Canadians Sail Home in Large Repurchase Wave
A mass of 6,650 Canadians aboard the Queen Mary and Ile de France head for Canada and Halifax with mixed repatriates and volunteers for the Canadian Far East force. The ships also carry many Aldershot demonstrators under a formal repatriation plan amid ongoing inquiries. Since VE Day, 45,600 service members have returned to Canada across all services, with 126,000 more to come in the next six months.
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LONDON
Canada
Queen Mary
Ile de France
New York
Halifax
Gourock
Scotland
Aldershot
RCAF
R.C.AF
army
navy
C.W.A.C
Royal Naval Service
OTTAWA
armen
Defence
McNaughton
Guard Kills Eight At U S P O W Camp
SALINA Utah July 19 Three bursts of machine gun fire from a guard tower killed eight sleeping German prisoners and wounded twenty at a U S prisoner of war camp here The shooter, Pte Clarence Bertucet 23 of New Orleans, was taken into custody as Col Arthur Ericksson chairman of the Ogden camp ordered an investigation into the motive for the shooting.
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SALINA
Utah
Arthur Ericksson
Ogden
Clarence Bertucet
New Orleans
Sweden Britain sign 5000 prefab houses deals in crowns
British official delegation signs contracts in Sweden for 5000 prefabri cated wooden houses to be delivered by year end. Total value around 25,000,000 crowns about 1193.50 dollars per house. Delegates inspect models and plants while Danish minister of commerce notes 59,000,000 crowns of Swedish credits placed in Denmark. Sweden ships power to Copenhagen and undersea cable links for exchange. A back page note mentions potato bug and London Daily Mail.
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Sweden
Vilhelm Fibiger
Denmark
Copenhagen
Orelund
Troops on the Move
From Britain the Queen Mary carried 6,650 Canadians in addition to 8,000 Americans aboard. The Ile De France departed Saturday with 9,700 Canadians including 5,000 BCAf personnel and 4,000 army personnel, plus CWA C members and nursing sisters.
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Britain
Mners
Queen Mary
Ile De France
B.C.A.F
C.W.A.C
Bitter Fight On In Burma
South east Asia command reports renewed Japanese fighting around the Sittang river bend near Rangoon as British forces seize two enemy held Burmese villages. Allied air and naval actions sink or damage Japanese ships off the Kra Isthmus and Malay coast while artillery drives Japanese back toward the Sittang.
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CALCUTTA
Southeast Asia command
Sittang river
Rangoon
Kra Isthmus
Malay Peninsula
Nyaungkashe
Pegu
Sittang
communiqne
Burma
Theinzefk
Paung
Quiet Weekend in Aldershot Amid Rioting Aftermath
Aldershot England July 9. Civilians report one of the war’s quietest weekends after rioting by window smashing Canadian repatriation troops last Wednesday and Thursday. All 4600 transient soldiers moved to embarkation points or southern camps. police and Canadian Provosts still patrol. Locals blame a few troublemakers, while shopkeepers show mixed views of Canadians as a group.
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ALDERSHOT
Eng
C.F. Cable
Canadien
England
Australian Navy and Air Strikes Pace Borneo Invasion Coast
Allied forces push along the Balikpapan coast with naval gunfire and air attacks smashing Japanese guns warehouses and coastal craft. Philippine casualties for the week total 423 215 with 34 dead and 210 wounded American. Balikpapan front sees limited resistance as Australian and American units advance inland and isolated refinery areas are secured. Continuous coverage notes front progress and continued cleanup after liberation announced on July 6.
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MANILA
Borneo
Balikpapan
Philippines
Pandansari refinery
Balikpapan Key
ith
rich of port
Red Hill Braving Niagara Rapids In Barrel Swim
Niagara Falls Ontario July 9 more than 100000 people watched William Red Hill Jr. descend in a specially built barrel to travel seven miles from Maid of the Mist to Queenston dock through the Niagara rapids and whirlpool. The riverman rode about two hours in rough water before docking amid cheers. A police escort and early entry prevented a staged start.
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NIAGARA FALLS
Ont
Canyon
William
Red) Hill Jr
Niagara rapids
Queenston docks
bank
Hill
Queenston dock
Chinese Bag Hon Isley Predicts Steady Vital PassT Improvement In Situation
CHUNGKING July 9 Chinese high command announced that forces captured South Girard Pass on the China French Indo China border and said Japanese retreating toward Dong Dang. With the pass seizure the whole southwestern Kwansi province is cleared, as Chinese advances from Lichow toward Hengyang continue and other towns are recaptured. The report describes heavy Japanese coast landings repulsed and notes the aim to strengthen mainland defenses around Amoy.
