British threaten sanctions over Poland free elections
Britain warned it would apply economic measures if Poland’s Warsaw regime fails to deliver free unfettered elections as outlined in Anglo American notes. A foreign office spokesman said London could refuse to return Poland’s gold reserves until election provisions are observed, citing grave irregularities in the recent referendum.
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Londom
Foreign Office
Poland
Warsaw
Britain
London
United States
Great Britain
World Bread Shortage May Hit 1946 47 Winter
George R. Paterson of the International Emergency Food Council warned at the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs that a possible shortfall of 8,000,000 metric tons of bread cereals could occur in 1946-47. He said even if the shortage is avoided, many people will not regain prewar dietary levels. He noted deficient areas would need about 30,000,000 metric tons of bread grains, with other foods like meats oils fats sugar and dairy remaining scarce.
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Geneva Park
George R. Paterson
International Emergency Food Council
Paterson
Washington, D.C
Canadian Institute of Public Affairs
Two Way Trade Hopes On Hudson Bay Route Resume
Dalgliesh line spokesmen said they hoped to resume two way operation next year on the Churchill Manitoba to England Hudson Bay route. Freighters would carry ordinary cargoes and a Dalgliesh ship visiting Churchill carried wheat in wartime. Future cargoes discussed with prairie governments.
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Newcastle ON Tyne
Northumberland
England
Dalgliesh Line
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Man
Western Canada
United Kingdom
International Wheat Council Begins Draft Revisions in Washington
A preparatory 13 power committee of the international wheat council starts revising the draft convention for a multilateral agreement on wheat prices. Canada is represented by Charles F. Wilson from the trade and commerce department. The council aims to draft for a world wheat conference to be convened by the United States, possibly in October.
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Washington
International Wheat Council
Canada
Charles F. Wilson
Trade and Commerce Department
United States
British government forms board to control iron and steel
London reports the government will appoint a board to oversee the iron and steel industry with members from privately owned mills. It will report to the minister of supply John Wilmot who earlier indicated broad control and possible public ownership. Nationalization remains a Labor party goal.
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London
John Wilmot
House of Commons
Labor Party
Farmers Harvest With Scythes Amid Bad Weather
British farmers strapped for labor, wielding four times as many tractors as 1939 but hampered by storms, must use scythes to reap heavy 1946 crops of wheat barley and oats. Rain wind and hail delay harvests by weeks, risking output despite volunteers land girls and prisoners of war.
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London
Agriculture Department
Mass coal shortage threatens UK winter unemployment
Britain faces a 5,000,000 ton coal deficit risking 1,000,000 job losses. Arthur Horner spoke at Rhondda on miners' plight while Minister Shinwell urged higher output from 700,000 miners. Industry savings may narrow the gap, but households keep an annual allocation of 2,400 pounds with no cut.
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London
Britain
Arthur Horner
South Wales
Rhondda
Shinwell
House of Commons
Rationing to Continue in Melbourne 1947
J B Cumming Australian director of rationing announced meat butter sugar tea cotton and other clothing materials will continue to be rationed in 1947. He warned that abandoning food rationing would be a blow to Britain whose people are anxious to receive all Australia can supply.
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Melbourne
J. B. Cumming
Britain
Australia
Navy radar proves essential for Arctic iceberg dodging
The navy reports a weather reconnaissance cruise in Arctic waters showed radar is indispensable to mariners. It notes as many as 30 targets can appear on the radar screen, aiding navigation and iceberg avoidance.
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Washington
United States Navy
Arctic
Navy
Britain Seeks Sole Trusteeship of Palestine Next Month
A British government informant said London will urge the United Nations trusteeship council to appoint Britain as sole trustee for Palestine, arguing the League of Nations dissolved the legal basis for British mandate rights. Bevin had cited awaiting the Anglo American inquiry report. talks with the Arab League are planned to start next month ahead of the UN assembly.
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London
Britain
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Palestine
League of Nations
Holy Land
Bevin
United Nations Assembly
Truman
Foreign Office
United Kingdom
Jewish Agency
Paris
Romans Wore Teeth Replacements, Study Finds
Archaeological findings show that ancient Romans commonly wore artificial teeth. Researchers note dental implants and dentures were used to replace missing teeth, reflecting early practices in dental prosthetics and daily life in the Roman world.
Death of H. G. Wells Noted British Writer
London reports H. G. Wells, renowned novelist, scientist, historian and critic, has died after years of diabetes and recent complications. He would have turned 80 on September 21. A draper’s apprentice at 15, Wells produced more than 70 books translated worldwide. He married Isabel Mary Wells, then Amy Catherine Robbins, who survived him along with two sons from the second marriage.
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London
H. G. Wells
Mr. Wells
Isabel Mary Wells
Amy Catherine Robbins
British training talks with Canada denied by Defence Minister
Defence Minister Abbott told the Commons there had never been any formal or informal approach by Britain to train forces in Canada. He noted a British general visiting Ottawa about two weeks later had ruled out the possibility of troops coming to Canada.
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Ottawa
Abbott
Commons
Britain
Canada
A. J. Brooks
P.C
Royal
Canada fed war effort with record farm output says Taylor
K W Taylor deputy chairman of the prices board told the Canadian Institute of Public Affairs the war years cut farm labor by 20 to 2 percent but produced 140 percent of pre war food output. Wheat up 35 percent meat and eggs 60 percent cheese 40 percent milk 120 percent sugar beets 25 percent. He praised fisheries and credited hard work by one million farmers and wives coast to coast. The program relied on education persuasion and fair incentives rather than compulsion.
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Geneva Park
Lake Couchiching
Ont
Canada
Dominion
K. W. Taylor
Prices Board
Canadian Institute of Public Affairs
Taylor
Pacific coast cargo rates rise amid Middle East strife
Repercussions of Middle East strife reach Vancouver and Pacific ports. War risk on cargo to Palestine climbs to 31 cents per $100, up from 20 cents. Strike and riot risk rates rise from 3 to 4 percent. Rates to other nations stay unchanged.
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Middle East
Vancouver
Pacific
Canada
United States
Palestine
May Establish Army Base At Churchill
The Churchill camp in Manitoba, a large U S Army and Air Force base from the war era, may become a permanent Canadian army base. Canadian forces plan a Muskox expedition next winter with possible American troops joining. About 100 Canadian soldiers remain in the largely unused American huts as tests continue on summer vehicles and an amphibious duck.
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Churchill, Man
Old Fort Prince of Wales
Uncle Sam
Hudson Bay
United States
Canada
Transport Department
Typhoon Diminishes After Lashing Kyushu Coast
A typhoon once forecast to hammer southern Japan weakened as it crossed the Korea Strait and veered into the Sea of Japan. Along Kyushu’s western coast crops were damaged highways washed out and houses damaged with no casualties reported.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea Strait
Sea of Japan
Kyushu
Linnaeus Flower Clock Signals Time by Blooming
Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus devised a flower clock where petals and blossoms opened and closed with the pace of day and night. The invention linked plant behavior to timekeeping and intrigued naturalists.
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Linnaeus
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