Plan To Fuse German Occupation Zones Into One Area
New York U S Secretary James Byrnes announced an American British plan to merge Germany’s occupation zones into a single area with equal partnership. The program aims to make the zone self sustaining in three years and raise ration calories from 1550 to 1800 as world food allows. Byrnes noted higher 1947 costs but projected long term savings and stability for Europe.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
Germany
Byrnes
United States
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Congress
Gardner Named Ambassador to Great Britain by Truman
President Truman appoints O Max Gardner former North Carolina governor as ambassador to Great Britain to replace W Averell Harriman who left for commerce secretary post Gardner will assume the London embassy at once subject to Senate confirmation when Congress reconvenes in January amid the ongoing European democracy crisis.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
O. Max Gardner
Great Britain
Britain
Europe
Gardner
North Carolina
W. Averell Harriman
Court of St. James
London
Congress
Senate
Britain denies plans for military pact with United States
A high Labour official in London says Britain is not drafting any military alliance with America. He rejects Daily Worker claims of a secret 10 year de facto pact and says current talks concern armament integration within UN framework with Russia possible.
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London
Britain
America
Daily Worker
United States
Attlee
United Nations
Russia
Showing Decrease In Wheat Stocks Reported
The Board Of Grain Commissioners reports visible wheat stocks in Canada for the week ending Nov 29 at 158.6 million bushels, down 1 million from the prior week and below 204.8 million a year ago. Pacific coast stocks total 8.5 million bushels and Atlantic seaboard 2.7 million.
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Board of Grain Commissioners
Winnipeg
Canada
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
Canada’s New Trade Commissioner Seeks Orient Trade
Vancouver reports Paul Sykes newly appointed Canadian trade commissioner to Singapore stating Canada aims to restore prewar trade with the Orient. He calls for a strong bid to expand commercial ties and advance relations with Asian markets.
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Vancouver
Paul Sykes
Singapore
Canada
The
Orient
German Science Valuable Aid To United States
The War Department says German and Austrian scientists saved the United States over 750 million dollars in basic rockets research. About 1,000 experts will work in the U.S. at Wright Field Ohio and White Sands New Mexico, with some already arriving from Bremen. They include former Messerschmitt chief designer and Peenemunde officials, aiding diesel engines, parachute tech, light metals fabrication, wind tunnels, jet propulsion, and synthetic petroleum via coal hydrogenation and Fischer Tropsch gas synthesis.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Wrightfield
White Sands
Ise
Canada
Fort Bliss
Tex
White Sands Proving Ground
King appoints six war leaders to Knights of the Garter
The king named Field Marshal Viscount Alexander of Tunis and six other wartime leaders as Knights of the Garter, Britain’s premier knighthood, with government confirmation.
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London
Viscount Alexander of
Tunis
Britain
Canada
Knights of the Garter
US Army Plane Brings Streptomycin to Premier Sidky Pasha
A special United States Army plane arrived from Germany carrying streptomycin for Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha, who is ill. The delivery underscores medical aid as Cairo reports the premier’s illness and ongoing government concerns.
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Cairo
United States Army
Germany
Ismail Sidky Pasha
Lead ships depart for Antarctic expedition from Hampton Roads
The U S navy expedition to Antarctica led by Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd sailed from Hampton Roads on December 2. The Mt Olympus flagship, the ice breaker Northwind, the Pine Island seaplane tender, and the Brownson destroyer carried eight months of supplies for about four thousand crew. The voyage marks a four month exploration and scientific military test mission.
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U.S.S
MT. Olympus
United States Navy
sAntarctica
Hampton Roads
South Pole
Norfolk
Northwind
Pine Island
Brownson
Virginia
Ducks Go West Alberta Man Claims Ducks Fly Over Rockies
Wembley resident Altan B. Hamm asserts proof ducks fly from the Peace River district over the Rockies to the Pacific coast. He handed 1,111 ducks last year with 120 returns, 87 killed on the coast, and this year banded 1,163 ducks awaiting further proof.
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Alberta
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Wembley
Altan B. Hamm
Rocky Mountains
Peace River
Mr. Hamm
Hamm
Edmonton
Argentina plans foreign buy of carrier cruiser subs and craft
Navy ministry sources say Argentina intends to purchase abroad within a year an aircraft carrier a cruiser three submarines and landing craft for a marine battalion.
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Buenos Aires
Navy
Argentina
Training Pool Urged for Western Health Plan
A Rockefeller Foundation report urged four western provinces to create a joint training pool for dentists medical and psychiatric social workers dietitians and medical specialists. It recommended provincial joint planning committees and praised Manitoba's health plan as a realistic model prompting full-time medical faculty appointments and new department heads.
