Party merger in Russian zone sparks London concern
London watches a German plan to fuse the Social Democrats with the Communist party in the Russian zone. British officials fear a one party system, boosted by Soviet-backed military authorities, that would erase the smaller Liberal and Christian Democrat groups and strain east west German politics. The Western Social Democrats under Dr Kurt Schumacher reject the merger.
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London
Kusslan
Germany
Social Democratic
Husaian
Social Democrats
Christian Democrats
Liberal Democrats
Zeonea
Kurt Schumacher
Schumacher
Wilhelm Pieck
Stalin
United States
Allied Centre Council
Imperial scientists unveil Paludrine malaria drug
London scientists at Imperial Chemical Industries announce Paludrine, a coal tar derived anti malaria drug. They claim it is far more powerful than existing medicines, stating it is ten times stronger than quinine and three times more potent than mepacrine.
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London
Imperial Hemical Industries
Grain supplies revised downward as livestock numbers fall
Ottawa The Dominion bureau of statistics in a quarterly review of Canada coarse grain says estimated feed grain supplies for the crop year have been revised downward from September figures and the downward trend in livestock numbers continues.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
NEW RESERVE ARMY To Be Real Power Of Nation's Defence Says Brigadier Mann
Brigadier Mann rejects pomp in postwar reserve force saying the citizen army will be the real power of Canada’s defence. He urges modern training and adequate housing to attract volunteers and notes battle dress will unify reserve units under his command. He recalls prewar plumed uniforms cost Dragoons officers 2000 dollars and defends shifting from ceremonial to practical dress. In Riverside California the army notes four women drivers of heavy trucks, each with over 300000 miles without an accident, will be released at March Field.
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Brigadier Mann
Toronto
Canada
Churchill Mann
Military District No. 2
Dominion
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Mann
Riverside
Calif
Army
March Field
Wartime Forces to Return Home by Year’s End
Ottawa reports Defence Minister Abbott said demobilization and discharge of all wartime forces will wrap by October or November, with 40 000 dependents overseas returning by December. Navy set at 16 000, active fleet including one carrier, two cruisers, eight destroyers, and reserve ships for training and research.
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Ottawa
Defence
Abbott
Canada
Pacific
Atlantic
Fleet
Influenza Spreads Through York Factory Area
Two Indian mail carriers brought influenza to York Factory on February 12, triggering a coastwide spread among Indian settlements. Dr. Robert F. Yule reports the illness is mild with two deaths and most of York Factory’s 300 residents affected.
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Pas
Man
York Factory
Northern Trading Post
Robert F. Yule
Department of Indian Affairs
Yule
Solution being sought for new policy in Japan
Washington reports 11 nations reopen talks on Allied policy for Japan. The Far Eastern Commission met at the Japanese embassy to appoint Maj Gen Frank R McCoy as permanent chairman and Nelson T Johnson as secretary general. Russia joined with Nikolai V Novikov, while Australia and New Zealand voiced veto concerns but pledged to cooperate.
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Japan
Washington
Byrnes
Pacific
Far Eastern Commission
Frank R. McCoy
Nelson T Johnson
United States
China
New Zealand
Australia
Britain
Russia
Far Eastern Advisory Commission
Nikolai V. Novikov
Churchill Receives honorary degree at University of Miami
In Miami Florida Winston Churchill received an honorary doctor of laws from the University of Miami before about 20000 at the Orange Bowl. He urged nations to educate war veterans and praised US education bodies and the American people for creating programs to aid returning soldiers.
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Miami
Fla
Winston Churchill
University of Miami
Miami Beach
Churchill
United States
George Medal for Rescue by Flying Officer Baillie
Canadian Flying Officer J. J. Baillie was awarded the George Medal for outstanding gallantry in rescuing three men from a Dakota crash in Burma on June 14 1945. Baillie dragged two ranks clear despite burns and injuries and returned to save the delirious wireless operator.
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Ottawa
J. J. Baillie
Westville
N.S
Burma
R.c.alf
FO. Baillie
R.C.A.F
Myingan
MUST SHARE GUILT Niemoeller Says Germans Cannot Lay All Blame On Nazis
In a speech to Nazis held in a United States Army internment camp’s camp, Pastor Martin Niemoller urged Germans to share guilt for the war. He said the church failed to oppose Nazi camps and horrors or speak out earlier.
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Frankfurt
United States
7Th Army
Martin Niemeller
Niemoeller
Germany
Staying on Job Paris Despite Unsettled Politics
France endures a volatile political scene yet sees few strikes as workers, with purchasing power halved since the war, stay at work. Farm output is down to about three quarters of prewar levels and industry at roughly 55 percent, pushing labor leaders to avoid stoppages amid hardship and scarce goods while black markets flourish above official ceilings.
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Paris
France
Canadian Welfare Council estimates chest drives at six million
Nora Lea of Ottawa assistant director of the Canadian Welfare Council says community chest campaigns across Canada will cost about 6,000,000 this year. She notes that last year campaigns raised 5,610,500 but wartime needs remain unmet.
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Edmonton
Canada
Nora Lea
Ottawa
Canadian Welfare Council
British troops told to stay out of Japanese homes
Lt Gen John Northcott announced at a press conference that 5,800 additional Australians arrived at Kure. He said British occupation troops are instructed to avoid Japanese homes, while American troops mingle freely with Japanese in homes and public places.
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Tokyo
John Northcott
Kure
United States
Truman Calls Conference on Food Situation
President Truman convened a White House conference of influential Americans with Hoover to promote a voluntary program to reduce domestic consumption to avert famine abroad in Europe, India, and Asia. Canada and the United States are main suppliers to UNRRA. US meat and wheat figures are cited with urgent shortages projected overseas.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Herbert Hoover
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
India
Asia
North America
Canada
United States
UNRRA
Raymond Swing
UK Chamber Aims for Merchant Fleet Larger Than Prewar
The United Kingdom chamber of shipping outlines in its annual report a goal to rebuild a merchant fleet that rivals pre war size and grows further through enterprise and initiative, stressing ambitious expansion and resilience to meet postwar demands.
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London
Chamber of Shipping of
United Kingdom
Chambers
Rolls-Royce official predicts jet propulsion for future warplanes
In Toronto James D. Pearson of Rolls-Royce England told a meeting that no future high speed military aircraft will be designed without jet propulsion engines.
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Toronto
James D. Pearson
Rolls-Royce Group
England
World pipeline length tops U.S. Big Inch by Fourth
The China-Burma-India pipeline, the world’s longest, measures about a fourth longer than the United States Big Inch pipeline, underscoring its vast span and strategic reach.
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U.S
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Port Hope
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Allied Control Commission
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