New Charter To Enforce Peace Approved In San Francisco
San Francisco diplomats approve a new world charter defining a 11 member security council with permanent seats for United States Britain Russia China and France and rotating powers. The council may impose military economic sanctions and deploy forces to avert war under the Dumbarton Oaks framework. The action moves toward final conference approval with ongoing debates on voting procedures and procedures among the big five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
a@ security council
Tts
Opera House Wax Committee
United Nations
Council
United States
Russia
Britain
France
China
Germany
Commission
Dumbarton Oaks
Security Council
World Organization
Ships Paid Off as Canadian Convoy Vessels Surplus
Sydney harbor hosts 26 surplus Royal Canadian Navy ships including five four stacker destroyers three Bangor class mine sweepers and 18 corvettes. Vessels, with storied service from rescues to escorting war materials, will be dismantled and scrapped at Sydney then sent to Sorel for War Assets Corporation disposal. HMCS Chambly, commanded by Lt Cmdr J B Shaw, is noted as the first Canadian ship in this or any war to sink a German U boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Sydney Harbor
Japan
Sorel
Que
War Assets Corporation
Hmc.$ Chambly
Cmdr
J. B Shaw
RCNVR
Victoria
Eisenhower Honored With London Civic Freedom And Merits
London paid homage to Gen. Eisenhower with honorary freedom of the City and the Order of Merit, as a grand procession from Temple Bar to Guildhall celebrated the Allied Commander who led Allied victory in Europe. The King later invested him with the Order of Merit at Buckingham Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gen
Eisenhower
Empire
Gen. Eisenhower
Temple Bar
Guildhall
Sir Arthur Tedfer
Church M
Germany
Buckingham Palace
United States
New Tapping Methods Boost Rubber Yields
New tapping techniques devised by Mexican experts last year have led to unprecedented rubber production in the last ten months, with trees yielding unusually high quantities.
JAP RECRUITS KASLO BC NISEI RECRUITED FOR ASIATIC WAR
The New Canadian reports that Nisei Canadians are receiving advanced training in India for roles in the Asiatic war. Recruits were asked by Britain and selected from volunteers earlier in the year, then stationed in England before sailing to India. A recruit praises British officers and notes better conditions while expecting to take on soldiering more seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaslo
India
Japan
Britain
England
Air Admiral Denis W. Boyd Named Admiral for the Air
London reports the appointment of Vice Admiral Denis W. Boyd to a newly created flag post as Admiral for the Air. The purpose is to integrate naval aviation more closely with general naval administration as more than a third of naval personnel are involved in flying duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Denis W. Boyd
General Naval Administration
Admiralty
Railroad coaches cut for civilian travel in August
Washington reports that civilian rail space will drop by 50 percent in Pullman cars and 10 to 12 percent in coaches from August onward. Transportation Director J Monroe Johnson announced the reduction citing wartime constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
J Monroe Johnson
Giant Holiday Centre Proposed for Hastings England
A half mile long national holiday complex is proposed for Hastings. It would feature the world’s largest holiday building and cost about £4,000,000, roughly $18,000,000, transforming the seaside town into a major leisure destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Engiana
Military promotion Ottawa announces Col. E. B. Wilson acting brigadier
National Defence Headquarters announces the promotion of Col. E. B. Wilson 41 of Edmonton to the acting rank of brigadier, in Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Col
E. B. Wilson
Edmonton
National Defence Headquarters
Tokyo plant fire from American bombs reported
JAPAN NEWSPAPER BOMBED SAN FRANCISCO. The Japanese Comei agency reported part of its plant in Tokyo had been burned by American fire bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Comei Agency
Tokyo
Napoleon’s Balloon Invasion Plan For England
Napoleon outlined an ambitious air invasion of England using balloons to transport an army across the Channel. The plan envisioned widespread balloon fleets and coordinated landings to seize strategic coastal positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
England
Channel
Hitler's Sister Hidden by Allied Forces Near Berchtesgaden
Paula Hitler, Adolf Hitler's sister, under house arrest near Berchtesgaden, living with Dietrich Eckhart after 101st Airborne capture. She says Hitler ordered her to rename to hide surviving relatives and that she married recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Joseup
Paula Hitler Wolf
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
101St Airborne Division
Dietrich Eckhart
Navy creates flying admiralty post in hard war shift
London reports that more than one third of the Navy’s personnel are in flying duties as Vice Admiral Denis W. Boyd is named to a new flag appointment. In Carlionne, Maj Gen Sir Edward Spears argues that German Gestapo and Nazi functionaries should be deported without trial to a desert island or sparse African tract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlione
England
Edward Spears
Syria
Gestapo
Africa
Ottawa plans August parliament session for tax cuts
Government sources say Prime Minister Mackenzie King will convene Parliament by mid August to push pledgees for tax relief. Finance Minister Isley signaled wartime tax reductions while a 25 percent cut is speculated. Also eyed is repeal of the 25 percent luxury tax on jewelry at the August session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Intermet
Mackenzie King
Finance
J. L. Isley
RAF to be reduced to about one third strength
The British Air Ministry announced the RAF will shrink to about one third of its current strength of roughly 1,000,000 personnel within a year. Readjustments for the war against Japan include release of many groups, retraining and remustering, and new recruiting. Some RAF staff have already transferred to the navy. The European war kept 75 percent at home to support Germany air raids. in the Japan war home-based personnel will fall to 60 percent. Buy War Savings Stamps regularly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Air Ministry
RAF
London
R.A.F
Air Ministry
Japan
Germany
Food Shortage In Europe Calls For Self‑Sufficiency Plan
London reports bleak European food data with livestock losses totaling over 11 million cattle and 11 million sheep by mid 1942. Milk output already down about 35 percent. Allies urge reconstructing Europe’s agriculture and requisitioning crops post liberation to seed recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Balkans
Low Countries
France
Scandinavian Countries
United Nations
Agricultural Committee
Dhuteaur
Ration Coupons Extended Collection Interval for Lodgings
The board announces hotels boarding houses and summer tourist homes may collect ration coupons every four weeks starting June 1 to align with coupon validity. Each four week period requires one sugar two butter three preserve coupons from residents. New or temporary residents wait four weeks before the first collection and short stays under four weeks require no ration books.
Dickens London Commemorations Across Soviet Towns
On the the death of Charles Dickens in June 1870 Soviet towns hold exhibitions and lectures as reported by the Soviet news agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Charles Dickens
Ghost radio in Wiesbaden revives Hitler legend
Army authorities trace a drifting midnight radio station operating from Wiesbaden Germany for more than two weeks. The ghost broadcaster airs pro Hitler content, attempting to revive the Nazi legend and spread propaganda. Authorities seek to identify operators and shut down the transmissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiesbaden
Germany
Hitler
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. B. Pearson
Yalta
Cy Ant
Ilitary Promotion
Royal Navy
Naz
Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
U.S. Pacific Fleet
H.M.S. King George V
Guam
Sir Bernard Rawlings
Levant
Bernard Paget
Middle East
Terence Shone
Beirut
Churchill
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!