Britain Opposes World Food Board Proposal At UN Conference
Britain objects to a world food board amid Sir John Boyd Orr’s call for unity. Canada backs the plan, citing wartime needs, while Britain warns of risks and one sided effects. U S official supports objectives and a commission to draft price stabilization program.
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Copenhagen
Britain
World Food Board
John Boyd Orr
United Nations Food and Agriculturalization Conference
Canada
John Strachey
Food Board
John
Gardiner
Prairies
Conference Commission On Technical
United States
Norris E. Dodd
F.A.O
Spirit of Fascism Still Alive in Trieste Debate
Yugoslavia condemned the four power decision to internationalize Trieste and urged the disputed area be awarded to Yugoslavia. In the same commission roundtable the military panel backed a 297,500-strong force cap for Italy's armed forces while Romania must restore rights of UN nationals as they existed in 1939. Britain proposed adding Jewish minority guarantees to treaties with former satellites but no action followed. Dr Ales Bebler labeled the French plan to split Giulia as impractical.
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Paris
Yugoslavia
Trieste
Military
Balkan Economic Commission
Romania
United Nations
Hitler
Poland
Russia
Britain
World Jewish Congress
Gladwyn Jebb
Fourpower
Ales Bebler
Big Four Foreign Ministers Council
Giulia
Phosphate Shipments to New Zealand Restarted
New Zealand plans to resume shipments from Nauru and Ocean Islands to boost dairy production. Prior to the war, about 1,250,000 tons of high grade phosphate were sent annually, supporting farming across Australia and New Zealand by enabling richer pastures and heavier livestock carriage.
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Auckland
N.Z
New Zealand
Nauru
Ocean Islands
Equator
Pacific
Australia
Canadian Officer Receives Royal Order of St Olav
Lt Cmdr E E B Boak of Victoria aboard the Warrior has been awarded the Royal Order of St Olav First Class for acts in March 1945. He led operation to evacuate 300 civilians from Soroy under fire, despite a large German base at Hamnerfest, and they evacuated to Murmansk.
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Ottawa
E. E. B. Boak
Ds.c
Victoria
Warrior
Sioux
Royal Order of St. Olav
Soroy
Alten
Hammerfest
Murmansk
Trial to Hear Atrocities by Japanese Interpreter
In Hong Kong Niimori Genechiro, an interpreter, faces charges of atrocities against British POWs tied to the Oyama Maru and Lisbon Maru cases. He is accused of beating Canadian soldiers and Winnipeg Grenadiers after escapes from a POW camp in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong
Japan
Niimori Genechiro
Niimori
Lisbon
Royal Canadian Rifles of
Quebec
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Sgt. Payne
L. Cpl. Berzenski
Pres. Adams and
Ellis
Acropolis Hill Renamed Franklin D Roosevelt Park
In Prince Rupert B C Acropolis Hill once used by United States forces in World War II was renamed Franklin D Roosevelt Park on Labor Day. A cairn dedication drew Canadian and U S officials with civic and provincial representatives. General David Hays attended and the USS Tucson cruised by on a courtesy visit.
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Prince Rupert
B.C
Acropolis Hill
Franklin D. Roosevelt Park
United States
David Hays
San Francisco
Tucson
Chinese convention aims to end one party rule
S. S. Lo, Chiang Kai-Shek's private secretary, told a Labor day conference that the Chinese national constitutional convention scheduled for November seeks to end one party rule and launch constitutional democracy in China.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
S. S. Lo
Chiang Kai-Shek
Moral Re-Armament Assembly
China
Australians swarm shops for tires after wartime rationing ends
In Sydney and across Australia motorists rushed to buy automobile tires from shops garages and manufacturers as wartime tire rationing ended after five years. One company called the demand colossal.
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Sydney
Australia
World food body eyed as hunger fight grows
Delegates from 51 countries at the second FAO conference in Copenhagen hear a report that favorable weather raised bread grain supplies for 1946 47, narrowing the gap between needs and possible supply to about 8 million tons, with conditions tied to controls on flour and grain feeding. Sir John Boyd Orr proposes a world food board to control distribution, while a committee favors two world price systems and international loans to spur development.
