Joint Defence Board Faces New Problems in North America
Quebec report details the permanent Canadian American defence board shifting from wartime defence to reconversion and long term continental security. Fiorella LaGuardia and Gen. A L McNaughton lead talks with Eisenhower involvement and Arctic conditions under Muskox testing winter warfare equipment.
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QUEBEC
A .L. McNaughton
armed services
Ottawa
Eisenhower
Canada
north
LaGuardia
Canadian-American defence board
Mr. LaGuardia
Gen. McNaughton
Left Hand Corner divided pyjamas and party leaders
A Toronto University campus speech by Progressive Conservative M F for Muskoka cites John Bracken as not a brilliant man. He praises Bracken for team building over Bennett and notes Bennett’s seek to do all, highlighting Bracken’s work unit approach.
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Progressive Conservative
Toronto University
J. M Macdonnell
Muskoka
Ontario
John Bracken
Viscount Bennett
Bracken
Bennett
24 Killed In Plane Crash Near Marseilles
Paris dispatch reports a RAF transport plane carrying 22 former British POWs from Singapore crashed at Callelongue near Marseilles during the night. Twenty-four people were killed, with three survivors taken to hospital as rescuers battled burning wreckage after a 90 minute search.
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PARIS
Reuters
RAF
transport command
Singapore
lizard
Callelongue
Marseilles
France
lakes 10 I
Plane carries mother and infant to Montreal for brain surgery
In Regina on January 16 a Hed ging mother flew with her two and a half month old daughter Gayle to Montreal for emergency brain surgery. Doctors expect to treat swelling caused by water on the brain as measurements show the head expanding rapidly, about a quarter inch weekly.
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REGINA
Montreal
J. Yaehne
Gayle
Army Court To Be Set Up To Probe Frauds In Europe
A Canadian army court of inquiry is planned to investigate the administration of the Canadian forces in the Netherlands since VE-Day. Three Toronto officers faced arrest over alleged illegal shipment of cars from Rotterdam to New York, while senior officers were suspended. The new inquest, broader and higher in rank, will review army stores, accounting, and policies since last May, with in camera sessions and no judicial status.
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AMSTERDAM
C.P. Cable
Netherlands
Toronto
P. B. Tedman
B. Landell
D. W. Thomson
Rotterdam
New York
Guy Simonds
Kingston
Ont
Europe
Charges Interference In Affairs of Iran
Premier Ibrahim Hakimi told the Iranian parliament that Britain and Russia were hesitating to evacuate their troops by March 2 and offered to resign, claiming his foreign policy failed. He said direct talks with Russia on the Azerbaijan revolt were fruitless and charged foreign powers interfered in Iran’s affairs.
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TEHRAN
Ibrahim Hakimi
Russia
Britain
Flo
Azerbaijan
Hakim
Iran
Iran Calls UN Security Council to Address Russian Iran Clash
Masrullah Entezam, Iran’s UN delegate, said Iran will appeal immediately to the new Security Council to resolve its dispute with Russia and stop further Soviet reinforcements into Azerbaijan. Seyed Hassan Taquizadeh said Tehran issued new instructions and the approach to the council is not yet fixed. The issue tests the UNO’s powers as Russia holds a veto in the five-member body.
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JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
LONDON
Masrullah Entezam
United Nations assembly
new world security council
Russia
Iran
security council
l-power council
Azerbaijan
Seyed Hassan Taquizadeh
Tehran
general assembly
U.N.O
Marshullah Entezam
Entezam
268000 Join Army of Idle
A large nationwide strike began affecting over 268000 meat packing workers across more than 100 plants. Labor leaders urged postponement while government officials tried to avert a full stoppage, with possible effects on meat supplies and idle workers approaching 900000 if the walkout widens.
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United States
Pacific
Schwellenbach
American Federation of Labor meat packing union
Chcago
A.F.L
Washington
C.S.O. United Packinghouse Workers Union
CLO
ution
Indust
Controversy over commutation of Kurt Meyer death sentence
Canadian press reports Maj Gen Kurt Meyer’s death sentence commuted to life by Gen Chris Vokes after a review of evidence, with protests from Canadian Legion branches and politicians. Some officials defend the commutation, others deem the punishment warranted. The Maple Leaf supports the court’s verdict, while diverse voices call for execution or harsher action.
General Foster Calls Meyer Sentence Unjust to Imprison
Major General Harry W. Foster, head of the Canadian military court that convicted Kurt Meyer of war crimes, said commutation to life imprisonment is very unfair and that, in his view, the best action would be to shoot Meyer. He described Meyer as a superb soldier and organizer, and lamented the reversal of the sentence.
