United Nations Launches Major Joint Relief Project
Montreal reports the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration gains new authority after a 10 day council meeting. The accord extends spending power to 50 million dollars for aid to Italy's vulnerable groups. It also expands refugee repatriation and emergency epidemic measures with a 1945 administration budget of 11.5 million dollars. Denmark may join once a Danish government is formed.
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Montreal
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Italy
Denmark
Amery defends Indian army against mercenary charge
Secretary of State for India Amery rebutted Drew Pearson’s claim that India’s two million strong army is mercenary. He cited the just cause and Allied aims, noted the Indian divisions’ fighting records in Italy and Burma, and highlighted India’s wartime industrial growth and tariffs as proof of commitment to resisting German and Japanese rule.
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London
India
Amery
Drew Pearson
Britain
Pearson
Lord Haw Haw
Italy
Burma
Stilwell
Germany
Japan
Canada Sees Jobs After Germany Collapse Warns Against Easing Controls
Finance Minister Ilsley told the Canadian Association of Personnel Publication Editors that despite expectations of new jobs after Germany's collapse, Canadians should not expect early easing of controls. He cited continued war expenditures and consumer scarcity, urging victory bonds, higher taxes, price controls, and rationing to curb spending as the Seventh Victory Loan opens October 23 with a $1.3 billion objective.
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Toronto
Germany
Isley
Canadian Association of Personnel Publication Editors
Ilsley
Canada
RAF airlifts aid to Yugoslav partisans for two years
Allied command reveals that over 5000 tons of guns ammunition and other supplies were flown by the RAF to Tito’s partisans and patrols in central and southern Europe during the past two years. Secret landings existed in Yugoslavia and in Greece Albania and other countries with ports still active. The operation began in 1942 from the Middle East.
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Allied Air Command
RAF
Yugoslavia
Greece
Albania
Royal Air Force
Tito
R.A.F
Balkans
Middle East
RAF transport command flights carry 29,000 wounded to Britain
London report says since D day of the Normandy invasion the RAF transport command has flown nearly 29 000 wounded from France and the Low Countries to Britain with no plane losses. About a third of those recently flown to British hospitals in three days were Americans.
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London
R.A F. Transport Command
France
Low Countries
Britain
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Assn Opens 26th Meeting in Vancouver
Lang Sands, BC division president, announced the 26th annual meeting of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association will open in Vancouver on October 5. Delegates include C V Charters of Brampton Ontario, managing director, and F P Galbraith of Red Deer Alberta, association president.
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Vancouver
Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association
Lang Sands
British Columbia
C V. Charters
Brampton
Ont
F. P. Galbraith
Red Deer
Alta
Peace Memorial Park Planned on Ontario Manitoba Border
Ontario Minister George H. Doucett announced a joint project to build a permanent peace memorial park on the Ontario Manitoba border. The park, 30 miles west of Kenora, will host visitor accommodations and is a collaborative effort between the two provinces following Winnipeg approval from Manitoba public works minister Eric Willis.
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
George H. Doucett
Doucett
Winnipeg
Eric Willis
Kenora
Ont
War Criminals Will Not Escape Says Churchill
London report says Prime Minister Churchill vows sharp crackdown on war criminals as the House of Lords and Commons reconvene in a victory session. He questions neutrals harboring Nazi fugitives and pledges to exhaust all resources to prevent Hitler and others from escaping justice.
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London
Churchi
House of Lords
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Mr. Churchill
House of Commons
Spain
Churchill eyes UN conference after Quebec meeting says no commitments yet
In London, Churchill returns from Quebec with Roosevelt and envisions a joint United Nations conference to discuss Dumbarton Oaks peace ideas. He stressed no commitments have been reached. Lords debate a hard peace for Germany raises questions on occupation and humility while Commons notes no firm decisions.
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Quebec
Roosevelt
United Nations
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
Lord Strabolgi
Labor Party
House of Commons
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Canada ships record beef to Britain under July agreement
Agriculture officials say Canada has shipped 61.4 million pounds of beef to the United Kingdom since late last fall and expect total shipments to reach about 100.9 million pounds by year end. Purchases to Sept 23 total 70.31 million pounds. a contract for future imports is under negotiation in Britain.
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Ottawa
Canada
United Kingdom
Gardiner
U.S. Orders Ships Not To Stop At Argentine Ports
The State Department announced that after October 1 American vessels sailing northbound from South America will be prohibited from calling at Argentine ports.
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Washington
U.S. State Department
South America
Vanguard Of Canadian Troops Arrive In Australia
A group of nine officers and 63 other ranks from Canada landed in Melbourne. Canadian high commissioner T C Davis welcomed them as the vanguard of a Canadian Pacific army and noted their role in training and maintaining equipment for the Australian army. He suggested Canada’s forces may join Pacific operations and highlighted Canada’s navy and air force.
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Melbourne
Australia
T C. Davis
Pacific
Davis
Canada
Hitler
One Solution Versus Vice-Admiral Seizes German Trade
Vice Admiral Emory S. Land urged Allies to carve up German and Japanese foreign trade and share it among themselves. He argued denying world commerce would cripple the enemy states and said Germany should be returned to an agricultural state with ships limited to coastwise and harbor traffic.
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Washington
Emory S. Land
America
Admiral Land
Treasury
Morgenthau
Germany
Canadian First Army Overruns 300 Flying Bomb Sites in Europe
A Canadian officer says at least 300 flying bomb sites in France have been overrun by Canadian British and Polish forces of the First Canadian Army as they advance toward the rocket coast. Additional sites found in Belgium with no total yet. more expected in Holland. The estimate comes from an officer assigned to survey, enumerate, and verify construction and use.
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France
Alon
Belgium
Holland
Norwegian saboteur targets Konigsberg factory in southern Norway
London reports Norwegian circles claim a saboteur blew up the Konigsberg arms factory in southern Norway on September 16, crippling the sole facility of its kind in the country. The plant produced cannons, machine guns, and small arms.
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London
Konigsberg
Norway
Gaulle cautions on European war end before spring
General Charles de Gaulle told French army commanders and civilian leaders that the end of the European war may not come before next spring, warning that hopes had been too hastily conceived.
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Belfort
Charles de Gaulle
Elected President of Alberta CMA Named
Dr. H. H. Hepburn of Edmonte has been elected president of the Alberta division of the Canadian Medical Association after the annual convention.
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H. H. Hepburn
Edmonte
Aberta
Canadian Medical Asociation
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