Wallace Charges Imperialism Plans Across Globe
Manchester April 12 Henry A Wallace charged that the United States has embarked on a ruthless imperialism program and warned it must fail as Americans will not pay the cost He attacked President Truman’s Turkey Greece aid and said the plan would extend the American empire from China to the Near East He urged moral leadership to avert a U.S.-Soviet death struggle and praised Roosevelt’s spirit amid current divisions London front pages echoed Wallace’s plea for democratic moral leadership warning against a possible world conflict The Times backed the theme but dismissed the notion of a Soviet threat as excessive Telegraph printed Churchill’s forthcoming favorable policy series for Greece
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Turkey
Greece
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America
China
Near East
Pole
Russia
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Roosevelt
LONDON
Great Britain
The Times
central hall
Soviet Union
Times
U.S
Daily Telegraph
Winston Churchill
Wendell Wilkie
World Recalls Death Of FDR Observances Mark Anniversary
Hyde Park April 12 The United States observes the second anniversary of Franklin D Roosevelt's death with ceremonies at his former home. A memorial program broadcast over NPC ABC and MBS from 3:30 to 3:45 p m will feature President Truman speaking from Kansas City and Eleanor Roosevelt along with Henry Morgenthau broadcasting from near the rose garden tomb site. Moscow likewise notes the day praising Roosevelt as a friend of the Soviet people while Russia’s calendars mark the date but the anniversary is not mentioned in the Russian press.
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Hudson River Valley
NPC
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MBS
C.S
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Roosevelt
Kansas City
rose garden
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MOSCOW
Lure for Domestic Help and Land Settlement in Australia
A survey of notices and anecdotes discusses prospective settlers and domestic help ads tied to emigration schemes. It notes capital ranges from £250 to £10,000, aims to occupy land in North Queensland, and comments on the hardship driving families to seek work and naturalization amid the era’s harsh conditions.
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China
lana
Australia
Queensland
Srchins
U N Plans Palestine Session Rush Under Way
U N officials moved to convene a special Palestine session in New York likely April final approval of Britain’s request imminent. Security steps are planned amid controversy and New York interest. Secretariat worries include restoring the Flushing Meadows phone system after a December outage. The session will form a committee to investigate the Palestine problem for Septembers general meeting.
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LAKE SUCCESS
Palestine
United Nations general assembly
New York
dolores quarters
secretariat
Flushing Meadows
Canaday Sugar Factory Project Near Taber Progress
Work on the Canaday sugar plant east of Taber continues with preliminary site preparations completed. Construction will push this summer, but material deliveries slow progress making a 1948 harvesting season unlikely. plant likely not in operation until fall 1949.
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Taber
Ireland faces most critical food and fuel crisis
A Dublin dispatch quoted by the New York Times warns Ireland endures the era’s gravest food and fuel shortage in living memory. It recalls a 1847 potato famine and notes historical hardships, including a severe 1547 winter, late spring, and torrential floods devastating crops.
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NEW YORK
The
New York Times
Dublin
Ireland
Trade Hits High Figures
A chart traces Canada’s external commodity trade from 1939 through 1946, showing a rise from about 1.5 billion to over 4 billion postwar, peaking near 5 billion during 1944 45 with exports climbing to 3.5 billion and imports reaching about 2 billion by late 1946. United States Britain led exports in 1944, with Latin America expanding. Britain supplied two thirds of Britain exports, and food comprised much of Britain shipments.
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Canada
rade department
United States
Britain
France
Latin America
Passing From Scene Under Heavy Taxes In Britain
London reports Britain's wealthiest group, those with net incomes over 24000 annually after heavy taxes, shrank from 7000 in 1939 to 45 in 1945 to 1966. A Treasury white paper notes only 840 taxpayers earned 36000 to 24000, versus 12000 in 1938 39.
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LONDON
Britain
Treasury
Britain Will Be A Tough Bargainer Says Cripps At Geneva
Geneva reports quote Sir Stafford Cripps stating Britain will impose strict tariff reductions and limit imperial preference concessions. He hedged on how far reductions would go and stressed limits to tariff cuts while affirming the Commonwealth relationship as essential to British trade. Canadian and Australian delegates denied any secret empire agreement in return for concessions, labeling such claims false.
