Bevin And Churchill Clash In Debate On Bretton Woods Pact
The British house of commons ratified the Bretton Woods monetary stabilization pact to secure a 4.4 billion dollar loan from the United States. The vote followed sharp exchanges between Labor and Conservative leaders with Lord Beaverbrook vowing to oppose the loan and plan in the house of lords, ahead of the Christmas recess.
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ONDON
C.P
house of commons
Bretton Woods
United States
Britain
house of lords
commons
lords
Lord Beaverbrook
Mr. Churchill
P F R A Receives 498700 for Prairie Farm Aid and Water
Canada’s Parliament allocates supplementary estimates totaling 21,931,048, bringing 1945 46 total to 1 045552645 with main increases to Veterans Public Works Agriculture Mines and Resources and Health. The Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act and water storage receive 498700 in the ag budget amid St Mary dam irrigation talk. The Herald notes most of this vote targets St Mary dam and Lethbridge irrigation. a revote may occur in the 1946 budget if funds aren’t spent by March 31.
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P.F.R.A
Alberta
UAWA
C.P
Ilsley
agriculture department
ST. MARY DAM
The Herald
P.F.R A
Lethbridge
J. G. Gardiner
J. H. Blackmore
St. Mary
resources department
Yellowknife, North West Territories
Indian affairs department
national health branch
National Film Board
veterans department
Crime Wave Grips Britain Amid Serial Slayings in London
London grapples with rising crime as police hunt for a slayer after the discovery of an 18 year old Elizabeth Ann Craig’s forearm near Aberdeen. A dramatic surge in robberies, counterfeit coupons, and security fears prompts army units to guard payrolls and locksmiths to rush lock devices.
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LONDON
Reuters
Aberdeen
Elizabeth Ann Craig
Scotland
Britain
Jane Glynn
Greater
The Left Hand Corner Awful Predicament at the Escalator
The London Daily Mail reports Mr Whateley’s trousers became caught in a moving escalator at a London department store. He struggled as the end approached and the stairway stopped automatically. Behind blankets he freed himself and retrieved a replacement pair from the Trousers Department while his original trousers were cleaned and repaired.
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ley
London Daily Maul
Mr. Whateley
London
The Bingo Disease in Women at Bingo Halls
A doctor notes poultry diseases among middle aged women who attend bingo. They consume corn counters at games and later drink tea, causing crop distension. Some cures involve cellulose counters, but severe cases occur. One patient was mentioned by name in the discussion.
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Samuel Marchbanks
Peterborough Examiner
who
Commons Vote Raises Parliamentary Pay to 2000
Ottawa December 14 The commons passed a bill to raise member allowances by 2000 with tax status varying by role. Only two MPs opposed Angus Macinnis and H W Herridge while Prime Minister Mackenzie King argued the move would attract capable men to parliament.
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OTTAWA
C.P
commons
Angus Macinnis
C.C.F
Vancouver East
H. W. Herridge
People’s C.C.P
Kootenay West
Mackenzie King
John Bracken
King
Macinnis
Jie
Mackenzie
France to seek ratification of Bretton Woods plan
Paris reports the French cabinet has decided to request immediate ratification of the Bretton Woods plan by the constituent assembly. The move aims to rapid endorsement of the international monetary framework.
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PARIS
Bretton Woods
constituent assembly
Bevin Beefs Up Debate Over Loan Terms
In a heated Commons clash Lord Beaverbrook warned that two measures would restore the gold standard, end the sterling area and destroy imperial preference. Bevin pounded the desk as he challenged Conservative claims of worse terms, while Churchill urged Conservatives to abstain to avoid harming British interests in the United States. The exchange ended with Bevin and Churchill trading barbs as the session adjourned.
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Lord Beaverbrook
Britain
Mr. Bevin
Winston Churchill
Churchill
United States
BEVIN POUNDS
Labor
Bevin
Ottawa Parlimentary News: Prairie rehab funds and rental code
Ottawa reports show supplementary estimates totaling 350000 with 300000 earmarked for buildings and lands for prairie farm rehabilitation and water storage. Separately the Prices Board announces a 12 point commercial rental code to ease lease terminations and govern landlord actions.