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Copenhagen
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
John Boyd Orr
F.A.O
John
World Food Board
Standing Committee
Food Board
Russian envoy named for London by Soviet submits Zaroubin
The Soviet government has sent Britain the name of Georgey Zaroubin as the new Soviet ambassador to London. Zaroubin would succeed Fedor Gusev, named deputy foreign minister, and previously served as ambassador to Canada during the spy ring disclosures. The espionage commission found no evidence linking him to spying.
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London
Agencie
France-Presse
Britain
Georgey Zaroubin
Canada
Zaroubin
Fedor Gusev
Commission On Espionage
Toronto Violinist Appointed to UBC Chair of Music
Harry Adaskin of Toronto, renowned concert violinist and former Hart House String Quartette member, is named to the University of British Columbia music chair. He is recognized across Canada as a concert violinist broadcaster and teacher.
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Vancouver
Harry Adaskin
Toronto
Hart House
University of British Columbia
Adaskin
Canada
US Gift Parcels Pile Up Over German Zone August
The American military government reports that over 600000 private gift relief parcels arrived in the American occupation zone for German civilians during August.
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Berlin
United States
Amnesty and discharge urged for servicemen at Dominion veterans event
The Dominion convention of the Army Navy and Air Force Veterans Association urged amnesty or honorable discharge for servicemen imprisoned for fraternization with former enemies. Ontario command argued fraternization is less serious than desertion, yet it carries harsher sentences. A South Vancouver Unit 26 resolution proposed replacing vocational training with a joint apprenticeship plan funded on a sliding scale by government and employer.
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Edmonton
Dominion Convention of
Army, Navy, and
Air Force Veterans Association
Ontario
South Vancouver
Pilot James Hawkins Leaves Bush For Edson
A rescue pilot spotted a ground message of dead timber stating that James Hawkins a Seattle civilian pilot forced down in the bush north of Edson has started on foot for civilization Hawkins had been living with a trapper near the crash site along a Prince George to Grande Prairie route and the trapper was believed to be his guide.
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Edmonton
James Hawkins
Seattle
Edson
Hawkins
Prince George
British Columbia
Grande Prairie
Cash Income Declines for Canadian Farmers in First Half
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports cash income from farm product sales in the first six months of 1946 totalled 633,000,000, down from 724,600,000 in 1945, continuing a downtrend since 1944. Lower marketings of wheat, oats, barley and hogs mainly drove the drop, with Saskatchewan and Alberta bearing the largest losses. Manitoba and Ontario also pathed declines, while prospects for the second half of 1946 suggest income could rebound toward 1945 levels.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Bureau
Four New Nations Admitted to FAO in Copenhagen
In Copenhagen Italy Switzerland Portugal and Eire won FAO membership joining 51 original members as Canada remains a key member. Poland protested adding Portugal and Eire due to lack of diplomatic relations with Warsaw while FAO heard that many people may receive only about 1500 daily calories next year signaling health concerns.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Italy
Switzerland
Portugal
Eire
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Canada
F.A.O
S. Mikolajzyk
Portgular
Warsaw
One Anna Meal Planned for NW Railway Workmen
New Delhi reports that Lahore based NW Railway mechanical workshops will offer a cooked meal canteen serving chappatis dal and iced water for one anna to workmen. The facility was opened recently by the railway administration.
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New Delhi
NW Railway
Lahore
Railway Administration
Scout Chief Lord Rowallan Welcomed by Ottawa Scouts
Lord Rowallan, chief scout of the British empire, received a hearty greeting at Landsdowne Park as about 400 Ottawa district Scouts gathered to welcome him.
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Ottawa
Lord Rowallan
British Empire
Landsdowne Park
Brazil Population and Growth Capacity Estimate
A forecast analyzes Brazil with a current population around 442 million and suggests potential space for as many as 900 million people. The study discusses possible implications for resource use, land, and infrastructure.
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