Air Bases In The North Can Now Be Used
Ottawa reports Russia’s war declaration on Japan and alliance plans. A strategic move would place allied air bases in Alaska and the Aleutians via the Kamchatka corridor to strike Japanese home islands, shortening supply lines from Edmonton and Pacific ports.
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Ottawa
Prusen
Japan
Far East
Pacific
RCAF
Astern
Air Command
Kamchatka Peninsula
Kurile Islands
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria
Alaska
Aleutians
Darwin
Australia
Philippines
Kuriles
Mackenzie King
Russia
Europe
Devastation in Hiroshima Linked to Atomic Bomb Drop
Army reconnaissance reports that 60 percent of Hiroshima covering four and one tenth square miles was wiped out by the atomic bomb dropped by a B 29. Five major industrial targets were destroyed in the 6.9 square mile city. Additional damage appeared beyond the destroyed core as witnesses noted a white plume rising thousands of feet and dust cloud at the explosion base.
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Guam
Hiroshima
U.S. Army Strategic Airforce Headquarters
U.S. Army
Strategic Air Forces
Yokohama
Bones Found Under Tree Baffle Mounties in Alberta
Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigate 30 year old bones found under a tree ten miles north of Athabasca Alberta by William Templeton of Edmonton and Bob Richards. A collar button and possible ground sheet remnants were found with the remains and the bones were being sent to Edmonton for further examination.
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Athabaska
Alta
Royal Canadian Mounted
Here
Wiliam Templeton
Edmonton
Bob Richards
RCMP
Permanent Fleet Brief Presented To Ottawa Conference
The Canadian Seamen's Union urged a national full employment program with federal taxing powers. It called for the federal government to establish a permanent merchant fleet of at least 300 ocean going ships.
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Ottawa
Canadian Seamen's Union
Toronto
Canadian Seamen’s Union
Dominion
CSU
Rhine reopens to river traffic Coblenz to sea
The Rhine will be open to river traffic from Coblenz to the sea by the first week of September. Depth charges were used to clear shattered Rhine bridges from the river, enabling navigation again.
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Herford
Westphalia
Rhine
Coblenz
Crerar Praises Service Men and Explains 1st Corps Rejoin Plan
Ottawa reports Gen. Crerar saying the 1st Canadian Corps moved to the Mediterranean with a clear understanding they would rejoin the 1st Canadian Army when possible. He noted 30,000 high point score men and 16,000 volunteers already sent home, but key officers and support staff must stay overseas longer to maintain the force.
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Ottawa
Crerar
Mediterranean
Hitler
Canada
Italy
Europe
Service Corps
Grain shipments from Great Lakes up to Aug 1 rise over last year
Montreal reports that shipments from the head of the Great Lakes to eastern ports reached 242,872,000 bushels by August 1, surpassing the prior year by 25,000,000 bushels. Plans target maximum movement through navigation end, primarily for Great Britain, liberated countries, eastern mills, and feeding uses.
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Montreal
Great Lakes
T. C. Lockwood
Great Britain
Lockwood
Trio Of Young Veterans Fly Home With General Crerar
In Halifax two weeks before the He de France struck the sea wall three RC AF officers were set for return to Canada. Gen Crerar intervened and arranged their passage home after entrusting them with 10,000 miles of safety. The trio, Fit Lt Ivan Moreside Strasbourg Sask Fit Lt J R Spraggett Montreal and FO G L Wilkinson Tuxford Sask, were part of the general’s personal air crew.
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Halifax
Halifax Sea Wall
R.C.A.F
Canada
H. D. G. Crerar
Ivan Moreside
Strasbourg
Sask
J. R. Spraggett
Montreal
FO. G. L. Wilkinson
Tuxford
Germany
Dominion
C. C. Cooling
Craik, Sask
Premiers to Meet in Canberra on August 20
CONTROL NECESSARY CANBERRA. The next meeting of premiers from Australia’s states opens in Canberra on August 20. The Commonwealth government seeks power to continue price control after the war to maintain stability during the transition period.
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Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth
Nurses Released From Royal Canadian Army Service
Ottawa reports a nurse surplus after Europe war end and Canadian returns allow many army nurses to retire or move to reserve. Married officers and certain other categories may be released with service score rules and age provisions. Sir Victor Mallet sails to Madrid as British ambassador to Spain. he plans study before addressing issues.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Europe
Canada
Defence Headquarters
Newfoundland
Washington
Corps
Spain
Victor Maliet
Madrid
Viscount Templewood
Samuel Hoare
Foreign Office
Mallet
Sweden
Argentina lifts state of siege amid freedoms restored
Buenos Aires reports the Argentine government ends the state of siege removing legal limits on speech press assembly and political activity restoring civil liberties across the country.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Regina Elevator Susceptible to Dust Explosion
J D Read of Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited in Regina disclosed that Port Arthur's No 5 terminal elevator, ruined by a grain dust blast, was bought in 1926 from the Co op Elevator Co. A $1,000,000 annex was added in 1927, bringing total cost to about $1,250,000. Officials say it is fully insured against similar explosions.
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Regina
J.D. Read
Saskatchewan Pool Elevators Limited
Port Arthur
Co-op. Elevator Co
British Labor Pledges UNRRA Support in First Speech
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin promised full British backing for UNRRA at the council’s first session in London. He warned that without aid to liberated European countries in the next year distress, disease, and bloodshed would rise, stressing practical reasons beyond Britain’s UNRRA role.
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London
Ernest Hevin
Britain
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Europe
Canada
Oval
London County Council
Thames
Westminster
UNRRA
Bevin
Commonwealth Defence Plans Face Call For Coordinated Staff
London discussions at the Commonwealth relations conference favor a commonwealth planning staff to align defence measures across the empire while rejecting a centralized federal government. Richard Frost notes even a united commonwealth cannot guarantee communications security and self sufficiency. Canada signals continental defense ties with the United States yet remains committed to shared spiritual values with its partners.
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London
Dominions
Commonwealth
Richard Frost
Royal Institute of International Affairs
Royal Empire Society
Frost
R.es
Canada
United States
Egyptian Premier seeks mandate to renegotiate with Britain
Premier Nokrashy Pasha asked the Egyptian senate for authority to negotiate with Britain to revise the 1936 Anglo Egyptian treaty of alliance and called for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Egypt. He said the United Nations valued Egypts help to democracy and justified removing restrictions on Egypts independence.
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Cairo
Nokrashy Pasha
Britain
Egypt
United Nations
Atomic bomb costs disclosed by Truman in wartime note
Washington reports President Truman announced the atomic bomb project cost two billion dollars, claiming the expense equals less than nine days of war at current spending. Treasury experts concur the cost represents a fraction of wartime outlay given the scale of the conflict.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Bavaria Holds Second Largest German State Title
Bavaria is described as the second largest state of Germany covering about 30 000 square miles in area.
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Bavaria
Germany
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Alberta
Henri Philippe Petain
Gen. Crerar
Lakehead
Nurses
V. M. Molotov
Clement Attlee
Earl of
British Labor Party
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