Germans to be returned to Germany from Canadian farms
Ottawa reports that German war prisoners in Canada who wished to stay permanently must return home. About 4 000 remain, but under Geneva rules they will be sent back this month as Canada weighs refugee applications and economic concerns.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Department of Labor and Immigration
Germany
England
Department of Immigration and Labor
UNRRA
Europe
Chief Justice Harvey Underscores Long Canada Bench Service
Edmonton report notes Chief Justice Harvey holds the Canadian record for a long high court tenure at 36 years. On his 83rd birthday, October 1, Alberta Attorney General Lucien Maynard and the Bar association offered warm wishes for health and longevity. Maynard credited the government and counsel for the congratulations, while Harvey joked about being called 84.
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Edmonton
Canada
Harvey
Alberta
Lucien Maynard
Maynard
Bar Association
Ottawa Druggist Remembers Debtors as Ribbentrop Faces Death
Harry Skinner an Ottawa druggist says he is ready to forget a 38 cent debt after Joachim von Ribbentrop, former Nazi foreign minister, was sentenced to death. Ribbentrop had visited Ottawa social circles, arriving in 1913 and leaving just before war began in 1914. He bought a few small items and promised to pay next morning before departing.
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Ottawa
Harry Skinner
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Mr. Skinner
UBC Students Sell Blood for Memorial Gym Fund
Vancouver reports University of British Columbia students will donate blood at Shaughnessy Military Hospital to raise funds for a memorial gymnasium. Proceeds amount to 20 dollars per pint.
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Vancouver
University of British Columbia
Shaughnessy Military Hospital
Spaak Blames Veto for Failure to Achieve Peace
UN Secretary General Paul Henri Spaak told the Belgian Socialist party congress that the Security Council remains at zero progress due to veto power. He warned major powers defend sovereignty and thwart real peace. Also note a separate line on insecticide acreage coverage.
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Brussels
United Nations Security Council
Paul Henri Spaak
Harriman Picked as Commerce Secretary in Roosevelt Era
W Averell Harriman of the United States is chosen to succeed Henry Wallace as secretary of commerce. He plans to visit Paris soon to discuss with James Byrnes and has held posts from ambassador to Britain to roles in the National Recovery Administration. He served previously as ambassador to the Soviet Union and in Roosevelt's administration on missions to London and Paris.
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W. Averell Harriman
Britain
Henry A. Wallace
U.S
Harriman
Paris
James F. Byrnes
London
Moscow
Soviet Union
Roosevelt
National Recovery Administration
Canada Faces Lower Wheat Exports in 1946 47
Ottawa reports total wheat supplies for 1946 47 at about 510 million bushels based on a 440.6 million bushel 1946 crop and 70 million carryover. Exports are seen substantially below last season’s 340 million bushels due to tighter stocks and weaker carryover.
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Ottawa
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Canada
U.S
United States
Argentina
New South Wales
Weather Is Factor Canadian Firm Makes Furniture To Suit England
A reconverted aircraft plant at Collingwood is producing knocked down furniture for the English market and installing humidifiers to imitate English humidity. The plant is busy on a 15 000 suite order with 2 000 already shipped to England for assembly and finish.
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Collingwood
England
Fire on Mauretania extinguished in dock storeroom
Fire on the Cunard White Star liner Mauretania at Liverpool docks was put out within twenty minutes. The blaze started in a storeroom and confined to cork insulation with no arson suspected. an inquiry will be held.
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Liverpool
England
Cunard
If You Keep Your Dustpan Waxed It Remains Clean
Advice notes that waxing a dustpan keeps it looking clean and makes dust and dirt slide off more easily for easier cleaning.
Question Settle Vote On Free Danube Navigation
The Balkan economic commission voted 8 to 5 in favor of incorporating free navigation of the Danube into all Balkan peace treaties despite Russian opposition. Senator Arthur Vandenberg urged internationalization of the river, described as Europe’s key transport artery, as the Big Four urged concise debate. The decision came five days before commission deadline.
