Plan To Make German Zones Single Area
New York report on Byrnes and Bevin presenting a plan for economic fusion of Germany’s occupation zones. The joint statement vows a self sustaining area in three years, higher ration calories, and eventual European stability, with costs and Congressional approval pending.
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New York
James P Byres
Hiymes
Germany
United States
Hymes
Ernest Bevin
Europe
Byrnes
Byres
Congress
Truman Names Gardner Ambassador to Great Britain
President Truman appointed Treasury Undersecretary O Max Gardner as ambassador to Great Britain during the wartime alliance. Gardner, former North Carolina governor, replaces W Averell Harriman who became secretary of commerce. The move awaits Senate confirmation in January amid a Republican-controlled chamber.
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Truman
Treasur
Gardner
Great Britain
Washington
Treasury
O. Max Gardner
Britain
Europe
North Carolina
W. Averell Harriman
Court of St. James
London
Congress
Senate
Britain Denies Plans for Military Pact With United States
A Labor government source in London says Britain is not crafting any military pact with the United States that would force action in future contingencies. He refutes Daily Worker claims of a secret 10 year alliance, saying talks concern armaments integration within UN framework as Prime Minister Attlee noted.
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Britain
America
London
Daily Worker
United States
Unien
Attlee
United Nations
Decrease in Wheat Stocks Reported by Canadian Board
Winnipeg reports show visible wheat stocks in Canada for the week ending Nov 28 at 158 million 600 thousand bushels, down 1 million from the prior week and below 204 million 800 thousand from a year earlier. Pacific Coast totals reached 300 thousand bushels with Atlantic seaboard at 270 thousand. A newly appointed Canadian trade commissioner to Singapore said Canada will push to restore prewar trade with the Orient.
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Board of Grain Commissiors
Winnipeg
Canada
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Seaboard
German Science Valuable Aid To United States
War department says German and Austrian scientists have saved the United States over 750 million in basic research in rocketry and related fields. About 7 engineers arrived, with numbers rising to 1,000 as transport lines open. Many joined at Wright Field, White Sands, and Fort Bliss. Engineers include former Messerschmitt designer and Peenemunde director. They work on diesel engines, parachute tech, light metals fabrication, wind tunnels, jet propulsion, and synthetic fuels.
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Washington
United States
Rock
War Department
Wrightfield
White Sands Rocket-Proving Ground
New Mexico
Bremen
Messerschmitt Aircraft Works
Peenemunde
Baltic
Russia
Great Britain
Canada
Fort Bliss
Tex
White Sands Proving Ground
FAO
7 Knights of the Garter include Viscount Alexander of Tunis
The king appointed Marshal Viscount Alexander of Tunis and six other leading wartime figures to Knights of the Garter, Britain's highest order of knighthood, the government disclosed.
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Viscount Alexander London
Viscount Alexander of
Tunis
Britain
Canada
Knights of the Garter
Drug shipment arrives for Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha
A United States Army plane landed from Germany carrying a quantity of the drug Streptomycin for Premier Ismail Sidky Pasha. The delivery is reported as part of medical assistance efforts during ongoing tensions in the region.
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United States Army
Germany
Ismail Sidey Pasha
Lead U S Navy Expedition Ships Depart for Antarctic
The flagship Mt Olympus along with the Northwind Pine Island and Brownson left Hampton Roads on December 2 heading to the South Pole. Four thousand personnel under Rear Admiral Richard E Byrd begin an eight to twelve month exploratory mission combining scientific and military testing in Antarctica.
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South Pole
MT. Olymus
United Sates
Antarcica
Hampton Roads
Norfolk
Mt. Olympus
Northwind
Pine Island
Brownson
Virginia
Richard E Byrd
Ducks Go West Abberta Man Claims Ducks Fly to Pacific Coast
Hamm of Wembley Alberta says proof ducks cross the Rockies from Peace River to the Pacific. He released 1,111 ducks last year with 120 returns, 87 of which were killed on the coast. This year he banded 1,163 ducks awaiting further proof of their westward migration. Argentina plans to buy bread within a year and acquire an aircraft carrier cruiser three submarines and landing craft for marines.
