Planning Relief For Europe Is Big Problem
Montreal reports from UK and US military commands and UNRRA boards outline relief needs for Europe. Six month army-led relief plan has already been exceeded in Italy and may extend to France. Italy would receive a UNRRA allotment not exceeding 50 million dollars with two thirds support, aimed at postwar Italy, not Germany. Canada allocations include 2.25 million yards of woven woollen goods and 24,000 tons of farm machinery.
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Montreal
United Nations Relief and Rehabiitation Administration
Europe
United Kingdom
United States
Combined Food Board
Combined Raw Materials Board
Combined Production and Resources Board
UNRRA
Mittery
Italy
France
Production and Resources Board
Germany
United Kingom
Canada
Retiring Sask. Lieutenant Governor Archibald McNab
Regina report confirms Hon. Archibald P. McNab will retire October 1 at age 80 after eight years as lieutenant-governor, citing health. A pioneer of the prairies, he served in the legislature for Saskatoon, cabinet minister roles, and on the local Government board.
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Regina
The
Prairies
Archibald P. McNab
Saskatchewan
Government House
Ottawa
McNab
Saskatoon
Canada to X ray 5000 troops in tuberculosis survey
The Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps launched a comprehensive tuberculosis survey of active army personnel in Canada. A test group of 5,000 officers and men from each military district will receive chest X rays to identify early cases and gauge the current disease rate among service members aged 35 and under with over 18 months in active service and no recent X ray.
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Ottawa
Canada
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Defence Headquarters
Holland Flooded as Allied Airborne Landings Reported
Ed Murrow, representing the combined radio networks, described in a broadcast the near total flooding of the Netherlands coast and inland areas with only isolated green patches showing above the water as Allied airborne landings in Holland were witnessed.
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New rOnk
Netherlands
Ed Murrow
Radio
Holland
Museums planned for Lagos Benin Ife centers of art
To Washington government officials announce Nigeria will host museums in Lagos and Benin and Ife, famed for brasswork and bronze sculpture, underscoring aims to showcase African art abroad.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Benin
Ife
Ottawa Defence HQ cites well trained Canadian reinforcements
The defence headquarters issued a statement declaring Canadian reinforcements are well trained in Canada and continue training in the United Kingdom, including grenades Bren gun and Piat. It said no complaints have been received from the overseas commander about insufficiency in training.
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Ottawa
Canada
Haveeen
Conny Smythe
Toronto
Maj. Smythe
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Romanian Dictator Ton Antonescu Handed to Soviets
A Moscow statement says Marshal Ton Antonescu, Romania’s deposed dictator, has been transferred to Soviet custody along with four other Romanian officials and five leading Germans. The broadcast says he may be a suitable candidate for inclusion on a list of war criminals.
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Nanian
London
Ton Antonescu
Russian High Command
Moscow
Soviet Information Bureau
Antonescu
Slightly lower Winnipeg wheat crop protein content in 1944
Interim report from the board of grain commissioners' laboratory estimates Western wheat protein at 12.3 percent, slightly below 1943. Manitoba averages 12.6 percent, Saskatchewan 13.4, Alberta 13.7, with 1943 comparisons in parentheses.
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Winnipeg
Board of Grain Commissioners’ Laboratory
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadians Helped Defeat The Buzz Bomb Threat
London reports Canadians played a major role in Britain s eightieth day struggle against the V-1 flying bombs. Edmonton night intruder squadron Mosquitos claimed 79 percent of downed buzz bombs, Canadian ack ack gunners contributed in south coast batteries, and top scorer Sqdn Lar Joseph Berry of the RAF notched 60 victories. Wing Commander Bob Beaumont led a Tempest wing with 23 kills and helped shape tactics to outrun the inbound weapons. Balloon barrage around Buzz Bomb Alley also reduced losses.
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Britain
City of Edmonton
England
St Laurent Afloat Takes Nazi Survivors Aboard
For a second time the Canadian destroyer St Laurent hosted German survivors from a U boat sunk by RAF coastal command aircraft. The navy press release says a large number of sailors were picked up after the sub went down. In a prior incident 45 Germans were rescued from another destroyed U boat. One officer claimed Vancouver ties and spoke English, unaware of Warsaw and Allied advances in France.
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Ottawa
St. Laurent
Navy
RAF Coastal Command
Swansea
North Atlantic
Vancouver
Warsaw
France
Submarine campaign nets 29 more ships in Pacific field
American submarines operating in Japanese waters report sinking or damaging 29 more enemy vessels including three warships. The navy said this brings total losses to 913 ships sunk or damaged since the war began, with 287 destroyed.
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Washington
Navy
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Askatchewan
H. FG. Lotson
D.C
Canadian Joint Staff
Lotson
National Defence Headquarters
Winston Churchill
Quebec
Roosevelt
Mackenzie King
G. Vanier, Cmg
H. du Pavillon
de Gaulle
Paris
Bob Beaumont
Bar
St. Lauren
Japanese
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