Stens Taken To Provide Homes For Veterans
The government speeds housing for veterans with Wartime Housing Ltd building affordable homes. Howe and Mitchell discuss labor shortages and material supply as key limits while permits and controls focus on rapid postwar housing delivery.
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Stens
Ottawa
Finance
fTisley
Howe
Labor
Mitch
Japan
Wartime Housing Ltd
Sisley
Labor Department
Canada
Mitchell
Prices Board
Alexander Is To Succeed The Earl Of Athlone
Ottawa reports Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander will become governor general of Canada next spring, succeeding the Earl of Athlone. He, aged 53, led Canadian troops in Italy as supreme Allied commander in the Mediterranean and is slated for elevation to the peerage.
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Alexander
Earl of Athlone
Ottawa
Harold Alexander
Canada
Earl of
Italy
Mediterranean
Baron Byng of
Vimy
London
Mackenzie King
Vincent Massey
United Kingdom
Gen. Crerar
Viscount Cranborne
Dominions
Marshal Montgomery
Lord Burleigh
Bermuda
Winston Churchill
Sir Harold
Harold
England
Tibeaudeau Rinfret
Government of
Sir Harold Alexander
Norway Expands Air Lines Under Military Control
Norway now has eight air lines in action including routes to London and Edinburgh. They are operated by the air ministry and served by military planes with military personnel.
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Oslo
Norway
London
Edinburgh
Norwegian Air Ministry
Bristol ports move vast cargo volume over five decades
Bristol ports in England handled about 150 million tons of commodities over the last 50 years, according to regional port director Hugh Roberts. The vast volume spans items from guns to butter, reflecting the area’s busy, long term trade activity.
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Bristol
England
Hugh Roberts
Missing D F C son of D F C father in German air operations
Flt. Lt. Hugh Fielding Johnson, believed to be the sole D F C son of a D F C holder, is listed as missing from air operations over Germany. His father earned the D F C at age 50 as an air gunner earlier in the war, with Hugh receiving the award a year later.
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London
D.F.C
Hugh Fielding- Johnson
Germany
Hugh
Traffic deaths dip slightly in first half of 1945
Chicago report shows 11,160 traffic fatalities in January to June 1945, a one percent decline from the prior year but ten percent higher than 1943, reflecting wartime travel and safety conditions.
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Chicago
United States
Goering Faces Trial Despite Cardiac Collapse During Storm
Hermann Goering, the Luxembourg Reichmarshal, collapsed from a heart attack during an electrical storm yet remains slated for trial. An authoritative source said he would be brought in on a stretcher if needed, as policy covers all Nazi regime members and Wehrmacht figures. The informant noted Goering was highly nervous but not in real danger.
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Mondorf - Les - Bains
Luxembourg
Reichmarshal
Hermann Goering
Wehrmacht
Goering
Sugar rationing may continue into 1947 says broker
O H Lamborn, president of Lamborn and Co. sugar brokers, warned at a New York War Food Advisory Committee meeting that the U S sugar supply will remain desperate for about nine more months and rationing could extend into 1947. A War Food Administration spokesman said civilian per capita sugar is set at 73 pounds this year versus 100 pounds pre war.
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New York
O. H. Lamborn
Lamborn and Company
United States
New York City
War Food Advisory Committee
War Food Administration
Carshalton Delays Full Lighting After July Return
Carshalton Surrey continues blackout until September 1 as Britain lifts street lighting. Village estimates cannot cover the cost of full lighting and current modified lighting cannot continue because street lamps have already been altered in preparation for a return to normal.
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Carshalton
Eng
Britain
Surrey
Labor plans socialization of major industries in Britain
Prof. Harold Laski, chairman of Britain's Labour executive, says the party will socialize key sectors through Parliament starting with the Bank of England. He notes Lords may delay bills but cannot quash Commons approved measures. First priorities include finance, then mining, power, iron and steel, transport, with science and technology integrated into industrial reorganization.
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London
Harold Laski
Labor Party
House of Lords
Labor
United States
House of Commons
Lords
Commons
License of Commons
Laski
Prof. Laski
Bank of England
Berlin war casualties tallied at over four million
German army navy and air force losses from the war start to November 30 total 4,064,438, per documents seized at Gen Hermann Reinecke's Berlin home. The data, cited by a British intelligence officer, exclude wounded returning to service and list 1,911,290 killed or fatally wounded across services.
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Berlin
Germany
Hermann Reinecke
Reinecke
Flensburgre
Alberta oil oilfield wells yield modest output in two fields
The California Standard Co reports two new wells in Alberta. Conrad No. 315A near Lethbridge yields muddy oil at about 60 bpd. Princess well CPR 78-22A drilled to 3984 feet flowed 34 gravity crude testing 166 to 256 bpd. Located 45 miles southeast of Lethbridge and 125 miles southeast of Calgary.
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Calgary
California Standard Co
Conrad
Princess
C.P.R
Conrad Area
Conrad Field
Lethbridge
Princess Field
Wheat Exports Reach Record Levels in Canada
Ottawa reports Canadian wheat shipments for the year ending August 1 reached about 485 million bushels from the lake head, the heaviest since 1928, with total wheat and flour exports near 300 million bushels. Prospects for the coming crop year remain high amid European demand and a U.S. bumper crop reducing Canadian exports. Carryover stocks are at a record low since 1939, with 275 to 285 million bushels.
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Ottawa
Europe
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
United States
Spain
Portugal
North Africa
Canada
Four Year Career Ends with Disbanding of Eighth Army
Britain’s famed 8th Army is disbanded after a four year career stretching from El Alamein to Austria. The 5th Corps becomes British forces in Austria under Lt. Gen. Sir Richard L. McCreery, who has led since January 10. The 13th Corps, once part of the 8th Army, moved to Allied field headquarters under Field Marshal Alexander.
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Rome
Britain
el] Alamein
Austria
Richard L. McCreery
13Th Corps
Rodolfo Graniani
Libya
8Th Army
Alexander
German plan for Britain under Nazi rule revealed
The British seized the red bound 23 page manuscript outlining Hitler's plan to deport males 17 to 45 and to complete occupation by Sept 9 1940. It envisaged transforming the United Kingdom into Germanys main war workshop with British industry producing weapons solely for the battle of Russia. Only 195 copies were printed with 78 circulated to top Nazi authorities.
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Hitler
United Kingdom
Germany
Russia
Montgom ery outlines security path after freedom of Brentford and Chiswick
World security notes by Field Marshal Montgomery after receiving freedom of Brentford and Chiswick. He urged a strong British Empire, informed by war understanding, and a postwar civilization with spiritual substance. He warned tyranny would strike if the empire is weak and cautioned against building only on material means.
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London
Montgomery
Brentford
Chiswick
Floating airfields tested in mid ocean during war
The Sunday Observer reports floating airfields have been tried with success at sea. The location remains secret, but landing fields can reach 2000 feet and consist of linked pontoon sections that flex with wave motion.
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London
Sunday Observer
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