Empire Tariff Preference Under Review by Commonwealth
Ottawa officials indicate imperial tariff preferences will be reviewed in coming months through a Commonwealth conference format. Pressure from Washington favors reducing preferences to ease US-UK aid terms, while Canada seeks to trim its empire trade surplus by boosting purchases from other Commonwealth nations.
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Ottawa
Washington
United States
United Kingdom
Britain
British Commonwealth
Canada
Commonwealth
Eleven Thousand RCAF Aircrew Reserve Members Released
Air Minister Gibson announced that eleven thousand RCAF personnel transferred to the trained aircrew reserve are now released from service. Their status matches regular discharge and no action is required by individuals to confirm status. All reserve members may choose to re engage for continuing service through September 30, 1947.
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Ottawa
R.C.A.F
Air Force
Germany
Gibson
Rc.a.f
Canadian Fashions Week Show Opens Coast to Coast
Over 2500 retail stores from coast to coast will feature Toronto made merchandise in their windows and in store displays for the week of October first to sixth. The Toronto Fashion Industries say Canadian fashion is as fine as the world and hope restrictions are lifted to let the industry advance. Look for the display in participating stores.
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Toronto
Toronto Fashion Industries
Ray Hildebrand
Peggy Anne
Canuck POW drafts headed to San Francisco in mid October
Ottawa reports two more drafts of liberated Canadian prisoners of war from the Far East are scheduled to reach San Francisco on October 13 and 14. The ships Joseph Dyckman and Admiral Hughes will bring a combined total of 26 officers and 179 other ranks.
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Ottawa
Far East
San Francisco
Defence Headquarters
Joseph Dyckman
Admiral Hughes
Plans for Allied Japan Control Commission Meeting
London reports tentative December talks among the Big Five foreign ministers on a joint Allied commission to govern Japan. The meeting would be in Washington with Britain’s plan backed by Australia despite US objections. Britain may press anew for a control commission even as Byrnes says the Pacific is not on the agenda.
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London
Allied Control Commission
Japan
Big Five Council of Foreign Ministers
Associated Press
Washington
Britain
United States
Dominions
Australia
V. M. Molotov
Gen. MacArthur
James F. Byrnes
Pacific
Soviet Union
Control Commission
Campaign for Fifty Thousand Men for Wood Camps
Labor Minister Mitchell announced a drive to recruit 50 000 workers for woods operations across Canada. He cited heavy demand in Quebec Ontario and British Columbia with needs also in the prairies and maritime provinces. He urged applicants from all regions rather than only from current wood areas.
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Ottawa
Mitchell
Canada
Quebec
Ontario
British Columbia
Prairies
Maritime Provinces
Railway urged to open Peace River district to Pacific
Rev. William Irvine of Cariboo urged in the commons that Western Canada need a railway to the Pacific coast and called for a national railway policy, saying the Peace River district required development.
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Ottawa
Western Canada
Peace River
Pacific Coast
William Irvine
C.C.F
British Columbia
Cariboo
Veterans Health and Occupation Centre opens in Ottawa
Veterans Minister Mackenzie announced Canada’s first Veterans health and occupation centre opened at Ottawa. The 280 acre facility sits beside the Rideau River opposite Rideau Park and will be joined by seven similar centres in Halifax Saint John Toronto London Winnipeg and Vancouver.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Canada
Veterans
Rideau River
Rideau Park
Halifax
Saint John
N.B
Toronto
London
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Repatriation Progress for Canadian Air Force Over Seas
Ottawa reports that over 36,000 RC.A.F. personnel have returned from Europe since May 1, with 1,000 more expected by Oct 1. Radar staff faced slower returns, but 1,068 have come home since VE Day, and all radar personnel are slated to be back by November. Remaining low priority airmen will be kept for occupation duties until then.
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Ottawa
Rc.a.f
Europe
Gibson
Canada
R.C.A.F
R.A.F
Admiral Halsey urges free hand for MacArthur in Japan occupation
Admiral William Halsey told a civic reception that General MacArthur should be allowed full authority to implement the occupation of Japan. He warned the program aims to keep Japan from rising beyond a fifth-rate power and recalled the brutal treatment of released American prisoners.
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Admiral Halsey
MacArthur
Japan
Honolulu
William Halsey
Gen. MacArthur
Pacific
Harvest Delay Hits Prairie Crops in 1945
Cold wet weather slows the 1945 prairie harvest as the Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports widespread postponement from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta due to rain and snow. Frosts appear but damage remains limited while late crops and feed grain deteriorate in quality and garden crops suffer.