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GEORGE BURMAN
MONTREAL
C.P
Harry W. Foster
Kurt Meyer
Meyer
Foster
Ottawa
lke
New York
United Kingdom
Normandy
Canadian Legion
Dominion
Churchill says US must not pull out of postwar Europe
Winston Churchill in Miami warns America not to withdraw troops, urging continued force to secure victory gains. He supports Germany partition by occupation lines, notes labor needs in Britain, and argues access to atomic secrets should wait for a proper world peace body. Continuing report on page five.
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MIAMI BEACH
Fla
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Europe
Ghurwhit
Germany
Great Britain
ship
woodpulp
Col. Clarke
Churchill
Quebec
Mine Blast Toll Climbs to Fourteen in West Virginia
Welch West Virginia January 16 The death toll from the mine blast rose to fourteen as officials reported 41 people injured and 26 still hospitalized. Clarence Hale 24 died in hospital while 13 others had died earlier. Officials said twelve bodies were recovered near the shaft base and searches for more victims were unsuccessful.
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WELCH
Wva
Clarence Hale
Argentine Ship Prepares to Return 559 War Brides
The 20614 ton Argentine will sail to Southampton today to bring back 559 brides of American servicemen and their babies. Army officials say 30 percent of return passengers will be children, mostly infants. Diaper friendly arrangements include four diet kitchens for baby food and laundering facilities for diapers.
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NEW YORK
Southampton
England
Army
Bases for U S use urged by Magnuson in Senate
Senator Warren G Magnuson called for acquisition of British bases to support U S defense in both oceans amid debates on future U S aid to Britain and the Korean crisis The move follows President Truman's plan to keep exclusive control of some Japanese islands and trusteeship for others He suggested including bases in the loan consideration and argued many islands hold little value to Britain or the Empire Two people died in a derailment near Emden Germany in the latest railway accident involving a Canadian soldier and a German schoolboy.
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ALEX H. SINGLETON
WASHINGTON
Isa
Warren G. Magnuson
Dem
Wash
islind
Britain
oceans
United States
Maprison
Truman
Pacffc
United Nations
Galbst Nations assembly
Loudon
Len Magnuson
Atlantic
Pacific
Meyer to England for war crimes sentence care
Kurt Meyer, once a German army commander, left Aurich, Germany, for England en route to Canada where he will serve a life sentence for war crimes. His death sentence for 18 Canadian POW murders was commuted to life. he will be held at Reading prison while awaiting transfer. The transfer follows his conviction by a Canadian military court for responsibility in the 1944 Normandy POW killings.
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QDIMHAM
Hampshire
Kurt Meyer
Aurich
Germany
Canada
Meyer
Reading
Berkshire county
ENGLAND
WILLIAM BOSS
AMSTERDAM
H.C.A.F
Normandy
Aurich naval barracks
Restrovalmort
Bad Zwischenbehn
of Canadan
2 pan
Odiham
Pat L. M. Fourney
Lancaster
Sgt
D. N. Moses
Yarho
estore
Mer Ennland
London
Ottawa
timate
CM.B.Q
national defence headquarters
department of external affairs
Major Bowman Invested By General Crerar In Brandon
Major R. F. P. Bowman formerly of Lethbridge and Cpl. Alex Buiski of the Winnipeg Grenadiers were invested with the Order of the British Empire and the British Empire Medal by General H. D. G. Crerar at a ceremony in Brandon. Bowman received the honors for gallant service in railway reconnaissance duties and endurance under severe conditions and in the face of the enemy.
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BRANDON, Man
Van
C.P
R. F. P. Bowman
Lethbridge, Aita
Cpl
Alex Buiski
the
Winnipeg Grenadiers
H. D. G. Crerar
Bowman
Vokes Alone Decides to Spare Meyer in War Trial
Toronto dispatch cites Major General Chris Vokes saying he alone commuted the death sentence on General Kurt Meyer after consulting Lieut. Gen. Guy Simonds and legal adviser J. Escoutt Read. Vokes said he did his duty as he saw it.
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J. Escoutt Read
department of external affairs
W. H. SWIFL
DR. McNALLY
EDMONTON
C.P
R. E. Apsity
W. M. Swift
Alberta
Br. G. F. McNally
CHICAGO
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen
A.F.L
C.LC
BABE
MONTREAL
Regina
J. Yaehne
Dorval
Gayle
CARACAS
Reuters
Isaias Medina Angarita
BRITAIN
U.S
NUERNBERG NUERNBERG
A.P
United States
Nucera- berg
eves
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