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OTTAWA
Owen Lobley
the
Prices Board
Canada
Ruthless Tale Of Prisoner Killing
Maj Gen Kurt Meyer faced a Canadian war crimes trial in Ulrich Germany for alleged direct responsibility in the murder of 48 Canadian POWs after D-Day. Star witness Jan Jesionek testified Meyer ordered no prisoners in June 1944. Jesionek described seven Canadians shot at Meyer's Abbey Ardenne HQ near Caen, amid conflicting statements on the exact words used.
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Jan Jesionek
Aurich
Pole
Ross Munro
URICH
Germany
C.P. Cable
Kurt Meyer
Normandy
Meyer
S.S
panzer Grenadiers
Jesionek
Abbey Ardenne
Caen
Butter ration cut to six ounces per person weekly
The Canadian prices board announced a winter cut reducing the butter ration from seven to six ounces per person per week starting in January. The reduced ration will last through low winter production and be restored as soon as supplies permit, likely next April, with no change to coupon value.
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UAWA
Dee
prices board
Fall of Tabriz imminent as rebels surround city
Tehran reports say Tabriz, largest city in Iran's Azerbaijan province, is about to fall to rebellious tribesmen. Governor Bayatir arrives in Tehran claiming he fled to escape local autonomy movement. Iranian garrison is surrounded and awaits Tehran’s order to fight or surrender. Premier Hakimi heads to Moscow as foreign troops urge withdrawal.
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Tabriz
JOSEPH GOODWIN
TEHRAN
Iran
Azerbaijan
Bayatt
movement for local autonomy
northwest
Zeajan
MOSCOW
Ibrahim Hakimi
Gen Henri Dentz Dies In Prison Of Heart Attack
Paris dispatch reports Gen Henri Dentz the former French Syria high commissioner under Vichy regime died of a heart attack in Fresnes prison after death sentence was reprieved, the news extending the era of postwar legal proceedings. J R Mosden of Lacombe won a $12 000 bungalow draw in Edmonton for Milk for Britain fund, with Air Marshal T A Lawrence drawing the ticket after the Calgary Stampeders Edmonton Flyers hockey game.
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Henri Dentz
PARIS
Reuters
Syria
De Gaulle
Fresnes
EDMONTON
J. R. Mosden
Lacombe
Kinsmen Club
Britain
T. A. Lawrence
Winnipeg
Northwest Air Command
Calgary Stampeders
Edmonton Flyers
Six Million Jews Slain Reported in Nazi Campaign
In Berlin December 14 the German secret police affidavit to the international war crimes tribunal states about six million European Jews were killed in the Nazi extermination drive. It cites four million in camps and two million by other means, mostly shot by security police during the Russian campaign, with Eichmann cited as key informer.
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Russia
Hoettl
Adolf Eichman
secret police
Eichman
Gestapo
Himmler
Warsaw ghetto
Warsaw
U.S
S.S
Stroop
thas
King George VI Celebrates 50th Birthday Quietly at Buckingham
The King turned 50 with a private family gathering and a later dinner planned. Queen Mary attended the undecem party as well. Buckingham Palace saw telegrams of congratulation flood in while official celebrations are held in June.
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LONDON
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
Gen Marshall on stand seventh day in war prior talk
Gen George C. Marshall testified before the Senate House committee that U S bombers would have been justified in sinking Japanese ships in Hawaiian waters before Pearl Harbor if seen as an overt act. The hearing revealed Hull may have met Japan’s envoys on Dec 7, 1941, without knowing the intercepted reply. Navy Secretary Forrestal called the code break a terrible tragedy as Congress eyed postwar reforms and noted the code’s secrecy aided Allied strategy.
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WASHINGTON
George C. Marshall
United States
Hawaiian
Gen. Marshall
senate house
Gem Marshall
Cordell Hull
knowine
state department
army
Hull
Saouro Rurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Navy
Forrestal
Surrender or fight orders awaited at Tabriz
A high government source said rebel tribesmen threaten to seize Tabriz, the Azeri capital, and Ardabil 110 miles east. Tabriz garrison awaiting orders from Lehran to fight or surrender. coded orders dispatched last night with details undisclosed.
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LEHRAN
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Ardabil
fLehran
U.S. SENATE
WASHINGTON
A.P
senate
house
C.W.AC
VANCOUVER
C.P
Ruth Alice Watson
Canadian Women's Army Corps
BYRNES
MOSCOW
James Byrnes
United States
Central airdrome
foreign ministers
Yam
Mr. Byrnes
BABE
CHELSEA
Mass
Dec. l
Charles Finn
Ronald Carlan
Finn
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