Allied Powers Create Four Occupation Zones in Germany
The Allied declaration outlines Berlin’s greater area and four occupation zones for the Soviet Union United Kingdom United States and France with a rotating chief commandant system and inter Allied governing authority. It states Germany will cease hostilities and that control will be shared under the Allied control machinery.
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France
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Austria
Czecho-Slovakia
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Moscow
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Paris
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Soviet Union
Greater Berlin
United Nations
Control Council
Truman seeks $1.975B lend lease appropriation
President Truman sent a letter to Speaker Rayburn requesting a new lend lease appropriation of 1.975 billion dollars for the fiscal year beginning July 1. He said this would, with unobligated balances of 2.4 billion, form a total program of 4.375 billion to help end the war with Japan.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Japan
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Convoy Ships Suffer Iceberg Damage Before System Ends
In dense fog off the North Atlantic on May 27, twenty two ships in convoy were damaged by icebergs. Eleven were American, seven British, two Norwegian and two Dutch. this occurred the day before wartime convoy control ended except where combat continued.
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London
North Atlantic
Ministry of Information
Munich University loses vast art and book trove found in village
A village near Munich unearthed a library of rare books valued in the millions and dozens of paintings from Munich cathedral worth about 1 million dollars. The items were discovered during a routine security check in Kirchdorf, a settlement of under 40 homes. The collection had been sent to Kirchdorf a year earlier, according to Cardinal Theodinal Fault Haber, an anti Nazi prelate.
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Munich
University of Munich
Kirchdorf
Dinal Faulthaber
Stalin Agrees to Attend Big Three Conference
A Graz radio report, monitored by the FCC, says Marshal Stalin agreed to join a Big Three talks soon. It credits Harry Hopkins’ Moscow visit with shaping this development. Paris reports US opened 15th Army public schools in Aachen with 22 teachers, including two nuns, for German youth reeducation.
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Graz
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Marshal Stalin
Federal Communications Commission
Harry Hopkine
Moscow
Paris
Aachen
Wheat for Britain praised for Canadian freight effort
R. V. Biddulph European commissioner of the Canadian wheat board says Canada has done a grand job transporting wheat to Britain and continental Europe. He spent months in Canada and hopes his report to British authorities on overseas wheat shipments will be very hopeful. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
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Canadian Wheat Board
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Weyburn
Conscientious Objectors Donate Minds to Red Cross in Canada
About 10 700 designated alternative service workers across Canada contributed 1784 29 of their earnings to the Red Cross Society as military call ups paused for Europe. Labor Minister Mitchell says 5 to 15 percent of gross earnings go to Red Cross, depending on income and dependents, with continued service until regulations shift.
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Red Cross
British Books to Be Translated for Soviet Publish
A deal between Hutchinson and Co London and a Moscow publishing centre will see Russian translations of British titles issued in the Soviet Union under the agreement. The arrangement covers jointly publishing and distributing works across Soviet territories.
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London
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Churchill Replies To De Gaulle On Syria Ties
London. Prime Minister Churchill replies to Gen. de Gaulle denying British agents stirred Levant unrest. He says Britain will withdraw troops once a France Levant treaty is reached and denies seeking Levant territory or advantage. He notes a diplomatic misstep but affirms limited arms to Syrians and Lebanese to restore order.
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de Gaulle
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Middle East
Ontario election yields PC majority in 22nd provincial vote
Premier George Drew leads the Progressive Conservatives to a solid majority in Ontario's 22nd provincial election. PCs gain 66 seats while the CCF drops to six and Liberals hold ten, with Liberal Labor and Labor Progressive taking two each. Returns are civilian only, with service returns to follow. E. B. Joliffe and Mitchell Hepburn lose their seats as their parties falter. In London a separate note says about 1,000 German POWs are being repatriated to aid food production, with no officers or war criminals included.
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