U S Troop Occupation Report on Japan Details
General MacArthur praised American conduct in Japan during the first two months of occupation September and October. The War Department report notes groundwork for a democratic structure but little political reform due to food and shelter concerns and widespread political ignorance. An extensive information program aims to educate about atrocities and war crimes.
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Washington
MacArthur
United States
Japan
War Department
Merchant Navy Heroes Named in King’s New Year's Honors
The King's New Year honors list includes 26 awards for Merchant Navy crew who kept convoys moving under threat from U boats and enemy aircraft. Engineer Frank Rosendaal of Transcona Manitoba and Seamen Edgar Proctor John Slade and Robert Korogi of Toronto plus Louis Girard of Pointe au Pic Quebec receive BEMs and MBEs for rescuing injured men and enduring nine days in an open boat after a torpedo strike on Mount Pleasant Park.
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Ottawa
Mount Pleasant Park
Frank Rosendaal
Transcona
Man
Order of the British Empire
Edgar G. Proctor
John Slade
Robert Koerogi
Toronto
Louis Girard
Pointe Au Pic
Rosendaal
Proctor
Slade
Girard
Korogi
Canada Dominates New Year Honors List With 1241 Names
London report notes Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander named viscount and two Canadian cabinet members named Privy Council. Britain’s list is the largest ever with India, dominions, and colonies heavily represented. Canada total 1241 honorees across services and civilians. Churchill receives Order of Merit. Portal and Alexander elevated, plus seven new barons and six more viscounts among military leaders.
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London
Harold Alexander
Canada
Lisley
St. Laurent
Imperial Privy Council
Commonwealth
India
Dominions
Colonies
Merchant Navy
Auxiliary
R.C.A.F
Canadian Army
Navy
Britain
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Order of the Garter
Winston
Royal Air Force
Lord Portal
R.A F
Alexander
1St Canadian Corps
Harold
Montgomery
Europe
el Alamein
Berlin
Lord Alanbrooke
Imperial General Staff
Far East
Lord Cunningham
Mediterranean
Lord Southwood
Odhams Press. Ltd
London Daily Herald
Red Cross
House of Lords
Bruce Fraser
Arthur Tedder
Eisenhower
John Tovey
Henry Maitland-Wilson
Washington
Return voyage of Japanese to Yokohama on General W. H. Gordon
A crowd of about 4,500 people including many who have never seen Japan sailed from Portland for Yokohama aboard the General W. H. Gordon. Most sought repatriation. some were deported. Passengers from segregation centers believed they were still bound for a victorious Japan, with one man saying he thought Japan won the war.
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Portland
Ore
Yokohama
W. H. Gordon
Japan
Kazuhiro Yoshida
Stockton
Calif
United States
Shanghai adopts right hand traffic in major reform
Shanghai shifts to driving on the right as most new cars use left hand steering. Official schooling for drivers preceded the change with no serious accidents reported during the transition.
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Shanghai
China
Train Wreck Kills Fifteen in Britain Near Lichfield
In Lichfield Staffordshire England fifteen people were killed when a freight locomotive telescoped into a four coach passenger train at a nearby station on the London Midland and Scottish line. More than fourteen passengers were injured and taken to area hospitals as cranes cleared the tracks.
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Lichfield
Staffs
England
London, Midland and Scottish
Britain
London
Construction contracts in Canada rise sharply in 1945 totals
Canada awards for construction contracts totaled 409,031,700 in 1945, up from 291,961,800 in 1944. Saskatchewan posted the largest rise at 181.5 percent with contracts valued at 15,986,100, according to MacLean Building Reports Ltd.
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Toronto
Canada
MacLean Building Reports Ltd
Saskatchewan
Death of famed Saskatchewan farmer Andrew Anderson at Innisfail home
Andrew Anderson a prominent Canadian farmer died at his Innisfail Alberta residence. Born in Sweden 74 years ago he built the famous Fogelvik farm at Alsask Saskatchewan attracting visitors including E Cora Hinds Agriculture Minister James Gardiner and John Bracken. He later moved to Calgary and then Innisfail where he again named his farm Fogelvik. Renowned for Creeping Red Fescue seed grass and hog raising his yard became a model show place with extensive trees lawns and flowers.
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Calgary
Canada
Andrew Anderson
Innisfail
Alta
Andy Anderson
Sweden
United States
Alsask
Sask
Fogelvik
Prairies
E. Cora Hinds
James Gardiner
John Bracken
Anderson
Big Three Ministers Set Washington Meeting Date
Secretary Byrnes announced the next Big Three foreign ministers meeting will be in Washington with Molotov and Bevin. No date was set. McDermott said quarterly meetings are planned under Yalta terms. If followed, the Washington session would begin March 15.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
United States
Molotov
Russia
Bevin
Britain
Michael McDermott
State Department
Yalta
End of World War II and Birth of the United Nations
The 1945 ending of the Second Great War brought ruin and renewal as atomic power emerged and the United Nations formed in San Francisco. Allied victory converged with Berlin fallen, Germany's surrender on May 8, and Japan's capitulation on August 14, signaling a new era and a race to prevent future nuclear conflict.
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United Nations Organization
League of Nations
San Francisco
United Nations Charter
Security Council
General Assembly
Germany
Elbe
Japan
United Nations
United States
Britain
Canada
New Mexico
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Russia
Moscow
Washington
Eisenhower
Poland
Hungary
Rhine
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Italy
Montgomery
Holland
Denmark
Ribbentrop Reveals Hitler Letter Before Capture
The former German foreign minister Ribbentrop published a handwritten letter from Hitler describing a future peace with Britain and the USSR, claiming it was Hitler’s last political will. He asserts Hitler favored close Germany Britain cooperation as essential for long term stability and laments US war entry.
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Mernberg
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Flaming
Hitler
Ribbentrop
British Empire
Churchill
Eden
United States
Thefuehrer
Soviet Union
Stalin
Red Army
Fuehrer
Karl Doenitz
Reich Marshal
Goering
Heinrich Himler
Western Front
Britain
England
Europe
Great Britain
Gift From Canada Aids Vimy Memorial Church Repair
The Canadian Council of Churches announced a ten thousand dollar gift to repair the Canadian Vimy Memorial church in Lens France. The money comes from congregations across Canada in memory of Canadians who died in the First World War. The church sustained war damage including a destroyed manse in August 1944 and the minister and his wife killed.
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Toronto
Lens
Canadian Council of Churches
Canada
London Council Approves £3.5 Million Housing Scheme
Luton town council approved a 3.5 million pound plan to build 2,493 houses over two years on three estates. The largest estate will include its own shops library school and church.
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London
Luton
Allied forces drive across Asia and Pacific in World War II
Allied armies smash across Burma capturing Mandalay in March and Rangoon in May. American forces seize Manila on Feb 24 and push to liberate the Philippines. Iwo Jima is taken March 17 and Okinawa in June. Australian troops seize Balikpapan in Borneo during June and July. The British Pacific Fleet joins the US in strikes culminating in Tokyo area shelling in July.
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Burma
Mandalay
Rangoon
Luzon
Manila
Philippines
Japan
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Borneo
Balikpapan
Pacific
Tokyo
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