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Danube River
Paris
Danube
Balkan Economic Commission
Russia
Arthur Vandenberg
Europe
Balkan Commission
British Columbia apples sail to the United Kingdom from Halifax
The first BC apple shipment of the year will be loaded aboard the freighter Pacific Enterprise in Halifax, heading to the United Kingdom. About 80,000 boxes from the west coast plus 20,000 barrels of Nova Scotia apples will be aboard the vessel.
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Halifax
British Columbia
Pacific Enterprise
United Kingdom
Nova Scotia
Anxious to Help Ottawa Canadians Honor War Dead
In Normandy many Canadian servicemen died in the invasion of Europe and Nor mandy residents are eager to adopt the graves of the fallen for Canadian relatives, per the French information service.
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Ottawa
Normandy
Europe
French Information Service
Polish Veterans To Be Hired By Swift Current Farmers
Swift Current expects to receive Polish war veterans under a federal program and about a dozen local farmers and ranchers have applied to hire the men. The veterans will be paid at least 45 dollars a month and must sign contracts for a year.
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Swift Current
Canada
D. A. Kane
Record Flight Sets Longest Nonstop Span From Australia
The Tru culent Turtle navy patrol bomber landed at Port Columbus marking a nonstop 11 237 mile flight from Perth Australia. The unofficial time was 55 hours 18 minutes. The Lockheed Neptune P2V carried four crewmen and a baby kangaroo, beating the prior 7 916 mile record by 3 321 miles.
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Columbus, O
Port Columbus
Perth
Australia
Army
Arctic photography push by RCAF bombers
RCAF Lancaster bombers converted for reconnaissance will operate from Churchill The Pas and Fort Smith next summer to photograph Arctic Canada north of the 64th parallel. In the past summer three Mitchells logged 250000 miles of uncharted territory across the northwest territories and northern tips of the three prairie provinces.
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Pas
Man
R.C.A.F. Lancaster
Churchill
Fort Smith
Arctic Canada
64Th Parallel
Northwest Territories
Prairie Provinces
Canada’s peacetime army and air force take shape
Canada’s peacetime army aims for 35,000 members but has 12,000 to 13,000 personnel with 2,800 officers. The RC A F targets 16,100 officers and men and has over 9,100 in place. Recruitment runs 400 to 450 monthly and full strength may take a year.
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Canada
Ottawa
Air Force
Medical Corps
Engineers
Rc.a.f
Accord Needed Has Become Urgent for World Peace
In Paris Prime Minister Smuts of South Africa called for a concrete accord among major powers to sustain world peace. He warned that despite friendly statements from Stalin, absence of a broad agreement risks no lasting security for a generation. He praised the end of US isolation and shifts in British policy.
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Paris
Smuts
South Africa
Stalin
U.N. Security Council
Marshal Smuts
BBC
United States
Sale closes with £817477 from 10000 Canadian army vehicles
A month long sale in Bordon Hampshire England of 10000 former Canadian army vehicles concluded realizing £817 477 ($3 269 908) auctioneers said.
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Bordon
Hampshire
England
Britain Raises Old Age Pensions and Health Contributions
Britain increases old age pensions to 26 shillings weekly for four million seniors and raises health and unemployment insurance payments. The plan costs the government £80 million yearly, with bonuses to encourage continued work beyond pension age up to 70, and a married man could retire at 70 with a weekly pension of about £12.40.
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London
Aftermath of Nurnberg verdict tests Allied plans in Germany
The Nuernberg verdict constrains Allied decisions on tens of thousands of detainees. It defines criminal organization membership and limits punishment to personal war crimes, leaving two groups outside international law and needing German law for resolution.
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London
Germany
S.S
Nuernberg
Gestapo
Security Service
Manitoba 1946 Crop Report Hails Early No. 2 Wheat Surge
The Manitoba final crop report for 1946 notes threshing in most districts exceeded expectations in both quality and quantity. The wheat graded mainly No. 2 northern with some No. 1 northern, marking an unusually early and satisfactory grain harvest for the era.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
MacKenzie King names McNaughton to atom energy board
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced Gen. A G L McNaughton as president and three other Canadians named to the atom energy control board created under the Atomic Energy Control act passed in the last session of Parliament.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Gen
A. G. L. McNaughton
Atom Energy Control Board
Atomic Energy Control Act
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