Truman Denies U.S. Planning to Attack Russia
President Truman secured a silent pledge from Commerce Secretary Wallace and released a joint War and Navy denial, stating no military leaders advocate a preventive war on Russia before it has atomic bombs. Wallace had criticized such thinking, while Truman backed Byrnes and his methods.
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Washington
Truman
Commerce
Wallace
United States
Russia
Itlso
War
Navy
Army
Byrnes
Byres
Western coal wage hike to lift western mine pay
Sources forecast a 50 cent per ton domestic coal price rise as 9000 miners press for a $140 daily wage increase. The deal, needing War Labor Board ratification, would raise average daily output valued at 35 tons and lift miners' pay from 7.55 to 8.95 dollars daily, with welfare funds and holiday provisions boosting costs.
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Calgary
Western Canada
War Labor Board
Min | Tex
Estevan
Saskatchewan
Vancouver I
Alberta
British Columbia
Trail BC
Alberta Townships Declared Crop Failure Areas
Government declares 406 Alberta townships as crop failure areas for Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act bonuses. Areas in the province's southern region show average wheat yields below five bushels per acre, triggering eligibility for farmers under the act.
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Alberta
C. E Gerhart
Stern
Canadians Maintain Sugar Ration and Price Levels
Ottawa officials confirm no changes to sugar ration or price for Canadians. Dominion bureau of statistics reports stocks as of August 10 fall to 99,844,580 pounds from 108,722,723 the prior week and 165,073,298 a year earlier.
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Ottawa
United States
Prices Board
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Eee
Walking Sticks Brought for Cancer Research
June Tait of the Red Cross reports a swarm of Walking Sticks insects. The Red Cross collects them for Dr. W. R. Franks who is conducting cancer research.
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Urgently Sheeders
June Tait
The
Red Cross
W. R. Franks
Atomic Bomb Spreads Havoc At Bikini Island
Washington reports the underwater atomic explosion at Bikini Island challenged wartime doctrine. It suggested new, enduring threats beyond conventional defense, with long lasting inactivity and potential worldwide disruption. The blast raised questions about protection, national security talks, and the lasting horror of depth-charge style atomic weapons.
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Bikini Island
Washington
Bikini
New York
Luxury squatters in Britain begin evacuation amid police clash
Britain’s Communist led luxury squatters at the Ivanhoe Hotel and Duchess of Bedford House move to quit after government orders. Dozens depart as labor unions push back, and authorities warn prosecutions for defying court edicts. Squatters say they will march out together seeking humane treatment.
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Britain
London
Mort
Bloomsbury
Duchess of Bedford House
Kensington
New Currency In Japan Korea Ryukyus Set Sept 30
Allied headquarters announced all military currency in Japan Korea and the Ryukyus will switch to a dollars and cents basis starting Sept 30. Certificates will range from five cents to ten dollars and replace the occupation a yen currency fixed at 15 cents per dollar for Allied troops.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
The
Ryukyus
Allied
Gambling ship seized under admiralty laws in California
United States authorities seized Tony Cornero Stralla’s gambling ship Bunker Hill off Long Beach California after Coast Guard boarded the vessel. About 70 sailors participated as officers argued the craft operated beyond its licensed coastwise trade. Proceedings for condemnation were to be instituted.
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United States
Jong Beach
Calif
United States Justice Department
Tony Cornero Stralla
Bunker Hill
Coast Guard
Coast
Lady Luck
James M Ter
Polio Research Plans Use Monkeys for Study
Dr H OM Weaver of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced large scale importation of Cynomolgus macaque monkeys as the leading research tool against polio. A six month expedition into the Netherlands East Indies and the Philippine Islands will begin to locate these primates, with about 5000 being seeded annually to spur infantile research.
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Washington
National Foundation For
H OM Weaver
Foundation
Netherlands East Indies
Philippine Islands
Bishop Warns Whites To Leave Eskimos Alone
The Winnipeg Kinsmen club heard Bishop Martin urge whites to stop influencing northern native Canadians. He praised Eskimos as a happy, hardworking people living off the land and independent from outsiders. In Sofia a plebiscite made Bulgaria a republic, nine year old Simeon left by train for exile in Egypt.
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Eskimiers
Martin
Winnipeg
Sofia
Simeon
Bulgaria
Egypt
Elevators in Moose Jaw for Wheat Storage
Moose Jaw MP W Ross Thatcher urged city council to contact the wheat board about using government elevators for wheat storage. He noted no wheat is stored or cleaned there, with eight layoffs reducing staff to 10 from 20. peak capacity staff is 60. Council moved to seek information and explore reactivation of the elevator. The rest of the snippet covers Dieppe memorial events in France and a Vancouver salmon fishing article.
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Moose Jaw
W. Ross Thatcher
City Counci
Wheat Board
Thatcher
Council
Fort William
E. J. Hemming
Future of Agriculture at Stake at FAO Conference
Copenhagen report says James Ture, head of the international federation of agriculture producers and of the Welsh farmers union, warned the FAO conference that agriculture's future was at stake. Main agenda centered on plans for a World Food Board to stabilize farm prices as the LFAP moves toward a permanent body in 1947 with 31 member countries.
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Copenhagen
James Ture
International Redertion of Agriculture Producers
National Farmers Union
Engand
Wales
Food and Agricultural Organization
World Food Board
IFAP
London
FAO
Herbert Hannam
Ottawa
LFAP
Presient
Canadian Federation of Agriculture
Turner
FAP
Canada
John Boyd Orr
F.A.C
LEAP
F.A.O
Student exchange between Canada and Holland planned
Berend D Bangma of the University of Amsterdam and Canadian students group officials discuss a Dutch Canadian university student exchange with homes as host stays and only travel costs borne by students. Toronto will serve as Canadian headquarters on return. Textbook scarcity in Holland highlighted.
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Ucross
Canada
Holland
Edmonton
Berend D. Bangma
Studnts
Bangma
University of Toronto
Forest Fires Ravage Far North Amid Dry Season
Northwest Territories and Yukon affairs chief inspector MacKay Meikle reports extensive forest fires across the far north from Fort Smith to Aklavik due to a very dry season. Carelessness by prospectors and Indians is blamed in many cases. An air strip at the Dorado mine near Great Year Lake enables large planes to land, boosting tonnage.
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Edmonton
MacKay Meikle
Ottawa
Northwest Territories
Meikle
Dorado Mine
Great Year Lake
Wheat prices rise for straight grades at Canadian ports
Wheat prices gain 19 cents for r aight grades with No 2 W and No 3 CW priced at 2.20 in Fort William Port Arthur and Vancouver stores. Export prices for corresponding straight grades to non UK countries show one Northern 2.05 two Northern 2.02 and three Northern 2.00. Increases in Durum grades reflect high US Durum premiums.
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Fort William
Port Arthur
Vancouver
United Kingdom
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