Research Trip Across Canada Aims At Muskox Arctic Test
Two hundred specialists and airmen will trek 3 000 miles across northern Canada from Camp Shilo to Churchill Fort Simpson and Edmonton to study cold weather operations. Medical scientists and military observers accompany the effort with air supply drops and snowmobiles.
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Ottawa
Canada
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Col
J. T. Wilson
Defence Headquarters
Camp Shilo
Man
Churchill
Hudson Bay
Arctic Circle
Northwest Territories
Fort Simpson
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Arctic
UNIFORMITY NEEDED IN INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICE
NEED UNIFORMITY MONTREAL H J Symington president of Trans Canadian Air Lines and IA T A warns that no international air service worthy of the name can arise if every country imposes its own rules via a tangle of bi lateral and tri lateral agreements He spoke at a Montreal board of trade dinner to IA T A and IC A O delegates in session and said he spoke in his personal capacity against bi lateral bickering and inconsistent regulations.
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Montreal
H. J. Symington
Trans-Canada Air Lines
International Air Transport Association
Indonesia denies war declaration on Netherlands
London reports quote free Indonesia radio denying any war declaration by the Indonesian republic of Java. All-India radio adds British reinforcements have landed in the Dutch East Indies to quell disturbances and two brigades on Java may grow to a division. Lt Gen Sir William Slim approves plans for Java actions.
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London
Free Indonesia Radio
Java
Netherlands
all-India Radio
Dutch East Indies
William J. Slim
Southeast Asia Command
Seven Fairmile launches sold to Vancouver firm
Montreal report says seven Fairmile motor launches were sold to Hamilcar Limited of Vancouver through War Assets Corporation. No price was disclosed.
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Montreal
Hamilcar Limited
Vancouver
War Assets Corporation
Stettinius Leaves London for Gallstone Treatment
Edward R. Stettinius Jr United States representative on the UN preparatory commission in London departed for the United States to receive medical care for a gallstone condition diagnosed in an X ray examination
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London
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
United States
United Nations Preparatory Commission
Permanent Canadian Army Announced by Ottawa
Ottawa reports Canada will form a permanent peace time army of 20 000 to 25 000 with a six division reserve of 130 000 to 150 000 ready in emergencies. Defence Minister Douglas C Abbott outlined a 1 365 billion dollar wartime expenditure plan and said terms of the permanent force to be announced before March 31, 1946. He noted interim service for selected personnel and a two year continuation path ending Sept 30 1947 before joining the permanent force. The reserve will base mobilization on a part time force and provide coastal and anti aircraft defences.
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Ottawa
Canada
Defence
Douglas C. Abbott
Mr. Abbott
Abbott
King awards Canadian officers at Buckingham Palace
At Buckingham Palace the King awarded Maj. Gen. Christopher Vokes three decorations and granted 24 other Canadians honors. Among those invested were two Royal Canadian Naval Reserve and two Royal Canadian Air Force officers, including Lt Cmdr Frederick Sherwood and Lieut John Davie. Vokes received the Order of the Bath and CBE, with Flight Lieutenant David Hodgkinson earning the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Christopher Vokes
Royal Canadian Naval Reserve
Royal Canadian Air Force
Navy
Cmdr
Frederick Sherwood
Lieut
John Davie
Duncan, B.C
Vokes
Order of the Companion of the Bath
Fit
David Hodgkinson
Prison Termshand Haifa Court Convicts Jewish Youths
A Haifa military court sentences a group of young Jews to prison terms from three to seven years after convicting them of illegal possession of arms and explosives. Two of the defendants are 17-year-old girls.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Returning Men All Canadian Troops To Be Sent Home By Next April
Defence Minister Abbott told the commons that by March or April next year all Canadians except occupation troops and staff in England would be repatriated from Europe. About 153000 to be moved before spring, with 22000 left behind indefinitely in occupation. Exceptions include key industrial workers and compassionate discharges. Units may return as groups but be discharged individually on scores and qualifications. Officers and certain specialists may be retained longer to maintain service needs.
