War crimes trial hears witnesses recount mass killings
A Chinese woman and other witnesses testified in Manila that Japanese troops under Lt Gen Yamashita committed brutal acts. Testimonies described 500 to 1,000 civilians slain, women burned, torture, rape, and the mass murder of foreigners at the Mama German Club and other sites on Feb 10 and Feb 13, detailing looting and arson.
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DEAN SCHEDLER
MANILA
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Francisco Lopez
film company
Yamashita
Left Hand Corner Brightens OR Room Lights
In an operating room, a corner lighting method eliminates shadows from the surgeon and instruments and reduces risk if lights fail. A Soviet engineer notes luminescent wall and ceiling paint activated by a mercury lamp, emitting glow after daylight or UV exposure for about 90 minutes.
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Engineer Morozov
solia
ceil
Attlee Party To Fly Nov 8 For Atomic Talks
London reports Prime Minister Attlee and about 15 party members will fly to Washington non stop to begin atomic energy talks with President Truman and Prime Minister Mackenzie King. King sails November 4 aboard the Queen Mary ending a month in Britain. Attlee will rely on Sir John Anderson for expert opinion.
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LONDON
Attlee
Washington
Truman
Mackenzie King
White House
KING
Ma King
United Kingdom
New York
John Anderson
atomic energy committee
Ford Picket Clash At Ford Motor Plant In Canada
In Windsor Ontario police attempted to enter the Ford Motor Company of Canada plant but were repelled by a strong picket line of United Auto Workers Local 200 members. A brief melee ensued with Chief Constable Claud Renaud and officers sustaining minor injuries. Police later prepared to escort security guards as ordered by the police commission amid a strike that has kept the plant closed since September 12.
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INDSOR
Claud Renaud
Ford Motor Company of Canada
United Automobile Workers
C.I.O
Walter Hall
police commission
Ford
W H Neale
Renaud
J J. Coughlin
Arthur Reaume
Make-Up Of Peace Army
Ottawa reports Defence Minister Abbott outlined Canada’s peacetime permanent army plans. The postwar force would total 20 000 to 25 000, built as a brigade group with two armored regiments and one medium artillery battery plus admin and training elements. Prewar units likely remain, including the Royal 22nd, Royal Canadian Regiment, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and armored units from Lord Strathcona's Horse and the Royal Canadian Dragoon. Further unit names to be announced.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Defence
Abbott
Abbotts
Royal 22nd
Royal Canadian Regiment
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Lord Strathcona
Horse
Royal Canadian Dragoon
Troops on the Move Homeward Bound to Halifax
Homeward bound Edmonton Fusiliers arrived at Halifax Lady Rodney on Friday with 30 officers and 531 other ranks returning from Newfoundland service. They were due at Halifax Lady Nelson on Saturday with 397 sick and wounded members of Canada’s armed forces from Great Britain.
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Halifax
Lady Rodney
Edmonton Fusiliers
Newfoundland
Lady Nelson
Canada
Great Britain
Government deposits rise in Canada weekly report
Dominion government deposits increased by 11,379,000 to 51,015,000 in the week ending Oct 31 as the Bank of Canada released its weekly financial statement. Chartered bank deposits grew 31,283,000 to 474,176,000 and notes in circulation rose 24,197,000 to 1,136,618,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOVT
OTTAWA
Dominion government
Bank of Canada
Cooperation pledged in labor conference
President Truman met with labor and employer leaders including John L Lewis to pledge cooperation as talks begin on a new labor management peace conference. The group, 24 union and management delegates, aims to replace the War Labor Board with a new machinery for dispute resolution.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Chiip Murry
C.I.0
Ira Mosher
National Assocation of Manufacturers
John
L Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
Roosevelt
Lewis
United States War Labor Board
Lord Gort resigns post as Palestine high commissioner
Lord Gort quits as high commissioner of turbulent Palestine amid British blame on Jewish elements for terrorism. Colonial Secretary George Wall calls the sabotage the most widespread in history, a plan by a substantial organization among Jewish communities. In Cairo anti Zionist protests erupt on the Balfour anniversary with a general strike and street clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
Lord Gort
Palestine
George Wall
Egypt
Cairo
Packinghouse workers settle on 45 hour week
The United Packinghouse Workers and companies reach a settlement basing pay on a 45 hour week instead of 48. A joint application to regional war labor boards seeks a 44 cent hourly increase and six paid holidays annually. UPWA sought 40 hours five days with pay for 48 hours. observers note a strike averted.
