Indonesian leader appeals to US for mediation in Dutch fight
Soekarno of the Indonesian Republic appeals to the United States for mediation in the struggle for independence from the Netherlands. He speaks from Ban doeng and discusses a potential treaty and talks with J H Van Mook amid hopes for peace. Announcement of informal talks and third party presence signals shift toward a peaceful settlement. In Amsterdam, Dutch and Indonesian leaders consider democratic means to ease tensions as Allied forces move in at Soerabaja and a bleak jail situation unfolds for Europeans and Eurasians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RALPH MORTON
BATAVIA
A.P
Soekarno
United States
Netherlands
Sockarno
Bandoeng
Soekarnos
J. H. Van Mook
Netherlands East Indies
Van Mook
Sjarifuddin
Dutch East Indies
Holland
Indonesia
Aneta
Soerabaja
Java
Alled
LONDON
Reuters
Saigon
Biendoa
Victory Loan Drive tops $232 million in Canada
Canadians pledged $69,613,800 on Wednesday lifting the three day total for the ninth Victory Loan to $232,274,650. The British Columbia Yukon region exceeded targets with all services over the top led by the Navy at 171 percent and the Army at 134 percent. Canada Life Assurance led bond purchases with $15 million and the RCAF topped its objective with $8,463,550 in sales across two days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UAWA
victory
Canada
National War Finance Committee
B.C
British Columbia-Yukon
Navy
Army
Air Force
Ontario
Amor
Hearst
Smooth Rock Falls
Canada Life
Trenton
Winnipeg
eastern
Halifax
western
Vancouver
north-western
Edmonton
Victory Bond sales lead Alberta cities in campaign
ETHBRIDGE topped Alberta for Victory Bond sales with 1,272,600 or 62.5 of the quota. By Wednesday night 15,375 Albertans bought bonds totaling 7,109,000. overall sales reached 9,500,000 with armed forces at 750,000. Red Deer second at 43 of quota. Calgary and Medicine Hat neck and neck at 16. Edmonton 13. Wetaskiwin 12. Drumheller seven. Calgary early per-seller averages up 40 from last loan. Edmonton up about 50. Calgary leads Edmonton in the two city bond race toward 7,700,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ETHBRIDGE
Alberta
Red Deer
Lethbridge
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Wetaskiwin
Drumheller
Victory
Victory Bonds
William Muller
Canada
The Left Hand Corner on Fashion in Paris
The piece notes high costs for Parisian haute couture, with prices from 360 to 700 dollars and 4000 to 15000 francs for dresses and hats. It cites textile shortages and tax pressures, French export limits, and a top modiste in Paris who kept a mink as a fitting centerpiece while preparing fall collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
flow
Paris
Rain Slow BC Voting In City Polls
Rain kept polling slow in Vancouver Victoria and nearby Nanaimo as British Columbia voters cast ballots for a new legislature. A heavy Okanagan snowstorm disrupted lines with two feet of snow not far from Midway and Penticton, likely delaying returns. Premier John Hart's coalition administration seeks endorsement of its record.
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VANCOUVER
C.P
Victoria
British Columbia
Nanaimo
Vancouver Island
OKANAGAN
Kootenay
southcentral
Midway
Penticton
New Westminster
Vancouve
De Gaulle Grants Reprieve to Dentz
Paris October 25 Gen de Gaulle reprieved Gen Henri Dentz former French high commissioner in Syria condemned to death August 20 by the high court. Sentence commuted to life imprisonment for handing over French bases in Syria to the Germans and for offering resistance to the Free French when they entered Syria with British forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARIS
Reuters
de Gaulle
Henri Dentz
Syria
high court
Dentz
No Statement Yet On Packers Conference
Winnipeg, Oct. 25. Justice S E Richards said no statement will be issued before the end of the closed conference between United Packinghouse Workers Union delegates and officials of Canada’s three major packing firms. The talks, led by Richards, began with 28 union representatives and 12 company delegates, as workers seek a 40 hour five day week with current pay for a 48 hour week amid possible strike action. The conference, expected to last several days, also involved executives from Canada Packers Swift Canadian Burns and company and legal counsel L A Forsyth.
