German scientists work in United States amid war term plans
The Herald Tribune reports 1500 German scientists and technicians with high reputations have entered the United States over five months to aid American industry in applying Allied discoveries. Brought here secretly in groups up to 84 under army intelligence, they work with no public identifications, paid by merit, and may seek to stay after their assignments.
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New York Herald Tribone
United States
Germany
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Navy
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The
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Underground Route Paris Helps Free Allied Airmen Revealed
wartime work of the underground railway aiding about 5 000 allied airmen and possibly 40 000 collaborators in France is disclosed with Britain and the United States planning medals. Officials note no betrayals of fliers by resistance, though some French did betray others for medical needs.
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Paris
Britain
United States
United States Army
Bureau of Research
France
England
Reparations Equipment From German Factories Allocated
The Allied control council announced initial reparations using equipment from 26 western German factories valued at about 93 million dollars. Russia and Poland receive 47.8 percent. 17 western nations share 52.2 percent. Nations include Britain United States Canada France Belgium Holland Luxembourg Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Greece Egypt South Africa India Australia New Zealand Denmark Norway. An inter Allied agency in Brussels will determine western shares. Russia is not represented.
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Germany
Allied Powers
Allied Control Council
Russia
Poland
Britain
United States
Canada
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Greece
Egypt
South Africa
India
Australia
New Zealand
Denmark
Norway
Brussels
MacDonald Leaves Ottawa for British Visit on Routine Consultation
Ottawa reports Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald, British high commissioner to Canada, has gone to Britain for a routine Dominions Office consultation and will return in about two weeks. No comment was given on London speculation he may replace the Earl of Halifax as British ambassador to the United States.
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Malcolm MacDonald
Canada
Britain
Dominions Office
London
MacDonald
Earl of Halifax
United States
Yugoslavia Quotas War Damage Claims
Belgrade radio reports Yugoslavia values Axis war damage at 46.9 billion dinars, about 8.06 billion dollars at the prewar rate. The figure reflects wartime reparations sought in Belgrade broadcasts.
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London
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Canadian Carrier Belfast to Commission Warrior Next Month
The 14 000 ton aircraft carrier Warrior, originally built for the Royal Canadian Navy, will be commissioned next month at the Belfast Navy yard.
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Belfast
Warrior
Royal Canadian Navy
Belfast Navy Yard
Canada eyes bulk Latin America trade growth
Ottawa reports Canadian trade with Latin America reached 24 million dollars in the first nine months of 1945 and could hit 200 million annually. Trade Minister MacKinnon says direct Latin routes will boost exports, with Mexico potentially at 60 million annually, and new trade offices planned worldwide including Sweden Greece Venezuela the Netherlands East Indies Italy Singapore Hong Kong and Shanghai.
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Ottawa
Latin America
MacKinnon
Canada
United States
Mexico
Trade Department
Sweden
Greece
Venezuela
Netherlands East Indies
Italy
Singapore
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Dominion Provincial Pact Sets Grimshaw North Highway Terms
Ottawa accepts building the Grimshaw to Great Slave Lake road with a two thirds Dominion and one third provincial funding split, of which the North West Territories cost is fully covered by the Dominion. A future cut to Dominion share to one half may occur after talks.
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Great Slave Lake
Edmonton
Ottawa
A. W. Fallon
Dominion
Grimshaw
Northwest Territories
Jobs Filling Across Canada Average 100000 Monthly
The National Employment Service reported 760122 placements from May 1 to November 30, averaging over 100000 per month. NES chief S H McLaren noted repeats in placements and proposed extending a policy to move jobless workers from crowded cities to nonovercrowded areas with free transport.
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Ottawa
National Employment Service
Veterans Committee of the Commons
Labor Department
S. H. McLaren
N.es
Vancouver
Victoria
Canada Not Asked To Permit Entry Of European Jews
Ottawa officials stated Canada had received no request to admit destitute European Jews as a mercy gesture. They commented on Sydney reports that Australia would permit 2,000 Jewish refugees to enter, noting no similar decision had been made for Canada.
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Canada
Ottawa
Sydney
Australia
War plants sold in Montreal raise 4.75 million dollars
War Assets Corporation reports custodian sales up to November 30 totaling 4 750 867 dollars on an original investment of 13 585 145 dollars. Most sales were cash with some down payments and terms from one to fifteen years.
