Canada Will Volunteer Pacific Force From Britain and Europe
Maj. Gen. Bert Hoffmeister in Ottawa said up to 27 500 volunteers from Britain and western Europe may join Canada’s Pacific division. Headquarters planned for Brockville by July 31 with regiments at Camp Shilo Barriefield and Debert. Training in U S concentration point expected in September. Canadian armor to use Sherman tanks and Garand rifles to replace existing small arms.
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Ernest Walford
Washington
Germany
UN approves charter to enforce peace with 11 member security council
In San Francisco the United Nations conference unanimously backs provisions for a security council to enforce peace, backed by armed force if needed. The council will include permanent Big Five members Britain United States Russia France and China plus six rotating powers. All major decisions require full consent of the Big Five.
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JAP RECRUITS Canadian Born Japs Training in India
The New Canadian reports Nisei Canadians recruited at Britain’s request are receiving advanced training in India for service in the Asiatic war. Recruits were volunteers earlier this year and served in England before sailing to India. A recruit praises British officers and notes orderly barracks and water porters, while anticipating heavier soldiering duties ahead.
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India
Japan
Britain
England
Admiral Boyd Named to Royal Navy Air Flag Post
The Admiralty disclosed that more than one third of the navy’s personnel are involved in navy flying. Vice Admiral Denis W. Boyd was appointed to a new post as admiral for the air to integrate naval aviation more closely with general administration.
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Admiralty
Denis W. Boyd
General Naval Administration
Civilian Rail Travel to Fall Short in August
Washington report shows civilian travel space will shrink by about fifty percent for Pullman cars and 10 to 12 percent fewer railroad coaches in August and beyond, according to Transportation Director J. Monroe Johnson.
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Washington
United States
J. Monroe Johnson
Giant Holiday Centre Planned for Hastings England
A half mile long national holiday centre including the world’s largest single holiday building is proposed for Hastings. The project costs about £4,000,000, roughly $18,000,000, and would transform the seaside town.
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Hastings
England
Lower Taxes Promised as King Plans August Parliament Session
Government sources say Prime Minister Mackenzie King will convene parliament by mid August to push tax cuts. Finance Minister Sisley signaled early a move to ease wartime personal income and excess profits taxes. A 25 percent overall reduction is speculated, and a 25 percent luxury tax on jewelry may be rescinded during the August session.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
J. L. Sisley
RAF to Cut Strength by One Third Over Next Year
The Air Ministry announced the Royal Air Force will be reduced to about one third of its current strength of around 1,000,000 within 12 months. Readjustment for the Japan war will release many groups, retrain others, and renew recruiting. Some personnel have been transferred to the navy as campaigns shift from Germany to Asia.
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R.A.F
Air Ministry
Japan
Navy
Deport Nazis Should Be Deported After War Says Briton
Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Spears a former British minister in Syria proposes that Germans who served in the Gestapo and other Nazi bodies should be deported without trial to a desert island or an underdeveloped African tract with few amenities.
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England
Edward Spears
Syria
Gestapo
Africa
Food Shortage In Europe Promptly Warned
London reports severe food shortages across Europe with livestock and poultry losses from war. By 1942 cattle, sheep and other livestock plunged, milk output fell about 35 percent, and full recovery to prewar levels could take 2 to 12 years. Requisitioned grain seed and seed redistribution aim to restore crops, but rebuilding Europe’s livestock will take longer.
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Low Countries
France
Scandinavian Countries
United Nations
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Meeting of the Big Three Arranged for Early Conference
President Truman announced a definite early Big Three meeting with Stalin and Churchill to resolve remaining Polish issues. He praised Hopkins and Davies for progress and named Byrnes Stettinius Leahy Ross as accompanying officials. He urged calm on Poland and no preconcessions before the talks.
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Truman
Harry Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
Marshal Stalin
Churchill
Hopkins
Davies
Russia
James F. Byrnes
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William D. Leahy
Charles G. Ross
Atlantic
London
Ottawa Ration Coupon Collection Extended to Four Weeks
The prices board announced hotels boarding houses and summer tourist homes may collect ration coupons every four weeks instead of every two. Effective June 1 residents owe one sugar two preserve and three butter coupons each four week period. New or temporary residents start after four weeks and books need not be taken for stays under four weeks.
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Ottawa
Prices Board
Air Admiral London appointment creates new flag post
The admiralty announced Vice Admiral Denis W. Boyd is appointed to a newly created flag post as part of a broader navy flying expansion. This marks a major structural change in leadership with emphasis on aerial operations within the fleet.
Dickens anniversary exhibits in Soviet towns
To mark the 75th anniversary of Charles Dickens death on June 9 1870 exhibitions and lectures are being held in several Soviet towns according to the Soviet news agency.
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London
Charles Dickens
New tapping methods boost rubber yield in Trinidad
Rubber trees in Port of Spain by Mexican experts last year have shown remarkable gains, with the past ten months producing unprecedented rubber output as new tapping techniques prove highly effective.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Edmonton Colonel Promoted to Acting Brigadier
Ottawa announces the promotion of Col. E. B. Wilson 41 of Edmonton to the acting rank of brigadier by national defence headquarters.
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Ottawa
Col
E. B. Wilson
Edmonton
National Defence Headquarters
Ghost radio in Wiesbaden seeks revive Hitler legend
German authorities hunt a mysterious midnight radio signal out of Wiesbaden that has aired for more than two weeks. The broadcasts publicize the Hitler legend and aim to swell nationalist sentiment. The case involves Allied occupation forces tracing the source of the ghost transmission.
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