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WINNIPEG
Canada
S. E. Richards
United Packinghouse Workers Union
C.I.O
Burns and company
Swift Canadian
Canada Packers
Justice Richards
J. S. McLean
G. R. Castle
Swift Canadian company
R. J. Dinning
L. A. Forsyth
Montreal
Louis J. Clark
Chicago
packinghouse workers union
Fred Dowling
Jacques Casgrain
U.P.W A
Quebec
Maritime provinces
ence
Hull
Que
Moncton
Justice S. E. Richards
Senate committee backs UN charter ratification in Canada
OTTAWA Oct 25 The senate external affairs committee recommended that the upper house approve Canada's participation in the United Nations Organization and ratify the UN charter drafted in San Francisco after speeches by delegates Justice Minister St Laurent Gordon Graydon and M J Coldwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OTTAWA
senate
Canada
United Nations Organization
San Francisco
Justice
St. Laurent
Gordon Graydon
Peel
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Pincher Creek Victory Loan unit hits big milestone
Pincher Creek unit in the Victory Loan has surpassed its target by 506,000 dollars, reaching 110 percent of the objective. The unit’s total raised to date stands at 2,728,100 dollars, described as a magnificent record by Fred King, loan public relations executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pincher Creek
Victory Loan
Victory Lion
vari
ous Victory Loans
Fred King
Water Rats Start Home From Holland
The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division known as Water Rats begins its journey home from Holland to the United Kingdom with movement orders to ship half the force by November 15. A daily flow of 600 men through Nijmegen will see 465 officers and 8,456 other ranks depart in the first two weeks of November, leaving about 4,279 for later movement. The schedule lists Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, Lorne Scots, engineers, field batteries, and other units part of the Canadian Corps London line up heading home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BILL BOSS
AMSTERDAM
C.P. Cable
Canada
fortress
Europe
Holland
United Kingdom
Nijmegen
Renew Efforts End Dock Strike in Britain
London reports union leaders renew efforts to end the 41,000 dockers strike over a $2.20 daily raise. Mass meetings are planned in London and Birkenhead as 65 ships wait in port while over 5,000 troops unload cargo from 35 ships and load 14 more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
Britain
Birkenhead
Canada loan to Belgium and other relief commitments
Parliament notes Canada will loan Belgium 25 million under the Exports Credit Insurance Act, exhausting the 100 million fund, with plans to expand lending powers. Other loans include 19 million to Czechoslovakia and 25 million to the Netherlands, all tied to purchases of Canadian goods amid postwar reconstruction needs. No indemnity increase sought. Aimed at aiding reconstruction with preferential rates and conditions.
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OTTAWA
Canada
Belgium
MacKinnon
Ilsley
Czechoslovakia
Netherlands
Netherlands East Indies
Norway
Russia
France
Prince Konoye to relinquish title and court ranks
Tokyo October reports Prince Fumimaro Konoye plans to give up his title and all court ranks and privileges, owning full responsibility for his leading role in Japanese affairs since the war with China, according to Domei agency.
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TOKYO
China
Fumimaro Konoye
Japan
Domei agency
MacArthur Orders Japan to Sever Ties With All Foreign Governments
Tokyo October 25 General MacArthur ordered Japan to sever relations with all foreign governments and to turn over its diplomatic and consular properties and papers worldwide to the Allied powers. The directive, issued by Allied powers, called for immediate recall of diplomatic and consular representatives from neutral countries, and followed allied control implications seen in a prior banking and industry records order. The move coincides with Moscow criticisms of occupation policy and possible four power control, while Konoye reportedly renounced titles to enter politics as a private citizen and consider leading a liberal movement under MacArthur’s hint.
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TOKYO
MacArthur
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
joint chiefs of staff
Washington
Moscow
Domei
Fumimaro Konoye
Konoye
Koichi Kido
Worst Gale Strikes Britain as Storm Rages Across Coasts
A three day gale cripples cross channel service from Newhaven to France and batters Britain and western Europe. Mines wash ashore near Weymouth and along the south coast while the Queen Mary delays docking with 1,000 passengers aboard. The 80 mile per hour winds flood rivers, strand holiday camps, and force evacuations at Chiswell, Portland, and towns near the Isle of Wight. The Charles G Glover runs aground off St Nazaire but crew are safe. At least ten mines, likely German, are reported along the coast threatening hotels and towns.
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LONDON
Cross channel
Newhaven
France
Britain
Europe
United States
Charles G. Glover
St. Nazaire
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Bognor
Strike Ends in Movie Capital Except Warner Brothers
The Hollywood strike ends for most studios after 23 weeks, but Warner Brothers remains at issue. About 400 pickets stand at the Burbank studio as Herbert E. Sorrell explains the ongoing walkout over alleged tear gas and water use. Roughly 300 claimants seek damages up to 500 dollars each, with Warner Brothers expected to pay. Conference of Studio Union strikers off since March 12 may return to other studios by Monday.
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HOLLYWOOD
Warner Brothers
Burbank
Herbert E. Sorrell
Warners
Conference of Studio Union
A.F.S
Nobel prize awarded to Fleming and co workers in medicine
Nobel prize announced in Stockholm honors Sir Alexander Fleming for penicillin discovery and his co workers Sir Howard Florey and Dr E B Chain for their medical work. Voting in British Columbia elections reported light to medium amid rain and interior snow. 1300 British troops and 158 Canadians return from Japan and Hong Kong. Counter weapon ideas for atomic bomb discussed in Ottawa. Edmonton reports priority materials for veteran housing suites.
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STOCKSHOLM
Reuters
Alexander Fleming
Howard Florey
E. B. Chaim
Alexander
Karlinska Institute of
Stockholm
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CC.F
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Atlantic
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house
C.C.P
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Chiswell
Portland
Weymouth
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