Churchill Denies Secret Yalta Pacts and Polish Row
In a June Commons session Prime Minister Churchill says no secret engagements were made at Yalta beyond the three votes for Russia at San Francisco. He notes discussions were broader but refuses to reveal every detail, amid questions on Polish government changes and Tehran-San Francisco contrasts.
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JAMES F. KING
LONDON
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Yalta
Laborites
Russia
San Fransisco
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
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San Francisco
Moscow
Warsaw
Tehran
Labor
Morvan Price
France proposes five power conference on Middle East
Paris reports the French government has forwarded a proposal for a five power conference to Britain. The plan, awaiting London's reply, has not yet been sent to the United States Russia or China.
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PARIS
Reuters
Middle East
London
United States
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China
Shoobert Likely Customs Collector At Lethbridge
OTVAWA June 7 For the vacant post of collector of customs at Lethbridge it would appear that Henry Arthur Shoobert will be confirmed into the appointment at an early date. He has been a member of the customs staff at Lethbridge since September 1925 and was advised he had the highest rating in the competition.
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OTVAWA
Lethbridge
Henry Arthur Shoobert
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Secret British Invasion Preparation Revealed
The British Information Service disclosed that in 1940 an underground movement was organized in Britain to prepare for a German invasion. General Sir Harold Franklyn released a farewell message stating members served secretly from invasion days to provide timely wartime intelligence to military HQ.
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Norway
Election campaign heats in Canada as leaders rally in Quebec
Prime Minister Mackenzie King and John Bracken addressed large crowds in Quebec as Canada nears a wartime general election. King defended manpower policies and the 16 000 draftees decision while Bracken urged equal responsibilities and rights for all in war and peace. M. J. Coldwell spoke in Winnipeg criticizing export of war metals to Franco Spain.
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No Delay In War Trials
Justice Robert H. Jackson urged firm punishment for Axis war criminals and derided delaying tactics. He told President Truman hearings must identify the right defendants, while ensuring dissections do not impede major prosecutions or mock the dead.
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Swedes Sent Arms To Danish Patriots
A Danish UN delegate alleged Sweden violated its proclaimed neutrality by manufacturing arms with Allied approval and shipping them through the German blockade to Denmark's underground army. Erik Husfeldt, a leading Danish resistance figure, described ships meeting Danish fishing boats in the dark off the coast with cases of automatic pistols and ammunition.
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Fire Damages Manitoba Truck Depot in North Winnipeg
Fire caused an estimated $10,000 damage to the Manitoba truck depot in North Winnipeg last night. Four transport trucks inside the building were unharmed.
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WINNIPEG
Manitoba
Chinese advance north of Foochow presses toward border
Chinese high command announces forces pursuing retreating Japanese along the Fukien coast reached Futing 105 miles north of Foochow and within 10 miles of the Chekiang border. Mengshan capture would widen a drive from Kweilin area toward Liuchan and Mengshan. American air strikes hit trains on the Ping-Hankow line and targeted Honan in support of ground troops.
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Heckbert Re elected Alberta Legion President for Third Term
Carl Heckbert of Vermilion was elected Wednesday by acclamation to a third two year term as president of the Alberta Provincial Command of the Canadian Legion at the 14th provincial convention. J Hartley Macleod named treasurer, Ralph W Henderson opposed for president Calgary No. 1 branch. Delegates also chose regional commanders and officials for 1947 Edmonton convention.
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Vermilion
Alberta
Canadian Legion
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J Hartley Macleod
Tiret
Ralph W. Henderson
braieh
King Says Quebec United On War Policy
Prime Minister Mackenzie King spoke in Quebec City praising unity in Liberal ranks after wartime conscription dissidents faded from view. He cited support from former minister Power and MP Charles Parent as proof of party cohesion. He indicated another answer lay in the government’s wartime victory.
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Big Osaka Arsenal Targeted in Third Large B-29 Raid
United States Army Air Forces reports a June Osaka raid with around 450 B-29 aircraft dropping high explosives and fire bombs on eastern industrial districts. The attack aimed at war production sectors while previous raids have burned out significant portions of the city’s industrial area and castle vicinity.
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Japan
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Orient
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Naha
TOKYO
Gomei agency
Demet
Asahi
Radio Tokyo
Will the Soviet Union Join the War on Japan
Foreign News Analyst argues that the Soviet Union is likely to enter the war against Japan, with timing uncertain and dependent on shifting European forces. He expects Moscow may act in summer or autumn as Siberian reserves relocate, but notes no guaranteed course change.
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DEWITT MACKENZIE
USB
Japan
Russia
Pacific
Sovet Union
Sberia
Moscow
Soviet union
Nippon
Shakeup Hits Japanese Ministry After Attack on Efficiency
In Tokyo a wholesale personnel shakeup in the ministry was reported, involving 67 people. The move follows a public attack on ministry efficiency by a major Tokyo paper and amid fears that a decline in performance is accelerating.
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Tokyo racin and
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Laval preps defence plea in Spain admits error
Pierre Laval, former Vichy premier, prepares his defence plea in a Spanish tar and admits his error in urging Frenchmen to clash with the Germans against Russia, according to the French daily newspaper id eration.
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Pierre Laval
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Laval
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Final death by own action Stand Seen As Okinawa Falls
The Okinawa battle nears its end as American forces suppress Kamikaze threats and seize Naha airport. Tokyo admits the campaign narrows Japan’s resistance while Osaka and other targets endure heavy raids. Marines push toward linking with forces on Luzon and Mindanao as Japanese resistance collapses amid dwindling garrisons.
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Naha
Rumors of Soviet Peace Offers Reported by NY Broadcast
A New York recall cites an ABC monitor noting reports from Moscow that the USSR was asked to transmit peace offers from Japan. The broadcast flagged the Russian ambassador to Japan returning to Moscow on business as part of the alleged reports, but no source was provided.
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Open Fight Over Veto Powers At UN Conference
San Francisco dispatch reports deep rift among Big Five on veto rights in the world security council. Russia favors uninterrupted veto, Britain the United States France and China seek discussion before veto. Delegation chiefs moved on minor treaty protections as talks stalled on a veto interpretation.
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Rev Macgillivray Installed As Moderator Of Presbyterians
Toronto June 7 10 Rev Macgillivray of St Andrews Church Sarnia Ont was elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada at the evening sessions of the General Assembly He was chosen on the second ballot over Rev George Donald Montreal and Rev Scott Fulton Chatham Ont succeeding Rev Slews art of Midland Ont who addressed the delegates
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Communists Urge Britain to Increase Agricultural Output
The Goma party urged Britain to maintain wartime crop acreage and press for expansion by 1948. They called for plowing up 3,750,000 acres of permanent grass and boosting the dairy herd to 3,750,000, with modest gains in beef cattle sheep poultry and pigs.
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Island Hopping With Fall Okinawa In Sight
Washington experts predict the next Pacific move after Guadalcanal will target Philippines, Marianas, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima. They see a major thrust against Japan or China, while Japan readies defenses and shifts forces from south China toward the home islands.
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Ma-rianas
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German four engine jet bomber aimed at New York postwar
Alexander de Seversky said Germany planned a four engine jet bomber to attack New York and eastern U S cities by round trip flights if the war had lasted longer. He quoted Goering and noted the ME 264 was close to development and fuel use aimed to extend range.
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