Allied leaders vow total Japanese surrender and island returns
Churchill Roosevelt and Chiang Kai Shek sign a five day conference communique pledging unconditional surrender and dismantling of Japan. They outline restoring China’s territories, returning Formosa, Manchuria, and the Pacific islands, with Korea to be free in due course and Japan expelled from lands seized since 1894. The plan covers all lands taken during the Pacific war and across five wars.
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Cairo
Churchill
Roosevelt
Chiang Kai Shek
Japan
Pacific
Germany
Marshall
Caroline
Mariana
United States
Manchuria
Formosa
Pecadores
China
Korea
Philippines
Wake
Guam
Hong Kong
Malaya
Burma
Islands
Netherlands East Indies
Indo-China
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
MacArthur
Mark Twain Society Medal Goes To Prime Minister Churchill
Churchill acknowledges receipt of the Mark Twain Society gold medal for literary achievement in a letter to Cyril Clemens. The award honors his oratorical eloquence. Aftonbladet quotes BA quarters saying German fighter aircraft production fell from 1200 in April to 700 in October with seven of twelve main plants destroyed by Allied raids.
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Mark Twain Society
Churchill ST. Louis
Cyril Clemens
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Stommnem We Qoekholm
Aftontidningen
Storm Troop
Governor General awards at Ottawa investiture
Capt. Charles Schwerdt Royal Navy received the CBE at an Ottawa investiture. He commands an important East Coast base near Admiral George C. Jones Royal Navy, Ottawa vice chief of naval staff, who also received the CBE.
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Ottawa
Charles Mt. Schwerat
V.A
C.B.E
Schwerdt
George C. Jones, Ron
Ottawa, Ont
Naval Staff
William Henry Pferfinger Elkins, CB
Atlantic Command
J. C. Marcle
Air Vice Marshal Collishaw Retires With RAF Rank
Air Commodore Raymond Collishaw, famed Canadian ace and Western Desert commander, retires as air vice marshal. He downed 60 enemy planes in WWI and remains one of Canada’s top pilot aces behind Blaber and Barker. He served in the RAF after WWI, with posts across the Middle East.
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Read Cormenne
London
Raymond
Coilehaw
Western Desert
London Gaastte
Coflehane
Nanaimo
W. A
Billy) Blaber
Billy) Blaber, VC
W. G. Barker
Middle Ras
Collahaw
Britain
Collishaw
RAF
Special Services to Place Physically Handicapped Workers
Ottawa announces the opening of special services sections in several cities to place workers disabled by war or civilian accidents. Labor Minister Mitchell says experts will be appointed in Moncton Montreal Toronto Winnipeg and Vancouver to lead the program.
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Ottawa
Fiying Snant
Mitchell
Moncton
N.B
Montreal
Toronto
Winnipeg
Vancouver
NOT DISCUSSED Allies Dismiss Informal Armistice Proposals Of German Group
London reports say an anti Hitler Junker faction within Germany awaits a moment to attempt a government coup. Allies dismissed informal armistice offers as not from the government and far from unconditional surrender, while news channels cite unidentified sources.
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London
Germany
Churchill
Roosevelt
Stalin
United Nations
Grain Movements Aimed at Close of Lake Navigation
Sufficient grain moved to lakehead ports under the Canadian wheat board emergency shipping program begun in October to meet boats loading before navigation ends. A board meeting discussed transportation problems, noting lakehead elevators will be nearly empty as boats clear this fall. Emphasis on stocking lakehead grain for spring, winter rail movement of feed grains east, and wartime transport allocation by T. C. Lockwood of Montreal.
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Axehead
Winnipeg
Lakehead
Canadian Wheat Board
Canada
T. C. Lockwood
Montreal
Imperial Oil developing powerful new fuel for aviation
Charles Scrymgeour, general superintendent at Imperial Oil Limited, said a new "powerful fuel" blended with high octane aviation gasoline provides remarkable extra power. It is being produced at about 1 dollar per gallon.
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Imperial Oil, Limited
Charles Scrymgeour
Scrymgeour
Empire Council Urged For Canada In World Empire Policy
J. G. Diefenbaker urged forming an Empire council to handle defence shipping aviation migration and social security as part of a unitary empire foreign policy. He called for closer Canada Great Britain cooperation and a united empire policy emphasizing wartime objectives and postwar trade and peace.
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Edmonton
Social Securit
J. G. Diefenbaker
Lake Centre
Sask
Canadian Club
Canada
Great Britain
United States of America
United Nations
United Empire
British Empire
Research Facilities Plan Expanded Study of Farm Crops
Edmonton officials announce new western Canada extensions for intensive study of industrial uses of crops. Federal minister James A. MacKinnon says a western National Research Council unit will open at a prairie university center when equipment and staff are available. Allocations are being arranged.
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Edmonton
Canada
James A. MacKinnon
Trade and Commerce
National Research Council
Saskatoon
Weston
Council
Prairie Provinces
Mr. MacKinnon
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Veterans Guard of Canada
Nova Scotia
England
Canadian Postal Corps
Pte
A.C. West
Newmarket
Ont
Sgt. G. Beecroft
B.C
Empire Council
Rome
Italy
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