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Geneva
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Callas um
London
Associated Press
stafford Cripps
British Board of Trade
Thousands Pay Final Tribute to Toronto Archbishop Owen
Thousands gathered in Toronto to bid farewell to Arch bishop Derryn T. Owen of the Church of England in Canada. The simple funeral at St James Cathedral featured leaders from major denominations and a subdued service. Owen, who served for decades, died after a seizure, with burial at St John churchyard in York Mills.
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TORONTO
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Kootenay
Church of England
Canada
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A. R. Beverley
York Mills
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Owen s
Trinity College
Churchill not planning Vancouver visit this summer
Word from Winston Churchill's secretary says Britain’s wartime prime minister has no plans for a trip to Vancouver this summer or later. The secretary called all rumors incorrect after Mayor G. G. McGeer extended an invitation during Churchill's Canadian trip.
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Winston Churchill
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Vancours
Wheat Seeding Underway In Western Canada
Western Canada farmers begin spring field work with early seeding in Alberta and Saskatchewan as a chinook warms regions. In Alberta, beets and wheat work start on dry and irrigated lands near Picture Butte and Lethbridge with plowing and manure spreading. floods delay progress but expect full seeding in two weeks. Saskatchewan farmers anticipate normal schedules despite flood impacts in southern districts and Moon and Pike counties.
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Fred. Schuld
Turin
W. L. Elliott
Lesle D
Red) Noble
Dick Andersen
WINNIPEG
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Alberta
Burdett
Taber
High River
Calgary
J. York
E. V. Kerkoff
agriculture department
SASKATCHEWAN
Hitler feared B 29s more. distrusted own V weapons
Transcripts of Hitler’s wartime conversations reveal he warned that the American B 29 Superfortress posed a grave danger and he had little faith in Germany’s V weapons. He urged Goering and generals to recognize the threat as Allied progress accelerated, noting the enemy planes could overwhelm German defenses.
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Goebbels
Soviet Stand Made Clear in Reparations Demand
MOSCOW April 12 Vishinsky Soviet deputy declared Germany must pay reparations to the Soviet Union from current production before any settlement, calling a reparationsless treaty a heartless man. He cited Western powers and the United States as failing to agree on reparations, sparking a debate with British reporter W N Ewer over coal shares. Molotov withstood French pressure on Saar economic integration as Western diplomats gauge Soviet leverage in postwar reparations and coal policy.
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Vishinsky
Russia
Soviet Union
Molotov
United States
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Germany
France
W.N. Ewer
London Daily Herald
Britain
Ewer
Great Britain
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Bidault
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Bevin
Saar
German disarmament talks near possible accord in Moscow
News dispatches from Moscow report foreign ministers plan to take up the U S proposal for a disarmament pact on Monday, potentially the last chance for a broad agreement. Canada ready to send troops for peace mission if one is formed, says Defence Minister. Truman enters third year in office with a trip to Missouri to visit his ill mother. A Cardston, Alberta competitor wins saddle bronc at Phoenix world championships. A highway tunnel collapse and flood threats hit Espanola Ontario and Regina Saskatchewan report ice jams and river flooding impacting power, water, and roads.
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CANADA
WINNIPEG
C.P
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TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
Grandview
vinib
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FORT ARTHUS
Charles Martin
Vancouver
Joseph Grant
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ance
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CARDSTON
ZIDING PHOENIX
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Carl Olen
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REGINA
Sweden
Saskatchewan
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Qu'Appelle
Grand River Bursts Banks Threatens Ontario Towns
Severe floods sweep Ontario as Grand River bursts banks at Galt and Paris, inundating basements, filling storefronts, and forcing residents to flee. Heavy snowmelt and rainfall surge rivers like Sydenham and Saugeen, threatening Owen Sound mill dam and Walkerton. City streets flood, houses damaged, and emergency measures deployed across settlements.
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