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Ottawa
Prairies
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Bureau
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Citizenship bill would let Canadians choose status under new law
Ottawa briefing states the proposed citizenship bill will not strip Canadians of British citizenship rights. Canadians could describe themselves as Canadian rather than British in censuses and passports. The change would allow Canadian women who marry non Canadians to choose whether to stay Canadian or take the husband’s nationality.
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Ottawa
Eisenhower orders dismantling of major German plants
General Eisenhower ordered the dismantling of five large German industrial facilities for reparations. Among them were the Kugelfischer Georg Schafer factory at Schweinfurt, Europe’s largest ball bearing plant, and the Bremen Wesser shipyard at Bremen, one of Germany’s biggest.
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Frankfurt-On-Main
Eisenhower
Kugelfischer Geor Schafer Company
Schweinfurt
Europe
Bremenwesser
Bremen
Germany
Railways In Europe A Great Problem After War
London reports Europe faces severe railway destruction from war and looting. Food and coal supply hinge on rapid railway restoration with Allied aid and a provisional inland transport group coordinating reopens. France shows best recovery. Paris to London boat train now runs in 16 hours with permits.
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London
Europe
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Holland
Norway
United States
Britain
Paris
Arab League Rejects Immigration Plan for Palestine
At Cairo Abdul Rahman Azzam Bey, secretary general of the Arab league, said the plan to admit 100,000 Jews to Palestine cannot be accepted and that Arabs will not cooperate. He called Palestine an Arab unit and urged cooperation for permanent peace, noting Britain may refer the Palestine question to the United Nations.
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Cairo
Abdul Rahman Azzam Bey
The
Arab League
Harry Truman
Palestine
Azzam Bey
Britain
Council of the United Nations
Reuters
London
Good Conduct Badge Now Allowed for Wrens
The navy announces that the good conduct badge may be worn by ratings of the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service. Wrens will not receive the extra pay allowance given to men for the badge. It is worn after three years of good conduct.
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Ottawa
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Service
Wrens
Evatt Demands Equal Voice for Dominions in Peace Talks
London reports Evatt, Australian Foreign Minister, urges all active belligerents share in shaping postwar peace, not just the five powers. He cites Australia’s rights on Sept 18 session invitation and pushes for equal treatment with Italy and others. Canada and New Zealand back similar representations. Ottawa notes no official comment on Japan peace plans, and confirms King’s London visit talks.
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London
H. V. Evatt
Council of Foreign Ministers
Evatt
Australia
France
Russia
Ernest Bevin
Italy
Dominions
Canada
New Zealand
South Africa
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Allied Control Commission
Japan
House of Commons
Attlee
Bevin
Europe
Canadian POWs to come home on united hospital ships
Col. R S Malone said the hospital ship SS Letitia is en route to the Far East to repatriate Canadian liberated prisoners of war. He noted the great majority would be back in Canada within weeks and that Canada and the United States are pooling hospital ship facilities to speed returns.
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Montreal
Col
R.S. Malone
Army Public Relations Branch
Letitia
Far East
Canada
Malone
Japan
United States
Making Progress in Disarming Japanese in SE Asia
Smooth progress reported in disarming 480000 Japanese prisoners in South East Asia. British and Indian occupation forces aim to recover Allied POWs and internees, then withdraw from Java Sumatra Siam Indo China and other regions not under British flag before the war. Australian forces to withdraw from Borneo Celebes and Dutch Timor.
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Kandy
Ceylon
South East Asia
South East Asia Command
Java
Sumatra
Siam
Indo-China
Borneo
Celebes
Dutch Timor
Ships rerouted to avoid Panama tolls
The ministry of war transport says ships from New Zealand and Australia will avoid the Panama canal with tolls in dollars. New Zealand vessels will generally sail around Cape Horn with some via the Suez, while Australian coal burners head around the Cape of Good Hope and oil burners pass through Suez.
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London
Ministry of War Transport
New Zealand
Australia
Panama Canal
Cape Horn
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Suez
China to send occupation forces to Japan
Government spokesman P. H. Chang announced that China will deploy occupation forces to Japan. He said the size of the force remains to be determined based on future necessities as agreed by cooperating patrons.
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China
Japan
P. H. Chang
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Korea
John R. Hodges
U.S
24Th Army Corps
Barrow-in-Furness
Liverpool
Tojo
Roy Gold
U.S. Army Medical Corps
Hideki Tojo
M. Gold
Capt. Gold
Glace Bay
N.S
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