Plans For Training Of Pacific Force
Maj Gen Bertam M Hoffmeister, commander of the Sixth Canadian Division, announced training for the Pacific war will start in September at Fort Breckinridge Kentucky. About 280000 veterans from Europe will volunteer for Pacific service and the unit will be under American command with Canadian uniforms and equipment paid by Canada. Hoffmeister said two nations cooperate in this effort and replacements will be trained at American centers with Canadian instructors. He will return to Vancouver after a brief leave and expressed enthusiasm for the task while noting the training start as a time saver once underway.
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Washington
Bertram M. Hoffmeister
Fort Breckinridge
Europe
Pacific
Canada
Hoffmeister
Breckinridge
Royal Canadian Air Force
R.A.F
Vancouver
Japanese-Canadian volunteers leave Toronto for overseas duty
Twelve Japanese Canadian soldiers who volunteered for overseas service departed Toronto last March. The New Canadian, a Japanese weekly, notes an undisclosed number are in training at various points and praises their contribution to the war effort. The article recalls their wait since autumn 1939 and reflects on duty and resolve among Nisei.
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Kasso
Toronto
New Canadian
British pressure on Krupp empire sparks death sentence threat
An informant closer to Berlin reports British cabinet demand a life or death ruling on Krupp in the Ruhr. Production restart decisions, including communications gear for allied governance, hinge on London rather than field officials. The U S has ceded Ruhr to British occupation and calls the edition a waste motion.
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21St Army Group Headquarters
Germany
Krupp
Ruhr
London
United States
15Th Army
Senate Votes to Cut Tariffs 50 Percent Below 194? Levels
The U.S. Senate granted President Truman power to reduce tariff rates by half from January 1 levels as a major victory for foreign policy.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
Truman
Plan for Return of Overseas Men
Nijmegen dispatch outlines a plan to form a 30 000 man pool in England to repatriate overseas personnel. Drafts of about 285 all ranks will head to Canada districts, commanded by a major with a specific multi‑rank staff, selected by troop questionnaires, prioritizing Pacific volunteers and long-service personnel.
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Nijmegen
Holland
Canada
England
Europe
Worth-while prize Montreal dramatists sought
The Canadian Art Theatre Inc with the Canadian Authors Association announces a contest for the best Canadian written play. A $100 war bond prize will be awarded. Judging splits 50 50 between manuscript quality and staging, with full length works about two hours, up to 15 speaking parts and no more than four scene changes. The theatre describes itself as experimental and invites social political fantasy melodrama and entertainment.
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Montreal
The
Canadian Art Theatre Inc
Canadian Authors’ Association
C.A.T
International Medical Congress in Teheran July 1 to 9
Teheran will host an international medical congress from July 1 to 9. Invitations were extended by Iran to delegates from the United States Britain Russia France China Egypt Iraq Syria Palestine India Turkey and Afghanistan.
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Teheran
Iran
United States
Britain
Russia
France
China
Egypt
Iraq
Syria
Palestine
India
Turkey
Sweden allows Allied access to German property records
The Swedish government said Allied powers may inspect German property and records in Sweden in response to a note from Great Britain the United States Russia and France.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Great Britain
United States
Russia
France
Fate of air crews to be traced by air ministry
A research and inquiry service to establish the fate of air crews missing from flights over Europe is set up by the air ministry with dominion authorities. It is already active in France, Luxembourg and Belgium, with Holland, Norway and Germany to follow. A similar Balkans organization is in operation. The service notes many cases and wide coverage mean results will take time.
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London
Europe
Air Ministry
France
Luxembourg
Belgium
Holland
Norway
Germany
Balkans
Paris Vichy Collaborator Marcel Deat Sentenced to Death
Marcel Deat, a notorious Vichy French collaborator, was sentenced to death in absentia by the high court of justice after a brief treason trial. He remains at large somewhere on the European continent.
