Recalled Witness Testifies in Rose Spy Trial
Kathleen Willsher, former Ottawa stenographer, testified in the Fred Rose conspiracy case in Montreal. She described providing information from documents to Rose while two loyalties guided her, and noted conversations spanned 1936 to about 1939 with brief later contact in 1943.
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Montreal
Kathleen Willsher Quet
United Kingdom
High Commissioner's Office
Ottawa
Fred Rose
Rose
Miss Willsher
Montreal-Cartier
Communist Party
Mr. Brass
Canada
Adams
Inflation menu from Imperial hotel in Tientsin shocks sailors
Fourth Engineer George Davie of the SS Aspen Park, docked in Vancouver, brings back a menu from the Imperial hotel in Tientsin. Prices are listed in Chinese currency with shocking figures such as two fried eggs for 150, tenderloin steak 600, grilled chicken 750, bread 20 per slice, coffee 150, and a pack of American cigarettes 15 000. The item underscores severe inflation in China.
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Vancouver
George Davie
Aspen Park
China
Imperial Hotel
Tientsin
Tojo and 25 Japanese militarists go on trial
In Tokyo the chief prosecutor Keenan labeled Hideki Tojo and 25 colleagues as assassins who led a treacherous nation seeking world domination. He opened with a 15,000 word statement declaring them common felons who deserve punishment in all lands. The defendants listened via translation as the trial before a 10 judge international tribunal began.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Joseph B. Keenan
Keenan
Australian high commissioner's charming visitor departs
The Sydney Daily Telegraph remarks on the departure of Justice T. C. Davis, retiring Canadian high commissioner in Australia, who is returning to Canada, calling him the most charming of all Australia’s visitors.
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Canberra
Australia
T. C. Davis
Canada
Sydney Daily Telegraph
Canada must boost production to sustain economy says CMA
Toronto report of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association 75th annual meeting. President G Blair Gordon argues Canada must increase output at home and abroad to maintain financial stability and employment, noting wartime production and the need to ease bottlenecks while resisting lower output policies. He warns against expansive wage demands and stresses exports and controls evolution.
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Toronto
Canada
G. Blair Gordon
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Gordon
United States
Mr. Gordon
United Nations Organization
Welsh ports seek export trade from Hamburg era
London reports five Welsh ports including Cardiff Newport Swansea Port Talbot and Barry are seeking to reclaim export trade once handled by Hamburg Germany amid rising competition and shifting shipping routes.
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London
Cardiff
Newport
Swansea
Port Talbot
Barry
Hamburg
Germany
Mountbatten Receives Grand Cross of Legion of Honor in Paris
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, former Allied supreme commander in Southeast Asia, was awarded the grand cross of the Legion of Honor in Paris. He reviewed a mounted guard, then visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe as a large crowd cheered.
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Paris
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Legion of Honor
Louis
Arc de Triomphe
Jane's Fighting Ships assesses modern British fleet needs
London reports the 48th edition of Jane's Fighting Ships notes five vessels in full service the King George V Duke of York Anson Howe Vanguard Queen Elizabeth and Renown as slow or under armored for current requirements It warns air craft carrier builds have slowed and stresses the need for more carriers while noting possible use of atomic armed surface ships.
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Admiralty
George V
Duke of York
Anson
Howe
Vanguard
Queen Elizabeth
Valiant
Nelson
Rodney
Jane's
Britain to Buy Surplus Food Supplies From Dominions
In the House of Commons A G Bottomley said the food ministry is ready to purchase extra food offered by dominion producers for rationed markets. He noted that dominion governments must decide how any surpluses are disposed of.
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Britain
Half Ship Launched At Walker On Tyne
In Walker on Tyne England a forward half of the steamship Hapagus was launched after the vessel broke in two when she struck a mine off the Normandy beachhead. The salvaged half aims to return Hapagus to service.
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Walker-On-Tyne
England
Northumberland
Hapagus
Normandy
Yugoslav Army in British Zone Disbanded
British authorities in Wuppertal disclose they broke up a semi secret royal Yugoslav army unit drilling and arming itself in the occupation zone. The army is ordered disbanded its soldiers stripped of uniforms and officers separated. Evidence of gun running linked to resistance to repatriation drives.
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Wuppertal
Germany
Britain seeks Greek trade monopoly via new commercial congress
Rome reported Britain prepared a charter for a commercial corporation of Greece to run Greek imports and exports under joint Greek British control. It would channel purchases through England, force Greek exporters to sell tobacco and currants to English firms at low prices, and allow resale at higher prices, seen as economic strangulation and a breach of free trade.
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Rome
Britain
Commercial Corporation of Greece
Athens
England
Greece
U.S
Bevin Appeals For New Peace Treaty With Russia
Foreign Secretary Bevin in the House of Commons urged a fresh effort to reach European peace, warning Russia not to miss the chance for a 25 year German disarmament treaty. He urged UN framed negotiations and proposed possible June Paris talks, while noting Russia's rebuff to a 50 year friendship pact and stressing patience to achieve Western Russian understanding.
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Bevin
House of Commons
United States
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Paris
Britain
Europe
United Nations
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