Indonesians mobilizing near Batavia amid raids near Tjibadak
Batavia reports several thousand armed Indonesians mobilizing in villages around the city as British planes attack the mountain village of Tjibadak fifty miles south. Suburb concentrations alarm British troops with rumors of a Dec. 14 uprising. RAF and Beaufighters drop warning leaflets. fires set in Pandjong Priok area and at Kramat barracks.
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BATAVIA
Tjibadak
Pandjong -Priok
R.A.F
Kramat
R.A F
History of sugar from ancient times to modern industry
The overview traces sugar from Byzantines in 627 A.D. to 1912 world production surpassing 20 million tons, then noting postwar shifts. It covers spread from India to China, Arabia, Egypt, Spain, and Venice refining, the beet and cane sugar race sparked by Napoleon, and the postwar cane surplus.
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India
Persia
China
Arabia
Egypt
Spain
London
Elizabeth of
England
West Indies
South America
Napoleon Bonaparte
MacArthur Orders Arrest More Jap Crimes Suspects
Gen. MacArthur continues round up of war crime suspects including 57 Japanese linked to Cabanatuan and Oryoku Maru atrocities. Arrests target Lt Col Banzo Mori Col Gennosuke Noma Lt Toshino and a civilian Wada aboard the Oryoku Maru. Three surrender at Sugamo prison. New Allied land policy ends absentee ownership allowing farmers to buy land long term.
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RUSSEL BRINES
TOKYO
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
Akita
Tohoku
United Nations
Cabanatuan
Philippines
Banzo Mori
Gennosuke Noma
Hong Kong
Toshino
Wada
Janary
Sugamo prison
Jinzaburo Mazaki
Nagakage Okabe
Hideki Tojo
Koichiro Ishigara
Allied land
Two More Boards Are Dissolved
Ottawa reports the dissolution of the combined production and resources board and the combined raw materials board effective December 31. The combined food board will continue likely until June 30, 1946, with some committees remaining to address ongoing global shortages. International representation and continuing committees aim to coordinate remaining commodity work amid scarce supplies.
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OTTAWA
combined production and resources board
combined raw materials board
Mackenzie King
combined food board
Royal Family To Spend Christmas At Sandringham
The Royal Family will spend Christmas at Sandringham, the King's estate in Norfolk, for the first time since before the war. The King will broadcast from Sandringham, ending wartime stays at Windsor Castle near London.
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Sandringham
LONDON
Reuters
Norfolk
Windsor Castle
Jews to Australia permit 2000 Jewish migrants
Sydney reports the federal government will allow the migration to Australia of 2,000 destitute European Jews as a mercy gesture. The decision was learned on Sunday and indicates a government-backed relocation effort.
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SYDNEY
Australia
Kinney Sentenced to 12 Years for Stroud Slaying
Charles Kinney, 17 turning 18 this month, was sentenced in Victoria to 12 years in a penitentiary for murdering his schoolmate Phyllis Stroud, 18. Kinney admitted the killing on the stand, saying an argument led to him smothering her with a pillow and burying the body in sawdust in the house they shared.
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VICTORIA
Charles Kinney
Phyllis Stroud
Kinney
Stroud
Troops on the Move Repatriation to Halifax Mauretania
Homeward bound ship Mauretania is due in Halifax on Monday with 4,745 repatriated Canadian service personnel aboard. The Canadian Press reports the large homeward movement as part of postwar demobilization efforts.
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Halifax
Mauretania
Pioneer Lt Col Carstairs Dies in Edmonton at 85
West Pioneer notes the death of Lt Col W F W Carstairs 85 in Edmonton. Born Kingston Ontario he was a veteran of the 1885 Northwest Rebellion, served with the Northwest Mounted Police, and earned the Long Service Medal the Riel Rebellion Medal and the General Service African Medal with two west coast clasps.
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WEST PIONEER
EDMONTON
Western Canada
W. F. W. Carstairs
Kingston
Ont
Col. Carstairs
Northwest Mounted Police
Commons In Finish Drive
OTTAWA December 10 Parliament today begins a concerted drive to conclude sessional business by next weekend with the Bretton Woods international monetary agreements the first item on the Schedule. The session's first Saturday night sitting dealt with the agriculture estimates and showed all parties agreeing Canada should extend its natural wealth by irrigation and reclamation. Saturday also saw the house vote 124 to 12 to go into committee on a resolution to a bill ratifying Canadian signature of the Bretton agreements. Dan McIvor and Protestant Boys caused laughter during the division. The Bretton Woods bill is expected to face filibustering from Social Creditors who plan to ask 20 to 30 questions.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Dan McIvor
Fort William
Ont
S.C
Bretton Woods
Van Mackenzie
Two Dead and 33 Injured In Train Wreck
Armstrong Ont December report on CN train crash near Jacobs 38 miles west of town. No. 2 rear-ended No. 4 in blizzard as visibility vanished. Two crew killed immediate, Arthur Hall died later. 17 passengers and 16 CN employees injured. several seriously. RN nurses and surgeons aided survivors.
