Return Of Canadian Troops From Europe Speeds Up
Canadian repatriation gains momentum as 29 000 army personnel expected for Canada in October and June completion looms. Record arrivals in Britain since 1939 total 367 770 with 467 discharged in Britain and 68 000 returned before war’s end.
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Bad Oeynhausen
Germany
Netherland
Britain
Canada
Dominion
Rc.h.a
Saskatoon Light Infantry
Europe
Mediterranean
United Kingdom
Canadians Begin Long Return Voyage From Hong Kong
More than 300 Canadian prisoners of war sailed from Kowloon aboard the Empress of Australia on the voyage home. Escorted by the Prince Robert the transport planned to pick up civilian internees and proceed to Manila for processing before boarding ships to Canada, where families await.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Camp Stanley
Manila
Canada
War Prisoners Return Home Correctly Dressed
Canadian prisoners of war liberated from Japanese held territory will arrive home correctly dressed and receive back pay with 3 percent interest credited to their accounts. A 12 page booklet from the inter service committee on prisoners of war explains uniforms may be issued from another service but will be exchanged so they are properly dressed on arrival.
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Ottawa
Interservice Committee On
Tokyo
Canada
Irene Mason
Afm
Fred Mason
R.R.C
Governor General and Princess Alice Sail to England for Holiday
The Governor General and Princess Alice left Ottawa aboard the Empire of Scotland for a two month holiday in England. They plan to return to Canada around November 20 and stay until February or March when Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander succeeds the Earl of Athlone.
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Ottawa
Alice
England
Canada
Earl of Athlone
Harold Alexander
Margaret Alexander
Sir Harold Alexander
the Vale
Windsor Forest
Alexanders
Rideau Hall
Mass Japanese Officers Die By Own Hand During Singapore Surrender
Reportes indicate that about 300 Japanese officers killed themselves with hand grenades rather than surrender at Singapore as Allied forces formed to accept the capitulation.
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Singapore
Canada Sets Credit Role in World Trade Talks
Ottawa officials say extending large U S credits to Britain is not enough to drop imperial trading preferences. Canada would back Britain with up to 1 billion and urges tariff concessions alongside credit aid as Keynes negotiates in Washington.
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Ottawa
United States
Britain
Lord Keynes
Washington
Canada
Commonwealth
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
India
Egypt
Return of Territory Restored Frontiers Sought by Ethiopian Leader
London report says Emperor Haile Selassie asked the United States United Kingdom France and Russia to restore Eritrea to Ethiopia and reminded diplomats that Ethiopia was assured it would regain all its historic frontiers.
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London
Haile Selassie
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Ethiopia
Northeast
Africa
Eritrea
Planned income tax exemptions eyed for October budget
Ottawa sources report Finance Minister J. L. Isley will raise exemptions to 800 dollars for single filers and 1500 dollars for married couples in the October budget. Some MPs expect no higher increases, with reforms possibly applying to 1945 and 1946 taxes. Proposals from labor groups have suggested even higher exemptions, while a 7 percent base tax may be eliminated on 1946 income.
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Ottawa
Finance
J. L. Isley
Sevral
Sissey
Isley
Trades and Labor Congress
Canadian Congress of Labor
Western Fairs Officials Meet At Ottawa Postwar Plans
J Charles Yule manager Calgary fair and stampede and Walter Jackson secretary of the Western Fair London Ont attended a Central Canada Exhibition Association board meeting in Ottawa to discuss postwar fair activities with government officials. Yule noted western fairs operated during the war with armed forces vacating buildings three times yearly for regular shows, a practice also used at Regina.
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Ottawa
J. Charles Yule
Walter Jackson
London
Ont
Central Canada Exhibition Association
Yule
Jackson
Canadian Fairs’ Association
Calgary
Regina
Clock shortage spurs British watchmaking revival
London reports the National Jewellers Association doubts 40 000 Canadian clocks can meet demand and outlines plans to begin watch and clock making in Britain at the earliest opportunity.
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London
National Jewellers’ Association
Canada
Britain
Canada Faces Meat Surplus Despite Rationing
Agriculture Minister J. G. Gardiner told the House of Commons there is a great meat surplus in Canada despite wartime rationing. Canada has been asked to supply about six percent of devastated countries' needs, with steps planned to boost western hog production and ensure stable prices 12 months ahead for breeders and feeders.
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Ottawa
Canada
J. G. Gardiner
House of Commons
Mr. Gardiner
G. H Castleden
C.C.F
Saskatoon Professor Joins Chicago Astronomy Department
Professor Gerhard Herzberg of the University of Saskatchewan has been named professor of spectroscopy in the University of Chicago's astronomy department. He departs for Williams Bay to join Yerkes Observatory and continue research into atomic and molecular structure. He earned his PhD at Darmstadt and did postdoctoral work at Goettingen.
