Canada to Build Large Postwar German Force for Years
Ottawa plans a substantial Canadian presence in Germany for years to come with a force of at least 35 000 troops plus air units, and a total including Britain likely over 50 000. By next year as many as 200 000 Canadians could be in uniform, with long term projections of five to twenty years, as Berlin prepares for occupation and rebuilding.
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Britain
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Berlin
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Vancouver Grain Shipments to Europe in July May Be Largest
The Vancouver Sun reports that Vancouver will ship up to 1,500,000 bushels of grain in July, the largest four year total, much of it to Europe. If higher priority goods need space, grain may be delayed. A lull in lumber and ore shipments could free space for grain. Manitoba appoints Paul G. Duval and Harold S. Fry to three year terms on the University of Manitoba board of governors.
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Harold S. Fry
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Royal commission on veterans qualifications meets in Toronto
The Royal commission on veterans qualifications begins a series of sittings in Toronto and will make recommendations on applying service taught skills to civilian jobs. Labor Minister Mitchell announced the start of the hearings.
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Royal Commission On Veterans
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Italian Premier Urges End to Illegal Executions
Prime Minister Feruccio Parri appealed to northern Italians to halt arbitrary justice and illegal executions in his first national broadcast. He warned such acts compromise Italy with the Allies and offend the nation’s sense of justice.
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Rome
Feruccio Parri
Italy
Secret Swedish Airline Bypassed Germans During War
More than 3 000 important passengers were flown from neutral Sweden by the US army secret airline in the final year of the war. Operated under Gestapo noses, it evolved into a Scotland Sweden military line. Passengers included interned airmen diplomats and officials from Norway France Holland and Russia.
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Londen
How Veterans Are Taken Care Of On Trains
Montreal report details wartime rail priority for servicemen with 800 sleeping cars before return, now about 300 in service. Dining car equipment similarly reduced as trains were repurposed for troop movement. Civilians ride day coaches while veterans travel in top equipment, reflecting unprecedented scale and secrecy of troop convoys postwar.
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Lockwood
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Armed Forces
Berlin
Severe cold grips Buenos Aires with historic low
Buenos Aires faces a brutal winter cold wave as fuel shortages worsen heating. On June 23 the capital saw a frigid 24.1 F, the lowest in 21 years, with inland readings dropping to 14 F. Residents scramble for fuel and warmth amid the crisis.
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Simon Lake dies at 79 inventor of modern submarine
Bridgeport Connecticut Simon Lake veteran naval inventor died after a brief illness in hospital. He pioneered the first practical submarine capable of operating in open sea and is named father of the modern submarine for his innovations.
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Conn
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Italians Hungry Crowds Parade For Bread And Work
Crowds in Milan demanded bread and work and called for a purge of Fascists before Allied military government offices. Anti-Fascists reportedly freed two northern Italian jails and shot imprisoned Fascists, killing 35 and wounding 28. Modena shootings were first reported last Tuesday as crowds heckled police at Sesto San Giovanni where about 1000 Fascists are held. Allied tanks intervened.
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Sesto San Giovanni
Stalin visit urged by London crowd at Albert Hall
Five thousand people gathered at Albert Hall to mark the third anniversary of the Anglo Soviet alliance. Speakers urged Marshal Stalin to visit London with Rev W A Dyler Waterhouse promising tens of thousands would greet Uncle Joe if he comes.
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Countess Baldwin Dies at Astley Hall in England
Countess Baldwin wife of Earl Stanley Baldwin prime minister 1925 37 died at their home Astley Hall Worcester shire England reports say the couple resided there.
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New Zealand Plans Horse and Goat Meat Exports
European markets may soon receive horse and goat meat from New Zealand. Dominion meat exporters responding to a New Zealand Meat Board appeal plan to boost shipments by slaughtering horses and goats for the first time in the country’s history with Western Europe as the likely destination.
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Massacre of 19 Canadian POWs by SS troops near Pavie
London reports a military inquiry found German 12th SS Hitler Jugend troops murdered 19 Royal Winnipeg Rifles prisoners near Pavie, Normandy on June 18, 1944. The case may feature in any general indictment before the International War Crimes tribunal. It was the worst Canadian field crime of the war.
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Normandy
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
S.S. Hitler Jugend
Pavie
Crerar
Confiscation of German Owned Farms in Czecho-Slovakia
President Benes orders confiscation of all farms and corporations in Czecho-Slovakia belonging to Germans Hungarians and traitors and Nazi collaborators. About 270000 small farms largely in the Sudeten area would be seized and roughly 1500000 people affected when including families.
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Benes
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Sudeten
United Nations Charter May Be In Force Soon
A survey at the world security conference indicates a strong likelihood that the United Nations charter will be ratified before year end. Of 26 nations replying, 20 expect home governments to ratify this year, with major powers Britain United States Russia France and China among those ready.
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Treatment Of Nervous Cases In Pacific Area
In the Pacific theater American medical services plan a neuropsychiatric unit at Mandaluyong near Manila to treat psychoneurotic casualties. Casualties partake in handicraft, gardening, and light labor, with recreation such as sports, music, reading, and movies to aid relaxation. Brig Gen Guy B. Denit says most cases are temporary mal adjustments that will respond to treatment.
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