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Winnipeg
Rockefeller Foundation
Manitoba
Rockefeller
University of Manitoba
Canada
Thieves in St. Thomas Steal Five Shirts from Laundry Parcels
In St. Thomas Ontario thieves entered a city laundry and opened three parcels taking five shirts while leaving the rest of the contents untouched. No money or valuables were stolen. Police investigate the unusual laundry theft.
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ST. Thomas, Ont
First Woman Nominated as Speaker Chair in Britain
Mrs Florence Paton, Labour MP for Rushcliffe, Nottingham, is named one of 12 chairmen proposed by the Speaker for the current parliamentary session. A former schoolteacher, she becomes the first woman to receive such an assignment.
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Florence Paton
Ruschliffe
Nottingham
Alberta Livestock Reaches New Monthly Record
Alberta stockyards report November total value of livestock handled at 3.351 million dollars setting a new all time monthly record. Officials note that figure excludes substantial direct handling by local packing plants.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Stockyards Company
Rhodes Scholar McDonald to Study Economics at Oxford
Saskatchewan's 1946 Rhodes scholar is James Albert McDonald of St. Albert Alberta. The 27 year old veteran of the Second World War was announced by the Saskatchewan selection committee. He served six years in the navy and earned a spring degree with distinction in arts and sciences. He will study advanced economics at Oxford University.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
James Albert McDonald
St. Albert
Alta
Mr. McDonald
J. D. McDonald
Navy
Oxford
Canada to Bring Home Most Overseas Troops by January
Army officials stated that all but a few Canada’s overseas troops will be home by mid January. About 1,800 troops remain abroad with 1,020 ships for Canada December 10 on the Samaria and 600 leaving January 8 on the Aquitania. Roughly 150 plan to discharge in England while the rest stay in the United Kingdom at liaison offices.
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Ottawa
Canada
Samaria
Aquitania
England
United Kingdom
Production Boost in Britain as October Output Rises
Britain reports higher October production in steel motor vehicles and merchant ships under the export-or-die drive. September employment stood at 6.845 million, up 30,000 from June 1945, with 359,000 unemployed versus 1.70 million in the prewar month.
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London
Britain
Farmers May Be Asked To Cut Wheat Acreage
Ottawa report from the Dominion provincial agricultural conference sets 1947 targets. Wheat seed to 24,000,000 acres, down 1,900,000 from this year’s 25,900,000. Oats to 14,310,200 acres, up from 13,162,700, barley up nearly 20 percent to 8,000,000. Rye 487,100, summerfallow 18,811,100 acres, mixed grains 1,453,400. Emphasis on more feed for meat and dairy. possible barley bonus discussed.
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Ottawa
Dominion Provincial Agricultural Conference
Prairie Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
Strike in Eire threatens Christmas sugar supplies
Harassed housewives face a sugarless Christmas as four sugar beet factories in Ireland stay idle. Workers, upset over pay and conditions, reject a provisional deal and refuse to return without a satisfactory offer, despite union instructions. The government backs the company, and talks proceed with the unions only.
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Dublin
Eire
Irish Sugar Company
Radar distance gauge for pilots from national research council
Ottawa reports a simple radar readout that lets a pilot gauge distance to a ground station at a glance. The device resembles an automobile dashboard instrument and provides high accuracy even without ground visibility. Preliminary models have been tested and an experimental airline installation is in progress.
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Ottawa
National Research Council
Council
Thieves Nabbed In Russian Zone Train Robber Gang
German rail officials say 15 members of a robber gang were arrested in the Russian occupation zone by flying columns of railway police and Russian military police. The zone has seen more than 800 train attacks, with 27 gang robberies and 22 single bandits reported in October.
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Russian Zone
Berlin
German State Railways
Sheep dog acquitted after magistrates inspect
In London a sheep dog testified on its own behalf as its master urged judges to observe its docility. A judge approached the animal, petted it, and found the dog not guilty of being a public nuisance. The dog wagged its tail in court.
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London
Bridge director bars player at Toronto event
Toronto observers report that A M Sobel tournament director for the American contract bridge league barred Leon Beard a 43 year old Trinidadian from Port of Spain from entering the Toronto Whist club's annual Ontario bridge tournament.
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Toronto
A. M. Sobel
New York
Leon Beard
Port of Spain
RAF chapel burns at Biggin Hill memorial site
The RAF chapel at Biggin Hill in Kent, built in 1943 to honor 200 dead and missing Battle of Britain pilots, was destroyed by fire. The blaze damages a historic memorial structure significant to local and national wartime memory.
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Bigginhill
Kent
England
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