Interview With A Former Jap Envoy To Canada
In Tokyo Canada's legation remains intact while surrounding destruction is widespread. Col L V M Cosgrave and I tour the clean, protected building, meet Swiss staff who sheltered there, and sign the guest book. We also visit Prince Tokugawa in the Diet, who discusses Ottawa news and war prisoner conditions.
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Col R. 8. Malone
Tokyo
Canada
Legation
Col. Cosgrave
T. P. Symonds
St. Andrew's Church
Mainichi
Tokugawa
House of Peers
Ottawa
Diet
King
Viscount Bennett
England
Japan
France elections loom as constitut ion referendum debated
Paris voters prepare for the October 21 general election the first since 1936 to elect about 650 deputies under proportional representation. They will also decide if the chamber remains under the 1875 Third Republic constitution or forms a constituent assembly to draft a new constitution likely replacing the old framework.
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Paris
France
Blow to Franco as Tangier troop withdrawal ordered
General Franco must withdraw his troops from the international zone of Tangier, occupied since June 1940. The decision, taken by British American Russian and French representatives, was conveyed to Spain via Sir Victor Mallet and Bernard Harden. Paris regards it as a serious setback for Franco.
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Franco
Spain
Tangier
Morocco
Madrid
Victor Mallet
Bernard Harden
Attlee Appeals for Lessons From War Anniversary
Prime Minister Attlee marks six years since Britain entered World War II and cites Japan’s Manchuria invasion as the breach that undermined the League of Nations. He warns peace must be indivisible and urges a global rule of law to prevent further devastation including atomic-era threats.
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London
Attlee
Britain
Japan
Manchuria
League of Nations
Coal Shortage Warns of Severe European Famine Next Winter
The Office of War Production warns a global coal shortage could produce a drastic famine in Europe next winter. Britain may export little coal beyond its rationed needs while Russia struggles to meet domestic needs. U S production and demand suggest a bituminous deficit up to 15 million tons and an anthracite shortfall of 12 million, with Canada needing 22 million tons.
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Europe
Washington
Office of War Production
Britain
Russia
Donetz
United States
Canada
Belgian Police Discover Secret Cache of Black Market Food
Belgian police and a Canadian Army provost marshal raided a luxury hotel at Campine and uncovered a hidden room behind false walls. A wall panel opened to reveal almost 200000 francs worth of contraband foodstuffs stored in the secret chamber.
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Brussels
Campine
No More Censors End of Press Control Amid War News
British censorship ends for non military news as correspondents gain freedom to transmit non military copy without stamps. American reporters in Cairo remain under US censorship. France orders abolition of censorship across the country.
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London
Britain
Teheran
Cairo
United States
Provisional Government
France
Meat ration tokens to issue seven per Canadian
The wartime prices and trade board announces the first meat ration token distribution will provide about seven tokens per Canadian. Approximately 80 million tokens will be spread across the Dominion. The blue tokens are slightly larger than nickels with a hole in the center and bear the marks Canada ration and viande meat on both sides.
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Ottawa
Prices and Trade Board
Dominion
Canada
Last Stand of Canadians at Hong Kong remembered by Maltby
Maj. Gen. C M Maltby recalled that one Winnipeg Grenadiers company fought off Japanese forces for three days in Hong Kong. He cited Brig. John Lawson and aides killed, noting the brutal end and the later diphtheria outbreak in prison camps. Maltby praised the Canadians and their gallantry.
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India
C. M. Maltby
Hong Kong
Crown Colony
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Maltby
John K
Jake) Lawson
Toronto
Ottawa
Japan
R.C.A.F
Formosa
Quebec Royal Rifles
Brig
Lawson
Quebec to Host UN Food and Agriculture Conference Next Month
A Quebec City has been chosen as the site of the United Nations food and agriculture conference next month, it was learned reliably.
