Delay in German reparations stalls Potsdam plan
Brussels reports a breakdown in Potsdam directives slows the transfer of industrial plants as reparations. Only 14 plants have been allotted to the inter Allied agency. more than 50 await allocation while four power divisions hinder cooperation. Disputes and US policy pauses contribute to delays amid Russian imports contention.
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Brussels
Germany
Allied Control Council
Berlin
Inter- Allied
Control Council
Potsdam
Potadam
Reich
United States
Russia
Poland
Canada Seeks Faster Immigration Inspection in Europe
Ottawa reports efforts to widen inspection facilities in western Europe for immigrants to Canada. An immigration officer is in Paris, surveys underway to reopen points in northern Europe, with hopes to have civil and medical exams available in two to three months. Travel within continental Europe remains difficult and prewar immigrant movement is blocked.
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Ottawa
J. A. Glen
Mines and Resources
Europe
Canada
Glen
London
Paris
United Kingdom
Long Nonstop B-29 Flight Planned From Honolulu
United States army air forces officers disclosed plans for a non nonstop flight exceeding 10 000 miles from Honolulu over the magnetic north pole to Cairo Egypt. The B 29 Superfortress is being prepared at Oklahoma City Oklahoma and an explicit start date has not been fixed.
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Washington
Honolulu
Magnetic North Pole
Cairo
Egypt
United States Army Air Forces
Oklahoma City
Okla
Problem Solved Edmonton Veterans Acquired Home On Cash And Carry Plan
Two Edmonton veterans George G Bougie and Barney O Connor found a house for sale only on removal. They moved a 10 room two and a half storey structure to a nearby lot by tractor pull, with city electricians clearing wires as the caravan passed.
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Edmonton
George G Bougie
Barney O'Connor
House of Commons to Rebuild by 1948 After Fire Bombs
London report says the bombed House of Commons may be rebuilt by 1948 to serve MPs before 1950. If 400 workers toil double shifts, the 1949 target may be met. otherwise completion slides to 1951. Foundations near completion as oak from Arden and other timber supply the 30000 cubic feet needed.
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London
House of Commons
Big Ben
Forest of Arden
Warwickshire
Shakespeare
England
Britain to expand bread ration for children
Food Minister Strachey announced an increase in Britain's bread ration to an extra ounce per week for all children up to 18. Adults keep a nine ounce weekly basic ration. children’s allowance scales by age. Strachey said the rise lowers expected rationing savings to seven percent from ten.
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London
Strachey
Britain
Uniform signs adopted for western provinces highway safety
Representatives from Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia agreed on a uniform highway traffic sign system to aid motorists. Signs will resemble the American standards and use varied shapes and colors to indicate upcoming information, such as an octagonal sign signaling stop.
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Calgary
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
American Association of State Highway Officials
After Effect Animals Surviving Concessions Of Atomic Bomb
Bikini tests showed greater violence than first pictured with animals that withstood the blast dying suddenly. An officer noted healthy animals can drop dead next day, hinting at post mortems for radiation study. no animals would be brought to the United States.
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Kawjalein
Bikini
United States
Winnipeg forms peacetime RCAF fighter-bomber squadron
Air Minister Gibson announces formation of an auxiliary squadron at Winnipeg. The unit will comprise 600 to 800 men in a fighter-bomber role, supported by a permanent force detachment of about 100 men.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Royal Canadian Air Force
Gibson
Russian Agents Targeted Halifax and Vancouver Ports
The royal commission on espionage found evidence that Russian agents were interested in Canada’s coastal ports Halifax and Vancouver and prepared a 200 page report on the navy. It cited meetings in Ottawa with Col. Nicolai Zabotin and agents in Vancouver and New York discussing naval intelligence and shipyard information.
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Ottawa
Halifax
Vancouver
Canada
Royal Commission On
Nicolai Zabotin
Russia
Pantzerney
New York
Zabotin
Surensen
Naval Department
H. I. Sorensen
Motinov
Gouzenko
Igor Gouzenko
Gouseev
Prices Rise on Children's Clothing in Ottawa
The prices board authorized a two percent increase in maximum prices for select children’s clothing to offset a fifteen percent jump in labor costs. The rise is not expected to reach retail prices until fall, according to the announcement.
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Ottawa
Four Year Wheat Contract Nears Signing
Ottawa reports the Anglo Canadian wheat accord will be signed within two weeks. The four year deal sets $1.55 per bushel for the first two years with no ceiling and a floor of at least $1.25 for Canadian wheat exports to Britain after year two. About 150 million bushels a year are involved, with some ministers seeking similar contracts for other farm products. Opposition cites potential strain on free trade principles within the United Nations framework.
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Ottawa
London
Britain
United Kingdom
Canada
United Nations
Japan would have surrendered in 1945 without atomic bomb
A U S strategic bombing survey to President Truman concluded Japan would have surrendered before the end of 1945 without the atomic bomb Russia’s entry or Allied invasions. Air supremacy was the key factor, with Hirohito and advisers having decided by May 1945 to end the war on any terms. The report said the bomb hastened peace efforts but did not by itself defeat Japan.
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Washington
Truman
Japan
Russia
United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Hirohito
Frost blamed for spruce damage in Manitoba, not bugs
Winnipeg forestry official C. B. Gill dismissed reports of an army of insects ravaging northern Manitoba spruce as ridiculous. He said a spring frost likely affected the trees, not a mysterious bug invasion. The trapper Charles Dunn had described a 115 mile inland area from Hudson Bay to near The Pas as insect covered.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Cc. B. Gill
British United Press
la Pas
Charles Dunn
Hudson Bay
Pas
British rocket survey urges large Australian test range
A British mission that surveyed Australia three months earlier recommended to establish the world’s largest rocket and atom bomb testing range in central Australia. The plan estimated costs between 28 million and 32 million dollars.
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Sydney
Australia
Canadian crude petroleum and gas output falls in April
Ottawa reports crude petroleum and natural gas output declined to 644,434 barrels in April from 663,537 in March and 692,889 in April last year. Saskatchewan produced 8,644,000 barrels and Alberta 3,263,439,000 barrels in April.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Japan wheat crop seen 40 percent below normal
Nippon Keizai estimates Japan’s new wheat harvest will total about 12,000,000 koku, noting it is roughly 40 percent under normal levels. The koku equals about five bushels, reflecting a weaker crop outlook.
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Tokyo
Nippon Keizai
Japan
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