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CHUNGKING
high command
Girard Pass
Chennakwan
China
Indo-China
Dong Dang
Kwangsi province
Lichow
Hunan-Ewanegsi
Hengyang
Lojyang
Tanenuk
U.S
slso
Tengyun
Tanchuk
west river
Wuchaw
Amoy
Formosa
Esiamen
Pukien province
Changpu
Manhunt in Germany as Berlin roundups surge
In Berlin Soviet backed police arrest tens of thousands as they target Hitler era political and labor groups. Charlottenburg sees about 1000 political arrests in five weeks while a US task force raids Nazi homes in Neuwied.
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BERLIN
Reuters
Germany
Hitler
Charlottenburg
ART NEUWIED
United States army
Mysterious blast sinks big Brazilian cruiser
In Rio de Janeiro on July 9 a 3150 ton Brazilian cruiser Balia was lost in a mid Atlantic explosion with heavy casualties among its 83 crew. United States units searched for survivors and several men were reported picked up. Cause of explosion not yet determined.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
navy
United States
Major fires threaten Vancouver Island forests and towns
Two large fires roared through dry forests on Vancouver Island as heat continued. One blaze burned on Lake Logging Company land area about 10 to 12 square miles forcing 18 families from Rounds. A second fire burned on Comox Logging Company property up to 4000 feet, southwest of Ladysmith, with 40 employees and forestry officials battling it. Minor fires were reported near Nanaimo Fort Neville and Adams River area.
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VANCOUVER
Vancouver Island
Lake Logging Company
Rounds
Comox Logging Company
Ladysmith
Comox company
forestry branch
Nanaimo
Fort Neville
Adams river
dothingtone
Ian Mackenzie Arrives in Britain with Canadian Officials
Hon. Ian Mackenzie Canada's veterans affairs minister arrives in London with several staff members. Included are Walter S. Woods deputy minister C. N. Senior private secretary and George Derby western regional administrator.
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LONDON
C.P. Cable
Ian Mackenzie
Canada
veterans’ affairs
Britain
Walter S. Woods
C. N. Senior
George Derby
veterans’ department
Total Eclipse Observed From Pine River Camp
Canadian and American astronomers observed the total solar eclipse at Pine River Manitoba on July 9 with sixteen scientists recording every phase. The event lasted 36.9 seconds amid perfect observing conditions as a crowd of several hundred watched the corona and prominences in a blue sky.
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GEORGE FINLAY
PINE
RIVER
Man
C.P
United States
naval observatory
Washington
Tokyo Trains Civilians In Wartime Volunteer Drills
San Francisco dispatch reports Japan hurries to organize volunteer fighters from Korea to Singapore for firefighting and rescue drills. Broadcasts claim mobilization of civilians and workers across occupied territories to support war effort amid ongoing Allied air raids and strategic rearrangements in Asia.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Japan
Korea
Singapore
warwon
Songapore
oiraus
Batavia mudin suc
ims beer
Kory
Tokyo Drovdcast
federal communications
Ginjiri Fujiwara
MUMUARS
Manchuria
Kero
capistal
Sry
Nippon Tites
Fires hit five Japanese cities in night raid
A US Air Force announcement said Gifu Sakai Wakayama Sendai and Yokkaichi on Honshu were struck by incendiaries in a night raid by B-29 Superfortresses based in the Marianas. Details will follow after bombers return from the mission. Nearby, Vancouver Island fires prompted a forest district closure halting logging, camping, hunting, fishing and travel as five fires burned out of control.
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Tokyo
federal communications commission
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
tts
Carimnunem
SAN FRANCISCO
Hokkaido
hammermne
Japan
Hakodate
Tokra
Toko radio
federal commmuncations commission
Japaness
Marianas
Marcus Island
Pacife
WASHINGTON
APJ
Honshu island
20th Air Force
Gifu
Sakai
Wakayama
Sendai
Yokkaichi
VANCOUVER ISLAND
VICTORIA
British Columbia
government Forest service
Vancouver forest district
Vancouver sland
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London Daily Mat
HHUHIVES
Canucks
les
Red Hill
whirlpool
Isley
Robson
MRE
JUStiCE ROBSON
WINNIPEG
Hugh Amos Roban
Manitoba Court of Bing’s Bench
North West Territories
Western Canada
Labor Department
UAWA
Ilstey
J. W. Cornett
Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities
Asley
Arthur MacNamara
National Selective Service
Ilsley
Dominion
Dominin
Tisley
Fius
Edward Hatbach
Marquette University
Milwaukee
J.S. Supernaw
Madison Astronomical Society
TRUMAN
foreign office
America
BRITISH VOTE
The
Daily Mail
Empire
firad
Commonwealth Air Transport Council
Viscount Swinton
United Kingdom
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