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UAWA
Mitchell
United Packinghouse Workers
CfQ
war labor boards
war j
Ottawa
Justice Richards
UPWA
Hitler Death Confirmed Official British Statement
Berlin reports the Allied Control Council released a British statement detailing evidence from eye witnesses that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun died shortly after 230 pm on April 30 1945 in the Reich Chancellery bunker. The report notes Hitler planned to flee to Berchtesgaden but stayed to defend Berlin.
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BERLIN
Reuters
Hitle
Allied Control Council
Hitler
Eva Binann
Reichs chancellery
ing
Berchtesgaden
Parliament news bullets report discharge points cut to 110 Ottawa
Ottawa reports reduce required points for privy discharge to 110 from 120 with 20 point industrial spread unchanged for those returning to former employment. Defence HQ also outlines surplus overseas equipment handling and postwar military readiness questions. Justice amendments to criminal code discussed with provincial attorneys general at Dominion provincial conference.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Defence headquarters
St Laurent
John Bracken
Dominion
Europe
Canada
War Assets Corporation
Defence Minis
Chinese Government Troops Land in Manchuria Ports
Chinese central government forces from the 13th 16th and 94th armies began landing from U S transports at Hulutao and Jingkow Yingkow in Manchuria after moving from Hai Phong Indo China and Hong Kong. A Tientsin dispatch says Russians will withdraw by Dec 1, with Chinese Communist forces massed in opposition.
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CHUNGKING
United States
Hulutao
Jingkow
Sao Tang Pao
China
Haiphong
Indo-China
Hong Kong
Yingkow
Newchowang
Manchuria
Tientsin
No Let-Up In Band Sales
Canada nears the billion-dollar mark in three weeks as heavy subscriptions push national total to $895.87,750 by last night. The first ten days' total exceeds the prior spring drive and Thursday shows aさらに large day with sales over $105 million, driven by cash payroll and other purchases, with continued strong demand and no sign of slackening.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Canada
national war finance committee
Blackmore urges more babies in postwar Canada
OTTAWA November 2 John Blackmore SC Lethbridge told the commons Canada needs more babies and wants them right away He urged permitting men in the postwar army to marry and to be able to support a family noting prewar limits on marriage for servicemen and pressing for measures to enable large families.
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OTTAWA
John Blackmore
SC Lethbridge
commons
Canada
Blackmore
Vigilance Against Jap Resurgence
Tokyo reports warn against a resurgence of Japanese militarist sentiment even as demobilized troops return from China. Allied officials say only a few ideologues push the danger, though large repatriations could heighten risk. Simultaneously, three Japanese army officers are under arrest over the 1942 Kiangwan airmen executions. Major Hata awaits transfer to Omori prison, with Lieut Yusef Wamitsu in custody.
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TOKYO
Aled
Elliot R. Thorpe
China
Thorpe
gene harmone
Japan
destiny
Allied
United States
Kiangwan
Shangai
Hata
Omori
Yusef Wamitsu
Yonefusa Wamitsu
Dockers End Five Week Strike In Britain
Thousands of dock workers across five major ports voted to accept a union plan to end a five week stoppage that idled hundreds of ships. The walkout, triggered by wage demands of 25 shillings a day, involved over 40 000 men at its peak and saw British soldiers pressed to unload cargo at more than 20 ports.
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LONDON
Britain
United
King oni
Premature Mitchell settlement questioned in Commons
Toronto lawyer for Canadian section of the CSO said Labor Minister Mitchell’s Commons statement on the packing house workers’ talks was premature. A preliminary settlement exists but agencies and government shares remain under discussion. no agreement on regional war labor board application.
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MITCHELL
WINNIPEG
E. B. Jolliffe
Toronto
C.SO
Jolliffe
regional war labor board
CAIRO
C.P
Alexandria
Port Said
Zagazig
Mansoura
CHAUNCEX
CALGARY
Chauncey
city
E. A. McCullough
James C. Watson
Civic Reform Association
Frank Freeze
SASK
REGINA
T. C. Douglas
Prince Albert Box Factory, Limited
C. S. Davie
Saskatchewan
provincial labor relations board
LAUZON
PELTIER
KINGSTON
Ont
Ulysse Lauzon
Joseph Peltier
Walter Koresky
Windsor
GREAVES
Robert J. Greaves
fifth Street South
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Bataan
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C. W. Turner
E. P. Reineke
University of Missouri
SPA
Russia
ANKARA
national assembly
Soviet Union
Ismet Inonu
Turkey
Bosporus
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Moscow
ansiety
Peace Army
Germany
Goebbels
Martin Bormann
Ludwig Stumpfegger
Speer
Albert Speer
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pode
Himmler
Gebhardt
Ritter Von Greim
Goering
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