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Saskatoon
Sask
Gerhard Herzberg
F.R.S.C
University of Saskatchewan
University of Chicago
Williams Bay
Wisconsin
Yerkes Observatory
Herzberg
Institute of Technology
Darmstadt
Germany
University of Goettingen
British POWs Transit Route Through Canada Discussed
It was learned that the British high commissioner's office is arranging transit through Canada for numbers of liberated British prisoners of war from the Far East.
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Ottawa
British High Commissioner's Office
Canada
Far East
Figures Given Re Pensions For War Service
Ottawa Veterans Minister Mackenzie announced that by end of July 33,000 former service members or dependents were on disability pensions with an annual liability near 17 million dollars. 19,118 pensions related to war disability. 15,621 overseas, 3,497 in Canada. 1,401 died serving in Canada. 12,482 abroad. First World War totals add 73,310 veterans and 17,132 dependents, totaling 90,442 with annual liability of 37,147,677.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Canada
C.W.A.C
Canadian Prisoners Liberated in Hong Kong Eligible for Pacific Star
Defence Minister Abbott told the commons that liberated Canadian Hong Kong prisoners will be eligible for the Pacific Star. Earlier, defence headquarters said commonwealth servicemen freed from Japanese occupied territories did not qualify. Time spent as POW was not counted for this or other service stars.
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Ottawa
Defence
Abbott
Hong Kong
Defence Headquarters
BC Hints At Prairie Farm Act Extension
At the Ottawa reconvened Dominion provincial conference parliamentary officials hinted that British Columbia may seek an extension of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act to the province.
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Victoria
Dominion
Ottawa
British Columbia
President Truman awards Gen. Wainwright Medal of Honor
President Truman presented General Jonathan M. Wainwright with the Congressional Medal of Honor, the United States highest decoration.
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Washington
President Truman
Gen
Jonathan M. Wainwright
United States
Japan Seizes 40 Officials Held for Questioning After Tojo Wound
Gen. MacArthur orders 40 Japanese officials detained as occupation tightens. Former prime minister Tojo wounds himself. Cabinet members aiding the war are among those held. Planned landings include U S 81st Division at Aomori and U S 77th at Otaru. Leaders include Homma, Laurel, Vargas, Stahmer, Mahendra, and Kishi.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Hideki Tojo
Britain
United States
United States 77Th Infantry Division
9Th Corps
Otaru
Hokkaido
Navy
Masaharu Homma
Phillippines
Homma
Bataan
Jose Laurel
Philippines
Jorge Vargas
Heinrich Stahmer
Pratap Mahendra
Aryan Army
Tojo
Shigetaro Shimada
Shigenori Togo
Nobusuke Kishi
Ken Terashima
Michiyo Iwamura
Kunihiko Hashida
Hiroya Ino
Chikahiko Koisumi
Sadaichi Suzuki
Koreans Protest Army Orders Leaving Japanese In Office
Demonstrations erupt in Seoul against U S army orders that keep Japanese rulers in place for the interim period. General MacArthur assures Koreans in Tokyo that rights will be protected and troops are in southern Korea to enforce the surrender instrument. Officials in Washington express astonishment at the extent of retained Japanese authority in Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
United States Army
Little Empire
Gen. MacArthur
Tokyo
Washington
Allied Prisoners Found Forced Labor in Japanese Mines
United States naval fliers discovered 1,556 Allied prisoners of war at four remote camps in Hokkaido. Radio contact was established and supplies and medicine dropped from carrier planes. Camps included Bibai as the headquarters and sites at Ashibetsu and Akabira in a soft coal district.
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Ominato
Japan
United States
Hokkaido
Bibai
Ashibetsu
Akabira
Allied Council Seeks Return of Obnoxious Germans
The Allied Control Council at its fifth meeting chaired by Eisenhower and Montgomery decided to ask neutral states Afghanistan Ireland Portugal Spain Sweden Switzerland Tangier and Vatican City to return the obnoxious Germans and their families to Germany.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
Germany
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Koenig
Zhukov
Afghanistan
Eire
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Tangier
Vatican City
Victoria Elevator Reopens with Record Grain Shipment
Victoria's grain elevator, built in the 1920s and idle during hard times, ships 300,000 bushels to India on the American freighter Sammont. The six week voyage totalled 8,000 tons of bulk grain and marks the first shipment to a country other than the United States since 1939.
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Victoria
India
Sammont
Amy Country
United States
Plans to Remodel Krupp Works as European Army Depot
Plans to remodel the Krupp works near Hamburg into a vast army ordnance depot for Europe. Original German draughtsmen join the project under British officers in charge, as the facility transitions from wartime crankshaft production to military storage and distribution.
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Hamburg
Krupp
Europe
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Veterans’ Hospital
Phoenix
Arizona
White House
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Patrick Leblanc
Ste. Anne de Beaupre
Que
James Cox
Pittsburgh
Father Cox
Pacific Star
B.C
P.F.R.A
Allied Council
Krupp Works
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