied Western Front Success Worry To Nazis
London reports say Marshal Goering is reshaping the German air force after Allied daylight sweeps over occupied France. Hitlers campaign to paint a German victory spreads through occupied Europe as a Canadian British Dieppe raid shows Allied air superiority and nine hour access. Goering orders new fields, reassigns commands, and concentrates aircraft to blunt the threat.
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Western Front
London
Hermann Goering
France
Continent
Dieppe
Hitler
Reuters
French
Stern
Germany
Canada
Goering
New Tea Prices Schedule Sets Small Pack Rates
Wartime Prices and Trade Board administrator Thomas K Wade announced new small tea package prices based on maximum retail prices from January. Four ounce and two ounce packs will cost 23 to 26 cents and 12 to 14 cents respectively, with specifics for 85, 90 and 1 dollar per pound categories and Tea bags pricing to be set on application.
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Ottawa
Thomas K. Wade
Prices and Trade Board
Canadian flour moves to Russia in wartime trade
Ottawa reports that Canadian flour has been sent to Russia in considerable amounts in recent months. Negotiations for further shipments are under way as Moscow had previously received Canadian wheat and flour via northern Russian ports, aiding Russian armies in combat with Germany.
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Ottawa
Russia
MacKinnon
United Kingdom
Demand For Lumber Strains Canadian Forests
Ottawa reports lumber needs rising as forests face shortages of lumbermen. More than 53 000 men are required now with projections to 110 000 by December. British Columbia seeks 3 500 loggers immediately while eastern provinces require about 50 000. Officials pledge efforts to supply both lumber and pulpwood sectors, with pulpwood at risk first if curtailment becomes necessary.
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Ottawa
Elliott M. Little
National Selective Service
Little
British Columbia
Arrival in Britain with the RCAF brings diverse fliers
A varied group of RCAF airmen arrives in England including a lawyer LAC L Ziff of Port Erie, a miner LAC E I Woolman of Sudbury, a civil servant, a telephone inspector, a bank clerk, and two school teachers. LAC W R Penney of Montreal and LAC J D Winfield of Toronto join after inspecting phones. Winfield lands on his 25th birthday.
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RCAF
England
Civil
R.c.af
Lac. L. Ziff
Port Erie
Bureau of Statistics
Ottawa
W. R. Penney
Montreal
Lac. Wilcox
Lac. R. J. Thompson
Rosetown
Sask
Lac. E. I. Woolman
Sudbury
Lac. J. D. Winfield
Toronto
Britain
Ottawa urges thrift to avert steel shortage in war effort
Munitions Minister Howe called Canadians to use idle machinery to meet a severe steel and manpower shortage. He advised borrowing renting or purchasing from neighbors and disposing of idle equipment to keep it in useful service for essential industries.
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Ottawa
Howe
Dominion
Canada
Britain Looks Ahead To Fourth Year Of War
London viewed the war’s fourth year with calm confidence and optimism for a new offensive. Attlee voiced resolve that difficulties lie ahead but victory will come. Churchill and cabinet attended services as editorials across papers urged unity and a transition from defense to offense toward final victory.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Westminster Abbey
The
Times
United Nations
Daily Telegraph
Union
Mirror
News Chronicle
the Herald
Allies poised for possible move against Dakar
The report analyzes a potential Allied assault on Dakar amid German influence in Vichy France. It notes strategic value of Dakar for Atlantic communications and potential German use as a submarine base, while suggesting Laval may favor ceding Dakar to Germany. An occupation could block Axis threats to Africa, the Near East, and India.
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French Dakar
Hitler
Dakar
West Africa
Vichy
Laval
Africa
Brazil
South America
South Atlantic
Near East
India
All Africa
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Denmark
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Front Row
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Ont
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Granby
Que
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W. A. Porter
Charles de Gaulle
Free
Amilakvari
Bir Hacheim
Libya
Legion Etrangere
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Attlee
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