Veterans of bitter fighting in Italy welcomed home
Canadian press report recalls 12 314 Canadian troops, including 10 336 army veterans and 1 437 R C A F personnel, arriving in New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth after a five day sea voyage from Southampton. They head home to familiar towns and will be ferried by 28 troop trains from Jersey City Hoboken Weehawken and Grand Central to New York.
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JOHN D. HAMILTON
NEW YORK
More River
Schelde
North America
R.C.AF
Southampton
Indian Head
Gananogue
Cranbrook
Portage la_ Prairie
Jersey City
Hoboken
Weehawken
Grand Central terminal
New York City
Hinchingbrooke House Returned to Viscount Hinchingbrooke
The Left Hand Corner reports that Hinchingbrooke House, held by occupiers during the war, is being handed back to its owner Viscount Hinchingbrooke MP, son of the ninth Earl of Sandwich. The historic Tudor mansion dates to 1540 with additions, and housed six thousand blitz convalescents and priceless portraits. The Fourth Earl's legacy and wartime tea for American GIs are noted, with the house to be set in order for the Viscount to reside.
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Hinchingbrooke House
Viscount Hinchingbrooke
Earl of Sandwich
London
Ottawa Journal
England
Oliver Gromwell
Oliver
Charles
Sir Oliver
Van Dyck
Hogarth
Lely
Law- Tense
Lord Sandwich
Viscount
Hinchingbrooke
Red Cross
Churchill May Visit Toronto If It Can Be Arranged
Mayor Robert Saunders said Winston Churchill might visit Toronto during a holiday stop in New York. Saunders invited Churchill aboard the Queen Elizabeth and the statesman indicated he would consider the plan. Churchill and his wife will spend six weeks in Florida.
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Churchill
Toronto
Mayor Told
Robert Saunders
Winston Churchill
New York
Saunders
Churchill Addresses Troops Aboard Queen Elizabeth Homeward Bound
Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke to over 12,000 Canadian servicemen aboard the Queen Elizabeth in New York. He urged calm about the future, praised wartime unity, recalled U canal dangers, and stressed victory’s broader meaning while heading to Florida for a holiday. The message urged vigilance and resolve as the war’s long chapter continues.
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NEW YORK
winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Florida
Trails Grow Cold in Degnan Kidnapping Slaying
Chicago detectives press on as trails grow cold in the week-long Degnan kidnapping slaying of six year old Suzanne Degnan. Mayor Kelly urges 500 to 1,000 more police to handle rising violent crime and secure neighborhoods while authorities search basements and sewer basins for remains and clues.
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CHICAGO
Degnan
Edward J. Kelly
Suzanne Degnan
north side Edgewater
Sask Pool Demands Deductions Paid Up to Members
Saskatoon manager Charles W King says full face value of Wheat Pool deduction reserve certificates issued for 1923 to 1927 grain deliveries is now paid to certain classes of pool members. Estates, disabled, elderly, and former growers receive payouts, with some estates yielding tens of thousands.
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SASKATOON
Charles W King
lis insurance
His Majesty's
Horse Escapes Into Kitchen From Camden Apartment
A neighborhood horse named Stuckey entered the kitchen of Mr and Mrs William Moller's Camden apartment after climbing nine steps to a Miller porch. A transfer company was called to provide a ramp and remove the animal which had been fed meat and molasses by neighbors.
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CAMDEN
Air Force plans 10 000 ground crew recruits for postwar service
Ottawa reports Air Force headquarters will recruit 10 000 civilian ground crew for the permanent postwar force starting February 1946. Former wartime members of the RCAF will be invited, with prior wartime service counting toward pension rights and pay until new standards are announced. The drive aims to build a ready regular force and speed up retirements of temporary personnel.
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OTTAWA
Air force
K.C.5
RCAF
Canada
23 000 Veterans Now Unemployed Accurately Reported
Edmonton report shows 23 000 unemployed veterans in Canada with 14 000 failing to find work. General Burns notes over 300 000 discharged since May 1 with only 23 000 jobless, asserts 90 percent placed or training. About 46 700 veterans receive allowances. breakdown includes university training 20 500 and vocational training 14 006.
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EDMONTON
B. J. M Burns
department of veterans at all's
sud
Canada
Danish diplomat named minister to Canada
Copenhagen January 1. Cable dispatch says Georg Holler Danish consul general in Montreal will become Danish minister to Canada. Announcement learned authoritatively today.
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CANADA
COPENHAGEN
Georg Holler
al-general
Montreal
todlay
Ruddy cheeked Churchill departs for six week Miami holiday
Winston Churchill told interviewers he has no immediate thoughts of retiring from politics or from the Conservative party. Arriving with Mrs. Churchill and the Queen Elizabeth, which brought 12,000 homebound Canadian service personnel, he headed to a six week holiday in Miami wearing sailing attire. He appeared in buoyant mood and said he was very well indeed. The note mentions Canadian servicemen aboard.