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Paris
Marcel Deat
High Court of Justice
Deat
Movement Of Westen Grain Going To Europe
Grain for Europe is moving across the prairies toward lakehead ports in a record Canada wide export. Some 14 500 box cars carry 25 600 000 bushels with daily loading of about 1 500 cars each holding around 1 850 bushels. The flow aims to feed war torn Europe and marks a multi million loaf impact.
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Europe
Winnipeg
Prairies
Lakehead
Western
Canada
Stalled Car Story In Provo Utah Shows Heroic Rescue
Mrs Wanda Carlei sat in a stalled car as a train neared in Provo Utah. Watchman R W McComb ran to the vehicle and pulled her to safety before the engine struck the car, moving it 63 feet and denting a door and fender. She then returned to drive away. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Salt Lake Cty
Wanda Carlei
Provo
Utah
R. W. McComb
Britain to India air command hubs for finish off the Japs
Giant RAF transport planes are flying troops from Britain to India in five days for the great offensive. The vanguard is already in India, with reinforcements arriving at Karachi airport, boosting morale as soldiers experience long air travel. The shuttle service will grow to bring tens of thousands more, seen as decisive in swift Japan defeat.
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AIR Command Headquarters
Southeast Asia
R.A F
Britain
India
Karachi
Tropics
Japan
Discover Loot Paris Regensburg Cache Found by American Troops
American forces of the 12th corps reported locating securities, gold and jewelry valued at more than 5 billion dollars hidden by Germans in Regensburg communications zone headquarters. The haul included Bavaria and Austria wealth from vaults of the Regensburg Reichsbank, larger than the 200 ton Merken salt mine find.
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Paris
Regensburg
Reichsbank
Bavaria
Austria
Merken
Anti Pakistan Front plans protests outside Gandhi home
The Hindu group demands separation of India into Hindu and Muslim states and says volunteers will demonstrate outside Mohandas Gandhi’s residence in Bombay Simla or wherever he goes in protest of Gandhi’s support for Lord Wavell’s proposals.
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Bombay
Lord Wavell
Mohandas Gandhi
Simla
Gandhi
Ottawa and Washington Move to Tighten Fraud Stock Extradition
U S and Canadian officials push amendments to the extradition treaty to cover fly by night stock sales of mining and oil ventures. The talks aim to curb frauds sold across borders while Canadian brokers fear being hauled south on charges not in Canadian law.
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Ottawa
U.S. State Department
Canadian Department of External Affairs
U.S
Canada
U.S. Federal Exchange and Security Act
Montreal
Toronto
New York
Soldiers Released as Britain Begins Demobilization
In a first batch of partial demobilization after Europe's end, hundreds of soldiers in camps across Great Britain are returning home as civilians. The initial release targets veterans aged 48 and older, many seasoned veterans from the First World War.
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London
Great Britain
Britain
Europe
US Army Hospitals in Britain Closed After German Surrender
Forty United States army hospitals in the United Kingdom have been officially closed since Germany's surrender ended large casualty flow. Most were 1,000 bed facilities. Wounded and ill soldiers have largely recovered, returned to units, or flown to the United States.
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London
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Britain
Federal plan on municipal airport grants to be disclosed
R A C Henry chairman of the civil aviation board told Mayor Robert Saunders at the Canadian Federation of Mayors annual conference that the policy would be released soon. The remarks were made in Toronto amid discussions on funding and oversight for local aviation projects.
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Toronto
R. A. C. Henry
Civil Aviation Board
Robert Saunders
Canadian Federation of Mayors
Justice Jackson Returns to London to Prosecute Nazi War Crimes
Justice Robert Jackson of the United States Supreme Court travels to London to accelerate the trial of major Nazi war criminals as chief prosecutor for the United States.
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London
Robert Jackson
United States Supreme Court
United States
Paper making drives import of Swedish pulp and North African esparto
Production Minister Lyttleton announces plans to import large quantities of wood pulp from Sweden for paper making. Esparto grass for similar use is set to be imported from North Africa.
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London
Sweden
Lyttleton
Esparto
North Africa
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