Party Merger in Russian Zone Worries London
London watches fast moving fusion talks in the Russian sector as German Communists push a merger of the Social Democrats with the Communist party. If realized, a one party system may emerge, sidelining Christians and Liberals and widening East West political rifts.
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London
Foumsian
Germany
Social Democratic
Communist Party
Social Democrats
Comunists
Christian Democats
Liberal Democrats
Mail
Culd
Kurt Schumacher
Schumacher
Wilhelm Pieck
Stalin
NEW RESERVE ARMY TO BE REAL DEFENCE POWER Savy Brig Mann says
Brig Churchill Mann of Military District No 2 in Toronto says the postwar reserve army will be the real power of Canada’s defence. He urges adequate accommodations and modernized training to attract volunteers and says ceremonial dress will end for reserve units. He notes prewar gear cost and laments the loss of the fancy dress and plumed helmets. Riverside reports four women drivers at March Field released after safe records exceeding 300,000 miles each.
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Mann Toronto
Ike
Canada
Churchill Mann
Citizen Army
Dominion
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Mann
Dragoons
Riverside
Army
March Field
Wartime Demobilization Planned for Canada This Year
Ottawa defence chief Abbott announced demobilization and discharge of all wartime forces by October or November with all dependents returning by December. Navy strength set at 10 000, with three operational commands and reserves. active fleet to include one carrier, two cruisers, eight destroyers and support ships.
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Ottawa
Defence
Abbott
Canada
K. Abbott
Tron
Pacific
Atlantic
Feet
Western
Central
Eastern
United
Epidemic Spreads Through York Factory Posts
Northern Trading at The Pas reports two deaths from a mild influenza outbreak that moved from York Factory to coastal trading settlements. Dr. Robert F. Yule, after a four day tour of Indian settlements, says about 300 residents were affected, with only two not ill on arrival.
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York Farthorn
Robert F. Yule
Department of Indian Affairs
Yule
York Factory
Policy search unfolds for postwar Japan handling
Statesmen from 11 nations reopen talks on Allied policy for Japan. Secretary Byrnes stresses unity of action and purpose to prevent future wars. A new far eastern commission meets at the Japanese embassy with Maj Gen Frank McCoy as chairman and Nelson Johnson as secretary general. Russia participates via Nikolai Novikov, while objections over veto powers persist but all members pledge to proceed.
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Eastern Commission
Byrnes
Frank Bo McCoy
Nelson T Johnson
United States Amtaecador
China
Britain
United States
Russia
Far Eastern Advisory Commission
Nikolai V. Novikov
Japan
Churchill Receives Honorary Degree at Miami Commencement
In Miami Florida Winston Churchill received an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Miami before about 20 000 people at the Orange Bowl. He urged nations to educate war veterans and praised US effort to restore their interrupted educations.
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Miami
Winston Churchill
Fla
Orange Bowl
University of Miami
Miami Beach
Churchill
United States
Canadian Flying Officer Awarded the George Medal
In Ottawa the George Medal was awarded to Flying Officer J. J. Baillie of Westville Nova Scotia for outstanding gallantry in rescuing three men from a Burma crash in 1945. Baillie, who joined the RCAF in 1942 after transferring from the army, was navigator when the aircraft crashed near Myin Gan airstrip. Despite severe injuries and clothing on fire he dragged two Indian ranks clear and then returned to rescue the delirious wireless operator despite further burns.
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Ottawa
J. J. Baillie
Westville
N.S
Ac Burma
RCAF
FO. Baillie
Army
Myingan
Burma
Must share guilt claim challenges Nazi blame in German role
In Frankfurt Pastor Martin Niemller urged Germans to shoulder the mountain of guilt for the war, saying blame cannot rest solely on Nazis or war criminals. He criticized the church for not opposing Nazi horrors early and noted Germany's guilt is undisputed.
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Worder
Frankfurt
Die Hard
United States
Martin Niemeller
Kemoeller
Germany
Sholto Douglas Named RAF Chief in Germany Role
Air Chief Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas named commander in chief of British forces in Germany succeeding Viscount Montgomery. Douglas to be military governor of the British occupation zone and a member of the Allied control commission under the postwar command structure.
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Samed Monty
Sholto Douglas
Marcal
RAF
Germany
Viscount Montgomery
Imperial General Staff
Sholto
Allied Control Commission
Staying On Job Workers In France Think Strikes
In France a unsettled political climate and weak purchasing power push workers to stay at work. Prewar production is down to about three quarters in farming and industrial output at roughly nine percent. Labor leaders avoid strikes to prevent deeper hardship as prices rise and shortages persist amid black markets.
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France
Paris
Community Chest Drives Expected To Cost More This Year
Edmonton estimate puts national drives at about six million dollars for 1946. Nora 20 of Ottawa, assistant director of the Canadian Welfare Council, cites unaddressed postwar needs as the reason for higher goals compared with last year’s five and a half million. Tokyo report notes British occupation orders limiting home visits by troops as 5,800 more Australians arrive at Kure with US forces promoting open mingling in public and private spaces.
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Edmonton
Canada
Nora “20
Ottawa
Canadian Welfare Council
Tokyo
John Northcott
Kure
United States
Truman Calls Conference on Food Situation
President Truman convened a White House conference of influential Americans with Hoover and 12 others to mobilize a voluntary program reducing consumption to avert famine abroad. UNRRA and relief efforts face shortfalls as Canada exceeds its quota while the US lags in meat and wheat deliveries amid wartime shortages.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
White House
Nations Relief Ation Administration
Europe
India
Asia
Canada
United States
Informati Bie
UNRRA
Raymond Swine
Swing
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Allied Control Council
Imperial Chemical Industries
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Cania
Bevin
U.N.C. Security Council
Indonesia
Ernest Bevin
Security Council of the
UNO
NEW Reserve Army
D.C
John W. Foote
Dieppe Beach
Hamilton
Port Hope
Ont
Camp Borden
Byres
Chamber of Shipping of
United Kingdom
Chambers
Toronto
James D. Pearson
Rolls-Royce Group
England
Calcutta
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