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CLYDE BLACKBURN
NEW YORK
Winston Churchill
Conservative party
Churchill
Miami
Royal Yacht Squadron
Mr. Churchill
saliors
All Men Now Accounted For in Havaco Mine Disaster
General Manager P. P. Kerr of the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal reports all 267 workers in Havaco No 9 are accounted for. Twelve are dead, rescue efforts continue for others feared in the smoke filled shaft after an explosion near Welch.
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Associated Press
ELCH
W. Va
P. P. Kerr
New River
Welch
E. L. Chatfield
state mines department
Rat Caches Grocer's Cash at Paul’s Store
In Paul, Minnesota, January 15 the grocer Joseph Farad recovered 1454 dollars in cash and cheques he had reported stolen last week. A rat dragged the money to a floor cache inside the store, exposing the loss and discovery.
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SY. PAUL. Minn
Joseph Farad
Vet Groups React to Meyer Sentence Change
A storm of protest from veterans groups greeted news that the death sentence for Kurt Meyer, former German general, was reduced to life imprisonment in Canada. Ontario Legion leader Burke said the trial was fair and would not have deserved reversal. Major Bristol wondered if the case might go higher, possibly to Montgomery, while Mrs. Louise Lane of the Ladies Auxiliaries voiced surprise at the decision.
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TORONTO
Ins
C.2
olTiclule
veterans
Kurt Meyer
S.8
hiln
Canada
W. O T. Burke
Ontario
the
Canadian Legion
Mever
Ma ‘Burke
Meyer
Eveyatt Bristol
Logan
Marshal Montgomery
Louise Lane
Ladies’ Auxiliaries
Kimmel Alleges Pre Pearl Harbor Data Withheld
Rear Admiral Husband Kimmel charged Washington naval officials withheld intercepts that could have altered Pearl Harbor plans. He argued the war warning was misread and that access to intercepted messages would have prompted a more aggressive stance. Kansas City.
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Kimmel
Pearl Harbor
WASHINGTON
Adenira
EB. Kimmel
Washington naval
senator-house committee
Pocifle Plaat
Pim
Freld &. Stark
naval operations
Japan
miguel
Hawaii
Uranyport
Midway
Wake
war
navy
Admiral Kimmel
Admiral Stark
Electrical workers strike hits 16 states nationwide
A 200000 member United States Electrical Workers strike against General Electric Westinghouse and General Motors began in 16 states. The walkout, over a $2 daily wage demand, triggers widespread production impact as packinghouse and steel workers prepare to strike. Federal conciliators failed to avert the action.
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NEW YORK
U.S.C
United States
colt
General Electric
Westinghouse
Genera Motors
Pacific
General Motors
United Auto Workers
electrical workers
cluxjer
L.O
C.I.0
United Electrical Workers
New York city
Edgar G. Warren
conciliation service
Chicago
I.U
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers
American Federation of Labor
mpet
Washington
Reginans Debate Terminology For Regina and Saskatchewan
Regina officials and reporters debated the correct demonym for Regina and other Saskatchewan centers. The exchange produced tongue twisters like Moose Jawers and Gravelbourgians as they refined names for estinens and regional peoples. A separate Moscow radio report noted the Soviet Union ratified the 1945 Soviet Polish frontier treaty.
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REGINA
Jan. lo
Board of Trade
H. L. Mencken
estinens
Regia
Saskatchewan
Moose Jawers
Swift
LONDON
Moscow radio
praesidium
supreme council of the
Soviet Union
U.SS.R
Poland
Blaze Destroys Nelson Lumber Plant Worth 45000
A fire today gutted the W. W. Fowell Lumber Co. plant in Nelson British Columbia with damage estimated at 45000 dollars. The cause remains undetermined and machinery was destroyed in the blaze. Local fire crews battled the flames to prevent spread to nearby structures.
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NELSON
NELSON, B.C
G.P
W. W. Fowell Lumber Co
i logy
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W.C
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Giant Trooper
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Messrs
Tinley
St. Laurent
Imperial Privy Council
CHE
RAND
Winnie
CHACAUI
peru
Sth
Rhine
Kent
Sussex
channel
Tot
John C. Prendergast
Edward Kelly
Drake hotel
Frank Starr Williams
Washington state department
Mortom Stein
Stevens hotel
New Rive
Porahont
New Iver
Pocluhan
dhit
theo mins
TERRIFIC
At Meyer
REAR ADMIRAL
A.P
Eisenhower
TROOTSINP
HALIFAX
C.P
MARSHALL CHUNGKING
A.P.J—Chou En-Lai
Gen. Marshall
China
HOOKE
Dominion
A. J. Hooke
Alberta
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