Master Plan For Mass Trial Of War Criminals
London reports a plan signed by Britain the United States Russia and France to try Nazi leaders at an international military tribunal. The four powers would seat the court in Berlin with a Nürnberg first trial. Goering Ribbentrop Hess Papen Ley Streicher Frank named for arraignment as civil defendants. The 30 article pact covers court constitution and trial expenses.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Berlin
Nuernberg
Reichmarshal Goering
Ribbentrop
Rudolf Hess
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Labor Front
Robert Ley
Julius Streicher
Hans Frank
Poland
Neumnberg
Atomic Bomb Devastation In Hiroshima Report
The U S Army Strategic Air Force headquarters say four and one tenth square miles about 60 percent of Hiroshima were wiped out by a B 29 delivered atomic bomb. Five major industrial targets were destroyed in the six point nine square mile city with additional damage outside the core. A white plume rose thousands of feet as dust cloud formed at the explosion site and a Superfortress delivered the blast.
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Guam
Hiroshima
U.S. Army Strategic Airforce Headquarters
U.S. Army
Strategic Air Forces
Yokohama
Mystery Bones Found Near Athabasca Nurture Longstanding Case
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigated bones unearthed under a tree ten miles north of Athabasca by William Templeton of Edmonton and Bob Richards. The 30 year old find included a collar button and fabric remnants. The bones were being sent to Edmonton for further tests.
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Athabaska
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Here
William Templeton
Edmonton
Bob Richards
R.c.mp
Permanent Fleet Brief Presented To Ottawa Conference
The Canadian Seamen's Union urges a national full employment program with federal taxing powers and proposes a permanent merchant fleet of not less than 300 ocean going ships to be established by the federal government. The brief was presented at the Dominion provincial conference in Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Toronto
Dominion
C.S.A
Rhine Herford reopens for river traffic to sea
The Rhine will reopen to traffic from Coblenz to the sea by the first week in September. Depth charges cleared the shattered Rhine bridges from the river, enabling navigation again.
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Herford
Westphalia
Th Rhine
Coblenz
Rhine
Comets Recorded Since Early Third Millennium B C
Records of comets date to the start of the third millennium B C with observations in China.
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China
Crerar Reports On 1st Canadian Corps Reassignment
Gen Crerar told reporters in Ottawa that the 1st Canadian Corps went to the Mediterranean with the understanding it would rejoin the 2nd Corps in the 1st Canadian Army when feasible. He noted 30 000 high point scoring men and 16 000 Pacific volunteers already sent home, with key personnel remaining overseas for now.
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Ottawa
Crerar
Mediterranean
Hitler
Canada
Italy
Europe
Service Corps
Shipments Higher From Great Lakes To Eastern Ports
Grain movement from the head of the Great Lakes to eastern ports totalled 242 872 000 bushels by August 1, said transport controller T C Lockwood. The figure exceeds last year’s period by 25 000 000 bushels as plans aim to move maximum grain before navigation closes for Britain liberated countries eastern flour mills and feeding. He expects the second season part to be lower than last year due to continued coal iron ore and wood pulp traffic.
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Montreal
Great Lakes
T. C. Lockwood
Great Britain
Lockwood
Trip Arranged For Three Youthful Veterans To Fly Home
Halifax relief came when General Crerar arranged a return flight for three RCAF officers. Fit Lt Ivan Moreside Strasbourg Sask, Fit Lt J R Spraggett Montreal and FO G L Wilkinson Tuxford Sask had been awaiting word in Germany as the general chose to take them home aboard his personal air crew. Frt Lt C C Cooling Craik Sask is also listed among the crews.
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Halifax
Ne de France
Halifax Sea Wall
R.c.af
Canada
H. D. G. Crerar
Ivan Moreside
Strasbourg
Sask
J. R. Spraggett
Montreal
G. L. Wilkinson
Tuxford
Germany
Dominion
R.C.A.F
C. C. Cooling
Craik
Premiers Set Aug. 20 Meeting on Postwar Price Control
Control powers to continue after the war will be sought by the Commonwealth government at the August 20 gathering in Canberra. Premiers from Australia's states will discuss maintaining price stability during the transition period.
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Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth
Nurses Released End Of War Opens Reserve And Retirement
Ottawa reports a surplus of Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps nurses after Europe’s end and returning staff, enabling many to seek reserve status or retirement. Married and unmarried officers, those with priority release scores of 70 or less after a year of service, and nurses aged 35 or older are retired or placed on reserve, while younger nurses face various posting options. Scores reflect overseas service, Canada postings, and hospital ship duty.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Europe
Canada
Defence Headquarters
Newfoundland
Washington
Hospital Ship Service
Corps
Argentina lifts siege limits on freedoms
The Argentine government has ended the State of siege removing legal restrictions on speech press assembly and political activity. The move restores normal rights and public life after the measure.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
British envoy Mallet departs for Madrid to assume Spain post
Sir Victor Mallet sails to Madrid as the new British ambassador to Spain filling the vacancy left by Viscount Templewood. A Foreign Office source says he will study on the spot before pressing specific issues, having previously served as minister to Sweden during the war era.
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Spain
Victor Mallet
Madrid
Viscount Templewood
Samuel Hoare
Foreign Office
Mallet
Sweden
Regina Port Arthur grain elevator rebuilt after explosion
J. D. Read of Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited in Regina says the No. 5 terminal elevator at Port Arthur, ruined by a grain dust explosion, was bought in 1926 from the Co op Elevator Co. A $1,000,000 annex was added in 1927, bringing total cost to about $1,250,000. Officials note the building is fully insured against explosions.
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Regina
J. D. Read
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited
Port Arthur
Co-op. Elevator Co
Bevin Pledges UNRRA Aid to Liberated Nations
In his first speech as foreign secretary Ernest Bevin pledged Britain’s Labor government to support UNRRA and warned that without aid the liberated European countries face 12 months of distress and bloodshed. He spoke before 44 countries including Canada at UNRRA’s third meeting in London. The British government will strive to make UNRRA a success for practical reasons and to avert catastrophe.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
Canada
Oval
London County Council
Thames
Westminster
UNRRA
Bevin
Commonwealth defense planning discussed in London meeting
Richard Frost reports that Dominion leaders reject a centralized federal government and favor continuing current paths for the commonwealth. A Royal Empire Society study agrees against a federal constitution and calls for reevaluating defence organization and a commonwealth planning staff to align empire plans. Canada signals preference for continental cooperation with the United States while preserving shared values.
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London
Frost
R.es
Commonwealth
Canada
United States
Egyptian Premier seeks authority to revise treaty with Britain
Premier Nekrashy Pasha asked the Egyptian senate for power to negotiate a revision of the 1936 Anglo-Egyptian treaty and called for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Egypt. He said the United Nations appreciated Egypt’s help to democracy as justification for lifting independence restrictions.
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Cairo
Nekrashy Pasha
Britain
Egypt
United Nations
Atomic Bomb Cost Justified by Nine-Day War Saving
President Truman announced the atomic bomb project has cost 2 billion dollars. Treasury experts said this represents the cost of less than nine days of war at the current spending rate.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Pavaria Declared Second Largest German State
The report states Pavaria ranks as Germanys second largest state by area about 30 000 square miles, highlighting its expansive territory.
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Pavaria
Germany
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Henri Philippe Petain
Gen. Crerar
Lakehead
Nurses
V. M. Molotov
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