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Abberta
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Wembley
Alta
B. Hamm
Alberta
Rocky Mountains
Peace River District
Mr. Hamm
Buenos Aires
Navy Ministry
Argentina
Training pool urged for western health plan
Winnipeg report from Rockefeller Foundation recommends a four province joint pool to train dentists medical and psychiatric social workers dietitians and medical specialists. It urges each province to form a joint government university planning committee and praises Manitoba plan as the most realistic in Canada.
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Winnipeg
Rockefeller Foundation
Manitoba
Rockefeller
University of Manitoba
Canada
Thieves Loot City Laundry for Shirts Only
A group entered the city laundry and opened three parcels. They took five shirts, leaving the rest of the items untouched. They offered no request for money or valuables. The incident focuses on the unusual theft of garments rather than monetary loss. Police investigation pending.
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ST. Ths
First Woman Nominated as House Chair in Britain
Paton, Labour MP for Rushcliffe Nottingham, is named one of two chairmen by the Speaker for the current British parliamentary session. A former schoolteacher, she is the first woman to receive such an assignment from the Speaker.
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Nudges
Ace Paton
Ruschliffe
Nottingham
Alberta Livestock Sets Record For November Trade
Alberta stockyards handled livestock valued at $3,351,437 during November, an all time monthly record, officials say. The total excludes hundreds of thousands of dollars moved directly by local packing plants.
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Calgary
Alberta
Alberta Stockrds Company
Rhodes scholar McDonald to study at Oxford
Saskatchewan selects James Albert McDonald of St Albert Alberta as 1946 Rhodes Scholar. The 27 year old Navy veteran, son of Mr and Mrs J D McDonald, graduates in arts and sciences and pursues honors in economics. He will study advanced economics at Oxford.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
James Albert McDonald
St. Albert
Alta
McDonald
J. D. McDonald
Oxford
Canada to Bring Home Overseas Troops Soon
Ottawa reports 1800 Canadian troops overseas with about 1020 set to sail for Canada December 10 on the liner Samaria while 600 depart in January on the Aquitania. About 150 plan to take discharges in England and settle there as others stay in the United Kingdom on duty. London confirms wartime production gains and a September employment total of 6,545,000 with 359,000 unemployed, up from June 1945.
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Ottawa
Canada
Samaria
England
United Kingdom
Canadian
Lonvun
Farmers May Be Asked To Cut Wheat Acreage
The Dominion conference on agriculture urged Canadian farmers to sow 24 million acres of wheat in 1947, a 1.6 million acre cut from 25.6 million. It set seed grain targets including oats at 14310 200 acres and barley at 30 500 acres, with incentives debated to boost barley. The plan aims to maintain meat and dairy output, raise rye to 487 100 acres, and leave sum merfallow in the prairie provinces at 18 811 100 acres, with mixed grains target at 1 453 400 acres, up from 590 300.
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Domwtoe-provine Agricultuual Conference
Harley
Sean Darley
Prairie Provinces
Quebec
Ontario
STRIKE IN FIRE AT Mears NO SUGAR 1 FACTORY
Dublin reports a sugar factory strike by Fire employees affecting Christmas supplies. Workers resist union orders to return, demanding better pay and working conditions. Provisional talks with the Irish Sugar Company failed, government backing only to negotiate with unions, deadlock continues.
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Mears
Dublin
Fire
Radar distance dial aids pilots for ground distance readouts
A new radar device by the native council lets airplane pilots gauge their distance from a ground station at a glance, like a car dashboard. It promises high accuracy even when ground visibility is poor. Preliminary models have been tested, and a Canadian airline project is under way.
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Ottawa
Thieves Nabbed in German Occupation Zone Train Robberies
Police report 15 gang members arrested by Ayin umns railway police and Russian military police after a wave of train robberies in the Russian occupancy zone. Officials say attacks declined though 27 robberies occurred in October. A separate note mentions a dog trial and a Toronto whist club bridge tournament barring Leon Beard of Port of Spain.
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Mave
Ifteen
Raiteways
Ayinumns
Fauissian
Rusean
Toron
A. M. Sobel
New York
Leon Beard
Port of Spain
Toronto
Chapel memorial to 200 RAF pilots destroyed by fire
In Biiginh ill Kent England RAF chapel built as a memorial for about 200 pilots from the Battle of Britain era was destroyed by fire in 2002.
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Biiginhill
Kent
England
RAF
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