Attlee Urges Full Use of United Nations Charter
London. Prime Minister Attlee declares the UN Charter Britain’s first line of defence and pledges to make UN success the core of foreign policy. He tells a national UN association rally at Albert Hall that the Charter must be used to the full to maintain peace and enable nations to cooperate.
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London
United Nations
Britain
United Nations Organization
Attlee
United Nations Association
Albert Hall
League of Nations Unin
San Francisco
Commonwealth
Eire Faces Trade Strains After Neutral War Era
Neutral Ireland sits with full larders and low unemployment but worries about future trade. Despite agricultural dominance, development of industry lagged as thousands left for British jobs. Trade fell from 308 million to 235 million dollars in 1944 amid coal shortages and scarce manufactured goods. Tea and sugar remain rationed.
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Dublin
Eire
de Valera
Germany
Original NWMP member Major Fred A Bagley dies at 87
Major Fred A Bagley, an early West pioneer and one of the original North West Mounted Police members, died in Banff at age 87 after celebrating his birthday a week earlier. He served since the force's 1874 formation and was the first bandsman for the mounted police band. He later joined the South African war where he earned the rank of Major and organized Canada’s first rifle team to compete in England.
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Banff
Alta
Fred A. Bagley
Major Bagley
North West Mounted Police
Mounted Police
England
Eisenhower Comments On Hitler Alive Rumor
Dutch radio quoted General Eisenhower as saying there is reason to believe Hitler may still be alive though not a problem. He met Queen Wilhelmina in The Hague and had lunch at the palace during a visit with Dutch reporters.
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London
Gen
Eisenhower
Hitler
General Eisenhower
The
Hague
Wilhelmina
Marshall Urges U S to Stay Ready for Future War
Gen George C Marshall army chief of staff urges continued strength readiness and alertness to avert a future war of vast destructive power. He cites 1942 peril and credits Allies while warning of atomic and air weapons and calls for scientific research and a peacetime citizen army.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
United States
Marshall
Pershing
Germany
Japan
Writers Protest Shanghai War Correspondents Ordered to Return
War correspondents accredited to the China theatre are instructed by U S army authorities to revert to civilian status on October 16, abandon uniforms and travel at their own expense. The writers have filed protests.
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Shanghai
China Theatre
United States Army
Roof burglars strike downtown shoe store in Winnipeg
Winnipeg police report a break in at a downtown shoe store where thieves escaped with 1400 in cash and cheques. The incident marks another in a series of nighttime steals targeting retail shops downtown.
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Winnipeg
Soldiers rescued after eight months in Greenland weather station
Eleven soldiers who endured grim Arctic winter at Skjoldingen Greenland sent vital weather data by radio from an isolated post. A Jan 7, 1945 snowslide buried supplies and engines. they survived by digging food and receiving drops. They were rescued Sept. 21 by an ice breaker and the Belle Isle.
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New York
Skjoldingen
Greenland
Narsarssuak
Coast Guard
Belle Isle
Canada aims to maintain peacetime navy and air strength
Defence Minister Douglas Abbott told the House of Commons that Canada will keep a peacetime navy of two cruisers two light fleet carriers 10 to 12 destroyers and support ships with a reserve of about 18000 plus 10000 officers and men. The Reserve Royal Canadian Navy will include all reserves and university naval training units with a similar uniform to the permanent force.
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Ottawa
Defence
Douglas Abbott
House of Commons
Abbott
Royal Canadian Navy
University Naval Training Divisions
Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
Gibson
Truman asks Congress for 550 million for UNRRA relief
Washington reports President Truman urged immediate appropriation of 550 million dollars to fund the United Nations Relief and Rehabili tation Administration. He said the funds are needed to meet acute need and privation in Europe during the coming winter.
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Truman
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UNRRA
Europe
Hore Belisha Visits Canada on Tour
Former British war minister Leslie Hore-Belisha arrived in Canada to commence a touring itinerary across the country, meeting local officials and observers during his visit.
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Quebec
Leslie Hore- Belisha
Canada
Argentina navy demands full government resignations
In Buenos Aires the navy urged the entire government to quit and yield to the supreme court after Col. Juan Peron’s forced resignation. Peron had been seen as the regime’s strongman, with troops at Campo de Mayo turning against him and Col. Eduardo Avalos gaining control in a behind the scenes power struggle.
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Juan Peron
Navy
Supreme Court
Peron
War Ministry
Campo de Mayo
Col
Eduardo Avalos
Montevideo
Avalos
Land Confiscation in Russian Zone: 4.25 Million Acres Targeted
In Berlin, Edwin Hoernle, head of the Soviet zone agriculture, said by October end 4,250,000 acres of German lands will be confiscated without compensation. Large estates over 250 acres will be taken to create small peasant holdings, model farms, and breeding centers as part of a reform to feed Germany and weaken German militarism. He预计 300,000 refugee families will settle on seized lands.
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Berlin
Russia
Edwin Hoernle
Germany
Hoernle
Oder
Loan to Britain in 5 Billion Credit Talks
Washington sources say a tentative accord on commercial policy accompanies a 5,000,000,000 credit to Britain. Britain would draw as needed with a five year grace period. interest terms and final policy views for the U S remained unsettled, with completion hoped by November 1 pending lend-lease details.
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Washington
Britain
Immigrants To Canada As A Result Of War
London reports the wartime British air training plan will bring Canada new citizens in peace. Canadian officials say young airmen and Dominion soldiers may settle in Canada if finances or sponsors exist, with some Brits hoping to return after military service.
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London
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion
Britain
Plot Disclosed on Hess Freeing Attempt in London
British intelligence uncovered a plan by Germany to free Rudolf Hess in England after Mussolini was rescued in 1943. Hess was guarded in England and later moved to Nuremberg for trial as a war criminal. Churchill and the War Office ordered tighter security following the Mussolini incident.
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London
Rudolf Hess
England
Benito Mussolini
London Daily Express
Hess
Neurnberg
War Office
Canadians Praised in London Editorial on War Effort
The Evening Standard lauded Canadian troops and leadership, noting the war was won on airfields in Canada. It foretold Canada’s rise as a powerful Commonwealth partner, highlighting expenditures casualties and the air training plan as key achievements.
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London
Germany
Canada
Evening Standard
Britain
Green belts signal change for Canadian army in Rhine
Occupation troops in Germany adopt green belts and webbing as jeep paint adds a green cast to gear. Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Queen's Own Rifles keep rifle black while Regina units show interest. Movement suggests possible end to blanco in the Canadian forces.
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RHINE
Germany
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Queen's Own Rifles
Regina's
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