Government pledges price stability and tighter controls
Seigniory Club and Finance Minister Lisley told Canadians at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce that the government will not allow prices to drift upward. He outlined a four point plan urging business to curb deflationary resistance, support savings campaigns, keep production costs down, and assist direct controls on prices and materials. He warned the war economy means hard times and reduced civilian consumption, but touted higher federal revenues and urged continued funding for Britain, noting projected revenues and war expenditures.
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Que
Lisley
Dominion
Nisley
Isley
Canada
Britain
Soldiers Return to Montreal in Good Spirits
Scores of Canadian soldiers arrived in five trains from the east coast harbor after landing from the United Kingdom. Many bore scarred faces or injuries from air raids and accidents, while others were incapacitated by illness. Several men planned to return overseas.
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Montreal
United Kingdom
Ottawa reports 2.6 million insured under unemployment plan
The unemployment insurance commission releases figures showing about 2.6 million Canadian workers covered by unemployment insurance. Employers registered numbered 131,903 in the latest tally.
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Ottawa
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Radio location training ends for Canadian volunteers in Ottawa
Ottawa reports the flat class of young Canadians trained for radio location duties completed 16 week courses at 15 cooperating universities. About 2 500 men finished examinations and enjoyed two weeks leave before possible overseas posting or further training. New classes will start at half size with 1 200 entries, while over 1 000 Canadians already serve overseas in radio location roles aiding British night bomber defenses.
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Ottawa
Canada
Trenton
Air Force
May Bomb Rome London shows Axis attack potential
The Press Association reports Britain weighing a spring warning to bomb Rome after an Axis attack on Cairo that killed 39. Rome is not a major target now, as RAF focus remains aiding Russia and striking German industry. Britain reportedly has proof Italians hold British bombs intended to drop on Vatican City to prop Britain for any church damage.
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London
The
Press Association
Britain
Rome
Cairo
Royal Air Force
Russia
Vatican City
Elevators Repairs Ottawa License Expanded for All Grain Elevators
Ottawa tightens control on grain elevator work extending licensing to all new construction extensions and repairs under an order in council. Previously unlicensed unless costs exceeded set thresholds, officials note past confusion over interpretations.
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Ottawa
Howe
Typhoon Grounds Ships in Hong Kong
A typhoon near Hong Kong drove a 14,000 ton steamship and three smaller vessels aground causing widespread damage around the city. Ferry street car and bus services were suspended in mid morning. No casualties were reported.
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Hong Kong
Viscount Halifax Plans Return to Washington Amid Tour
In a radio interview British ambassador Viscount Halifax said he will return soon to Washington. He expects to take back a good report of all he has seen in London and will resume duties in the U.S. capital.
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London
Viscount Halifax
United States
Washington
America
Royal Air Force Prisoners Listed by Nazis
Seven Canadian airmen are named in a Nazi origin list of RAF members captured. The roster includes Flight Lieutenant Edwin Charles Cepel of Victoria, among those taken prisoner.
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London
Royal Air Force
Edwin Charles Cepel
Victoria
Paris Hostage Policy Expands to All Population Classes
German authorities in Paris announced that hostage shootings in reprisal for attacks on Germans would extend beyond Communists to include all classes of the Paris population. The policy appeared in Paris papers and walls, as a non-commissioned officer died from an earlier shooting. The soldier was the second reported killed in Paris within weeks.
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Paris
Army of Occupation
H. R. Sutton
R.C.A.F
Sutton
Edmonton
Convoy Use Deepens U S Efforts to Deliver Goods
Washington Navy Secretary Knox said the United States uses all methods to ensure lend lease goods reach Britain. He noted Atlantic fleet ships and planes escort cargoes, and that numerous high seas safeguarding methods have been developed since World War I. He declined to detail operations off Iceland and warned no confirmed raider findings in Gala Pagos.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
United States
Great Britain
North Atlantic
High Seas
Iceland
American Legion
Milwaukee
South Pacific
Galapagos
Study Wheat Milling London
Former wheat farmers from Canada study milling in London with the Canadian Legion educational officer J. H. Sturdy. The course, redesigned for Canadian troops, is run with British milling interests and offers future mill work experience in grinding blending and mill feeds.
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London
J. H. Sturdy
Saskatoon
Canadian Legion
Four New Branches Ottawa Form Munitions System
The munitions and supply department creates four new branches gun and tank production ammunitions production munitions contracts and industrial planning and engineering. The first three branches previously operated under munitions production while the industrial planning and engineering branch will coordinate the former army engineering design division with a newly formed industrial planning division.
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Ottawa
Munitions and Supply Department
Army Engineering Design Division
Hero Dies Of Wounds Two Months After Award
Maj. Noel Christopher Fellows of the British army dies of wounds two months after being awarded the Military Cross for gallantry and leadership in action.
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London
Noel Christopher Fellows
Moscow Russia Russia Buy War Supplies Talks in Canada
Washington reports a delegation of Russian trade and military experts will travel to Canada to negotiate additional orders for war materials. Canada is already handling Russian orders and the talks aim to expand them. Jesse Jones announced a $100,000,000 provision to Russia for US mineral purchases under a contract with Amtorg, requested by President Roosevelt.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Russia
Jesse Jones
Jones
Roosevelt
Defence Supplies Corporation
Amtorg Corporation
Minetrals
Duke of Kent praises Air Training Plan progress
The Duke of Kent, returning from Canada, lauded the Commonwealth Air Training Plan. He said Britain underestimates its scale, calling it a vital war industry that blends mass production with skilled individual training and noted its remarkable growth from a mere plan two years ago.
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London
Duke of Kent
Canada
Dominion
Britain
Red Army crushes German panzer forces near Bryansk
Soviet communiques report a massive battle near Bryansk 230 miles from Moscow where Red Army units defeated Gen. Heinz Guderian's panzer force. German losses reportedly totaled up to 80,000 over two days, including 20,000 in Guderian’s forces, with significant equipment and personnel casualties across 53-year-old general’s units.
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Moscow
Red Army
Heinz Guderian
Bryansk
Guderian
Yartsevo
Smolensk
Yelnya
Maginot
Lake Imen
Ilmeza Front
Semeon Timoshenko
Cotral
Leningrad
Odessa
Canadian Brockington Urges Global Peace Through Action
Leonard W Brockington KC special war-time assistant to Prime Minister King told the National Industrial Advertisers Association banquet that free nations must work together for peace. He warned equals cannot defend principles by others fighting and urged mobilizing the conscience of the world and acting to defeat tyrants. He praised Allied resolve, noted Russian, British, American efforts, and called Canada united with the United States and Britain to support freedom.
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Toronto
Britain
Canada
United States
Leonard W. Brockington
K.C
King
Brockington
National Industrial Advertisers’ Association
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
National Broadcasting Company
Germany
Russia
British Commonwealth
United States of America
Free Countries
Pacific
Canadian official predicts postwar market strength for bacon and cheese
Dr. G. S. H. Barton deputy minister of agriculture told the Seignory Club in Quebec that the quality of bacon and cheese shipped by Canadian farmers to Britain will allow Canada to retain those markets after the war. He said the nation will be in a better position than ever to hold the markets.
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Seignory Club
Que
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
G. S. H. Barton
Britain
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