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Washington
Quebec City
United Nations Food and Agriculture
Surplus Canadian Army Vehicles Sold for Relief Aid
Maj Gen Dewar of the Canadian War Assets corp said about 3,000 surplus Canadian army vehicles were sold to the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration via the Canadian Mutual Aid board. The sale aims to aid European nations and requires 3,000 Canadian personnel to move the vehicles. Delivery will help save crops in Czechoslovakia and Poland where transport shortages hinder movement of workers, fuel, and food.
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London
D. E. Dewar
Canadian War Assets Corporation
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Canadian Mutual Aid Board
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Trouble Feared in French Indo China Landing
French authorities warn of possible native unrest when troops return to French Indo China led by Gen. B Jacques le Clerc the surrender signatory. He said about 8000 white and native troops would land at an Indo China port on a date he would not reveal. He noted Laos as the only semi autonomous state in the colony to side with the Allies.
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Yokohama
Jacques le Clerc
le Clerc
Kingdom of
Laos
Port in the Sea Closes After Five Years Of Use
More than 3,000,000 tons of cargo and American military equipment were discharged at the Holy Loch war emergency port in the Firth of Clyde where liners such as the Queen Elizabeth Queen Mary and Aquitania were handled. Use of the port has been discontinued after nearly five years of operation.
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Glasgow
Holy Loch
Firth of Clyde
Montreal council mails human relations statement to MPs and leaders
A statement on human relations in industry and commerce prepared by the Montreal council on Christian Social Order has been mailed to all Canadian MPs, labor leaders, school principals, and to daily and weekly newspapers.
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Montreal
Montreal Council On Christian Social Order
Canada
King Sends Message to Far East People After Liberation
London broadcasts quote the king pledging loyalty and affection between Britain and Far Eastern subjects. He says victory over aggression begins a long restoration, with the queen, and promises sympathy, pride, and renewed security under divine aid.
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London
Singapore
Singapore Radio
Far East
France Seeks Large Canada Purchases In Cash And Credit
Canada contemplates a potential Franco purchases program that could reach 450 million dollars. Part would be cash and part long term credit. An official said French buyers already buy cash in Canada and want Canadian credit as volumes rise. Gen de Gaulle was assured Canada would seek parliamentary authority to extend credits. Continuous talks continue between French agents and Canadian departments.
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Ottawa
France
Canada
Gen. de Gaulle
Lotteries Banned in Alberta After War End
Attorney General Lucien Maynard announced at a western Cosmopolitan clubs meeting that Alberta will ban all lotteries after hostilities unless federal law is changed. He cited wartime charitable lotteries and urged applicants to petition Ottawa for a legal amendment to permit future fundraising lotteries.
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Edmonton
Lucien Maynard
Alberta
Maynard
Ottawa
Pearson says war devastated nations face tremendous needs
Ottawa reported Canadian ambassador L B Pearson after Europe said UNRRA faces a difficult task for months to meet the vast needs of war shattered countries. He noted gifts to UNRRA should aid Canadian trade as recipients grow accustomed to Canadian goods.
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Ottawa
L. B. Pearson
Washington
Europe
U.N.A.R.A
Pearson
U.N.R.R.A
Germans’ final V weapon to drop lethal gas bombs
The London Daily Express reports Germany possessed 10 000 tons of bombs and shells filled with a new deadly gas. A single drop could kill a man within 20 minutes, and the gas was described as the regime’s last V weapon.
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London
London Daily Express
the Express
Germany
Russia Lays Plans for Pacific Northeast Harbor Network
The Kharovsk radio broadcast says Russia plans a major Pacific coast development with new harbors on the Kamchatka peninsula opposite Alaska.
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San Francisco
Russia
Pacific
Kamachatka Peninsula
Alaska
Mussolini’s Daughter Edda Ciano Interned on Lipari Island
The ministry of the interior announced Edda Ciano, daughter of Benito Mussolini, has been interned on Lipari, the Sicilian island where her father once imprisoned anti-Fascists.
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Ministry of the Interior
Edda Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Lipari
Sicily
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