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Ottawa
Europe
England
Defence
Abbott
The
Commons
Army of Occupation
Canada
Poland Signs UN Charter Despite San Francisco Exclusion
Washington reports Foreign Minister Wincenty Rzymowski of Poland signed the United Nations charter while protesting Poland’s exclusion from the San Francisco conference that produced the document. The signing completes Poland as an original UN member.
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Washington
Wincenty Rzymowski
Poland
San Francisco
United Nations Organization
Victoria Cross winner plans Weyburn homecoming visit
Lt Col C L Merritt VC commander of the first battalion South Saskatchewan Regiment who landed at Dieppe in 1942 hopes to greet his old unit in Weyburn on their return from overseas. He may travel by train or fly via Regina if needed and recalls his brief pre Dieppe service with the regiment and his long overseas conduct.
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Ottawa
C. L Merritt
V.C
South Saskatchewan Regiment
Dieppe
Weyburn
Col. Merritt
Vancouver-Burrard
Regina
Merritt
Canada
Germany
Seaforth Highlanders
Germans in British zone slow to build parties under controls
In the British zone of occupied Germany under control commissions restrictions political parties struggle to form organizations. Leaders say Germans show broad apathy after 12 years under Nazism and focus on daily needs. Officials warn it will take months for party structures to gain momentum.
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Luebbecke
Germany
British Control Commission
Control Commission
Britain Eyes Postwar Food Policy Amid Canadian Wheat Deal
London reports Canada will maintain a ceiling price of 1.55 dollars for wheat for months, aiding Canadian exports while Britain weighs postwar food imports. Officials from Britain’s food ministry visit Ottawa to discuss wheat and other foods, linking imports to reconstruction and trade balances after the war.
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London
Ottawa
Food Ministry
Australia
Argentina
Canada
Britain
Britan
Europe
H. Broadley
J. E. Wall
Butter Rumor in Ottawa Hints Winter Scarcity Continue
Canada faces continued butter rationing with no end until next spring according to J P Nadeau deputy dairy products administrator. He warns the winter supply may rely on the summer ration of seven ounces, recalling last year’s drop to six ounces during winter.
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Ottawa
Canada
J. P. Nadeau
Prices Board
Wartime Housing Shortage Grows Across Canada
Wartime Housing Limited reports 8,750 low rental houses in Canada either completed under construction or near completion. For 1945 the program calls for 7,500 houses with 5,600 under construction and 100 ready in Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon by December 1. Western workers face lumber and material shortages, with Vancouver the only western city amid prior delays.
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Ottawa
Canada
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon
Vancouver
Middle West
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Three Reasons to Wear a Poppy This November 11
A November 11 tribute urges wearing a poppy to honor war dead and veterans, noting sacrifices by injured veterans making Vetcraft Shops poppies, and recognizing returning soldiers reintegrating into civilian life. The piece emphasizes gratitude for freedom won in two world wars and calls communal support through poppy purchases.
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Canadian Legion
Christie Street Hospital
RAF Pilots Prepare Challenge For World Speed Record
London reports two veteran RAF pilots Group Captain H. J. Wilson and Eric Stanley Greenwood plan to regain Britain's world speed record. Britain held the record in 1938 at 408.75 mph, but German Captain Hans Dieterle surpassed it in 1939 with 463.9 mph.
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R.A.F
Britain
London
Royal Air Force
H. J. Wilson
Eric Stanley Greenwood
J. W. McMillan
Hans Dieterle
British engineers reconstruct and test two German V-2 rockets
British engineers and artillery experts rebuilt two German V-2 rockets from old parts and fired them at a target 150 miles away. The two reconstructed rockets were launched into the North Sea during the first week of October with one landing within three miles of the target point. The Ministry of Information declared the experiment a complete success.
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London
North Sea
Ministry of Information
Aircraft Control Branch Disbanded in Canada
Munitions Minister Howe announced the disbandment of the aircraft control branch of the munitions department saying it completed its wartime task of overseeing Canada’s aircraft industry.
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Ottawa
Howe
Munitions Department
Canada
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