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Montreal
War Assets Corporation
Newfoundland Plans Self Government Next Year
London reports Prime Minister Attlee announced Newfoundland will establish an elected national convention as early as 1946. The island, once a self-governing Dominion, has been governed by a British commission since 1934, with provincial representation split among UK and Newfoundland appointees.
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London
Attlee
Newfoundland
Canada
St. Lawrence
Western Hemisphere
United Kingdom
Rent Controls Evaded by Key Money Practice
In Nanking the city government caps rents at 60 times 1937 levels to curb inflation, but landlords push a new “key money” system. Tenants must pay rent plus a large upfront payment for a key that grants entry to the residence.
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Chungking
Nanking
Butter Stocks in Canada Fall From Last Month
Ottawa reports 51,799,171 pounds of creamery butter in storage and transit in Canada on December 1, down from 65,105,216 pounds the previous month. The current total is slightly below last year’s 52,572,117 pounds for the same date.
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Ottawa
Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Port of London Strides Back to Prewar Dominance
London readies to reclaim its status as Britain's top port after wartime losses. Docks grow livelier daily as 50 new British cranes arrive and 30 mobile cranes operate. Royal Victoria and Royal Albert docks expand with warehouses and a large refrigeration plant. A reconstruction committee aims to restore the port to its prewar scale amid warehousing shortages and labor constraints.
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Britain
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Glasgow
Bristol
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Royal Victoria Dock
Royal Albert Dock
Port of London Authority
Douglas Ritchie
P.L.A
Surrey Commercial Docks
Canada clothing campaign nets over twelve million pounds of used garments
War Services Minister McCann announced that Canada’s national clothing drive has collected more than 12,000,000 pounds of serviceable used clothing for relief in war‑devastated Europe and Asia. By late November 6,500,000 pounds had shipped to Europe with 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 more expected by mid month.
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Montreal
Canada
Europe
Asia
War Services
McCann
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Royal Family to Spend Christmas at Sandringham
The king and the Royal family will celebrate Christmas at Sandringham estate in Norfolk for the first time since before the war. The king plans to broadcast from Sandringham, after spending wartime holidays at Windsor Castle near London.
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London
Sandringham
Norfolk
Windsor Castle
Slave Labor System Used by Nazis Revealed at War Crimes Trial
Allied prosecutors presented evidence at the Nuremberg war crimes trial detailing a planned slave labor system in Germany. More than 4,000,000 workers from 14 nationalities were shipped to the Reich by 1945 to support war plants and farms, with arson, kidnapping, and murder used to enforce conscription.
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Mernberg
Germany
Pabor
International Military Tribunal
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Alfred Rosenberg
Fritz Sauckel
S.S
Adolph Hitler
Russia
Ukraine
Rosenberg
Prince Nashimoto Surrenders at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo
Imperial Prince Mori masa Nashimoto surrendered at Sugamo Prison becoming the first court rank member of the imperial family jailed as a war crime suspect. Lt General Homma began Manila travel for trial on the Bataan death march. The household sought a reprieve but failed. Nashimoto is the only imperial family member under arrest.
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Tokyo
Morimasa Nashimoto
Sugamo
Masaharu Homma
Manila
Bataan
Philippines
MacArthur
Nashimoto
Imperial Household
JAPS GOING HOME First Group For Repatriation Is Leaving Canada Next Month
The first group of Japanese to be repatriated from Canada will likely depart in January. About 900 single men who are Japanese nationals will form the initial group. Canada’s Japanese population totals around 24,500 with 6,000 nationals, 3,500 naturalized, and 15,000 native-born. Roughly 400 are interned. Answers to government questionnaires show 10,200 wish to return to Japan, though some later revoked requests.
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Ottawa
Canada
Japan
Okanagan Apples Ship to Ontario Under Permits
Agriculture officials say Okanagan apples graded as C and rejected for export brought about 1.50 per box to Ontario under Dominion permits this fall. Based on roughly 75 dollars per ton, growers netted far less after freight and expenses, while Ontario demand remained strong due to a poor local crop.
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Victoria
Okanagan
Ontario
Dominion
Dutch Nazi Leader Mussert Sentenced to Death in The Hague
An ton Mussert the Dutch Nazi leader was condemned by a Dutch special court for high treason. The trial opened in The Hague on November 27 and lasted two days with promulgation delayed for two weeks.
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Hague
Netherlands
Anton Mussert
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