Canada Must Seek Markets To Increase Trade
At a national Canadian junior chamber of commerce convention the speaker urged diversifying trade markets. He called for expanding to Latin America and the Orient, citing war gains and the low share of exports to Australia, New Zealand, China, India, and Japan as evidence of untapped potential. He stressed joint opportunities with India and China and warned against neglecting Pacific markets.
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Canadian Junior Chamber of Commerce
Canada
America
Department of Trade and Commerce
Latin America
Japan
Australia
New Zealand
China
India
Dominion
Manitoba Leads Ontario and Saskatchewan in Farm Income Tax
Manitoba farmers were the top earners for income tax in 1944 45 with 5 562 cases. Ontario followed with 4 000, Saskatchewan 3 465, Alberta 1 316 and British Columbia 911. Remaining provinces reported far fewer cases.
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Ottawa
Manitoba
Canada
G. H. Castleden
C.C.F. Yorkton
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Strike in Cairo Ends as King Farouk Intervenes
In Cairo a 1000 strong telegraph workers strike halted Egypt’s internal network for 48 hours. Police blocked access to the headquarters while some workers reached the royal palace to seek protection. King Farouk ordered food allowed into the building and pledged to address better working conditions.
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Cairo
Farouk
Telegraph Administration
Royal
British officer forecasts destruction of Heligoland fortress
A senior British naval officer said the German island fortress Heligoland will be blown up within three months and left as a bird sanctuary. Plans call for hundreds of tons of explosives in one blast. The island, about 130 acres, housed 4,000 residents before the war and would be unfit for habitation.
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Cuxhaven
Germany
Heligoland
Essential factor food builds tourism in Charlottetown
Nat Bailey of Vancouver, president of the Canadian Restaurant Association, told delegates at the opening of the two day convention of the maritime section that good clean food is a major factor in developing a successful tourist trade in Charlottetown.
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Charlottetown
Nat Bailey
Vancouver
Canadian Restaurant Association
Maritime
The Taiga Forest spans vast Siberia from end to end
The Taiga of Siberia is described as one of the world’s greatest forests. It stretches about 4,000 miles in length and ranges from 1,000 to 2,000 miles in width.
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Siberia
BBC TV signal reaches Torquay in cliff-top village
A reviewer using a pre war television set near Torquay reported clear reception from Alexandra Palace in north London more than 200 miles away. Normal range is 40 miles.
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Torquay
Devon
Eng
Alexandra Palace
BBC
London
No. 10 Downing Street First Occupied by PM in 1704
The Historic residence at London’s No. 10 Downing Street marks its origin as the first home of a prime minister in 1704. The building has since become a symbol of British governance and political leadership.
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London
No. 10
Downing Street
Greater Use of Hudson Bay Route Urged for Wheat Trade
A provincial committee plans to reconvene to press Churchill usage for storage and shipping of this year’s wheat crop. The group criticizes the Wheat Board for signaling no more wheat from the current crop to Churchill. Dalgleish ships stand ready to operate all summer, with merchant marine support needed. Rural Saskatoon wire imports and a Davidson co operative store linoleum order show more Hudson Bay work.
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Churchill
Canadian Wheat Board
Dalgleish Steamship Lines
Britain
Eliason
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay
Davidson, Sask., Co-Operative
Change Proposed Armistice Day Observance
The Evening News reports plans to move Armistice day to the second Sunday in November to honor the fallen from both wars. It notes pending questions in the House of Commons and that dominions would be consulted before a decision is made.
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London
The
Evening News
House of Commons
Dominions
Prairie Land Depleted Fertility Warns Of Sterile Soil
Winnipeg. University of Saskatchewan soils expert F C Bentley warns prairie soils are losing fertility, especially phosphorus, risking lower nutritional value in crops and urging fertilizer use to reach 200000 tons by 1955. Rust races threaten cereal varieties, with 15B wheat rust potentially damaging newer wheats.
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Winnipeg
F. C. Bentley
University of Saskatchewan Soils Department
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy Convention
Prairie
Bentley
Prairie Provinces
T. Johnson
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Vanguard
Ajax
United States
Renown
Regent
Thatcher
Canada
Ottawa Prices Board Cuts Staff From June to January
The prices board showed 5,106 employees as of June 1, down from 5,678 on January 1. Monthly salary and expense costs were 842,626 dollars for May and 908,553 dollars for December 1945, according to information in the commons for N. J. M. Lockhart.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
N. J. M. Lockhart
P.C
Lincoln
Tropics Claim One Third of Australia Continent
A historical note explains that about one third of the Australian landmass lies within the tropical zone, shaping climate and ecology across the vast continent. The fact highlights how latitude governs weather patterns and biodiversity from northern regions to the central deserts.
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Australia
Tropics
Grave Problems In Dealing With Two Minorities
Postwar life in Shanghai creates government allegiance issues for two foreign groups the Russians and Poles. Russians face choices about citizenship with several options and a July 3 deadline. most remain stateless. Polish residents shift allegiance from London to Warsaw and await developments while staying neutral.
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Shanghai
China
Russia
U.S.S.R
London
Warsaw
Lublin
Poland
Health plan announced for Indians in western Canada
Hon. Bruce Claxton outlined a major health overhaul for Indians in western Canada. A 50 bed extension to the Fort QuAppelle Indian hospital will be built, and a replacement nurses residence will be erected. Budget rises from 2,526,000 to 4,103,390 dollars and five regional health superintendents will coordinate with Indian agents, including one in Winnipeg. An air ambulance service will transport seriously ill patients via RCMP or transport planes.
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Ottawa
Fort Qu’Appelle
Brooke Claxton
Brooke
Canada
Claxton
North
Winnipeg
R.C.A.F
Department of Transport
Department
U.S. Prices Rise on Dairy Butter Cheese and Evaporated Milk
The Office of Price Administration set higher prices for butter 11 cents per pound cheddar cheese 6 cents and evaporated milk 1 cent per 1414 ounce can. Secretary Anderson forecasts smaller meat poultry eggs wheat products and dried fruit supplies next year with canned fruits and vegetables expected to be more plentiful.
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Washington
United States
Office of Price Administration
Agriculture
Anderson
ALL MUST WORK former Nazis Do Their Share In French Occupied Zone
In Baden Germany French occupation authorities push de Nazi policy by forcing former Nazis to work. Officials say they employ dyed in the wool Nazis in jails camps or cemeteries while others are placed in jobs best suited to them with careful supervision.
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Baden
Germany
United Press
Fever Prisoners Ottawa War Labor Camps Report
A Commons table shows prisoner of war totals in Canada on June 1 at 10,404 versus 33,832 on January 1. The labor department adds 4,570 POWs in timber operations and 3,807 in agriculture as of June 1.
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Ottawa
Canada
Labor Department
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Labor Party
Herbert Morrison
C.M.A
Col
Henry Seymour Tobin
Pacific
Mihailovic
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Jan Masaryk
Bruce Claxton
U.S
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