Editorial Comment on War Programme and Conscription Vote
The piece details a $3.5 billion wartime and non war outlay plan for the coming year, with $3,000,000,000 for a billion HE war programme and $450,000,000 in non war costs plus a $50,000,000 tax compensation bill. It weighs King’s plebiscite proposal to end the no conscription pledge, the potential May vote, and the fiscal pressures on Canada. It notes Parliament criticism, government stance, and a desire to limit morale damage. It also covers wage controls and living cost bonuses, praising public support and prior sacrifices.
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Remier King
Canada
Quebec
King
New Democracy
Canada’s War Effort A Weekly Review Of Home Front Notes
A Dominion wide pricing system for automobiles is set, 72 Canadians are interned in Japan mostly missionaries, women exceed 40 percent of students in Ontario’s wartime training. Canada plans restricted civilian truck manufacture after March 14, bans most sightseeing trips, war expenditure rises to 2.213 billion for 1942-43. Domestic exports jump, unity of command created across air naval and land forces, new senior appointments announced, and road building cut to conserve materials for defence.
Navy Commander Answers Critics With Quiet Courage
An East Coast port naval commander leaves for home and tells civilians that Britain’s Dover Strait actions require accurate knowledge. He quotes a wall motto, “O Lord grant me courage to keep my big mouth shut until I know what I'm talking about,” emphasizing prudence before comment.
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Dover Strait
Hanes
Naval
Ottawa
Get Your Gasoline Coupon Books Now
Motorists with 1942 plates applying for ration coupon books in category A should act quickly. Books are at the motor license bureau, forms at the post office, and 1942 vehicle permits must be stamped. Registration is $1 with no coupon book charge. After rationing begins April 1 motorists must present permits and coupon books at service stations.
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Motor License Bureau
Court House
Canada
Flaxseed Drive Boosts Canadian War Effort
Canada must expand oil seed production to cover reduced imports. Four crops are viable, with flaxseed the only one that can be increased this year. Government guarantees $2.25 per bushel for No 1 CW Fort William, about three times wheat price, to support wartime needs and allied supply. Grain prices for 1942 set Fort William basis with quotas limiting government purchases.
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Pacife
Canada
Butte
Fort Wiliam
House of Commons
Fort William
Wartime Prices Board Sets Canada Farm Machinery Ceiling
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board caps farm machinery price increases in Canada at a small percentage over the September to October 1941 period. H. H Bloom urges farmers to repair and reuse existing equipment and secure spare parts while noting that food production remains the Board’s priority with limited regulatory curbs. Farmers and related producers are exempt from licensing unless goods are resold.
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United States
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
H. H Bloom
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Likley
National War Labour Board
Dominion
Department of External Affairs
Japan
Ontario
Commodity Prices Stabilization Corporation
Britain
Elkins
Mast Coast
RL O. Alexander
West Coast
L. F. Page
Newfoundland
Navy
Dauphin
Deanphin Herald
C. Brydon
Roblin
WK. G. Slocum
Oil Controller of Canada
BNO
Wartime Prices and Trade Board
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