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ARMSTRONG
Ont
C.P
Canadian National Railway
Jacobs
here
C.N.R
Great Lakes
Mayes
porter
Arthur W. Hall
Toronto
Doris Griesboris
R. W. Mullins
Winnipeg
Phil Agnew
Durham
D.C
Stanley Ball
W. Clark
Geraldton
Margaret Bell
Victoria
B.C
Harry Wright
Quill Lake
Sask
Jack Nozick
Royal Navy
Ellis
England
Manila
Korea
G. L. Bell
Hugh Allen
H. K. Mitchell
Sioux
Four Montreal Labor Leaders Are Suspended
Four high ranking officials of Aircraft Lodge 712 of the IAM were suspended for supporting communism and conspiring to transfer members to the CIO union. The suspended leaders include Robert Haddow, Jean Pare, Irving Burman, and A. Villeneuve. A group of 40 delegates to the Montreal Trades and Labor Council were suspended for one year for supporting the Labor-Progressive party in the last federal election.
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MONTREAL
Aircraft Lodge 712
International Association of Machinists
A.F.L
Lodge 712
United Electrical Workers’ Union
C.I.U
Robert Haddow
Jean Pare
Irving Burman
A. Villeneuve
grand lodge
Montreal Trades and Labor Council
Labor-Progressive party
Call for Royal Commission on Bretton Woods Deal
Ottawa December 10 A royal commission should study the Bretton Woods agreement and delay its passage in Parliament says John Blackmore in the Commons. He argues Canada can block the deal, stresses the need for committee study, and notes Social Credit filibuster claims are unfounded.
No Prisoner Order Heard
Canadian press report on U S Major General Kurt Meyer's war crimes trial in Urich Germany. Prosecution witness Alfred Helzel testified that orders forbidding prisoner capture existed while Meyer faced charges of inciting no quarter and killing prisoners of war. A purported U S order demanding execution of prisoners was challenged amid opening day testimony. Helzel, of the SS division, was captured in France after D Day.
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Kurt Meyer
Ross Munro
URICH
Germany
C.P. Cable
Harry W. Foster
U.S
Alfred Helzel
15th reconnaissance
8.5
Bruce MacDonald
Essex Scottish Regiment
Windsor
Ont
Meyer
wein
Helzel
Heizel
Bretteville
France
Normandy
Water Conservation And Irrigation Given
Ottawa Dec 10 Water conservation and irrigation were urged in commons during discussion of agriculture estimates especially those of the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act. John R MacNicol urged a $20 000 000 one year appropriation for dams on the South Saskatchewan to supply Moose Jaw Regina and irrigation for the district. Coldwell backed a policy of water conservation and land reclamation for eastern Canada. Gardiner said the Canadian American boundary blocks farm product marketing. WATER continues on page three.
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OTTAWA
department of agriculture
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act organization
John R. MacNicol
P.C
Toronto
Davenport
Gardiner
South Saskatchewan
Moose Jaw
Regina
MacNicol
western
Estevan, Sask
prairie
COLDWELL
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.P. ieader
Canada
Four Children Die in Suburban Montreal Fire
Four Cloutier children aged 16 to two were killed when a second story fire trapped them as they slept in suburban Sault au Recollet, Montreal. Their mother and nine other siblings escaped from the ground floor asphyxiation was reported. Robert 16, Jean Guy 14, Leo eight, and Marc two were found in a clothes closet or bed. The blaze began about 7 a.m. and initially caused limited damage.
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MONTREAL
Sault au Recollet
Avila Cloutier
Robert Cloutier
Jean Guy
Leo
Marc
Robert
Four Die in Buenos Aires Peron Demonstration
Four people were killed and 33 injured when about 200000 demonstrators filled the streets of Buenos Aires for three hours of gunfire and speeches opposing Col Juan Peron’s presidential candidacy on Saturday.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Patton Paralyzed After Mannheim Car Crash
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. was partly paralyzed from an automobile crash near Mannheim. An army medical bulletin said his general condition was satisfactory and he slept five hours, though neurologically unchanged. His wife and British American specialists rushed to Heidelberg as nerve experts treated spinal injuries.
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FRANKFURT
A. P
United States Army
George 5. Patton
Patton
Hugh Carnes
Oxford
Heidelberg
MANNHEIM
George 5
Britain
United States
army
Hobart Gay
Eid Nauheim
Gay
Horace Woodring
MANNHELM
A.P
George
United States 15th Army
Bodies of Major and Woman Found in Sumatra
The bodies of a British brigade major and a Red Cross worker were found buried near Padang, Sumatra, after a week missing from a beach. The British army said several locals were shot and others arrested for the murder.
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BATAVIA
Red Cross
Padang
Sumatra
GM Ends Contract With Auto Union In Detroit Strike
GM terminated its contract with the CIO United Automobile Workers, halting production and idling 213,000 GM workers after a 20 day strike. The contract had not expired and was due April 28.
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G.M
AUTO UNION DETROIT
A.P
General Motors Corporation
C.I.Q. United Automobile Workers
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