Imperial trade talks favor imperial preference at empire conference
A London conference of empire chamber of commerce members united in support of imperial preference. Delegates from the United Kingdom Canada Australia New Zealand and other dominions urged broad multilateral trade expansion to ease Britain's wartime debts and keep markets open for British goods. Canada backed freedom of enterprise and multilateral trade while stressing Britain must adapt to global finance and debt burdens.
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London
Chambers of Commerce
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Eire
India
Newfoundland
Lord Balfour of
Indirye
Federation of C. of C
B.E
D. P. Cruckshank
Ottawa
Cruckshank
Dominions
Britain
Washington
Chinese in British Columbia Brace for Return to China
About 20 000 Chinese in British Columbia plan to sail back to China after peace. Elders seek news of relatives since 1931 and Manchuria invasion. Vancouver estimates 3 000 of the citys 10 000 Chinese may return, with many selling businesses to fund passage.
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British Columbia
Vancouver
China
Canada
Lochman Mah
Nanaimo
B.C
Manchuria
W. H. Tsung
Victoria
Amphibious Ducks Could Be Bus Service In North Wales
Colwyn Bay reports that a North Wales bus firm seeks a license to operate motor coaches modeled on the amphibious ducks used by Allied troops. The vehicles would drive into water rather than stopping at the shore, offering peacetime transport.
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Colwyn Bay
Wales
North Wales
Income Tax Reductions In Great Britain
The Labor government plans return to pre war allowances and a graduated tax scale to ease burden on low earners while maintaining savings and price controls. Exemptions would rise for singles and married couples, with a higher surtax on top incomes to offset cuts. Churchill applauded the measured, cautious approach.
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London
Hugh Dalton
House of Commons
Dalton
Winston Churchill
Mr. Churchill
Senate creates 11-member panel to study atomic energy
The U S Senate votes to form a special committee of 11 members six Democrats and five Republicans to study the administration's atomic energy bill. The panel will oversee a commission appointed by the president to control domestic development and use of atomic energy.
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Washington
United States Senate
Made Fast Trip London Mosquito Sets Speed Record
A British coastal command Mosquito bomber flew from Gander Newfoundland to Cornwall England in five hours and ten minutes at an average speed over 445 miles per hour. The feat showcases long range mission capability and exceptional performance of the aircraft.
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London
British Coastal Command
Gander
Newfoundland
Cornwall County
England
Churchill Honored With Five War Campaign Medals
London reports the King ordered Winston Churchill awarded five war campaign medals for his World War II leadership and 50,000 miles of wartime travel. He becomes the third prime minister to receive all five: following Asquith and Lloyd George.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Africa
Italy
France
Germany
Churchill
Herbert Asquith
David Lloyd George
Asquith
Flagship Nieuw Amsterdam Returns to the Netherlands
The Holland American Line liner Nieuw Amsterdam returned to the Netherlands from Europe after repatriating Dutch troops. It had sailed to the East Indies with Dutch forces, and since VE Day more than 24,000 Canadians were repatriated aboard the ship.
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Amsterdam
Nieuw Amsterdam
Europe
Netherlands
Netherlands East Indies
Alaska Highway to be Maintained for Peacetime Use
Ottawa announced maintenance responsibility for the Alaska highway from Fort St. John to Fairbanks will pass to Canada starting April 1. Trade Minister MacKinnon said the 115 million dollar road, built in 1942, will serve peace time commerce and open northern resources, pleasing Edmonton and northern Alberta residents.
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Ottawa
Alaska
MacKinnon
Edmonton
Fort St. John
B.C
Fairbanks
United States Army
Canada
Ottawa Radio Bureau
Parliament Hill
Alberta
Contiguous Territories
Allied council imposes taxes to curb inflation in Berlin
The Allied control council raised German wage taxes by 25 percent and corporate taxes by 6 percent. It proclaimed equal justice for all, abolished Hitler era extraordinary courts, and guaranteed due process. The measures aim to curb inflation and ensure equality before the law regardless of race, nationality, or religion.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Hitler
Support Needed for Poppy Fund Campaign This November
Residents urged to back the Poppy Fund which aids Servicemen ex servicemen and dependents and runs the Service Bureau. Funds come from poppy and wreath sales with the Canadian Legion as sole distributor. Wear a poppy or buy a wreath this November 11th to honor those who served and assist the disabled.
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Service Bureau
Canadian Legion
Bank counts fall in prairie provinces amid 1945 drop
Parliament disclosed a finance department return showing chartered banks in Manitoba 149, Saskatchewan 213, Alberta 166 at the 1945 date. total across the prairies fell from 1015 in 1930 to 528 in 1945 with Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta holding the listed figures. Ten Canadian chartered banks are named including Bank of Montreal and Royal Bank.
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Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
Finance Department
James E. Matthews
Liberal
Brandon
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canada
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Bank of Toronto
Canadian Bank of Commerce
Royal Bank
Dominion Bank
Imperial Bank
Barclay’s Bank
la Banque Provinciale Due Canada
Banque Canadienne Nationale
New National Coal Policy Shaped by Royal Commission
Ottawa reports a royal commission on Canada's coal industry has begun drafting a national fuel policy after a nine month survey. Under Justice Carroll, McLaurin and Morrison the panel heard evidence from Sydney to Ottawa and provinces including Maritimes and the west. It cites emergency supplies and the need to aid Canadian mines to compete with American coal, with postwar full employment shaping arguments.
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Ottawa
Royal Commission
W. F. Carroll
Halifax
C. C. McLaurin
Angus Morrison
Calgary
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Canada
Commission
Nova Scotia Liberals Sweep 28 of 30 Seats
Premier Angus L. Macdonald leads the Liberal victory in the Nova Scotia election securing 28 of 30 seats and wiping out the Conservative opposition. The Liberal sweep drops CCF to two members while many candidates fail to win half the vote. Macdonald notes the unprecedented scale of the triumph in Halifax South.
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Halifax
Angus L. Macdonald
Nova Scotia
C.C.F
Macdonald
Halifax South
Farmers in drought belt hear duty to feed world
Mackinac Island Mich delegates to a moral rearmament assembly hear a speech from William Wake of Borden Sask who links North American farm output to postwar democracy and peace. He cites drought belt relief figures and urges farmers to feed people and protect soil for future generations.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Europe
William Wake
Borden, Sask
World Assembly
Wake
Canadians Barred Germans Seeking Return Under New Law
State Secretary Paul Martin said thousands of Germans who became Canadian citizens then returned to Germany in 1933 and 1934 will be prevented from re entering Canada under a new citizenship act to be presented to parliament.
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Ottawa
Canada
Germany
Paul Martin
Dominion
India to produce 100 million penicillin units monthly
Bangalore reports the Indian Institute of Science will manufacture one hundred million penicillin units each month. Plant and equipment for this vast output are being installed to scale production.
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Bangalore
India
Indian Institute of Science
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Sask
Regina Rifles
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